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Orion "on track" to support 2024 human lunar landing after abort test
Space News - 3 Jul 2019 03:18
With a successful test of the spacecraft's abort system now complete, the manager of NASA's Orion program is optimistic the spacecraft will be ready to send humans to the moon in 2024 even as development schedules contin...
Sony WH-XB900N review
Digital Trends - 3 Jul 2019 10:00
Sony's latest noise-canceling headphones aim to bring big bass and solid noise cancellation for $100 less than the brand's flagship WH-1000XM3. And while we love their usability and feature set, their performance makes a...
Detection of spike-like structures near the front of a shock-driven solar radio burst
Phys.org - 3 Jul 2019 12:57
Type II solar radio bursts are the result of energetic electrons accelerated by a shock. This kind of burst appears on dynamic spectra as lanes drifting slowly from higher to lower frequencies. Often, scientists observe ...
Samsung reported to have fixed the Galaxy Fold, but it won't be reappearing yet
Digital Trends - 3 Jul 2019 13:34
Samsung has fixed some of the major issues that caused the recall of Samsung Galaxy Fold review units. The fix has seen the protective screen film extended, which may also help resist the notorious screen crease.
Facebook fined $2.3 million for violating Germany's hate speech law - CNET
CNET - 3 Jul 2019 02:35
Germany's Federal Office of Justice allege that Facebook under-reported complaints about illegal content.
Symantec shares surge on report Broadcom considers acquisition
ZDNet - 3 Jul 2019 13:54
Reports suggest the companies are in advanced talks over a buyout.
The time paradox: how your brain creates the fourth dimension
New Scientist - 3 Jul 2019 13:00
We all feel that time goes faster when we're having fun, and drags when we're bored, but there is nothing in physics that describes this effect. So how has our sense of time evolved?
Deep Aging Clocks: The emergence of AI-based biomarkers of aging and longevity
EurekAlert! - 3 Jul 2019 06:00
(InSilico Medicine, Inc.) The advent of deep biomarkers of aging, longevity and mortality presents a range of non-obvious applications.
Federal grant allows OU Health Sciences Center to enhance dementia care across Oklahoma
EurekAlert! - 3 Jul 2019 06:00
(University of Oklahoma) The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, working with partners across the state, has been awarded a $3.75 million federal grant to enhance the care and support of a growing group of Okl...
A NEAT discovery about memory
Neuroscience News - 3 Jul 2019 01:54
NEAT1, a noncoding RNA appears to play a significant role in memory formation.
Microsoft is teasing Windows 1.0 and other 1980s software
Ars Technica - 3 Jul 2019 01:15
Get MS-DOS Executive, Paint, and Reversi in...whatever this is.
Banff ditches big-bang Canada Day fireworks to protect wildlife
The Loop - 3 Jul 2019 23:53
Fireworks were banned in my little town this year, partially for noise reasons but also because of a fire hazard concern (our town is surrounded by extremely dry forests). Tomorrow is the Fourth of July in the US - will ...
Drink About America With an Americano
Life Hacker - 3 Jul 2019 21:00
Very few things, particularly at the moment, make me proud to be an American, but there certainly is a lot to drink about. The cocktail is an American invention, so I guess we can celebrate that, and we might as well do ...
Active sexual life may benefit men with early Parkinson's disease
Neuroscience News - 3 Jul 2019 17:41
According to a new longitudinal study, sexual activity was associated with lower motor and non-motor disabilities, as well as improved quality of life, in men with Parkinson's disease.
FBI Says Investigative Files on White Supremacists Have Inexplicably Gone Missing
Gizmodo - 3 Jul 2019 16:47
The FBI has been regarded as one of the worst compliers of public records requests since the earliest days of the Freedom of Information Act. Ask any of its most "vexsome" requesters and they'll tell you, the bureau's un...
UK's CMA launches investigation into digital advertising and its "potential harm" to consumers
TechCrunch - 3 Jul 2019 16:26
Just two weeks after the UK’s Information Commissioner published a damning report setting out major privacy and other concerns about programmatic advertising, today the country’s Competition and Markets Authority pou...
Google search Easter egg offers a bang for 4th of July - CNET
CNET - 3 Jul 2019 03:36
Pull up your laptop as the search giant rings in Independence Day with a mini-fireworks show.
For July 4th, NASA's Hubble spots wild star erupting in red, white and blue - CNET
CNET - 3 Jul 2019 02:32
NASA celebrates US Independence Day with the stellar fireworks of Eta Carinae.
NBN narrowly beats its own targets for 2019
ZDNet - 3 Jul 2019 02:20
Total number of premises ready to connect is 2.4% above target, while the amount of activated premises is less than 0.4% above target.
Congressional Democrats demand Facebook halt its Libra cryptocurrency rollout
Digital Trends - 3 Jul 2019 01:48
Democrats in the House of Representatives officially called on Facebook to halt its plans to establish its Libra cryptocurrency, arguing that regulators and Congress need to weigh in before it comes online in 2020.
Trump Invites Consortium of Conservative Internet Trolls to The White House for 'Social Media Summit'
Gizmodo - 3 Jul 2019 00:36
As a part of President Donald Trump's latest crusade promoting his misleading and misguided theories that social media companies are discriminating against conservatives, the White House is hosting a "social media summit...
After concussion, biomarkers in the blood may help predict recovery time
Science Daily - 3 Jul 2019 23:18
A study of high school and college football players suggests that biomarkers in the blood may have potential use in identifying which players are more likely to need a longer recovery time after concussion.