Tech tools tell you you're drunk[ Fri, 17 May 2013 09:38:18 EDT ]Even if they don't admit it, most people know when they're hammered.

Meet your robot bartender[ Fri, 17 May 2013 09:40:32 EDT ]Crowd control took on a whole new meaning last night as a room full of partygoers in San Francisco were given power over a cocktail-making robot controlled by their smartphones.

Is Yahoo about to buy Tumblr?[ Fri, 17 May 2013 11:15:00 EDT ]In a deal that would vault Yahoo into the premiere league of social media, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is said to be closing in on a $1 billion acquisition deal with David Karp, the CEO of New York-based Tumblr.

Google+: One tool to bind them all[ Fri, 17 May 2013 17:52:42 EDT ]For two years, Google has pushed its Google+ as more than a social network or cool video-chatting tool. This week, it is working to hammer home that point with a spate of new features.

Google+: One tool to bind them all[ Fri, 17 May 2013 17:52:53 EDT ]For two years, Google has pushed its Google+ as more than a social network or cool video-chatting tool. This week, it is working to hammer home that point with a spate of new features.

Drone pilot burnout triggers call for recruiting overhaul[ Fri, 17 May 2013 13:36:44 GMT ]Driving a war drone is a stressful business. Shifts up to 12 hours long are stretches of dullness, watching and waiting, interrupted by flashes of intense activity in which pilots must make life-or-death decisions. Not their own life or death, however.Pilots may be thousands of miles away from the flying weapons system they're operating. They often head home at the end of the day, as if returning ...

Pre-caffeine tech: Drone burnout, Leo DiCaprio! [ Fri, 17 May 2013 14:16:26 GMT ]Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.Google isn't satisfied with dominating just ordinary computers, it seems: The Internet giant is making a big investment in quantum computing with a new lab and partnership: NASA! Congress has some privacy questions about Google Glass.Meanwhile, LulzSec members in Britain receive maximum of 1...

Pro-Assad hackers attack Financial Times[ Fri, 17 May 2013 14:27:53 GMT ]LONDON (Reuters) - The website and Twitter feed of British newspaper the Financial Times were hacked on Friday, apparently by the "Syrian Electronic Army", a group of online activists who say they support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.The group posted links on the newspaper's Twitter feed to a YouTube video, uploaded on Wednesday, which purports to show members of the al Qaeda-linked Nusra...

Huge asteroid to zip by Earth this month[ Fri, 17 May 2013 15:30:10 GMT ]By Mike WallSpace.comA big asteroid will cruise by Earth at the end of the month, making its closest approach to our planet for at least the next two centuries.The May 31 flyby of asteroid 1998 QE2, which is about 1.7 miles (2.7 kilometers) long, poses no threat to Earth. The space rock will come within 3.6 million miles (5.8 million km) of our planet — about 15 times the distance separating Earth...

In ancient Egypt, summer was baby-making season[ Fri, 17 May 2013 16:09:49 GMT ]By Owen JarusLiveScienceThe peak period for baby-making sex in ancient Egypt was in July and August, when the weather was at its hottest.Researchers made this discovery at a cemetery in the Dakhleh Oasis in Egypt whose burials date back around 1,800 years. The oasis is located about 450 miles (720 kilometers) southwest of Cairo. The people buried in the cemetery lived in the ancient town of Kellis...

Apple iOS 6 devices get nod for U.S. military use[ Fri, 17 May 2013 15:14:41 GMT ]The Defense Department will be able to distribute iPhones and iPads to employees, but that doesn't guarantee Apple will receive contracts. [Read more]

Game industry sees hardware sales plummet 42 percent[ Fri, 17 May 2013 15:21:19 GMT ]Consumers spent just $109.5 million on game hardware in April, down from the $187.8 million they spent during the same period in 2012. [Read more]

NASA craft to visit asteroid approved, destination chosen[ Fri, 17 May 2013 15:23:55 GMT ]The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has been approved for development, and NASA plans to send it to meet up with asteroid Bennu within the next five years. [Read more]

Sprint grabs U.S. Cellular spectrum, customers for $480m[ Fri, 17 May 2013 15:40:44 GMT ]Sprint hopes an infusion of customers and bandwidth will bolster its midwestern network. [Read more]

The looming big business of facial recognition[ Fri, 17 May 2013 15:48:34 GMT ]A "60 Minutes" report this Sunday will look at the new ways this technology is being used that even has one of its inventors calling it too intrusive. Here's a preview. [Read more]

Google takes on Pandora, Spotify[ Thu, 16 May 2013 14:06:07 EDT ]Google is taking on music-streaming services like Pandora and Spotify with its own service called Google Play All Access.

'Star Trek' or 'Star Wars'?[ Wed, 15 May 2013 18:28:41 EDT ]Photon torpedoes and proton torpedoes. Warp speed and hyperspace.

Tech tools tell you you're drunk[ Fri, 17 May 2013 09:38:18 EDT ]Even if they don't admit it, most people know when they're hammered.

Meet your robot bartender[ Fri, 17 May 2013 09:40:32 EDT ]Crowd control took on a whole new meaning last night as a room full of partygoers in San Francisco were given power over a cocktail-making robot controlled by their smartphones.

Yes, it's a cocktail-making robot bartender[ Thu, 16 May 2013 17:34:42 EDT ]Crowd control took on a whole new meaning last night as a room full of partygoers in San Francisco were given power over a cocktail-making robot controlled by their smartphones.

CISPA cybersecurity bill backers hope second time's a charm[ Thu, 16 May 2013 13:07:20 GMT ]WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Six months after a U.S. cybersecurity bill died in the Senate, some Obama administration officials and lawmakers are optimistic they can get a new law passed amid heightened public awareness of hacking attacks and cyber espionage. With top intelligence officials warning that cyber attacks have replaced terrorism as the leading threat against the United States, the White Hous...

No cellphone, no Wi-Fi: Living in America's quietest place[ Thu, 16 May 2013 13:43:20 GMT ]By Kevin Monahan, Producer, NBC NewsGREEN BANK, W.Va. – Every week, Chuck Niday patrols Green Bank, W.Va., in a vehicle that looks a bit like something out of the movie “Mad Max,” aiming to protect the largest steerable radio telescope in the world.He searches for sources of interference, which can come from something as simple as a spark plug or an electric fence. And when Niday runs across illeg...

Pre-caffeine tech: Infinite porn, nerd fight![ Thu, 16 May 2013 13:54:58 GMT ]Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.Google's Larry Page is fed up with the heated "zero sum" competition among tech firms ... in case you were wondering. Speaking of Wednesday's Google I/O keynote, here's the latest on the tech giant's music service, revamped Maps, photo apps, Google + and more. How much porn is on the Interne...

Guy wins $10K getting iOS app, Apple's 50 billionth download[ Thu, 16 May 2013 15:16:07 GMT ]Owners of iPods and iPads and iPhones around the world have downloaded 50 billion apps from the App Store, Apple announced today. And counting. Google, meanwhile, declared it's almost neck and neck in the app count race, announcing 48 billion app downloads from its Play store at the I/O conference yesterday.Apple makes a point of saying its 50 billion doesn't include updates or re-downloads. NBC N...

Apollo astronaut Lovell again reaches for moon[ Thu, 16 May 2013 15:38:13 GMT ]By Clara MoskowitzSpace.comLegendary Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell has signed on with a commercial lunar exploration firm to help make private trips to the moon a reality, the company Golden Spike announced Wednesday.Golden Spike aims to launch private citizens on round-trip visits to the moon starting in 2020 for a fee of $1.5 billion per flight. The firm, named after the final spike that joined...

Nokia Lumia 928 launches for sale via Verizon[ Thu, 16 May 2013 14:34:12 GMT ]The new Lumia smartphone is available from Verizon Wireless for $99 with the usual two-year contract. [Read more]

Consumer spending on iOS games outpaces 3DS, Vita[ Thu, 16 May 2013 15:00:04 GMT ]That's the word from research firm IDC and App Annie, which released a study that found that App Store spending is easily outpacing gaming handhelds. [Read more]

New Mac spyware found in the Oslo Freedom Forum[ Thu, 16 May 2013 15:34:32 GMT ]One surprise is that the new spyware found on Oslo Freedom Forum members' systems has a valid Apple Developer ID. [Read more]

Lenovo's Windows 8 Yoga 11S convertible now up for sale[ Thu, 16 May 2013 15:37:46 GMT ]The new laptop/tablet takes off from the original Yoga 11 by offering Windows 8 instead of RT, but it won't ship to buyers until late June. [Read more]

Apple looks to move San Francisco store a few blocks away[ Thu, 16 May 2013 15:49:49 GMT ]The company's current store at Stockton and Ellis streets in San Francisco will be moved to Union Square, if all goes well. [Read more]

10 fun facts about Mark Zuckerberg[ Wed, 15 May 2013 09:08:49 EDT ]Tuesday is Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's birthday. He's 29. If that seems insanely young for a billionaire, remember that he co-founded Facebook when he was a teenager.

Light-up bike like a 'Tron Cycle'[ Wed, 15 May 2013 18:31:05 EDT ]Anyone that bikes dreams of riding a Tron Light Cycle. Revolights, a set of wheel-mounted LEDs, now makes that dream a little closer to reality, and a new built-in version is helping that system become even more lightweight and simple than the original bolt-on setup.

Google announces music service[ Wed, 15 May 2013 18:29:41 EDT ]Google is taking on music-streaming services like Pandora, Spotify and Rdio with its own music subscription service called Google Play All Access.

'Star Trek' or 'Star Wars'?[ Wed, 15 May 2013 18:28:41 EDT ]Photon torpedoes and proton torpedoes. Warp speed and hyperspace.

Google Maps to get big, personal redesign[ Wed, 15 May 2013 20:56:05 EDT ]Google Maps are getting personal. The next version of the widely used maps tool, previewed on Wednesday at the Google i/o conference in San Francisco, will soon have a different look and some splashy new features including displays of real-time accidents and personalized recommendations.

Pre-tech caffeine: Google I/0, Brony Thank You![ Wed, 15 May 2013 13:43:32 GMT ]Our pre-caffeine roundup is a collection of the hottest, strangest, and most amusing stories of the morning.The Google I/O is today, and we'll be covering it live: Expect a music service, revamped maps and more.A run-of-the-mill LinkedIn user agreement update has revealed that the professional networking site has been an unwilling host to the world’s oldest profession. (Um ... prostitution.)Meanwh...

LulzSec hackers 'at cutting edge' of cyber crime, court told[ Wed, 15 May 2013 15:12:15 GMT ]LONDON (Reuters) - Four British hackers who took part in 2011 cyber-attacks on targets ranging from the CIA to Sony were audacious, arrogant men whose motivation was "anarchic self-amusement", a court heard on Wednesday.The men, who have pleaded guilty to a variety of offences, were members of the hacking collective LulzSec that caused millions of dollars of damage to corporate and government ...

Syria's Internet is down again [ Wed, 15 May 2013 15:12:16 GMT ]For the second time this month, Syria has gone dark.The global Internet tracking firm Renesys confirmed the outage began at exactly 3 a.m. ET, 10 a.m. in Syria, which is indicated on Google's Transparency report as well. "Ever since the top of the hour we have not been able to get any measurements to any of the machines that normaly respond in Syria," James Cowie, of Renesys, told NBC News. This i...

Spectacular 'fiery ribbon' captured in Orion bebula[ Wed, 15 May 2013 15:46:57 GMT ]By Miriam KramerSpace.comA telescope in Chile has captured stunning new photos of a cosmic ribbon shimmering in the Orion nebula more than 1,000 light-years from Earth.The new images — released by the European Southern Observatory Wednesday — show what scientists described as a "fiery ribbon" of red gas and dust shining in the constellation Orion's belt. The ribbon is a small part of a huge star-f...

Commander Hadfield returns to Earth[ Wed, 15 May 2013 15:46:58 GMT ]

How to get the Start menu back in Windows 8[ Wed, 15 May 2013 15:07:00 GMT ]Several third-party utilities can serve as Start menu replacements for Windows 8 users who aren't as keen on the new Start screen. [Read more]

One-third of all smartphone sales were prepaid in Q1[ Wed, 15 May 2013 15:25:47 GMT ]That's the word from The NPD Group, which found that 21 percent of purchased smartphones were prepaid last year. [Read more]

Android 4.3 pops up ahead of Google I/O[ Wed, 15 May 2013 15:26:09 GMT ]A leak tips off security enhancements in the Android update expected to be unveiled at Google I/O. [Read more]

Samsung grabs 95 percent of Android smartphone profits[ Wed, 15 May 2013 15:39:47 GMT ]The Korean handset maker earned $5.1 billion of the $5.3 billion in global profits seen by Android smartphone vendors last quarter, says research firm Strategy Analytics. [Read more]

Netflix: More work to do to rebuild customer relationship[ Wed, 15 May 2013 15:42:33 GMT ]Netflix Financial Chief David Wells also says the company won't be streaming live events or start selling ads for its U.S. site. [Read more]

Why the Web loves Charles Ramsey[ Thu, 09 May 2013 14:04:49 EDT ]Its a horrifying tale: Three young women abducted as teens are held captive for nearly a decade, spending some of that time in chains.

My year without the Internet[ Fri, 10 May 2013 16:49:52 EDT ]We are using the Internet wrong. Smartphones turn people into horrible listeners. And cat videos aren't as riveting as we think they are.

Tech could make movies look better[ Mon, 13 May 2013 17:21:59 EDT ]Douglas Trumbull's new project would use fast frame rates, huge screens, 4K digital for an "immersive" experience. Are audiences ready?

'Space Oddity,' in space[ Mon, 13 May 2013 17:04:32 EDT ]Chris Hadfield has conquered space. Now he's conquering the Internet, too.

Whose tech is better: 'Star Trek' or 'Star Wars'?[ Wed, 15 May 2013 09:14:20 EDT ]Photon torpedoes and proton torpedoes. Warp speed and hyperspace.