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Tablo's live TV and DVR features now work on the Apple TV
Engadget - 18 Jun 2016 05:48
During CES Tablo promised its $200 box that tunes into and records OTA TV would eventually get an Apple TV app, and now it has delivered. It already works with boxes like Roku and Fire TV, and on the Apple TV it's brough...
Tim Peake returns to Earth
ESA - 18 Jun 2016 07:10
ESA astronaut Tim Peake, NASA astronaut Tim Kopra and Russian Soyuz commander Yuri Malenchenko landed safely today in the Kazakh steppe after a three-hour ride in their Soyuz spacecraft. They left the International Space...
No One Told the Stars of The X-Files That They Want to Make More Episodes
Gizmodo - 18 Jun 2016 00:30
So, uh, I guess this is awkward. Remember when the Chairman and CEO of Fox said , "I believe everyone is on board to do another installment of the show"? Yeah, his belief was incorrect.
Fermi's Paradox On Hold --"It Will Be 1,500 Years Before There's Aliens Contact"
The Daily Galaxy - 18 Jun 2016 16:02
Hunting for extraterrestrials means sending out signals like television broadcasts, for example. As Earth's electronic ambassador, TV and radio signals are sent into space as a byproduct of broadcasting. These signals ha...
Expedition 47 Commander Tim Kopra and Crewmates Land Safely in Kazakhstan
SpaceRef - 18 Jun 2016 14:33
Three crew members from the International Space Station returned to Earth at 5:15 a.m. EDT (3:15 p.m. Kazakhstan time) Saturday after wrapping up 186 days in space and several NASA research studies in human health....
Jeff Bezos Suggests NASA Pursue Prizes and 'Gigantic' Technology Programs
SPACE.com - 18 Jun 2016 13:58
As commercial spaceflight company Blue Origin prepares for another suborbital test fight, company founder Jeff Bezos said he thinks the next administration should assign NASA a mix of large-scale prizes and technology de...
Valve tests Steam Controller customizations and 3D VR screenshots
Engadget - 18 Jun 2016 04:44
When Valve announced that it had sold over half a million Steam Controllers, it also noted a new feature on the way called Activators. With Activators, gamers can customize each press of an input on the gamepad, with twe...
IBM and Gogo join forces to dodge in-flight turbulence
Engadget - 18 Jun 2016 03:39
In what might seem like an unlikely partnership, IBM's Watson division and Gogo Inc. (the people who bring you in-flight WiFi) have joined up to make flying a little bit smoother for everyone. As the Wall Street Journal ...
Twitch files lawsuit against seven alleged viewbot sellers
Slash Gear - 18 Jun 2016 03:37
This evening, Twitch's Senior Vice President of Marketing Matthew DiPietro tackled the issue of 'viewerbots,' bots that are designed to make it look like a channel is getting more viewers than it is, as well as other bot...
Watch a Cruise Ship Get Built
Gizmodo - 18 Jun 2016 02:25
Cruise ships are basically giant floating cities. How do you build a giant floating city? Well, it's pretty much like playing with Lego bricks. This time lapse shows the construction process of building AIDA Cruises' new...
Porsche Exec On Tesla: Ludicrous Mode Is A Façade And The Seats Suck
Gizmodo - 18 Jun 2016 02:00
Porsche is planning on taking the fight to Tesla with the upcoming production version of the gorgeous Mission E Concept , and they've officially started the smack-talking.
NASA Brings Back the X-Plane, and This One's Electric
Universe Today - 18 Jun 2016 16:30
While NASA has had a long and storied history of building and testing experimental aircraft - called X-planes -- it has been almost a decade since the space agency has developed any new aircraft. But an initiative announ...
Blue Origin to Test Rocket Parachute Failure Sunday Morning
Bad Astronomy - 18 Jun 2016 15:00
On Sunday, June 19, 2016 at approximately 14:15 UTC (10:15 a.m. Eastern time), the private rocket company Blue Origin plans to launch their New Shepard rocket for the fourth time. As with the three previous tests, it'll ...
Soyuz From Space Station Lands Safely with Brit, Russian and American
SPACE.com - 18 Jun 2016 12:13
The UK's first government-funded astronaut, Tim Peake, returned from the space station, landing on board Soyuz TMA-19M with Yuri Malenchenko of Roscosmos and Tim Kopra of NASA. The three crew mates spent more than 185 da...
American, Briton, Russian depart from space station
Phys.org - 18 Jun 2016 10:49
The Soyuz space capsule has undocked from the International Space Station to carry an American, a Briton and a Russian back to Earth.
Chinese Firm Accuses Apple Of Copying Its Smartphone Design For iPhone 6
Tech Times - 18 Jun 2016 05:52
A China-based company called Baili Marketing Service Inc. has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple. The company claims that the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus' designs are a copy of its 100C smartphone.
Waze Launches New Routing Feature So Nervous Drivers Don't Have To Do The Thing They Hate
Tech Times - 18 Jun 2016 05:19
Waze launched a new routing feature for Los Angeles drivers that eliminates the need to make turns at 'difficult intersections.'
Apple and Microsoft put the kibosh on the proposed rifle emoji
Digital Trends - 18 Jun 2016 03:57
A joint opposition by Apple and Microsoft to a proposed rifle emoji means your phone won't be getting one anytime soon. The effort was spearheaded by Apple at a recent Unicode Consortium meeting. The post Apple and Micro...
Meet the 9-year-old iPhone app developer who's better at coding than most adults
BGR - 18 Jun 2016 03:00
Tim Cook said Apple gave 350 scholarships to young developers to this year’s WWDC event, highlighting one winner in particular. 9-year-old Anvitha Vijay from Australia got the chance of a lifetime thanks to a scholar...
Apple Wants to Move Past Hardware But Isn't Ready to Commit
Wired - 18 Jun 2016 02:00
Apple has built its success on selling devices. Now, it's showing signs of opening up to the idea that it needs to do more. The post Apple Wants to Move Past Hardware But Isn't Ready to Commit appeared first on WIRED.
Huawei's dual-camera smartphone is no Leica
USA Today - 18 Jun 2016 20:03
The Huawei P9 is a great midrange phone, but it's not a photographic powerhouse.
Latest Android N Developer Preview build breaks Google Maps on Android Auto
Android Central - 18 Jun 2016 14:16
Put this one squarely in the "that's niche" category, but it's still a thing. Android N Developer Preview 4 keeps Google Maps from working properly in Android Auto. Some in our forums note that it's only navigation that'...