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Uber teams up with U.S. Army, NASA to develop flying taxis
Mashable - 9 May 2018 03:38Vaginal estradiol tablets outperform moisturizers when treating vulvovaginal problems
EurekAlert! - 9 May 2018 06:00
(The North American Menopause Society (NAMS)) Sex shouldn't hurt at any age, yet 75 percent of postmenopausal women report vaginal dryness, and up to 40 percent report pain with intercourse. A new study reports that vagi...
How to connect your PlayStation 4 controller to a PC
Digital Trends - 9 May 2018 18:32
Gaming with a keyboard and mouse can frustrate even the most patient gamers. Swap out the traditional hardware for that DualShock 4 controller sitting on your coffee table with our step-by-step breakdown. The post How to...
Apple Is Reportedly Cracking Down on Apps That Covertly Share Your Location Data
Gizmodo - 9 May 2018 16:50
At a time when every tech company is desperate to avoid news that third-parties got their hands on user data without their knowledge, Apple is reportedly cracking down on app developers who've been transmitting users' lo...
Android P introduces a new power-saving tool called 'App Standby Buckets'
Android Authority - 9 May 2018 05:04
The all-new App Standby Buckets categorize apps based on how frequently you use them and allocate battery power accordingly.
Chrome OS Linux support brings Android Studio to Chromebooks
Slash Gear - 9 May 2018 04:41
Chrome OS is slowly but surely transforming into an all-in-one, general purpose operating system, the Google OS that many might have been waiting for. While running Windows software is still a bit roundabout, Chrome OS a...
Elon Musk just bought another $10 million of Tesla stock to silence Wall Street
BGR - 9 May 2018 04:02
Just a few days after Elon Musk took to Twitter and said that Tesla bears should prepare for the "short burn of the century," the Tesla CEO put his money where his mouth is and snatched up nearly $10 million in Tesla sha...
Russia tried to undermine voting process in US, Senate panel reports - CNET
CNET - 9 May 2018 03:47
Hackers linked to Russia scanned state election systems for vulnerabilities, the Senate Intelligence Committee says.
House spending bill offers $21.5 billion for NASA in 2019
Space News - 9 May 2018 03:18
A House appropriations bill released May 8 offers more than $21.5 billion for NASA in fiscal year 2019, a significant increase over both what the agency received in 2018 and what the White House proposed for 2019. SpaceN...
The Android P open beta is here, and here are 11 phones that can use it
Digital Trends - 9 May 2018 02:20
The Android P beta update is now available for those who have compatible phones, want to use their Android device to test the latest changes, and are interested in developing for cutting edge Android software. Here's how...
Facebook senior exec David Marcus to lead blockchain effort
USA Today - 9 May 2018 01:55
Facebook'sexperimental blockchain groupwill be led by David Marcus, the executive most recently in charge of Facebook's Messenger group.
How Bangladesh became SpaceX's first Block 5 Falcon 9 customer
Space News - 9 May 2018 22:27
When it comes to SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, the company's most daring customers have been NASA and satellite fleet operator SES. Now add Bangladesh to that mix. SpaceNews.com
Spinning science: multi-use Variable-g platform arrives at the ISS
Phys.org - 9 May 2018 22:04
Delivered to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX CRS-14, the Multi-use Variable-g Platform (MVP) is a new commercial testbed for centrifuge-based science aboard the orbiting laboratory. Because gravity determin...
The BIG Bell Test--Global physics experiment challenges Einstein with the help of 100,000 volunteers
Phys.org - 9 May 2018 19:00
On November 30th, 2016, more than 100,000 people around the world contributed to a suite of first-of-a-kind quantum physics experiments known as The BIG Bell Test. Using smartphones and other internet-connected devices, ...
This Horrifying AI Thought Experiment Got Elon Musk a Date
Live Science - 9 May 2018 18:35Trump says the Iran nuclear deal is bad. Here's why he's wrong
New Scientist - 9 May 2018 17:09
Donald Trump didn't like the Iran deal's 2031 deadline, but by then we will have the tech to continue keeping a lid on Iran's - and others' - nuclear ambitions
Apple pushes FCC to keep 'super-high' spectrum free for 5G & other future tech
AppleInsider - 9 May 2018 17:08
Apple is pressuring the U.S. Federal Communication Commission to keep "super-high" radio frequencies -- between 95 and 3,000 gigahertz -- open to use for 5G cellular data and other possible purposes.
Outdated website software lets hackers mine cryptocurrencies at your expense
TechCrunch - 9 May 2018 17:05
An outdated version of Drupal, a popular content management system, let hackers mine the cryptocurrency Monero on over 300 websites including the websites for the “San Diego Zoo and the government of Chihuahua, Mexico....
Holograms Can Now Program Brain Activity--Are Fake Experiences Next?
Singularity Hub - 9 May 2018 17:00
Optogenetics, neuroscience's hottest mind-control tool, just got a major update. Projecting 3D-light holograms--yes, holograms!--directly onto a mouse's cortex, engineers at UC Berkeley instantaneously gained control of ...
Why Abortion Access Organizations Are Suing Anti-Choice Internet Trolls
Gizmodo - 9 May 2018 17:00
For grassroots pro-choice organizations, visibility is a double-edged sword. This was especially clear during the National Abortion Access Bowl-a-Thon cyberattack two years ago. For the National Network of Abortion Funds...
Emirates airline profit more than doubles on cargo demand
Phys.org - 9 May 2018 16:50
Leading Middle East airline Emirates said on Wednesday its net profits had more than doubled last year, mainly on improved cargo business.
How to understand one of Stephen Hawking's final papers - according to an expert
Phys.org - 9 May 2018 15:35
The late physicist Stephen Hawking made a huge contribution to cosmology during his lifetime, but he didn't quite manage to resolve all the mysteries of the universe. Now one of the last papers he ever worked on has been...