Technology News
The Year of Open RAN
Medical Design Technology - 14 Mar 2019 18:02
Article Navigating the open source landscape can be a challenge as there are a number of open ecosystems that have emerged to help define how next-generation networks will be built to support 50+ billion connected device...
How to Schedule Your Day When You Freelance or Work From Home
Life Hacker - 14 Mar 2019 15:30
I've been a full-time freelancer since 2012, and most of my work gets done at home--that is, from my home office. I tried working from coffee shops and co-working spaces, but I tend to get the most work done when I'm in ...
On-the-Spot Genome Analysis
Medical Design Technology - 14 Mar 2019 22:18
News The ability to read the genome - all the DNA of an organism - has vast potential to understand human health and disease. Researchers at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and UNSW Sydney have published... Cont...
Mathematician cracks centuries-old problem about the number 33
New Scientist - 14 Mar 2019 08:00
Can you make every number using three cubed numbers? It is a surprisingly difficult question and now we know the answer for 33
Google Fit on Wear OS GPS battery saving mode has a catch
Slash Gear - 14 Mar 2019 06:45
There are dozens of smartwatches available in the market today and they mostly differ in design and available functionality. Two things that most of them have in common, though, are location tracking and poor battery lif...
Qualcomm, Apple make closing arguments in patent trial - CNET
CNET - 14 Mar 2019 02:40
The two tech giants have been battling it out in San Diego.
Ring Smart Lights vs. Arlo Smart Security Lights: Which should you buy?
Android Central - 14 Mar 2019 02:39
Arlo and Ring are in an ongoing battle for smart home security dominance, and this battle extends from cameras into the smart lights that support them. While the smart light offerings from these companies are very simila...
SoftBank, others in talks to invest $1 billion in Uber's self-driving unit: WSJ
Reuters - 14 Mar 2019 00:52
A consortium that includes SoftBank Group Corp is in late-stage talks to invest $1 billion or more into Uber Technologies Inc's self-driving vehicle unit, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people fami...
Slack takes down 28 accounts tied to hate groups - CNET
CNET - 14 Mar 2019 23:57
The company will update its terms of service to reflect its policy on illegal and harmful activity.
Chickens peck fox to death, because they're dinosaurs
Fox News - 14 Mar 2019 17:45
One fox learned the hard way that it's unwise to mess with a flock of dinosaurs.
Here's what NASA's Opportunity rover saw before 'lights out'
Fox News - 14 Mar 2019 17:35
A set of newly released photos shows what NASA's Mars rover Opportunity was looking at just before the killer dust storm hit.
Research paves the way for next generation of optical tweezers
Phys.org - 14 Mar 2019 15:59
Scientists have developed a pioneering new technique that could pave the way for the next generation of optical tweezers.
Emerging Technologies CTF Conducts First Autonomous Flight Test
Medical Design Technology - 14 Mar 2019 14:40
News The 412th Test Wing's Emerging Technologies Combined Test Force conducted its first autonomy flight test Feb. 26-28. The team collected data on the Testing of Autonomy in Complex Environments system... Contributed A...
Google Chrome adds the privacy-first DuckDuckGo as a default option
Mashable - 14 Mar 2019 05:47Huawei patents phone with square second screen, zoom lens camera
Slash Gear - 14 Mar 2019 04:59
Huawei is not one shrug off some of the more eccentric trends in smartphone design, although it mostly lets its Honor sub-brand do the experimenting. That doesn’t mean, however, that it isn’t playing with some ideas ...
Thousands of ICE Employees Have Access to Massive, Nationwide License Plate-Tracking System
Gizmodo - 14 Mar 2019 04:00
Records obtained by the ACLU of Northern California in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit show that local city governments are piping automated license plate reader (ALPR) data to Immigrations and Customs Enforc...
Boeing's Grounded 737s Won't Cause Massive Flight Delays
Wired - 14 Mar 2019 02:45
The aviation industry is used to disruptions, and knows how to keep customers--especially fancy ones--moving.
A Prototype Watch Tries to Ward off Deadly Human Body Hackers
Medical Design Technology - 14 Mar 2019 22:19
Videos Imagine this scenario: You're living peacefully with some tech assistance, such as an insulin pump or pacemaker, and then someone hacks into the device and takes control, with potentially deadly results. Scary, ri...
Virtual Time-Lapse Photos Can Capture Ultrafast Phenomena
Medical Design Technology - 14 Mar 2019 22:14
News Scientists at EPFL's Engineering Mechanics of Soft Interfaces Laboratory, working in association with Harvard University researchers in the SMR lab, have developed a new imaging method called Virtual Frame Technique...
IKEA will officially reveal its first Sonos-powered speakers next month
Engadget - 14 Mar 2019 21:40
IKEA will reveal the first of its Sonos connected smart speakers at an exhibit in Milan next month. This isn't the first we've seen or heard of the speaker, and we knew IKEA had plans to start selling it in the US and Eu...
From mirror-image biology to enhanced therapeutic proteins
Science Daily - 14 Mar 2019 21:17
Scientists have succeeded in reconstructing biomolecules in their mirror-image form. The researchers' goal is to create a mirror-image artificial protein synthesis system. Their aim is to produce mirror-image therapeutic...
Guardians of the synapse: Scientists identify a new role for nerve-supporting cells
Science Daily - 14 Mar 2019 21:16
Researchers have found, for the first time, that a blood-clotting protein can, unexpectedly, degrade nerves--and how nerve-supporting glial cells, including Schwann cells, provide protection. The findings show that Schwa...