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Oath and Mozilla are suing each other after Firefox switches back to Google search

Firefox’s default search engine has become the subject of a hotly contested legal battle, a few weeks after Mozilla announced it would be moving from Yahoo to Google. Yahoo’s new parent Oath filed a complaint against Mozilla in a California court on December 1, alleging a breach of contract. Now Mozilla has filed a counter complaint, stating that the switch back was in line with a deal struck between the two companies.  

Google Amazon row leads to restricted YouTube access

Fire TV

Google plans to stop Amazon's Fire TV streaming devices being able to use YouTube from the start of 2018.


Pokémon Go Gets 50 New Monsters And An Intense Weather System

Niantic has begun its roll out of the third generation of monsters in Pokémon Go with fifty critters from the Hoenn region, and more slated to come later in the year. More surprisingly, though, is that Pokémon Go is about to require going out into the rain and snow to capture every monster thanks to a new weather system.



Comcast’s xFi Advanced Gateway modem is now available nationwide

It has the potential for faster WiFi and easier customization and control.


The Galaxy S9 might not show up at CES after all


Last month, the first rumors about what to expect from Samsung’s upcoming flagship Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus smartphones began to swirl, and with it came a tantalizing detail: the devices could show up as early as CES for a sneak preview.
But a new statement from a Samsung spokesperson in The Korea Herald is casting doubt on that appearance, with a representative saying that “it is unlikely” that the S9 will be at CES. That said, the statement is an unusual choice of language that may imply that Samsung hasn’t quite made up its mind yet about previewing the new phones, which is strange as CES is just a few weeks away.
As a reminder, the Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus are expected to be a more iterative update on the S8 featuring Qualcomm’s just-announced Snapdragon 845 processor, with a rumored March 2018 release window.
Check out my previous article about Snapdragon 845 launch
Check out my latest article about Galaxy S9 Leaks and Rumours In One Place 

MIT Creates a Living Ink Made of Bacteria

The ink can be made to react to different chemicals by "lighting up" opening the door for 3D-printed living tattoos acting as sensors.




Reversible Emojis Possibly Coming To Apple’s New iPhone

Apple could offer users a reversible emojis option for next year if the Unicode Consortium’s new proposed guidelines are passed, according to MacRumors. The draft proposal should be finalized next year after which Apple and other vendors would start offering the new batch of over 100 new emojis.

Researchers unveil rare skeleton of human ancestor from 3.6 million years ago

Ron Clarke, a professor from the Evolutionary Studies Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand, center, speaks during the unveiling of a virtually complete Australopithecus fossil "Little Foot" in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Dec. 6, 2017.
 (Themba Hadebe / AP)
Researchers in South Africa have unveiled what they call "by far the most complete skeleton of a human ancestor older than 1.5 million years ever found."
The University of the Witwatersrand displayed the virtually complete Australopithecus fossil on Wednesday.
The skeleton dates back 3.6 million years. Its discovery is expected to help researchers better understand the human ancestor's appearance and movement.
The researchers say it has taken 20 years to excavate, clean, reconstruct and analyze the fragile skeleton.









The skeleton, dubbed Little Foot, was discovered in the Sterkfontein caves, about 25 miles northwest of Johannesburg when small foot bones were found in rock blasted by miners.
Professor Ron Clarke and his assistants found the fossils and spent years to excavate, clean, analyze and reconstruct the skeleton.
The discovery is a source of pride for Africans, said Robert Blumenschine, chief scientist with the organization that funded the excavation, the Paleontological Scientific Trust (PAST).








"Not only is Africa the storehouse of the ancient fossil heritage for people the world over, it was also the wellspring of everything that makes us human, including our technological prowess, our artistic ability and our supreme intellect," said Blumenschine.









Adam Habib, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Witswatersrand, hailed the assembly of the full skeleton.
"This is a landmark achievement for the global scientific community and South Africa's heritage," said Habib. "It is through important discoveries like Little Foot that we obtain a glimpse into our past which helps us to better understand our common humanity."

Two Super-Earths Located Just 111 Light-Years 

From Earth

One of the planets, K2-18b, lies within the habitable zone that scientists 

believe could support the necessary conditions for life.


UL researchers in low-cost electricity

generation breakthrough

Researchers at the University of Limerick have discovered a way of generating
low-cost electricity from a sustainable biomaterial.
The method could in the future lead to new ways of powering tiny devices like 
mobile phone speakers and motion detectors in cars and video games.
The scientists found that tapping or squeezing glycine, a biomolecule which is the 
simplest amino acid, can produce sufficient amounts of electricity to run certain electrical devices.
Glycine is abundant and occurs naturally in agricultural and forestry residues, 
making it possible to produce at a tiny fraction of the cost of similar materials that generate electricity under pressure, known as piezoelectrics.
Glycine is also sustainable as it is natural and does not contain the same toxic 
elements like lead or lithium that other piezoelectrics do. 
"It is really exciting that such a tiny molecule can generate so much electricity,
" said lead author and post-graduate researcher at the Department of Physics and 
the Bernal Institute, in UL, Sarah Guerin. 
"We used computer models to predict the electrical response of a wide range of 
crystals and the glycine number was off the charts. We then grew long, narrow 
crystals of glycine in alcohol," she added, "and we produced electricity just by tapping them."
The research was published in the journal Nature Materials.
The team is now patenting a method of translating the findings to other applications 
including biodegradable power generation, devices detecting diseases inside of 
the body and physiologically controlled drug pumps.

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