Tuesday, August 23, 2016

AT&T Latest Provider to Offer Roaming in Cuba
[ Mon, 22 Aug 2016 17:47:00 GMT ]
AT&T said it had signed a deal with Cuba's state-owned telecoms provider to offer direct roaming services to its customers visiting Cuba.

U.S. Ready to Hand Off the Internet Naming System
[ Mon, 22 Aug 2016 19:43:30 GMT ]
The United States will officially relinquish its authority over the internet's naming system on October 1.

With Delta's New Chip Tags, You Can Track Your Own Luggage
[ Mon, 22 Aug 2016 19:49:41 GMT ]
Tracking technology being rolled out by Delta this year could make missing luggage a thing of the past.

Is Amazon Developing a $5 Music Subscription Service?
[ Tue, 23 Aug 2016 15:37:17 GMT ]
Amazon is working on a music subscription service that would cost $5 a month and only work on its Echo hardware, tech news website Recode reported.

N. Koreans Can Now Binge-Watch Kim Jong Un Movies
[ Mon, 22 Aug 2016 16:47:00 GMT ]
North Koreans will soon be able to binge watch "documentary films about the country's dear leaders" on a new Netflix-style service.

Apple could launch an iPhone with curved screen - CNET
[ Tue, 23 Aug 2016 14:19:29 +0000 ]
The company may be aiming to play Samsung's game by building a phone with a curved OLED display, according to the Nikkei Asian Review.

Mobileye, Delphi to build fully autonomous vehicle system by 2019 - Roadshow
[ Tue, 23 Aug 2016 14:36:36 +0000 ]
The two companies are working together to make self-driving cars a reality, and they plan to sell their finished work to automakers.

รข€‹McDonald's Happy Meal Step-It fitness trackers officially recalled - CNET
[ Tue, 23 Aug 2016 14:55:36 +0000 ]
Reports of burns and rashes trigger a recall. Bring yours back for a replacement toy and apple slices or a yogurt tube.

Bright lights, Mcity: Self-driving startups head east - Roadshow
[ Tue, 23 Aug 2016 14:55:17 +0000 ]
After all, what company wouldn't want to work in a place built entirely for autonomous car development?

Mitsubishi recalls 80,000 vehicles for CVT issues - Roadshow
[ Tue, 23 Aug 2016 15:18:40 +0000 ]
When you want a vehicle to accelerate, it's rarely beneficial for that acceleration to arrive later than anticipated.

Addicted to your smartphone? Here's why
[ Tue, 16 Aug 2016 20:31:19 EDT ]
How many times a day do you check your smartphone?

Watch a timelapse of the Perseid meteor shower
[ Mon, 15 Aug 2016 21:12:38 EDT ]
The annual Perseid meteor shower is back this year, and it's as spectacular as ever.

Was Venus once habitable?
[ Sat, 13 Aug 2016 15:57:35 EDT ]
Imagine a mostly dead planet with a heavy, toxic atmosphere 90 times thicker than ours and surface temperatures that reach 864 degrees: hot enough to melt lead.

NASA re-establishes contact with missing vessel
[ Tue, 23 Aug 2016 11:45:05 EDT ]
Despite almost two years of silence, NASA never stopped searching for its long lost spacecraft STEREO-B.

Monday, August 22, 2016

If You Can Guide NASA's Mars Droid, You Could Win $1M
[ Fri, 19 Aug 2016 14:35:00 GMT ]
NASA is offering $1 million to teams that can coax a virtual robot through tricky tasks to save a simulated habitat on Mars.

Massachusetts to Levy Fee on Ride Shares as Subsidy for Taxis
[ Fri, 19 Aug 2016 20:44:00 GMT ]
Massachusetts will levy a 5-cent fee per trip on ride-hailing apps such as Uber and Lyft and spend the money on the traditional taxi industry.

Players Compete For Title of Pokemon World Champion
[ Fri, 19 Aug 2016 21:48:00 GMT ]
While Pokemon Go has swept the world this summer, the annual world championships forego the popular mobile game.

How to 'Catch 'Em All' in One of World's Most Violent Cities
[ Sun, 21 Aug 2016 09:56:41 GMT ]
The Pakistani city of Karachi has not avoided the biggest Western craze to sweep the globe this summer: "Pokemon Go."

Behind the Scenes With Hackers Who Get Paid to Find Bugs
[ Fri, 19 Aug 2016 17:16:00 GMT ]
From toys and vacuum cleaners to even government records, we're now living in a world where the majority of the items we rely upon are hackable.

Massachusetts to tax ridesharing, give money to taxi companies - Roadshow
[ Mon, 22 Aug 2016 14:03:33 +0000 ]
It's a literal case of nickel-and-diming.

Kobe Bryant's next bank shot: a $100 million tech venture fund - CNET
[ Mon, 22 Aug 2016 14:32:29 +0000 ]
The retired basketball star is teaming up with entrepreneur Jeff Stibel to invest in technology, media and data companies, through their creatively named fund, Bryant Stibel.

China group buys Media.net, a start-up that runs ads on Yahoo and Bing, for $900 million - CNET
[ Mon, 22 Aug 2016 14:46:13 +0000 ]
Media.net surfaces "contextual" advertisements on Yahoo and Microsoft's Bing search engine.

Schedule a test drive where you want with Hyundai and Amazon - Roadshow
[ Mon, 22 Aug 2016 14:55:14 +0000 ]
Hyundai's new on-demand pilot program places the power of test driving in the buyers' hands.

Microsoft buys Genee, maker of a virtual scheduling assistant bot - CNET
[ Mon, 22 Aug 2016 15:19:50 +0000 ]
Genee, which uses articificial intelligence to simplify digital scheduling, will shut down as a stand-alone assistant on Sept. 1.

Addicted to your smartphone? Here's why
[ Tue, 16 Aug 2016 20:31:19 EDT ]
How many times a day do you check your smartphone?

Watch a timelapse of the Perseid meteor shower
[ Mon, 15 Aug 2016 21:12:38 EDT ]
The annual Perseid meteor shower is back this year, and it's as spectacular as ever.

Was Venus once habitable?
[ Sat, 13 Aug 2016 15:57:35 EDT ]
Imagine a mostly dead planet with a heavy, toxic atmosphere 90 times thicker than ours and surface temperatures that reach 864 degrees: hot enough to melt lead.

Sunday, August 21, 2016

If You Can Guide NASA's Mars Droid, You Could Win $1M
[ Fri, 19 Aug 2016 14:35:00 GMT ]
NASA is offering $1 million to teams that can coax a virtual robot through tricky tasks to save a simulated habitat on Mars.

Massachusetts to Levy Fee on Ride Shares as Subsidy for Taxis
[ Fri, 19 Aug 2016 20:44:00 GMT ]
Massachusetts will levy a 5-cent fee per trip on ride-hailing apps such as Uber and Lyft and spend the money on the traditional taxi industry.

Players Compete For Title of Pokemon World Champion
[ Fri, 19 Aug 2016 21:48:00 GMT ]
While Pokemon Go has swept the world this summer, the annual world championships forego the popular mobile game.

How to 'Catch 'Em All' in One of World's Most Violent Cities
[ Sun, 21 Aug 2016 09:55:52 GMT ]
The Pakistani city of Karachi has not avoided the biggest Western craze to sweep the globe this summer: "Pokemon Go."

Behind the Scenes With Hackers Who Get Paid to Find Bugs
[ Fri, 19 Aug 2016 17:16:00 GMT ]
From toys and vacuum cleaners to even government records, we're now living in a world where the majority of the items we rely upon are hackable.

Google saying buh-bye to Chrome Apps for Windows, Mac, Linux - CNET
[ Sat, 20 Aug 2016 21:06:35 +0000 ]
New apps will be available only on Chromebooks by the end of this year, and will stop loading on non-Chrome OS machines in 2018.

This 'Bad Lip Reading' video makes the DNC seem quite strange - CNET
[ Sun, 21 Aug 2016 00:30:25 +0000 ]
Watch Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders give speeches about their favorite superheroes, "Game of Thrones," manservants, wildlife and more.

How to find the right baby monitor - CNET
[ Sun, 21 Aug 2016 12:00:03 +0000 ]
The four questions every new parent should ask while searching for the best video monitor.

Apple under Tim Cook: A nicer company, but a better one? - CNET
[ Sun, 21 Aug 2016 12:00:08 +0000 ]
Cook hits his five-year anniversary as CEO this week. CNET takes a look at how Apple has changed during his tenure.

Apple's Tim Cook -- five years at the helm (pictures) - CNET
[ Sun, 21 Aug 2016 12:00:10 +0000 ]
Steve Jobs is a tough act to follow. Here's a photographic glimpse of Cook's tenure so far.

Addicted to your smartphone? Here's why
[ Tue, 16 Aug 2016 20:31:19 EDT ]
How many times a day do you check your smartphone?

Watch a timelapse of the Perseid meteor shower
[ Mon, 15 Aug 2016 21:12:38 EDT ]
The annual Perseid meteor shower is back this year, and it's as spectacular as ever.

Was Venus once habitable?
[ Sat, 13 Aug 2016 15:57:35 EDT ]
Imagine a mostly dead planet with a heavy, toxic atmosphere 90 times thicker than ours and surface temperatures that reach 864 degrees: hot enough to melt lead.

Saturday, August 20, 2016

Sources: Clinton Told FBI Powell Advised Private Email
[ Fri, 19 Aug 2016 11:59:00 GMT ]
The Democratic nominee told the FBI that former Secretary of State Colin Powell recommended using a private email account in 2009.

If You Can Guide NASA's Mars Droid, You Could Win $1M
[ Fri, 19 Aug 2016 14:35:00 GMT ]
NASA is offering $1 million to teams that can coax a virtual robot through tricky tasks to save a simulated habitat on Mars.

Massachusetts to Levy Fee on Ride Shares as Subsidy for Taxis
[ Fri, 19 Aug 2016 20:44:00 GMT ]
Massachusetts will levy a 5-cent fee per trip on ride-hailing apps such as Uber and Lyft and spend the money on the traditional taxi industry.

Players Compete For Title of Pokemon World Champion
[ Fri, 19 Aug 2016 21:47:36 GMT ]
While Pokemon Go has swept the world this summer, the annual world championships forego the popular mobile game.

Behind the Scenes With Hackers Who Get Paid to Find Bugs
[ Fri, 19 Aug 2016 17:16:00 GMT ]
From toys and vacuum cleaners to even government records, we're now living in a world where the majority of the items we rely upon are hackable.

Don't expect the new Apple Watch to get cellular data (Apple Byte Extra Crunchy Podcast, Ep. 51) - CNET
[ Fri, 19 Aug 2016 23:41:20 +0000 ]
Battery-life issues are holding back the Apple Watch from getting cellular data, new iPads with OLED screens are coming...in 2018, and Apple gets rid of the "Store" in Apple Store.

Why your Apple store is no longer a 'store' - CNET
[ Fri, 19 Aug 2016 23:17:43 +0000 ]
Technically Incorrect: The company's brick-and-mortar locations are losing the "store" part of their name. Is this a conscious attempt to tweak the way you think about Apple?

Sprint accuses Verizon of whining and panicking - CNET
[ Sat, 20 Aug 2016 00:03:09 +0000 ]
Technically Incorrect: In a new ad featuring former Verizon spokesman Paul Marcarelli, Sprint suggests that Goliath is scared of David.

If you can't legally drink, Facebook has (another) app for you - CNET
[ Sat, 20 Aug 2016 00:55:13 +0000 ]
The thing teens need most is another social media app. Facebook's got it covered.

Cheers, VR! Drink your way to another part of the world in virtual reality - CNET
[ Sat, 20 Aug 2016 12:00:08 +0000 ]
Craft-beer brewer Innis and Gunn and rumrunner Havana Club transport you to the Scottish Highlands and sunny Cuba to make your drink taste different.