Spending time looking at screens is not intrinsically bad for children’s health, say the UK’s leading children’s doctors, who are advising parents to focus on ensuring their children get enough sleep, exercise and family interaction rather than clamping down on phones and laptops. From a report: The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has…

It’s alive… kind of. …read more Source:: CNet

You’re not the only one who’s resolved to find love in the new year. …read more Source:: CNet

Is it because the Pro is just as good as a laptop? Not quite, apparently. …read more Source:: ZDNet

The “Ocean Cleanup” project deployed a 2,000-foot floating debris trap in September near a drifting plastic patch in the Pacific Ocean that’s twice as big as Texas. It broke. An anonymous reader quotes NPR: Invented by Boyan Slat when he was just 17, the barrier has so far done some of what it was designed…

The new toothbrush can clean all your teeth in 10-seconds, …read more Source:: CNet

A record skip can be heard at dentist offices around the world. …read more Source:: CNet

Many a budding electronics maker got their start not with a soldering iron, but with the humble breadboard. With its push connections, the breadboard enables electronics experimentation without requiring the specialised skill of soldering or any dangerous hot tools. What it lacks is a certain robustness that can make all but the simplest projects rather…

Sign language can like any language be difficult to learn if you’re not immersed in it, or at least learning from someone who is fluent. It’s not easy to know when you’re making minor mistakes or missing nuances. It’s a medium with its own unique issues when learning, so if you want to learn and…

Why is Grindr being sued by Matthew Herrick, an aspiring actor working in a restaurant in New York? “His former partner created fake profiles on the app to impersonate Herrick and then direct men to show up at Herrick’s home and the restaurant where he worked asking for sex, sometimes more than a dozen times…