Technology News
Asus releases the convertible ZenBook Flip UX360
The Verge - 7 Jul 2016 19:19
Asus has released a new all-metal convertible ultrabook called the ZenBook Flip UX360. The 13.9 mm thick laptop weighs in at 2.9lbs and employs a fanless design, which likely contributes to its stated 12 hours of battery...
HTML5 Could Make Gaming More Accessible for People With Disabilities
Motherboard - 7 Jul 2016 23:01
Evolving technologies are bringing state-of-the-art games to anyone, regardless of special needs.
Carnival of Space #465
Universe Today - 7 Jul 2016 21:59
This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Allen Versfeld at his Urban Astronomer blog.
New Crew Members, Including NASA Biologist, Launch to Space Station
NASA Breaking news - 7 Jul 2016 03:55Wirecutter's best deals: Save $100 on a Vizio M-Series LED TV
Engadget - 7 Jul 2016 23:00
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Oddball Planet Has 3 Sunsets
Scientific American - 7 Jul 2016 21:00
Although big as four Jupiters and hot as a broiler, it is one of the smallest and coldest worlds ever directly imaged --
Soyuz blasts off with space station-bound crew
CBSNews - 7 Jul 2016 08:18
An upgraded Soyuz spacecraft shot into space Wednesday carrying a crew of three bound for the International Space Station
Could Brain Research For The Past 15 Years Be Wrong?
Forbes - 7 Jul 2016 05:53
A major discovery (and not the good kind) can mean that up to 40,000 research studies about how the brain functions published over the past 15 years could go out the window. Here's what happened and why this is bad news.
Siri is the star of macOS Sierra
Slash Gear - 7 Jul 2016 23:58
macOS Sierra may not be short on new features, but the biggest change from OS X is that you're now encouraged to talk to your Mac. Siri's arrival on the desktop is more than just an extension of the now-familiar virtual ...
NASA to Discuss Sequencing DNA in Space, Highlight Research Headed to Space Station on Next SpaceX Cargo Launch
NASA Breaking news - 7 Jul 2016 23:15If you're waiting for a self-driving car revolution, keep waiting
TechCrunch - 7 Jul 2016 23:00
Not a week goes by without some sort of development in the world regarding self-driving cars — the subject consistently finds a place in any given news cycle. But if you’re waiting for a self-driving car revolution...
Jovians Distressed At Strange, Tiny & Silent Creatures Aboard Spacecraft
Universe Today - 7 Jul 2016 22:50
Given it's historic importance - being just the second spacecraft to conduct a long-term mission to Jupiter - NASA was sure to outfit the Juno probe with some high-end memorabilia. These include the Galileo commemorative...
'F1 2016' gets 22-player support for online multiplayer races
Engadget - 7 Jul 2016 22:31
F1 fans, get ready for a whole new kind of race, as F1 2016 will be adding 22-player online racing and a host of new features for this year's iteration of the official Formula One World Championship video game.
Now Amazon's Echo is besties with Spotify and Pandora
Slash Gear - 7 Jul 2016 21:43
Amazon's Alexa-powered Echo speaker has long been able to pull streaming music from a number of services, but now Amazon is allowing users to set their Spotify account as the default. The new functionality, confirmed by ...
BitTorrent News brings in former Viceland and CNN producer
Slash Gear - 7 Jul 2016 21:38
BitTorrent news, previously revealed in the form of a job posting, is official and it has brought in Harrison Bohrman as its first News Director. Bohrman has a solid background in the industry, having formerly served as ...
Astronomers find evidence of water clouds in first spectrum of coldest brown dwarf
e! Science News - 7 Jul 2016 21:34
Since its detection in 2014, the brown dwarf known as WISE 0855 has fascinated astronomers. Only 7.2 light-years from Earth, it is the coldest known object outside of our solar system and is just barely visible at infrar...
First Detection of Water Clouds Outside Our Solar System
Universe Today - 7 Jul 2016 21:31
Brown dwarfs - those not-quite-a-planet and not-quite-a-star objects - are intriguing oddities that are too low in mass to burn hydrogen, but are more massive than planets. They only emit a faint amount of light, so they...
NASA Highlights Space Station Research Benefits, Opportunities at San Diego Conference
NASA Breaking news - 7 Jul 2016 21:30Some major scoliosis surgeries can be avoided, look-back study suggests
Science Daily - 7 Jul 2016 21:11
In a look-back study of medical records, researchers concluded that a major operation to fuse the spines of children with a rare form of severe, early-onset scoliosis can be eliminated in many cases.
Newly discovered planet has 3 suns
e! Science News - 7 Jul 2016 21:05
If you thought Luke Skywalker's home planet, Tatooine, was a strange world with its two suns in the sky, imagine this: a planet where you'd either experience constant daylight or enjoy triple sunrises and sunsets each da...
NASA sees Super Typhoon Nepartak approaching Taiwan
e! Science News - 7 Jul 2016 20:37
As super typhoon Nepartak NASA satellites are gathering data on wind, temperature, rainfall, and cloud extent. NASA's Terra satellite, the Suomi NPP satellite and the RapidScat instrument have been analyzing the storm.
Newly discovered planet has 3 suns
Phys.org - 7 Jul 2016 20:00
If you thought Luke Skywalker's home planet, Tatooine, was a strange world with its two suns in the sky, imagine this: a planet where you'd either experience constant daylight or enjoy triple sunrises and sunsets each da...