Technology News
Guess the Rain's down on Titan
Scientific American - 9 Feb 2019 17:00
Archival Cassiniimages reveal a glinting surface and a seasonal property --
NASA needs help from the private sector to land astronauts on the Moon again
BGR - 9 Feb 2019 02:06
When NASA first landed astronauts on the Moon several decades ago, it was an entirely government-driving affair. The U.S. was in the midst of a space race with rivals overseas, and coming up short was simply not an optio...
Raspberry Pi Foundation starts selling products in its first physical store
Slash Gear - 9 Feb 2019 01:55
The Raspberry Pi Foundation has started selling products in its first physical store, making it possible for customers to pop in and grab whatever they need without waiting for shipment…assuming they’re in England, t...
Israel's 1st Moon Lander: The SpaceIL Beresheet Lunar Mission in Pictures
SPACE.com - 9 Feb 2019 15:44Apple sending push notifications to former Apple Music users offering new free trial
9 to 5 Mac - 9 Feb 2019 15:26
Over the last week, it appears that Apple has been sending iOS users mass push notifications with Apple Music free trial offers. The notifications seem to target who were at one point an Apple Music user, but canceled th...
FDA Chief Accuses Juul and Altria of Seriously Blowing It When It Comes to Teen Vaping
Gizmodo - 9 Feb 2019 02:35
U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb has called for meetings with the chief executives of Juul and its big tobacco buddy Altria over teen vaping concerns, claiming that their $13 billion deal las...
How Exercise May Protect Against Alzheimer's
Neuroscience News - 9 Feb 2019 21:21
Researchers report irisin, a hormone released during physical exercise, may promote neurogenesis in the hippocampus. The study sheds new light on why exercise helps improve memory and could help to protect the brain agai...
Chang'e 4 rover spotted on the moon's surface by Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
Digital Trends - 9 Feb 2019 16:57
China's Chang'e 4 rover has come into view of NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) which has captured images of the Chinese craft perched on the floor of the Von Kármán crater. The post Chang’e 4 rover s...
Digital Trends Live: Instacart tips, Fownders, and 'Lifeboat'
Digital Trends - 9 Feb 2019 16:47
We discussed Jeff Bezos' blackmail scandal with the National Enquirer and welcomed two special guests, filmmaker Skye Fitzgerald and Gerard Adams of Elite Daily, to the show on this episode of Digital Trends Live. The po...
Texas bill would ban throttling in disaster areas
The Verge - 9 Feb 2019 16:00
Earlier this week, a member of the Texas state legislature introduced a bill that would make it a crime for a telecommunications company, like Verizon or AT&T, to throttle internet service in declared disaster areas, acc...
Orion Span Falls Far Short of Funding Goal to Support Its Commercial Space Station Ambitions
SPACE.com - 9 Feb 2019 15:28Physicists Found a Brand-New Kind of Magnet Hiding in a Uranium Compound
Live Science - 9 Feb 2019 15:22NASA discovers supernova-surviving cosmic dust
Slash Gear - 9 Feb 2019 14:19
Cosmic dust is created as red giant stars die and their material disperses into interstellar clouds. Supernova explosions, which are considered some of the brightest, most powerful forces in the universe, are known to de...
An Unnamed Girl, a Speculative History
The New Yorker - 9 Feb 2019 12:00
Saidiya Hartman writes on a photograph of an anonymous black girl from the late nineteenth century and what it represents about the subjugation of black girls and women in America at the time.
New Horizons' evocative farewell glance at Ultima Thule
Phys.org - 9 Feb 2019 11:56
An evocative new image sequence from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft offers a departing view of the Kuiper Belt object (KBO) nicknamed Ultima Thule--the target of its New Year's 2019 flyby and the most distant world ever ...
Don't Throw it Away: Ways to Repurpose Your Old Tech
Slash Gear - 9 Feb 2019 11:18
Tech today just isn't made to last. Carriers want you switching phones once every few years, headphones break far too often and you're probably getting another phone case next month. And as the usual narrative goes, our ...
Exclusive: Tesla's delivery team gutted in recent job cuts - sources
Reuters - 9 Feb 2019 06:28
When Tesla Inc announced last month a second round of job cuts to rein in costs, one crucial department was particularly badly hit. The automaker more than halved the division that delivers its electric vehicles to North...
Report: Advanced Wound Care Market to Hit $13.5 Billion by 2025
Medical Design Technology - 9 Feb 2019 06:16
News U.S. advanced wound care market accounted for USD $3.7 billion in 2018 and is estimated to show lucrative growth over the forecast period due to rising number of surgical procedures and high awareness about wound ca...
New job listing suggests Google may be thinking about building its own smartwatch
BGR - 9 Feb 2019 06:07
Google is apparently about to ramp up its wearable device business in a major way. That would seem to be the case thanks to a few clues, the most recent of which is a new job listing spotted by Android Police that shows ...
This is Xiaomi's design for a gorgeous 4-sided edge display on a phone you can't have
BGR - 9 Feb 2019 05:05
Xiaomi has been in the headlines recently for a few different developments, including the folding smartphone it's working on, as well as its 5G smartphone that's also on the way, and the China-based company will no doubt...
Fortnite Share the Love event brings Cuddle Hearts wrap, new challenges
Slash Gear - 9 Feb 2019 04:35
Starting today, Epic has released its new “Share The Love” event, an in-game event running until February 27. With it, players have access to new Overtime Challenges, as well as the opportunity to get a Cuddle Hearts...