Technology News
Mozilla teases $5-per-month ad-free news subscription
The Verge - 5 Jul 2019 16:48
Mozilla has started teasing an ad-free news subscription service, which, for $5 per month, would offer ad-free browsing, audio readouts, and cross-platform syncing of news articles from a number of websites. It's not cle...
Google is going to make it even easier to access the Pixel's best feature
BGR - 5 Jul 2019 04:44India proposes tax benefits for electric vehicles to promote sales
Reuters - 5 Jul 2019 16:46
India proposed tax waivers on Friday on the purchase of electric vehicles and removed import taxes on some auto components to help boost sales and reduce its dependence on fossil fuels.
Riders want autonomous cars that drive like humans, not machines
BGR - 5 Jul 2019 03:22
Autonomous cars may very well be our future, but we're not there yet. Not only is the technology lacking, but many would-be passengers just don't feel confident in the ability of a machine to get them around safely, even...
Samsung's next watch could include the Apple Watch 4's most incredible features
BGR - 5 Jul 2019 01:59
It's not yet clear when Samsung will release its next wearable, the Galaxy Watch Active 2, which some chatter suggests could launch in tandem with the Galaxy Note 10 unveiling next month. However, we at least have our fi...
Nerve transfer surgery restores hand function and elbow extension in 13 young adults with complete paralysis
Science Daily - 5 Jul 2019 01:14
Nerve transfer surgery has enabled 13 young adults with complete paralysis to regain movement and function in their elbows and hands, according to the largest case series of this technique in people with tetraplegia (par...
Astronauts Aren't Dying From Space Radiation, New Research Suggests
Gizmodo - 5 Jul 2019 00:00
Excessive exposure to the Sun's harmful rays is an occupational hazard endured by astronauts, who run the risk of contracting cancer and heart disease as a result. At least that's what we thought. New research shows that...
Long-Term Smoking Might Change Your Personality
Discover - 5 Jul 2019 18:43
(Credit: Nopphon_1987/Shutterstock We all know smoking is bad for your health. But it seems smoking might be bad for your personality, too. A recent paper published in the Journal of Research In Personality reports that,...
How to Catch the Next Eclipse: A List of Solar and Lunar Eclipses in 2020 and Beyond
SPACE.com - 5 Jul 2019 17:58
Before the April 2024 total eclipse that will cross North America, there are almost two dozen lunar and solar eclipses appearing in skies across the world.
Samsung has been working on new smartphone designs that are unlike anything we've seen before
BGR - 5 Jul 2019 17:16
For a few months now, a prominent Samsung insider teased smartphone designs unlike anything we've seen before, prompting us to wonder whether he was teasing the Galaxy Note 10 or something else. We know now that the Note...
Toyota testing improved solar roof for electric cars that can charge while driving
TechCrunch - 5 Jul 2019 17:13
Toyota is testing a new and improved version of the solar power cells it previously launched on the Japan-exclusive Prius PHV, in a pilot along with partners Sharp and Japanese national research organization NEDO. This d...
Ive replacement Jeff Williams 'more visible' in product creation than CEO Cook
AppleInsider - 5 Jul 2019 17:06
COO Jeff Williams -- who's taking over for exiting design chief Jony Ive -- is typically "more visible" in product development than CEO Tim Cook, a report said on Friday.
The Weather Machine Reveals How the Forecast Is Made--and Why It's Now Threatened
Gizmodo - 5 Jul 2019 17:00
The weather forecast is one of the most ubiquitous things in our daily lives. People talk about it when there's nothing else to say, farmers from the Midwest to Mali use it to decide when to plant crops, and everyone lov...
Mysterious 'Earthquake mountain' swallowed up by ocean, NASA images show
Fox News - 5 Jul 2019 16:43
Zalzala Koh may be out of sight for now, but that does not mean it is completely gone. In 2019, hints of the island persist in Landsat imagery. As recently as June 2019, Landsat observed trails of sediment circulating ar...
Why Your GDPR Implementation Plan Needs CISOs & 'Legal Engineers' to Work Together
Dark Reading - 5 Jul 2019 16:30
Lawyers must step into the shoes of technical roles and craft legal guidance that can be easily put into use.
The costs of cancer in 2015: 8.7 million years of life and $94 billion in lost earnings
Science Daily - 5 Jul 2019 16:29
Cancer took more than 8.7 million years of life and $94.4 billion in lost earnings among people ages 16 to 84 in the United States in 2015.
Discovery reveals prolific ability of Schwann cells to generate myelin
Science Daily - 5 Jul 2019 16:29
Scientists have discovered that a special type of cell is much more prolific in generating a protective sheath covering nerve fibers than previously believed.
Google Photos to be updated with manual face tagging and more
DP Review - 5 Jul 2019 16:21
Google Photos will soon be updated with several new features we've heard about through a slightly unconventional communications channel. Google Photos product lead David Lieb made the most of some unexpected downtime thi...
'Eyes' for the autopilot: Successful automatic landing with vision assisted navigation
Phys.org - 5 Jul 2019 16:12
Automatic landings have long been standard procedure for commercial aircraft. While major airports have the infrastructure necessary to ensure the safe navigation of the aircraft, this is usually not the case at smaller ...
Facebook Claims Libra Offers Economic Empowerment to Billions--an Economist Is Skeptical
Singularity Hub - 5 Jul 2019 16:00
Facebook is joining the cryptocurrency craze. Should we be concerned? The social network site on June 18 said it's launching a new cryptocurrency called Libra with the help of 27 partners, including MasterCard, Visa, eba...
Trump's trade war might drive tech giants Apple, Microsoft, Amazon out of China
USA Today - 5 Jul 2019 16:00Sky will show the Cricket World Cup final on free-to-air TV if England get there
Pocket-lint - 5 Jul 2019 14:16
Sky has announced that the Cricket World Cup final will be available to watch live on a free-to-air channel if England are in it.Otherwise, it will be