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1970s space control
ESA - 22 Mar 2017 18:05
Operations image of the week: Engineers working in ESA's control room in 1978
Ancient Naval Base for Epic Greek Battle Found
Live Science - 22 Mar 2017 13:07Can data save rhinos? How to attack wildlife crime at source
New Scientist - 22 Mar 2017 20:00
By the time surveillance technology catches a poacher, it's already too late. Now researchers are training a new generation of technology on the demand for endangered animals, not the supply
Report: Climate outlook improves as fewer coal plants built
ABC News - 22 Mar 2017 04:41
A report by three environmental groups says the number of coal-fired power plants being built worldwide is plunging, raising the possibility global climate goals can be met
AT&T, Verizon join Google ad boycott
Phys.org - 22 Mar 2017 23:36
AT&T and Verizon on Wednesday joined global firms pulling ads from Google, saying they did not want their brands associated with inappropriate content on the internet giant.
Nintendo Switch in stock at GameStop today
Slash Gear - 22 Mar 2017 17:04
Just a quick reminder for anyone still trying to find a Nintendo Switch: GameStop will have them back in stock starting today. We don’t know how many each store is getting, but GameStop knew about this restock with eno...
Virtual Training Company opens doors to lifetime memberships
Android Authority - 22 Mar 2017 02:25
Learn what you want, when you want, with no monthly fees (usually $30/month)
KS-PRO Ultra Mobile Snapdragon PC
The Gadget Flow - 22 Mar 2017 15:00
Take your world on the go with the KS-PRO Ultra Mobile Snapdragon PC. Complete with an 8.2-inch super AMOLED screen, this device is highly portable yet totally capable. The KS-PRO UMPC uses Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 and ru...
Baidu's chief scientist, who led its AI research, is leaving the company
TechCrunch - 22 Mar 2017 07:58
Chinese internet giant Baidu is losing the head of its data and artificial intelligence (AI) research division. Andrew Ng, the company’s chief scientist, announced his departure today three years after he joined Baidu ...
Online advertisers sign up to better standards
Reuters - 22 Mar 2017 07:04
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Elon Musk is not so thrilled with NASA's biggest budget ever - CNET
CNET - 22 Mar 2017 06:18
The bill has set NASA the task of sending humans to Mars by 2030, but one of the biggest names in private space travel says that's nothing new.
Nintendo Switch sales are off to a 'phenomenal' start
BGR - 22 Mar 2017 03:02
Despite a few bumps in the road, the launch of the Switch has been generally successful for Nintendo. People are raving about Zelda, the courageous form factor isn't universally detested, and most importantly, people are...
Scientists evade the Heisenberg uncertainty principle
Phys.org - 22 Mar 2017 20:00
ICFO Researchers report the discovery of a new technique that could drastically improve the sensitivity of instruments such as magnetic resonance imagers (MRIs) and atomic clocks. The study, published in Nature, reports ...
The Art of the Pitch
TechCrunch - 22 Mar 2017 17:24
Vitaly M. Golomb leads global investments at HP Tech Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Silicon Valley’s original startup and is the author of Accelerated Startup, a book about ramping up your business. Below is a ...
Trump's immediate plan for NASA doesn't totally suck
BGR - 22 Mar 2017 17:14
President Donald Trump's gutting of many government entities has created some serious outrage from both sides of the isle, but one scientific agency Trump isn't really messing with is NASA. The newly minted NASA Transiti...
Hackers Claim Access to 300 Million iCloud Accounts, Say Apple Refused to Pay $75,000 Ransom
Mac Rumors - 22 Mar 2017 17:12
A single hacker or group of hackers who have identified themselves as the "Turkish Crime Family" allegedly have access to at least 300 million iCloud accounts, but they are willing to delete the alleged cache of data if ...
With this special dock, the Galaxy S8 could transform into a 'real' computer
Mashable - 22 Mar 2017 17:10With Astronomy Rewind, Citizen Scientists Will Bring Zombie Astrophotos Back to Life
PTTU - 22 Mar 2017 17:00
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics:
Is the Brain More Powerful Than We Thought? Here Comes the Science
Singularity Hub - 22 Mar 2017 17:00
If you've ever played around with an old music amplifier, you probably know what a firing neuron sounds like. A sudden burst of static? Check. A rapid string of pops, like hundreds of bursting balloons? Check. A rough, s...
Lights out on a ghostly James Webb Space Telescope inspection
Engadget - 22 Mar 2017 17:00
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) might be the most important scientific instrument ever developed. It'll peer back in time over 13 billion years to the early universe and look for signs of life around the recently d...
The Army just bought 10,000 rugged Windows 10 tablets
The Verge - 22 Mar 2017 16:55
The Army will deploy 9,783 Getac F110 G3 rugged tablets in an effort to modernize the information systems within the military branch, as well as in the National Guard. Given how bureaucracy and tech products usually don'...
The Pokemon GO Water Festival event begins today
Slash Gear - 22 Mar 2017 16:40
Starting this afternoon at 1PM Pacific Time – 4PM Eastern Time – the next big Pokemon GO event will begin. This event was announced earlier today by Niantic itself in an official fashion, which means it's not a secre...