Wednesday, January 21, 2015

SpaceX Gets $1 Billion From Google and Fidelity
[ Tue, 20 Jan 2015 21:27:07 GMT ]
SpaceX says it has received a $1 billion investment from Google and Fidelity, valuing the company at $10 billion.

SpaceX Gets $1 Billion from Google and Fidelity
[ Tue, 20 Jan 2015 21:27:07 GMT ]
SpaceX says it has received a $1 billion investment from Google and Fidelity, valuing the company at $10 billion.






U.S. to Pay Woman $134K Over Fake Facebook Page
[ Tue, 20 Jan 2015 22:17:55 GMT ]
The U.S. has agreed to pay a New York woman $134,000 for having set up a fake Facebook page using her identity, according to court documents.






'DoctorClu' Charged With Helping Run Silk Road 2.0
[ Wed, 21 Jan 2015 00:30:28 GMT ]
U.S. authorities say a Washington state man helped manage the successor website to the Silk Road online black market.






New York Man Accused of Trying to Sell Ricin
[ Wed, 21 Jan 2015 01:11:10 GMT ]
The FBI said a New York man tried to stockpile ricin and sell it on what officials have dubbed the "dark web."






Businesses of the future...with Samsung devices, of course (pictures)
[ Sat, 22 Mar 2014 04:00:00 PDT ]
The Korean electronics giant operates a showroom -- called the Executive Briefing Center -- at its North American headquarters in New Jersey to show potential business customers what Samsung technology they can use to change their operations.

Apple rumor claims all-new, 12-inch MacBook Air
[ Sat, 22 Mar 2014 09:02:35 PDT ]
The MacBook is getting a makeover sooner rather than later -- if chatter from China is accurate.

Twitter battle in Turkey heats up, spreads to YouTube -- reports
[ Sat, 22 Mar 2014 10:53:36 PDT ]
The fight over a Twitter ban in the country intensifies, as the government reportedly blocks a workaround, the White House weighs in, and Google refuses to yank YouTube vids critical of the prime minister.

NSA's reported Huawei hack gives glimpse of agency's role in 'cyber Cold War'
[ Sat, 22 Mar 2014 13:38:11 PDT ]
The latest report based on leaks by Edward Snowden has it that the NSA hacked into the servers of a Chinese router company that had itself been accused by the US of potentially aiding government espionage.

Mom tries to Facebook-shame daughter, gets pizza on face
[ Sat, 22 Mar 2014 15:36:05 PDT ]
A mother makes her daughter pose for a picture to prove that it will travel far and wide on the Web. She ends up getting prank calls, pizza deliveries, and a lesson for herself.

Man dies in Taiwan after 3-day online gaming binge
[ Mon, 19 Jan 2015 12:49:08 EST ]
A 32-year-old man was found dead in an Internet cafe in Taiwan after a marathon three-day gaming binge, the island's second death of an online gamer this year.

7 'tech superheroes' to watch in 2015
[ Tue, 20 Jan 2015 12:02:37 EST ]
Who are the tech masterminds to watch in 2015? Industry insider, Shivvy Jervis, gives her predictions.

Flight to make stops in India and U.S.
[ Tue, 20 Jan 2015 09:22:01 EST ]
Soon, the plane's unique silhouette may be visible across the horizons of Southern Europe, Africa, Asia and North America.

The end of Google Glass or a new beginning?
[ Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:24:02 EST ]
Google has announced it will stop producing Google Glass in its present form. Inevitably, the announcement caused a stir on social media.

Opinion: The tech giant didn't do its homework
[ Tue, 20 Jan 2015 12:40:11 EST ]
Martha Pease says just because you can build something doesn't mean you should. Even if you cook up something cool and new and make it available, real people may still not want it.

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Internet of Things Slowed by Industry Roadblock
[ Sun, 18 Jan 2015 20:04:07 GMT ]
The "Internet of Things" is invading our homes, but these connected devices face a big challenge: they all speak different digital languages.






Amazon Is Jumping Into the Movie Business
[ Mon, 19 Jan 2015 15:39:08 GMT ]
The company plans to "create close to 12 movies a year," said Roy Price, the vice president of Amazon Studios.






Microsoft Outlook Hacked in China: Report
[ Mon, 19 Jan 2015 18:02:16 GMT ]
Chinese users of Microsoft's Outlook email service were subject to a hacking attack over the weekend, an online censorship watchdog reports.






Apple Honors MLK With Revamped Homepage
[ Mon, 19 Jan 2015 19:03:53 GMT ]
Apple paid tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday by devoting its entire homepage to the slain civil-rights icon.






Cloned Cattle With Human DNA Might Hold Ebola Cure
[ Mon, 19 Jan 2015 19:21:09 GMT ]
On a farm outside Sioux Falls, South Dakota, a herd of cloned, genetically engineered cattle are busy incubating antibodies against the Ebola virus.






Businesses of the future...with Samsung devices, of course (pictures)
[ Sat, 22 Mar 2014 04:00:00 PDT ]
The Korean electronics giant operates a showroom -- called the Executive Briefing Center -- at its North American headquarters in New Jersey to show potential business customers what Samsung technology they can use to change their operations.

Apple rumor claims all-new, 12-inch MacBook Air
[ Sat, 22 Mar 2014 09:02:35 PDT ]
The MacBook is getting a makeover sooner rather than later -- if chatter from China is accurate.

Twitter battle in Turkey heats up, spreads to YouTube -- reports
[ Sat, 22 Mar 2014 10:53:36 PDT ]
The fight over a Twitter ban in the country intensifies, as the government reportedly blocks a workaround, the White House weighs in, and Google refuses to yank YouTube vids critical of the prime minister.

NSA's reported Huawei hack gives glimpse of agency's role in 'cyber Cold War'
[ Sat, 22 Mar 2014 13:38:11 PDT ]
The latest report based on leaks by Edward Snowden has it that the NSA hacked into the servers of a Chinese router company that had itself been accused by the US of potentially aiding government espionage.

Mom tries to Facebook-shame daughter, gets pizza on face
[ Sat, 22 Mar 2014 15:36:05 PDT ]
A mother makes her daughter pose for a picture to prove that it will travel far and wide on the Web. She ends up getting prank calls, pizza deliveries, and a lesson for herself.

2014 was Earth's hottest year on record
[ Sat, 17 Jan 2015 11:48:29 EST ]
2014 was the Earth's warmest year on record, a U.S. weather agency announced Friday, with average temperatures 0.07 degrees Fahrenheit above the previous high.

Missing Mars spacecraft spotted after 11 years
[ Sun, 18 Jan 2015 17:31:01 EST ]
The 11-year-old mystery of what happened to the UK-sponsored Beagle 2 Mars lander appears to be mostly solved.

Meet robot makers as young as 6
[ Mon, 19 Jan 2015 10:49:26 EST ]
Building and programing a robot from scratch may sound like an impossible task to most primary school students, but one man is changing that mind-set for a generation of Ugandans.

The end of Google Glass or a new beginning?
[ Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:24:02 EST ]
Google has announced it will stop producing Google Glass in its present form. Inevitably, the announcement caused a stir on social media.

Man dies in Taiwan after 3-day online gaming binge
[ Mon, 19 Jan 2015 12:49:08 EST ]
A 32-year-old man was found dead in an Internet cafe in Taiwan after a marathon three-day gaming binge, the island's second death of an online gamer this year.

Monday, January 19, 2015

Call for Crackdown After Drone Gets Too Close to Jet
[ Fri, 16 Jan 2015 18:11:33 GMT ]
U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer is calling on the federal government Friday to release rule for the use of unmanned drones.






New York Post Twitter Account Apparently Hacked
[ Fri, 16 Jan 2015 18:27:05 GMT ]
The New York Post Twitter account was apparently compromised on Friday, sending a series of apparently untrue tweets.






This Double Amputee Has Robotic Limbs That He Can Control with his Thoughts
[ Fri, 16 Jan 2015 23:31:55 GMT ]
Les Baugh lost both his arms in an accident but thanks to researchers at Johns Hopkins, he now has robotic arms that he can control with his thoughts.






Internet of Things Slowed by Industry Roadblock
[ Sun, 18 Jan 2015 20:04:07 GMT ]
The "Internet of Things" is invading our homes, but these connected devices face a big challenge: they all speak different digital languages.






Cloned Cattle With Human DNA Might Hold Ebola Cure
[ Mon, 19 Jan 2015 10:12:11 GMT ]
On a farm outside Sioux Falls, South Dakota, a herd of cloned, genetically engineered cattle are busy incubating antibodies against the Ebola virus.






Businesses of the future...with Samsung devices, of course (pictures)
[ Sat, 22 Mar 2014 04:00:00 PDT ]
The Korean electronics giant operates a showroom -- called the Executive Briefing Center -- at its North American headquarters in New Jersey to show potential business customers what Samsung technology they can use to change their operations.

Apple rumor claims all-new, 12-inch MacBook Air
[ Sat, 22 Mar 2014 09:02:35 PDT ]
The MacBook is getting a makeover sooner rather than later -- if chatter from China is accurate.

Twitter battle in Turkey heats up, spreads to YouTube -- reports
[ Sat, 22 Mar 2014 10:53:36 PDT ]
The fight over a Twitter ban in the country intensifies, as the government reportedly blocks a workaround, the White House weighs in, and Google refuses to yank YouTube vids critical of the prime minister.

NSA's reported Huawei hack gives glimpse of agency's role in 'cyber Cold War'
[ Sat, 22 Mar 2014 13:38:11 PDT ]
The latest report based on leaks by Edward Snowden has it that the NSA hacked into the servers of a Chinese router company that had itself been accused by the US of potentially aiding government espionage.

Mom tries to Facebook-shame daughter, gets pizza on face
[ Sat, 22 Mar 2014 15:36:05 PDT ]
A mother makes her daughter pose for a picture to prove that it will travel far and wide on the Web. She ends up getting prank calls, pizza deliveries, and a lesson for herself.

This could shave your drive time by 40%
[ Thu, 15 Jan 2015 15:58:36 EST ]
Researchers want to replace physical traffic lights with virtual traffic lights on a car's windshield.

Astronaut to spend one year in space
[ Fri, 16 Jan 2015 10:10:31 EST ]
NASA is sending astronaut Scott Kelly to live on the International Space Station for a year. That's the longest any U.S. astronaut has spent in space and twice as long as crew members usually stay on the space station.

2014 was Earth's hottest year on record
[ Sat, 17 Jan 2015 11:48:29 EST ]
2014 was the Earth's warmest year on record, a U.S. weather agency announced Friday, with average temperatures 0.07 degrees Fahrenheit above the previous high.

Missing Mars spacecraft spotted after 11 years
[ Sun, 18 Jan 2015 17:31:01 EST ]
The 11-year-old mystery of what happened to the UK-sponsored Beagle 2 Mars lander appears to be mostly solved.

Or a new beginning for Google Glass
[ Sun, 18 Jan 2015 17:34:13 EST ]
Google has announced it will stop producing Google Glass in its present form. Inevitably, the announcement caused a stir on social media.

Sunday, January 18, 2015

In Search of Serenity, I Tested a Mood-Changing Device
[ Fri, 16 Jan 2015 14:55:14 GMT ]
Thync, a wearable device that promises to change your mood by zapping electricity directly to your brain. It sounded nuts. And I had to try it.






British Police Arrest Man Over Xbox, PlayStation Hacks
[ Fri, 16 Jan 2015 16:57:18 GMT ]
British police said on Friday they had arrested a man in northwest England following the 2014 cyberattacks on Sony PlayStation and Microsoft Xbox systems.






Call for Crackdown After Drone Gets Too Close to Jet
[ Fri, 16 Jan 2015 18:11:33 GMT ]
U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer is calling on the federal government Friday to release rule for the use of unmanned drones.






New York Post Twitter Account Apparently Hacked
[ Fri, 16 Jan 2015 18:27:05 GMT ]
The New York Post Twitter account was apparently compromised on Friday, sending a series of apparently untrue tweets.






This Double Amputee Has Robotic Limbs That He Can Control with his Thoughts
[ Fri, 16 Jan 2015 23:31:55 GMT ]
Les Baugh lost both his arms in an accident but thanks to researchers at Johns Hopkins, he now has robotic arms that he can control with his thoughts.