NASA competition pays you to design a 3D-printed habitat
If
NASA is going to put humans on Mars and other distant worlds, it's
going to need a place for explorers to stay -- and it wants your help
building those extraterrestrial homes. The agency has launched the 3D
Printed Habitat Challenge, a competition... Read More ...
Luxury brands sue Chinese online shopping giant for allowing fakes
It's
no secret that luxury designers see Chinese online stores as a haven
for fake goods, but they're now taking concerted action to shut down
these less-than-official outlets. Kering, the parent company behind
brands like Gucci and Yves Saint Lauren... Read More ...
Sprint activates free data roaming in six more countries
Sprint
has expanded its free international roaming plan to six more countries:
Colombia, Denmark, Honduras, Ireland, Italy, Paraguay and Sweden. That
makes the new total 22, including the original 16 locations the company
named when it launched the f... Read More ...
Russia grounds Proton-M rockets following an accident
Russia's
space program just can't catch a break, it seems. A spokesperson tells
RIA that the country has suspended all Proton-M rocket launches
following an accident that destroyed one model carrying a Mexican
satellite. Officials reportedly want to ... Read More ...
Browse your recent Google Play tunes on your Android Wear watch
Google
Play Music just got a lot more convenient... if you're using a
cutting-edge Android wearable, that is. Smartwatches running the new
Android Wear 5.1.1 update (such as the LG Watch Urbane) now let you
browse your recent Play Music items. If you... Read More ...
WSJ: Google will add buy buttons to search results on mobile
Google's
getting ready to face Amazon and eBay, according to The Wall Street
Journal, and will be adding buy buttons directly to its search results.
You'll see those buttons accompanying sponsored results under a "Shop on
Google" heading -- they won'... Read More ...
No car, no problem: 17 of the slickest electric rides
All
kinds of personal-sized, eco-minded rides have been popping up on the
market ready to propel us through the streets. Whether it's for a quick
commute or a casual cruise, these electric rideables help save time and
fossil fuels. Not only do they g... Read More ...
Recommended Reading: The making of a self-driving semitruck
Recommended
Reading highlights the best long-form writing on technology and more in
print and on the web. Some weeks, you'll also find short reviews of
books that we think are worth your time. We hope you enjoy the read.How Daimler Built the Wor...
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SpaceX's Mars travel posters make us want to explore the red planet
SpaceX
has released a few Mars travel posters in the same vein as NASA's
vintage exoplanet ones, and they're making us sad we were born too early
for space exploration. Valles Marineris the "land of Martian chasms and
craters," as the poster says, is... Read More ...
Two Asian bank websites held ransom for bitcoin
One
of the problems with virtual currency is that when it's robbed from a
bank, it's going to take an awful lot of work to make it look exciting
in a movie. So I feel for future filmmakers who have to dramatize
something like the recent Chinese cyber... Read More ...
FBI: Security researcher claimed to hack, control plane in flight
Remember
the security researcher who was pulled from a United flight and had his
equipment taken (before its frequent flier miles-paying bug hunt) for
tweeting about hacking into the plane via its entertainment system? In
an application for a search ... Read More ...
This app reminds you to drunkenly buy stuff at 2 am
The
best kind of Amazon deliveries are often the ones you were too drunk to
remember ordering. And with the help of the Drunk Shopping app, you'll
never miss another opportunity to do so...just as long as that
opportunity occurs at 2am on a Saturday ... Read More ...
Judge rules Pandora has to increase royalty payouts to BMI
Pandora's
propensity for litigation is pretty storied by this point, but it seems
like the internet-radio outfit's luck has run out. A New York judge has
ruled that Pandora must raise its payout rates to Taylor Swift's music
publishing house BMI, fro... Read More ...
'Zombies, Run!' marks latest update by going free-to-play
Zombies,
Run! celebrated the release of version 4.0 earlier this week with some
major modifications. The popular gamified exercise app, which used to
retail for a flat $4 at the Google Play Store, has switched over to a
free-to-play subscription mode... Read More ...
Curtain lifts on first 'Rock Band 4' songs
Not
to be outdone by Guitar Hero Live, the folks over in the Rock Band 4
camp unveiled the first handful of tracks for this fall's face-melting
simulator. And they're pretty diverse! As noted on IGN, the half-dozen
ranges from Avenged Sevenfold to Th... Read More ...
Pirated Windows 10 installations will rock a desktop watermark
You
dirty Windows pirates will have to live with a constant reminder of
your crimes come Windows 10. Pirated versions of the new operating
system will be stuck with a desktop watermark reminding users of their
non-genuine status, Microsoft EVP of ope... Read More ...
Penn State says it was the victim of a China-based cyberattack
Cyberattacks
are in the news seemingly every day, and today's announcement comes
from a university here in the States. Penn State announced that its
College of Engineering was targeted in a pair of "sophisticated
cyberattacks," and investigators disc... Read More ...
I trusted my gut to IBM's Watson and it gave me a fowl old-fashioned
Cognitive
Cooking with Chef Watson is a collaboration between IBM and the
Institute of Culinary Education in New York City. Once a week, as part
of an ongoing series, we'll be preparing one recipe from the book until
we've made all of them. Wish us l... Read More ...
Seven times Kanye West dressed like a 'Final Fantasy' character
Apparently
the Kanye West role-playing game, Kanye Quest 3030, contains an eerie
hidden area involving a butterfly and a New Age cult called
Ascensionism. We know, it's hard to believe that Kanye has a video game.
Anyway, this secret game-within-a-ga... Read More ...
FBI says police can disclose Stingray use, but not what they can do
Look,
none of us should be surprised that police departments across the
country use things like Stingrays -- sophisticated surveillance devices
that suck up cell phone communications -- in their investigations.
Still, more than a few of those PDs hav... Read More ...
See the 'Batman: Arkham Knight' Dual Play mode in action
And
we do mean action. Dual Play in Batman: Arkham Knight allows one player
to swap between Batman and a trusty sidekick during fights. For
example, if you're battling a room full of nasty baddies as Batman, the
AI will be in control of Nightwing -- ... Read More ...
Enjoy this LSD trip from the comfort of your web browser
It's
time to stop what you're doing an enjoying some soothing visuals
brought to you by physics. Created by George Corney, the browser-based
GPU fluid simulation reacts when you click and drag your mouse. The
resulting psychedelic dreamscape is a mes... Read More ...
Technology and immigrant tales collide at Ellis Island
The
story of mankind's migration across the world, starting with the people
who first ventured out of Africa roughly 60,000 years ago, is
well-documented. Since then, our lifestyle has evolved tremendously,
with technological advancements in key area... Read More ...
FOMO in the digital age
We've
all been there. You sit slack-jawed swiping and swiping past dozens of
movies you've seen/want to see/added to your queue all in the hopes of
selecting one to watch. But that doesn't happen. Your friend is late to
meet you at the bar, so you sw... Read More ...
The top 15 laptops you can buy right now
Between
the new MacBook, the Chromebook Pixel and the Spectre x360 (HP's newest
laptop, which it designed with Microsoft), we've been testing a lot of
notebooks over the past few months. That means we've had to make a bunch
of new additions to our bu... Read More ...
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