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This Isn't the 1st Eclipse to Occur on Aug. 21, and It Won't Be the Last
SPACE.com - 26 Jun 2017 12:55Bug-zapping laser will only kill bad insects
Engadget - 26 Jun 2017 06:28
There are good insects, and then there are bad bugs. And the folks at Seattle-based Intellectual Ventures Lab (IVL) have been working on a device that will only kill pests and leave the others unharmed. It's called the P...
Windows 10: Now SUSE Linux comes to Windows Store for Insiders
ZDNet - 26 Jun 2017 12:00
Windows 10 Insiders can now download SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and openSUSE from the Windows Store.
Facebook, not presidential ambition, is why Zuckerberg's on tour
Engadget - 26 Jun 2017 00:26
There's been a lot of speculation around whether Mark Zuckerberg is or is not planning to run for office. From his nationwide tour to his rejection of atheism, there have been quite a few moments that could be interprete...
Alexa update turns your Echo devices into intercoms
Slash Gear - 26 Jun 2017 23:35
Amazon is making Alexa a bit more sophisticated with new support for hands-free intercom functionality, enabling the various Echo devices to be used as an intercom system throughout your home. The support is available on...
Here's what Nintendo needs to do to make the SNES Classic great
Engadget - 26 Jun 2017 22:50
Before Nintendo unveiled the Switch, its new hybrid game console, to the world, it re-released an old one. The NES Classic Edition was an adorably small box of nostalgia packed with some of the best games for Nintendo's ...
Nintendo swears the SNES Classic won't sell out so quickly
Engadget - 26 Jun 2017 21:37
Nintendo's sales strategy for the NES Classic Edition was frustrating, to put it mildly. It shipped so few systems that they sold out almost immediately, and killed the product despite loads of pent-up demand. Will it le...
Mario and Rabbid pals could dominate the Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 2017
Digital Trends - 26 Jun 2017 19:45
Mario could be this year's big winner at the Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 2017, as he is nominated in four categories with his new Rabbid friends and in three of his own with Super Mario Odyssey. The post Mario and Ra...
Cozmo visual Code Lab makes robotics programmers out of kids
Digital Trends - 26 Jun 2017 17:15
Cozmo, last year's coolest toy robot, is now easier than ever to program with the launch of Anki's visual Code Lab language. It's a built-in tool that teaches kids the fundamentals of robotics. The post Cozmo visual Code...
Google Earth comes to the classroom with new educational tours and lesson plans
TechCrunch - 26 Jun 2017 17:06
In April, Google introduced a revamped, reimagined version of Google Earth, which included a number of new features that go beyond visualizing the planet through the use of maps and satellite imagery, to also allow users...
X-ray technique provides a new window into exotic properties of an atomically thin material
Phys.org - 26 Jun 2017 17:00
An international team of researchers, working at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and UC Berkeley, fabricated an atomically thin material and measured its exotic and durable...
One billion suns: World's brightest laser sparks new behavior in light
Phys.org - 26 Jun 2017 17:00
Physicists from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are seeing an everyday phenomenon in a new light.
Cyberattack on UK parliament exploited weak email passwords
New Scientist - 26 Jun 2017 16:59
A hack that locked MPs out of their parliamentary email accounts over the weekend could have been easily stopped by more following basic security practices
What does a $7 trillion passenger economy really mean?
TechRepublic - 26 Jun 2017 16:41
A recent Intel report claims that the passenger economy created by the introduction of driverless cars will reach $7 trillion by 2050. Experts weigh in on what it means for the business market.
The Alien Rocks Dusting the Streets of Your Neighborhood
Wired - 26 Jun 2017 14:00
Jon Larsen proved that micrometeorites can be found in urban areas. And he also offers the world its first real glimpse of them.
Pandora co-founder and CEO Tim Westergren will step down according to reports
TechCrunch - 26 Jun 2017 06:43
Panodora’s chief executive and co-founder Tim Westergren intends to hand over the reins at the company, according to a report in Recode citing people familiar with the company’s plans.
Pharmacy head to be sentenced in deadly meningitis outbreak
ABC News - 26 Jun 2017 06:42
The co-founder of a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy is set to be sentenced in a deadly nationwide meningitis outbreak that killed more than 60 people and sickened hundreds more
'Pharma Bro' defies advice to keep quiet before fraud trial
ABC News - 26 Jun 2017 06:42
A former pharmaceutical CEO who became a pariah after raising the cost of a life-saving medication 5,000 percent can't keep quiet ahead of his fraud trial
Australia pushes for weaker encryption at 'Five Eyes' meeting - CNET
CNET - 26 Jun 2017 06:24
Australia says tech companies should be "thwarting" messaging encryption to stop terrorists, and it's pushing US companies in particular.
The "last mile" in education and training
TechCrunch - 26 Jun 2017 05:30
After graduating from college in 1994, I spent a few years at McKinsey & Co. – a young kid in an ill-fitting suit naively but energetically attempting to convince experienced and jaded managers to do their jobs differe...
Wiper using wireless collars to stop elephant poaching in Africa
ZDNet - 26 Jun 2017 05:15
The wireless anti-poaching collar for vulnerable animals in Africa combines tracking and gunshot detection technology to help authorities fight the battle against poaching in real-time.
Librarians Learn To Use Narcan As Libraries See Increase In Drug Addicts Who Overdose On Opioids
Tech Times - 26 Jun 2017 04:42
The opioid epidemic in the United States have become so bad, librarian in at least three cities now learn how to treat drug addicts who overdose with Narcan. One librarian has saved at least six people since April.