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Eye Opening Numbers On Space Debris
Universe Today - 21 Mar 2017 05:35
The latest numbers released by the ESA's Space Debris Office indicate that the cloud of orbital debris is getting worse. The post Eye Opening Numbers On Space Debris appeared first on Universe Today.
Samsung announces new app partnerships for Gear S3
Android Authority - 21 Mar 2017 17:18
Samsung just announced its app partnerships with a variety of companies to bring new functions to their smartwatch, from fitness to music.
You Can Get a Red iPhone Now
Gizmodo - 21 Mar 2017 15:29
Apple's online store was down for maintenance this morning, leaving us all in wonder as to what mystery product would soon be available to purchase. Would it be a new iPad Pro? A souped-up MacBook? The mass-availability ...
In Photos: A Mummy Hand and Other Artifacts Smuggled Into the US
Live Science - 21 Mar 2017 12:54Stephen Hawking is going into space thanks to Richard Branson
BGR - 21 Mar 2017 05:08
Stephen Hawking has been studying, theorizing, pondering, and writing about the universe and everything that makes it tick for decades upon decades, and now he'll finally get his chance to head into the great unknown for...
On Money: Platform Companies Are Becoming More Powerful -- but What Exactly Do They Want?
The New York Times - 21 Mar 2017 11:00
With enough success, these businesses go from enabling transactions to controlling entire economies. But these raised stakes also create tensions that are becoming harder to ignore.
States can lower risk of measles outbreak by strengthening exemption policies
EurekAlert! - 21 Mar 2017 06:00
(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) States with weaker non-medical exemption policies for vaccinations can reduce the likelihood of a measles outbreak 140 to 190 percent by strengthening them, a new study fr...
Nerdy dad uses virtual reality to let daughter ride family cat
Mashable - 21 Mar 2017 03:36'Mass Effect: Andromeda' Suffers From Open-World Syndrome
Forbes - 21 Mar 2017 02:42
'Mass Effect: Andromeda' embraces open-world gaming and all the tedium and filler that comes with it.
You Can Turn Your Apple Watch Into a Game Boy That Sucks
Gizmodo - 21 Mar 2017 16:50
Like many people who dropped hundreds of dollars on an Apple Watch, Gabriel O'Flaherty-Chan was disappointed at how little his pricey wearable could actually do. Instead of complaining about it online like most of us, he...
Watch plant roots grow in extreme close-up 3D
Engadget - 21 Mar 2017 16:43
You've probably never seen growing plants this way before. A team of researchers from the Institute of Science and Technology in Austria have filmed Arabidopsis thaliana (a flowering weed) roots as they grew in extreme c...
Apple's quiet iPad launch proves no one cares about tablets - CNET
CNET - 21 Mar 2017 16:42
The iPad franchise has gone from headlining marquee Apple events to showing up in a quiet announcement via press release.
Adobe unifies its digital businesses on a single cloud platform
TechCrunch - 21 Mar 2017 06:00
Adobe opened its Digital Marketing Summit in Las Vegas this week with a big splash, announcing a new “Experience Cloud,” which brings all of its digital cloud businesses together onto a single platform. While there i...
GitHub Uses Broken Encryption, But It Has a Plan
Motherboard - 21 Mar 2017 17:02
SHA-1 rears its ugly head.
Researchers Solve Critical Flaw in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
Scientific American - 21 Mar 2017 17:00
Scientists have created a thin composite film that gives lithium-sulfur cells exceptional durability --
Apple's Swift Playgrounds updates with support for five more languages
AppleInsider - 21 Mar 2017 16:59
Coming a day earlier than expected, Apple on Tuesday updated Swift Playgrounds for the iPad with support for five more languages, among them simplified Chinese.
3 drones commissioned by the Department of Defense you should know about
Geek Time - 21 Mar 2017 16:39
More than just Predators and Hellfires, the US military is developing drone programs that are changing the future of defense
A Grand Jury Just Called Tweeting an Animated GIF 'Assault With a Deadly Weapon'
Gizmodo - 21 Mar 2017 16:30
On Monday, a Texas grand jury charged a Maryland man with "aggravated assault with a deadly weapon" after authorities say he tweeted an animated flashing GIF designed to trigger Newsweek journalist Kurt Eichenwald's epil...
Breaking the supermassive black hole speed limit
Phys.org - 21 Mar 2017 16:25
A new computer simulation helps explain the existence of puzzling supermassive black holes observed in the early universe. The simulation is based on a computer code used to understand the coupling of radiation and certa...
Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos hints at test of the company's BE-4 engine
Space News - 21 Mar 2017 16:21
An email update on the company's work on the engine said Bezos will provide more news "in the coming weeks." SpaceNews.com
Spinning sail technology is poised to bring back wind-powered ships
Phys.org - 21 Mar 2017 16:20
Over 200 years after steamships first began crossing the ocean, wind power is finding its way back into seafaring. Global shipping firm Maersk is planning to fit spinning "rotor sails" to one of its oil tankers as a way ...
Reddit rolls out user profiles amid site makeover
Reuters - 21 Mar 2017 16:16
(Reuters) - Social media network Reddit announced on Tuesday that it will begin rolling out public profiles for users, the latest in a series of changes aimed at boosting engagement on the hugely popular site.