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When NASA awarded Boeing and SpaceX contracts to develop vehicles that can take astronauts to the ISS, it was hoping they'll be done by 2017. Unfortunately, both companies grappled with technical challenges that forced t...

Last fall, FEMA conducted the first nationwide test of its Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system when it beamed a "presidential alert" to all capable phones in the US. WEA has long been used to send alerts about missing ...

What were those two strange objects flying over Kansas City, Missouri last night? Plenty of people took to Twitter yesterday to speculate that they might be anything from internet balloons for Google's Project Loon to sl...

Things have gone quiet lately on Huawei’s ongoing struggles to fight against the US government’s attempts to bring it to its knees. Or use it as a bargaining chip in negotiations with China. In the background, Huawei...

Solar winds are no threat to people on Earth, but can pose a danger to astronauts and spacecraft. NASA has selected two new missions that aims to better our understanding of how the Sun drives extreme space weather. The ...

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Microsoft’s Immersive Reader, a tool that helps users read text and improve their reading skills, is coming to the educational version of Minecraft. The addition was announced on Thursday as one of multiple changes arr...

Astronauts in the International Space Station have some flying robot company, with the first of three Astrobee ‘bots taking flight. NASA dispatched two of the cuboid trio to the ISS earlier in the year, where the robot...

The quality and speed at which videos can now be faked using neural networks and deep learning processes promises to make the upcoming presidential election even more of a nightmare. But by exploiting something overlooke...

The gender gap in computer science research won't reach equality for more than a century, according to new research released Friday that showed computer science isn't just lagging behind, it's also going in the wrong dir...

Sony is back with another PS Store flash sale offering PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PS Vita owners the chance to get games at big discounts. This sale cuts game prices by up to 75-percent, giving customers titles li...

The former CEO of an Anchorage-based telecom was sentenced on Friday to five years in prison after pleading guilty to defrauding New York investors of more than $270 million.

Listening to grey seals recite vowel sounds and sing the melodies to Star Wars and "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" makes for excellent entertainment, but for the researchers who trained these aquatic mammals, it's seriou...

Internet comment sections are notoriously awful, and comments on YouTube can be especially dark. Earlier this year, the platform turned off comments on videos of children after a disturbing amount of pedophilic comments ...

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Google is giving up on tablet development, focusing on Pixel smartphones, Chrome OS devices, and throwing its weight behind its hardware partners in the run-up to Android Q’s release. Unusually, for a tech firm, the se...

Three compounds found in cocoa beans, particularly in the product’s shells, show promise for reducing the inflammation and insulin resistance that may result from obesity, according to a new study. The research comes f...

Spotify and music publishers have been in a bit of a tiff for months over a planned royalty rate increase that would require streaming services to pay more to artists. You can bet the company is watching the numbers clos...

A new tool developed by researchers from the USC Information Sciences Institute (USC ISI) may prove to be a major help in the ongoing war against deepfakes. The tool focuses on subtle face and head movements as well as a...

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The Jaws you see at the head of this article was first given to the Academy Museum back in January of 2016. Back then, it was the “only surviving Jaws shark” and it was (and remains) the largest object to enter the A...

Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes sure is an interesting person to talk to about Facebook.