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18,000 Apple employees could get bite of profits with class action lawsuit
The Register - 23 Jul 2014 05:32
Claim Cupertino withheld wages and lunch breaks A lawsuit against Apple by disgruntled employees has just been granted class action status, potentially creating a payday for staff who say the firm held back their wages a...
Unlock your phone with Motorola's 'digital tattoo'
CNET - 23 Jul 2014 22:36America's Next Big Space Launch Rocket Is a Total Beast
Gizmodo - 23 Jul 2014 18:11
With its forthcoming Space Launch System, NASA hopes to send astronauts farther into space than it ever has ever before--to Mars and beyond. And when the first crew does leave to make interplanetary history, they'll do s...
The EFF has a new tool that will stop websites from spying on you
BGR - 23 Jul 2014 00:35
Things have gotten to the point where many Internet users are starting to assume that almost every website on the Net is spying on them or tracking them in some way. And the sad reality is in most cases, they’re correc...
Chinese Officials Seal Off 'Plague' City, Puzzling US Experts
Live Science - 23 Jul 2014 00:31
Officials in China have sealed off the city of Yumen after one resident died from bubonic plague, reports say. But this action is puzzling to U.S. infectious disease experts, who say the response seems extreme.
How to send a text message in Android Wear
Android Central - 23 Jul 2014 19:04
Sending an SMS in Android Wear is as easy as telling it to text someone Sending a text message with your Android Wear smartwatch -- and it doesn't matter whether you've got the LG G Watch, the Samsung Gear Live or the Mo...
New meteor shower "just a memory" of what once was there
Phys.org - 23 Jul 2014 14:10
The weak display of last month's Camelopardalids meteor shower, the result of the close passage of comet 209P/LINEAR, may have disappointed backyard observers, but this never-before-seen shower now has scientists excited...
Australian researchers pioneer a 'Google street view' of galaxies
Phys.org - 23 Jul 2014 13:59
A new home-grown instrument based on bundles of optical fibres is giving Australian astronomers the first 'Google street view' of the cosmos--incredibly detailed views of huge numbers of galaxies.
New Space Race? US Eyes Asteroids as Other Nations Shoot for the Moon
SPACE.com - 23 Jul 2014 13:28
In the four decades since Apollo, no humans have landed on the moon. While NASA has no concrete plans to send astronauts back, other nations are talking about going there.
Broadcom cuts 2,500 jobs in wind-down of baseband unit
Reuters - 23 Jul 2014 00:45
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GigaOM - 23 Jul 2014 00:02Is Voyager 1 Really in Interstellar Space? New Test Could Prove It for Good
SPACE.com - 23 Jul 2014 23:23
Scientists are still debating whether NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is in interstellar space, but a new study outlines a test that could definitively show where the far-flung probe is on its journey out of the solar system...
NASA Seeks Proposals for Commercial Mars Data Relay Satellites
PTTU - 23 Jul 2014 23:14
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory News and Features: NASA has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to investigate the possibility of using commercial Mars-orbiting satellites for telecommunications with future Mars miss...
NASA team lays plans to observe new worlds
Phys.org - 23 Jul 2014 23:00
It can take decades to mature an astrophysics flagship mission from concept to launch pad.
These Graphic Prints Contain The Text of Your Favorite Books
Gizmodo - 23 Jul 2014 23:00
There are lots of different kinds of love out there, but perhaps none more pure than between people and their favorite books. You could keep a copy of your one and only out at all times, prominently placed on a shelf at ...
Hubble Space Telescope Webcast Thursday: How to Watch Live
SPACE.com - 23 Jul 2014 22:15
Hubble Space Telescope scientists are going to explain how they use the huge eye in the sky during a live chat Thursday (July 24).
"Where None Have Gone Before" --Uncertainty Surrounds Voyager 1 Mission-Team Claims of Entering Interstellar Space
The Daily Galaxy - 23 Jul 2014 22:07
In 2012, the Voyager mission team announced that the Voyager 1 spacecraft had passed into interstellar space, traveling further from Earth than any other manmade object. But, in the nearly two years since that historic a...
Let family track you in traffic with Google Maps creator's app PlaceUs
Slash Gear - 23 Jul 2014 22:04
A new app from one of the chief creators of Google Maps, Sam Liang Ph.D, is appearing this week to allow your family to track you at all times. Contextual awareness is key to the existence of "PlaceUs," an app which allo...
U.S. Air Force Ponders Accelerating Delta 4 Rocket Production
Space News - 23 Jul 2014 21:55
In the face of escalating tensions with Russia, the U.S. Air Force is examining what it would take to accelerate production of ULA's Delta 4 to ensure continued access to space for military satellites.
ASUS has the world's fastest WiFi router... for now
Engadget - 23 Jul 2014 01:53
Hey look, a new router from ASUS and, apparently, it is super, super fast. According to the Taiwanese company, its RT-AC87 is "the world's first" with Wave 2 features, which bring better reliability, major speed boosts a...
How Syria's Chemical Weapons Are Being Destroyed
Live Science - 23 Jul 2014 23:48
Somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea, military and civilian experts aboard a U.S. cargo ship, the MV Cape Ray, are disposing of Syria's arsenal of deadly chemical weapons.
Uber finally has a Windows Phone app
Slash Gear - 23 Jul 2014 23:14
Uber wants to tote you about town, and have been rolling out to various cities nationwide. If you had a Windows Phone, though -- you were left to the mobile web version of Uber, which just wasn't as good as any native ap...