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Armed robbery at Boston Apple Store, 69 phones stolen from festival, and more from the Apple crime blotter
AppleInsider - 27 May 2018 15:34
In the latest Apple crime roundup, Find My iPhone solves thefts nationwide -- as does a telltale lock screen photo of a smiling couple
Tesla denies exaggerating Model 3 production prowess
Engadget - 27 May 2018 03:29
Tesla has asked a federal court in San Francisco to dismiss a securities fraud lawsuit filed by shareholders, which accuses the automaker of lying about its ability to mass produce the Model 3 sedan. The lawsuit, filed i...
Google's Grasshopper app is a fantastic way for beginners to start coding
Android Central - 27 May 2018 15:00
There's no shortage of coding tutorials or programs that aim to teach coding to beginners — but Grasshopper is something special. Google's workshop for experimental projects, Area 120, released a really interesting new...
Why that Solo: A Star Wars Story cameo is the best thing in the movie - CNET
CNET - 27 May 2018 23:51
Spoilers: Wait, isn't he dead?!
Automakers Are Making Car Ownership Optional
Wired - 27 May 2018 16:00
Monthly car subscriptions through startups like Carma Car, Fair, and Flexdrive offer all the utility of ownership with none of the hassle.
Watch Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot evolve from a stagger to a sprint
Digital Trends - 27 May 2018 15:00
For the past five years, Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot has lived up to A.I. expert Gary Bradski's 2013 statement that "a new species, Robo sapiens, [is] emerging." Here are seven milestones on that journey. The post Watch...
Former Google Lunar X Prize Teams Focused on Commercial and Government Opportunities
SPACE.com - 27 May 2018 15:00Nuclear Detectives Hunt Invisible Particles That Escaped the World's Largest Atom Smasher
SPACE.com - 27 May 2018 14:49NASA's Space AI Hunts Exoplanets, Not Humans -- Yet
SPACE.com - 27 May 2018 14:44Intelligent Aliens Might Speak Our Language. And You Can Help Decode Their Messages.
Live Science - 27 May 2018 14:20There's Nothing Noble about Science's Nobel Prize Gender Gap
Wired - 27 May 2018 14:00
Opinion: Given the dearth of women receiving the top science prizes, it's time for the Nobel Committee to revamp how it awards great work.
Puppy Brain Scans Could Help Pick the Best Dog Bomb Sniffers
Wired - 27 May 2018 13:00
Researchers are working to identify behavioral and neurological indicators that determine which lil puppers will grow into good bomb-sniffing doggos.
Diamond 'guitar' strings could lead to quantum computer memory
Engadget - 27 May 2018 12:10
Quantum computers need memory to perform tasks like their conventional counterparts, but it's hard to create that memory when it only takes nearby vibrating atoms to lose all their data. Scientists may have a clever solu...
Apple leaves door open for Steam Link's release on iOS
Engadget - 27 May 2018 05:11
Just because Apple rejected Steam Link for iOS doesn't mean your dreams of PC-to-iPhone game streaming are finished. Apple senior VP Phil Schiller has been emailing Steam users with word that it will "continue to work wi...
Location-based virtual reality is increasing its footprint in the U.S.
TechCrunch - 27 May 2018 04:08
Earlier this year, in a small, grey-walled storefront inside a very large mall in Torrance, Calif. (just past the AMC Center) , the virtual reality game-maker Survios planted its first flag in the market for location-bas...
Egypt bans YouTube for one month over 2012 anti-Islamic video
Engadget - 27 May 2018 02:02
Egypt is about to act on its longstanding threat to temporarily ban YouTube. The country's highest administrative court has ruled that officials must block the streaming video site for a month (along with "all" links pla...
iPhones will reportedly get the power to unlock doors using NFC
Engadget - 27 May 2018 00:31
Your iPhone's NFC chip will soon have the ability open your house's and car's doors, as well as pay for your fare, according to The Information. The tech giant is reportedly gearing up to introduce a huge update for its ...
Customer opinions of ISPs somehow drop even lower
TechCrunch - 27 May 2018 23:54
Disliking one's internet provider is such a common condition that it's hard to imagine that ISPs have anywhere to go but up in the eyes of their customers. Nope! There are new lows ahead, if the latest American Customer ...
Solo: A Star Wars Story expected to hit $101 million opening weekend - CNET
CNET - 27 May 2018 23:35
That's a lot, but not as much as Star Wars films usually earn.
Electric cars can serve as mobile power storage, save billions on energy infrastruture
Digital Trends - 27 May 2018 23:24
A new study out of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California shows how EVs may also have an added benefit for consumers and society at large, bolstering the energy grid by providing mobile power storage. Th...
China Approved More Ivanka Trump Trademarks the Same Week As Daddy's ZTE Pivot
Gizmodo - 27 May 2018 23:18
Optics and ethics are two words that simply are lacking in the Trump family lexicon.
Tesla hires executives from Amazon, Apple and Snap
Engadget - 27 May 2018 23:01
With Tesla losing its Autopilot lead, a key safety rep and other executives in recent months, it's easy to imagine the company having a hard time holding on to executives. Tesla, however, is determined to prove otherwise...