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Yes, Mr. Robot Plays Pokémon Go
Wired - 22 Jul 2016 05:38
Despite the fact that his castmates have reservations, Christian Slater is on a quest to catch 'em all. The post Yes, Mr. Robot Plays Pokémon Go appeared first on WIRED.
7-Eleven delivers by drone in Reno including, yes, Slurpees
TechCrunch - 22 Jul 2016 15:01
7-Eleven Inc. and a tech startup called Flirtey have beaten Amazon to the punch in making the first drone delivery to a customer’s home in the U.S. Most already know 7-Eleven, the convenience store retail chain that ...
Atmospheres of Earth-like planets studied for the first time
TechCrunch - 22 Jul 2016 03:38
Astronomers used NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to conduct the first atmospheric study of Earth-sized exoplanets and found evidence to suggest that two could be habitable. The planets have astronomers excited because ...
Apple's latest software updates fix flaw resembling Android Stagefright
AppleInsider - 22 Jul 2016 04:26
Apple's recent iOS, OS X, tvOS and watchOS updates patch a previously unknown security flaw that allows the surreptitious gathering of sensitive data with a simple text message, an OS-level bug which bears a striking res...
Apple confirms plans to open first Apple Store in Taiwan
AppleInsider - 22 Jul 2016 14:59
Apple on Friday revealed that it's planning to launch its first store in Taiwan, finally coming to the island where a number of its suppliers are headquartered.
MH370 mystery spurred efforts to improve aircraft tracking
Phys.org - 22 Jul 2016 14:02
As investigators prepare to wind down the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 search after more than two fruitless years, the airline industry is still working to raise safety standards to prevent another plane from going mis...
NASA International Space Station On-Orbit Status 21 July 2016
SpaceRef - 22 Jul 2016 17:09
Today: Dragon Operations: The crew was scheduled to ingress and configure Dragon for on-orbit operations today, however, these tasks were completed yesterday....
Atmospheric chemistry on paper
Phys.org - 22 Jul 2016 16:54
Normally computers speed up calculations. But with his new pen-and-paper formula Kevin Heng of the University of Bern, Switzerland, gets his results thousands of times faster than using conventional computer codes. The a...
Dark Matter Stays Dark
Scientific American - 22 Jul 2016 18:00
The most sensitive search yet for the mystery substance draws a blank after 20 months --
Week In Images
ESA - 22 Jul 2016 15:25
Our week through the lens: 18-22 July 2016
'Deep Time History' Explores History Of Humankind | Trailer
SPACE.com - 22 Jul 2016 15:00
Links between astronomy, geological events and the birth of human civilization are explored in the new series, premiering July 22, 2016 on CuriosityStream.
US Middle School's 'Space Potatoes' Win International Rocketry Challenge
SPACE.com - 22 Jul 2016 14:00
Space Potatoes win! The Bellvue, Washington-based Odle Middle School rocketry team took first place in the International Rocketry Challenge July 15, precisely launching a rocket and landing its precious cargo: two raw eg...
WeGoLook: The Million-Dollar Business Model
Ivanhoe - 22 Jul 2016 07:00
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Do you ever say to yourself "Why didn't I think of that?" That's when you know something is a great idea. Here's one savvy woman who turned a great idea into a million-dollar on...
LSST Construction 3D Map
PTTU - 22 Jul 2016 19:45
Large Synoptic Survey Telescope:
South Pole Detector Shows Success at Neutrino Hunting
SpaceRef - 22 Jul 2016 17:59
In the second it takes to read these words, 65 billion neutrinos will shoot through every square centimeter of your body....
Pioneer Fire in Idaho
PTTU - 22 Jul 2016 17:12
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center:
How Big Bang Shaped Civilization: 'Deep Time' Documentary Premieres
SPACE.com - 22 Jul 2016 15:00Earth from Space: Tonga
SpaceRef - 22 Jul 2016 14:31
The island of Tongatapu and the nearby smaller islands - all part of the Kingdom of Tonga archipelago in the southern Pacific Ocean - are pictured in this Sentinel-2A image from 23 May....
Verizon will disconnect its heaviest 'unlimited' data users
Engadget - 22 Jul 2016 07:05
There's a limit to "unlimited," it turns out. Verizon Wireless customers who still have unlimited data plans and who regularly go over 100GB per month will be forced to switch to limited data plans or get kicked off the ...
Everyone and their mother is building a 360-degree camera
Re/code - 22 Jul 2016 06:00
A tiny startup backed by CNET founder Halsey Minor is the latest to get in on the act. A year ago, those wanting to shoot content for virtual reality had few options. Those on a budget could use a relatively low-resoluti...
Samsung invents the artificial muscles your future foldable smartphone will need
BGR - 22 Jul 2016 05:00
It's no secret that Samsung wants to make more advanced flexible mobile devices in the future, including foldable smartphones. But such products require advanced manufacturing techniques that would guarantee the integrit...
Mysterious Dark Matter Remains Maddeningly Elusive
Gizmodo - 22 Jul 2016 02:49
The hunt for the elusive dark matter received yet another blow earlier today at an international conference in Sheffield, England. Scientists with the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) dark matter experiment announced that t...