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The Zika virus may cause microcephaly in unborn children at a rate as high as 13 percent, a new study has found. The condition, which can result from a pregnant mother contracting Zika from an infected mosquito, leads to babies born with abnormally small heads and severe brain damage. Typical rates for …

Walgreens partnered with Silicon Valley blood-testing company Theranos in 2013 without ever testing the technology, reports The Wall Street Journal. Theranos wellness centers are currently in 40 Walgreens stores in Arizona, as part of a deal to put the company’s Edison blood-testing equipment in thousands of drugstores around the country. Yet the …

PayPal is thinning the number of mobile operating systems supported by the company’s flagship app down to just two: Android and iOS. The PayPal mobile apps for Windows Phone, BlackBerry, and Amazon’s Fire OS will be discontinued as of June 30th. It’s fairly common to see these decisions for Windows …

When I wear my Jordans, do I become Michael Jordan? When I put on an Ivy Park bodysuit, do I become Beyoncé? When I look through my Solos Smart Olympics Cyclist Glasses with Micro-Display, do I become an Olympic cyclist? No, I don’t. But I can definitely feel like one! …

A concise tutorial on how to dual boot Windows 10 and Ubuntu 15.10 (will work with different versions of either as well) Please read the description fully before … source

Hot trend alert: laps. So, Razer just started shipping its Turret lapboard, which combines a wireless keyboard, mouse, and mousepad into one slick slab for gamers who like couches. Not to be outdone, Corsair has now released its own lapboard, and it’s kind of crazy. Instead of having a built-in …

A group of companies and organizations that includes Kickstarter, Etsy, and Reddit have asked the Federal Communications Commission to take a stronger stance against “zero rating” programs that let broadband providers exempt specific services from data caps. Sent yesterday, the letter urges the FCC to establish an “open, public process” …

Augmented (or “mixed”) reality startup Magic Leap is maybe, theoretically, possibly getting closer to showing off its nearly mythical but reportedly amazing technology. At a Q&A session that he attended via telepresence robot, CEO Rony Abovitz announced a program that would let 10 outside developers come work with Magic Leap …

Foxconn, the largest contract electronics manufacturer in the world, says it has automated away 60,000 jobs in one of its factories, according to the BBC. The cuts are part of an ongoing process to replace humans responsible for “many of the manufacturing tasks associated with our operations” with robots, the company …

Retrouvez toute l’actualité des smartphones, tablettes et de tous les produits high-tech sur http://www.01net.com Microsoft vient de dévoiler son nouveau … source