Climate report warns of killer storms, rising seas in near future and other top stories.

• Climate report warns of killer storms, rising seas in near future

  A sobering new report on the impact of climate change finds that extreme weather like killer storms and high-rising seas could be mere decades, not centuries, away.The report, "Ice Melt, Sea Level Rise, and Superstorms," published Tuesday in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, says that the 2-degree Celsius (or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) global warming threshold previously agreed upon by global leaders and scientists is too high. The research in the 52-page report is derived from observ..

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• iPhone SE poised to be Apple's sleeper hit of the season

  

  At first glance, it’s easy to see why many people are overlooking the significance of Apple’s new iPhone SE. After all, the device doesn’t feature a crazy new form factor nor does it offer up any technologies we haven’t seen before. In fact, the iPhone SE by all accounts is simply an iPhone 5 jam-packed with technologies Apple originally introduced on the iPhone 6s six months ago. Nothing special here, right? Wrong. The iPhone SE is not only poised to be Apple’ sleeper hit of the season, it’s ..

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• How to Password Protect Notes in iOS 9.3 and OS X 10.11.4

  

  Although more prominent features like Night Shift and a few new Quick Actions are getting the spotlight with the launch of iOS 9.3, one new lesser-known update is definitely worth checking out. In iOS 9.3, Apple has improved the functionality of its first-party Notes app with the ability to add password or Touch ID security for individual notes. The feature allows users to prevent access to sensitive information on a case-by-case basis (some notes, like a shopping list, might not be as high ..

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• Pornhub launches VR porn channel with free 360-degree adult videos

  

  Virtual reality porn is quickly becoming a thing. Pornhub, the largest pornography website on the Internet, is the latest company to jump on the VR porn train. The porn site has partnered up with BaDoink, a company that specializes in producing porn videos with 180- and 360-degrees of visual immersion. But unlike porn companies like Naughty America that require a subscription in order to access their VR porn content, Pornhub is giving its VR porn away for free. "VR porn is great for any occasio..

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• How the Moon Moved: Lunar Poles Have Wandered

  

  The moon's poles have shifted over the eons, likely as a result of geological activity beneath the lunar crust, a new study suggests. This finding — which is based on an analysis of the distribution of water ice near the lunar north and south poles — sheds light on the structure and evolution of the moon, and also provides clues about where Earth's water came from, researchers said. "The ice at the poles of the moon records the interior evolution of the moon, which seems crazy — that..

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