Spongy polymer grows to fill gaps in the spine after surgery

Use of the polymer graft could provide a non-invasive and inexpensive method for filling gaps in the spine left after the removal of tumors (Credit: American Chemical Society). Removing spinal…

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Seagate Introduces 10 GBps NVMe SSD, Might Be Micron NAND Inside

Seagate announced a new NVMe PCIe SSD at the Open Compute Project (OCP) conference that can attain up to 10 GBps of throughput. Seagate is not releasing many details of…

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Construction workers walk off Tesla’s new Reno site in protest over pay

Hundreds walk off job at battery manufacturing plant as union organizers say out-of-state workers are increasingly being hired for lower pay The Tesla Gigafactory is shown under construction outside Reno,…

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Japan recognises ‘right to be forgotten’ of man convicted of child sex offences

Court orders Google to hide news reports of Japanese man saying criminals are entitled to have their private lives ‘respected and rehabilitation unhindered’ A court in Tokyo has ordered Google…

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McDonalds Working on its Own VR Headset?

McDonalds announces a test run of a limited quantity of a new virtual reality device built into their iconic Happy Meal boxes, similar to Google Cardboard. Virtual reality is definitely…

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IoT Vulnerabilities Found in Nissan LEAF and in Wireless Keyboards, Mice

Significant security flaws were recently uncovered in the Nissan LEAF electric car, and in the vast majority of wireless, non-Bluetooth keyboards and mice. Security company Bastille uncovered the MouseJack vulnerability…

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Visa Bets Big on IoT Devices, Starts With Cars That Pay for Their Own Fuel

Visa doesn't to be left behind in the booming Internet of Things (IoT) market. The payments company announced that it is expanding its Visa Ready program to lure manufacturers of…

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Wearables Market Races Ahead, Paced by Fitbit, Apple: IDC

The global market for connected wearable devices accelerated at the end of 2015, with Fitbit pacing the leaders and Apple closing ground, a survey showed Tuesday. The IDC survey found…

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SteamVR Performance Test Lets You Know If You Need a New PC

With HTC Vive announced early this week, the Taiwanese company also revealed the bare minimum you need to run it: GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970, AMD Radeon R9 290 equivalent…

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HoloLens Leaked Documents Reveal What Start Menu Would Like in AR

While there's still some time left for the HoloLens, Microsoft's augmented reality headset, to go on sale, it seems Microsoft is already feeding developers with instructions and guidance for the…

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