Amazing 9 Year-Old Girl Plays Basketball Against High School Varsity Players

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/amazing-9-year-old-girl-plays-basketball-against-high-school-varsity-players-2014-1

Jaden Newman is only nine-years old and in fourth grade but she's playing on the high school varsity team because she's just that good. 

As the point guard at Downey Christian High School she is averaging 14.8 points and 7.5 assists per game.

Coached by her dad she's becoming a star just like her brother Julian Newman who got nationwide attention after he appeared on Conan O'Brien. 

She makes girls almost twice her age look silly (via SBNation):

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Secret Sharp Encrypts Text, Can Only Be Decrypted By a Group

Source: http://lifehacker.com/secret-sharp-encrypts-text-can-only-be-decrypted-by-a-1497806470

Windows: Security requires mutual trust. To that end, Secret Sharp allows you to share text-based information with a group of people that can only be decrypted if everyone (or a certain number of the group) collectively agree to access the secret.

While the sexiest uses for an app like this are probably not commonplace (most of you probably don't have a shared pool of mafia money stored in a secret Swiss bank account), it can be used for more common tasks. For example, sharing the combination to a safe or password to an online account in the event you're injured.

The app is simple enough and allows you to customize both how many people get a "share" of the secret as well as how many are required to unlock it. While you will need Secret Sharp to open it again, all of the shares can be entered in one place so only a single person ever needs to have the app installed.

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Will Your Novel Be a Best Seller? Ask This Super Accurate Algorithm

Source: http://gizmodo.com/will-your-novel-be-a-best-seller-ask-this-super-accura-1497802491

It's tough for humans to predict how well a book will sell until after it's published—it's something of a gamble. But now, a new algorithm can tell if a book will be a commercial success or not long before it hits the shelves—with a staggering 84 percent accuracy.

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You Might Actually Be Able to Afford a 4K Monitor Soon

Source: http://gizmodo.com/you-might-actually-be-able-to-afford-a-4k-monitor-soon-1497837659

These days, any mention of 4K immediately conjures up images of crystal-clear definition—-and absurdly exorbitant price tags. Well, that's quickly changing. Dell's new UltraSharp 28-inch 4K screen can be yours for less than $700 when it ships later this month, and it's not alone.

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Gmail now lets you email Google+ users directly, still keep your email address private if you choose to

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/09/gmail-email-google-plus-users/

Even though the rest of the tech world is preoccupied with a little trade show in Vegas, the folks in Mountain View are still working hard. Today, Google has rolled out a nifty new feature for Gmail and Google+ users: letting them email each other whether or not they've actually exchanged email addresses. That's right folks, now, when you are typing in email recipients, Gmail will make suggestions to add from your Gmail and G+ contacts, too. Naturally, users can decide which of their circles get access to their inbox, or whether to accept emails from social networkers at all. In practice, should a Google+ contact in one of your circles send you a message, it'll pop up in the Primary category of your inbox, while all others coming from G+ will wind up under the Social tab. Sound good? The feature will be rolling out worldwide soon, so look for an email from Big G telling you how to set it up in the next few days.

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Article: LG Chromebase hands on: More room to work but at what cost?

The LG Chromebase is making an appearance this year's CES but it's not easy to find. I did track it down in LG's massive show floor booth; actually I tracked them down. I found the LG Chromebase all-in-one desktop in both white and black models. The Chromebase is a twist on Chrome OS devices, whi...

http://gigaom.com/2014/01/08/lg-chromebase-hands-on-more-room-to-work-but-at-what-cost/

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Article: The Eye Tribe Says It’s Shipping Its First $99 Eye-Tracking Units, Raises Another $1M

The Eye Tribe, which took the stage today at TechCrunch's CES Hardware Battlefield, is developing hardware that allows users to control technology with the motion of their eyes. In fact, co-founder and CEO Sune Alstrop Johansen told me that the company has started shipping its first units and sof...

http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/08/the-eye-tribe/

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Hands On the MOSS Robotic Building Toy: A Kickstarter That Delivers

Source: http://gizmodo.com/hands-on-the-moss-robotic-building-toy-a-kickstarter-t-1497350803

If the phrase 'caveat emptor' (aka buyer beware) applies to anything, it's Kickstarter and other crowdfunded products. Wonderful things are promised by optimistic designers, inventors, and marketers, but rarely are they delivered. That's not the case with Modular Robotics' new MOSS robotic building toy, however. Having already successfully brought its Cubelets to market, the company has created a new kind of building toy that will appeal to both kids and engineers alike.

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This Is the Worldâs Fastest Thin-Film Organic Transistor

Source: http://gizmodo.com/this-is-the-world-s-fastest-thin-film-organic-transisto-1497748183

It might look like there's not much to it, but you're looking the world's fastest thin-film organic transistor—and it could revolutionize the displays we spend our days looking at.

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Samsung's 105-inch curved UHD TV and 85-inch bendable screen hit retail this year

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/08/samsung-uhd-release-window/

If you dug the 105-inch curved Ultra HD TV and bendable 85-inch UHD screen (above) Samsung debuted this week, we have good news. They'll both hit retail sometime in the second half of this year, according to the tech giant. If you were expecting pricing info, well, you're going to have to wait a little longer because we don't have that just yet. However, it's going to be at least six months before these sets hit stores, so we suggest you start saving your pennies right about now -- unlike other options, we have a hunch that these beauties won't be cheap.

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These Are the Brains of the Next Bitcoin Mining Monster

Source: http://gizmodo.com/these-are-the-brains-of-the-next-bitcoin-mining-monster-1497423425

In just a few short years, bitcoin mining has come a long way, from CPUs, to GPUs, to specialized, single purpose, system-on-a-chip beasts. There's still progress to be made, though, more efficient mining marvels to build. This is that progress. Meet the (prototype) brains of an insane digital drill.

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Steadicam's Curve Makes Your GoPro Vids as Smooth as Silk

Source: http://gizmodo.com/steadicams-curve-makes-your-gopro-vids-as-smooth-as-si-1496751059

Steadicam—makers of all kinds of stabilizing contraptions that turn average cameramen into (seemingly) masterful cinematographers—has just introduced its smallest model yet called the Curve that's designed to keep your GoPro videos looking their best.

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Article: Memloom Debuts A New Way To Tell Stories Using Photos, Video, Audio & Text

Memloom, a new startup launching today, is looking to find a niche somewhere in between blogging and photo-printing services, like those provided by Shutterfly. The idea is to get consumers not just to share their photos, but tell their stories, through a combination of photos, videos, audio, and...

http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/07/memloom-debuts-a-new-way-to-tell-stories-using-photos-video-audio-text/

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Article: Intel's new smart earbuds can read your heart

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich unveiled the chipmaker's new wearable prototypes at yesterday's keynote address. Among the reference designs was a pair of smart earbuds with biometric capabilities, designed to track the user's run, record burned calories, and read their heart rate. Intel is showing of s...

http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/7/5283912/hands-on-with-intels-new-heart-rate-monitoring-smart-earbuds

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Article: LinkedIn sues to stop bots that are stealing its user profiles

Professional network LinkedIn is fighting off shady competitors that are using bots to vacuum up hundreds of thousands of its user profiles in order to compete with LinkedIn's own recruiter products, according to a new lawsuit. In a complaint filed this week in San Francisco, LinkedIn asked a cou...

http://gigaom.com/2014/01/07/linkedin-sues-to-stop-bots-that-are-stealing-its-user-profiles/

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