"Silicon Valley Connection" new rechargeable battery comes out: 2 minutes can charge 70% life of 20 years

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1. Snapsaved declared to be responsible for Snapchat photos

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Allow users to save through the "Burn after read" Communication applications Snapchat photos of the website snapsaved Monday, the hackers have hacked into the site's servers, stolen a total of about 500MB of photos.

A few days have been reported that hackers are preparing to release the photos sent through the Snapchat, the total amount of about 13GB. Snapchat is popular with young people, and this mobile app promises to users that any photos sent to other users through the app will be deleted within seconds of the latter's browsing. However, users can use special sites such as snapsaved and third-party applications to have their received photos on their mobile phones, regardless of whether the sender and Snapchat are informed.

2. New rechargeable batteries come out: 2-minute rechargeable 70% life span of 20 years

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According to foreign media reports, Nanyang Technological University researchers recently invented a new type of fast rechargeable battery, the service life of up to 20 years.

Today's fast-charging batteries are playing a more and more important role in our lives, while providing energy for a variety of devices in a convenient and quick way, the service life of which is often criticized as a short board: "Why always want to change the battery?" "The researchers at Nanyang University of Technology have developed a new lithium-ion battery that can charge up to 70% of its maximum capacity in 2 minutes and can serve up to 20 years, several times the current battery life of various devices," he said. This battery innovation is the use of titanium dioxide nanotubes rather than traditional graphite materials as the cathode of the battery, both materials can accelerate the chemical reaction in the battery to provide electricity, the difference is that the former can be reused 1000 times the life of the latter only 500 times.

3. The FTC cannot suppress the search giant: Search ads are less visible

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U.S. federal regulators last year warned Google, Yahoo and Microsoft that they must highlight advertising content in their search engines to avoid misleading consumers, the Wall Street Journal reported.

However, the three Internet search engine service providers did not face the warning, it is becoming increasingly difficult for consumers to discern from search results which are ads and which are search results-Google earlier this year also cancelled the background color used to highlight advertising, and instead, the company uses only one yellow and a small font of Ad tab to label paid links. By contrast, Yahoo and Microsoft's Bing search results are almost impossible to identify the content of the ads, paid advertising links are only a single light gray line callout.

4. The Gospel of patients with chronic lung disease Philips releases wearable medical equipment

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According to foreign media reports, the medical equipment industry giant Philips recently released a new wearable medical equipment. The sensor can monitor the physical condition of patients with chronic lung disease at all times. The sensor is placed in a cohesive structure similar to a Band-Aid, which continues to collect diagnostic data such as heart rate, respiratory function and physiological activity in patients.

5. Microsoft Bing launches the "Electoral experience" feature to provide a 360-degree perspective on the U.S. general election

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Microsoft has launched an "electoral experience" function for the 2014 U.S. election in Bing search, offering a 360-degree perspective to U.S. voters, including ideas and forecasts. Microsoft wants to use Bing's "electoral experience" function to arm voters so they can make their own decisions based on the most comprehensive information available. The "Electoral experience" feature includes a personalized voter guide that provides comparative information on various aspects of the candidate and provides a tracking tag to find the nearest polling point in the user's area.

7. IDC: Middle East and Africa mobile phone sales growth 27% Nokia share accounted for 6.6%

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IDC has released the latest data on handset sales and market share in the Middle East and Africa (MEA): Overall sales of the mobile phone market in the region grew by nearly 27% to 64 million compared with the same period last year, including smartphones and functions. Smartphones, which have accounted for around 40% of the region's 2-quarter sales in 2014, have grown 13% from a year earlier. Interestingly, in the more developed regions, this data is higher to 80%.

8. GoPro was accused of causing the race driver Schumacher to be injured: stock price plunge

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A French journalist said at the weekend that F1 legendary driver Schumacher (Michael Shumacher) had been injured in skiing last year, probably because of the use of wearable sports cameras GoPro. Affected by this, GoPro shares plunged 16% in Monday.

"Michael's problem was not the impact, but the GoPro camera fixed on his helmet that hurt his brain," he said. "Jean-louis Moncet, a French journalist, said in an interview with Europe Radio 1 last weekend," Louise Moncete

9. Microsoft announces that 1 million users have been involved in testing Windows 10

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Microsoft released the first Technology Preview version of Windows 10 in early October. Microsoft says 1 million users are currently involved in testing this new version of Windows through the Indows Insider project.

"This means that many users use the Windows 10 Technology Preview and send us feedback," said Choy Belfiel, Microsoft's Joe Belfiore. "With respect to the original version of Windows 10, Microsoft has received more than 200,000 feedback, while the most comments include offering options, removing new search and Task preview buttons, and adding animation or transition effects to the Start menu."

(Responsible editor: Mengyishan)