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The presence of a gun increases the likelihood that someone in the home will die a violent death, particularly by suicide   -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Atari Vault is a Steam-powered compilation of the company's best arcade games. It's also another attempt at a comeback for the beleaguered brand. The post Atari Vault Brings Back the Classics for the Umpteenth Time appeared first on WIRED.

Brain training app company was hit with a $2 million fine by the FTC for deceptive advertising. Here's what's next.Talk about a corporate headache. Lumosity, the brain-training game app whose TV ads and web presence have been near-ubiquitous in recent years, was slapped with a $50 million fine by the FTC earlier this year over claims made about the benefits of its product. (They ended up settling for $2 million but not without a spate of nasty headlines.)Read Full Story

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It's like a Fitbit, but prettier. The post The Alta Is a Fitbit for People Who Think Fitbits Are Uggo appeared first on WIRED.

The new phones will look identical to their predecessors, but will feature a larger battery and added storage.Samsung is getting set to release its latest premium phones—the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge—later this month, on February 21.Read Full Story

EVs charged in China produce two to five times as much smog-forming particulate matter and chemicals as gas-engine cars, studies find -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Time travel. Terrorists. Canada. The post WIRED Binge-Watching Guide: Continuum appeared first on WIRED.

U.S. authorities agreed to limits on mass surveillance of European user data and a new ombudsman to address complaints.U.S. and European Union negotiators reached an agreement on Tuesday to preserve European users' privacy when data is transferred to servers in the United States, and maintains the ability of U.S. tech companies to legally store European data on their U.S. servers.Read Full Story

The antigovernment protest is putting research, wildlife, resources and artifacts at risk -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

Square is now offering a device that also accepts payments made from an iPhone---and it's going on sale at Apple stores. The post Square’s Apple Pay Reader Is Going on Sale at Apple Stores appeared first on WIRED.

A Congressional committee is probing the origin and impact of a Juniper Networks firewall security hole on government systems.A Congressional committee has begun to investigate the potential impact of a Juniper Networks firewall security flaw discovered in December on government systems—even as some researchers suggest the hole may be the unintended consequence of a National Security Agency backdoor into the systems.Read Full Story

An external magnet guided cells to repair arteries in mice -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

How we'll miss his subtweets. The post The Great Winnowing Begins As Rand Paul Drops Out of Race appeared first on WIRED.

President Obama will deliver a speech in hopes of counteracting the rhetoric about Muslim Americans being spread on the campaign trail. The post WATCH: White House Livestreams Obama’s First Mosque Visit appeared first on WIRED.

The White House convened its new Cancer Moonshot Task Force on Monday and announced plans to spend $1 billion on a cure.Monday was a big day in the fight against cancer. Vice President Joe Biden convened the first meeting of the Cancer Moonshot Task Force of government departments and other agencies, the White House announced a proposal to spend $1 billion on the effort over the next two years, and in a Q&A with the task force on Twitter specific concerns such as childhood cancer were highlighted.Read Full Story

NASA has reached a major landmark in the construction of the powerful 6.5 meter James Webb Space Telescope -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com

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