The map shows location data collected from an iPhone that had been used in England.
Apple’s iPhone keeps track of where you go, security researchers have discovered. It also saves every detail of it to a secret file on the device which is then copied to the owner’s computer when the two are synchronised.
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Girls shy away from competing even if they know they are going to win.
A new study has found that there is a gender gap between the sexes when it comes to competition with boys much more likely to want to compete with others than girls. As early as four years of age boys are more competitive than girls and remain so into adulthood, according to new a study. That could explain why men earn more than women.
Futurist Thomas Frey: A report issued Tuesday by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety boasted of the fact that red-light cameras were responsible for a significant drop in highway fatalities at the intersections where they were posted.
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Serious people live longer.
We’ve been told for years that stress can kill you. We’ve been told that happy people live longer and that hours in the gym will keep you healthy. Now an eight decade long study has turned this kind of long-cherished conventional wisdom on its head. Now it seems stress can be good for you and serious people may live longer than those with sunny dispositions. Exercise may not hold the key to longevity.
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Futurist Thomas Frey: For several decades now I have been contemplating our relationship with the future.
Many of my colleagues think of me as that crazy guy who assigns human attributes to this thing we call the future.
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Fujitsu’s vein sensor is the world’s smallest and slimmest.
Technology to make biometric security useful is already in place. Manufacturers are making biometric security more efficient, and usable. Fujitsu has created the world’s smallest and slimmest vein sensor. The vein sensor recognizes the veins on the palm of a person’s hand, unlike a fingerprint sensor that reads a user’s finger prints in order to verify a person’s identit. The user just has to hold their palm lightly over the sensor in order to use it. The user doesn’t even have to touch the sensor, eliminating any hygienic issues.
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Video games compel you to eat even when you aren’t hungry.
A study in Canada has offered up a new clue to the country’s obesity epidemic. The study suggested that video-game use is not just a rampant and sedentary replacement for physical exertion, but actually compels players to eat more — even when they are not hungry.
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Men are the worst drivers.
The news women have been waiting to hear — men are the worst drivers. Men are twice as likely to crash because of distractions ; more than one in 10 who had an accident admitted it happened after they became distracted at the wheel, compared with one in 20 women according to a new study.
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The emerging market for smartphone peripherals is set to explode
Futurist Thomas Frey: It recently occurred to me that I was pulling my iPhone out of my pocket several times an hour to check information. Over the past few months I‘ve become very self-conscious about the addictive nature of information and the OCD-like mannerisms that follow, and this constant checking-in is only one of several habit-changers I’ve noticed that accompany smartphones.
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Swearing helps numb the pain.
One way to help numb the pain after an injury? New research suggests swearing helps. Keele University scientists found that letting forth a volley of foul language can have a powerful painkilling effect, especially for people who do not normally use expletives.
Older staff are more productive than younger colleagues
Older workers are more productive than their younger colleagues, according to researchers.
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Scientists could get their first glimpse of the dawn of the universe from a telescope buried up to half a mile underground. This new device is designed to detect gravitational waves. Gravitational waves are an elusive phenomena created by some of the most violent events in the universe such as black holes, neutron stars and the Big Bang.