Category Archives: Science and Technology
Let Tech Innovators Seek Forgiveness, Not Permission
These benefits will be sooner realized if regulators set innovators free.
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The “Nightmare Scenario” For Publishers: Facebook Is Testing A ‘Pay-To-Play’ Model
The new strategy would create what Mashable described as “battlefield of pay to play where publishers have to pony up the dough to get back into the News Feed.” This would hurt smaller, independent publishers especially hard.
Read more“He’s Full Of Crap”: GM Exec Slams Musk As Car War Breaks Out
Elon Musk says the upcoming Tesla Model 3 has the hardware to enable full-self driving capability. But GM’s self-driving car czar thinks he’s full of crap…
Read moreTwitter To Expand Character Limit From 140 To 280
“This is a small change, but a big move for us. 140 was an arbitrary choice based on the 160 character SMS limit. Proud of how thoughtful the team has been in solving a real problem people have when trying to tweet. And at the same time maintaining our brevity, speed, and essence!”
Read moreNASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Will Compliment Hubble And Will Be Most Powerful In Space [VIDEO]
The James Webb Space Telescope is the scientific complement to NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. It will be the most powerful space telescope ever built. Webb is an international project led by NASA with its partners, ESA (European Space Agency) and the CSA (Canadian Space Agency).
Read moreApple Does Right By Its Users… And Advertisers Are Displeased
With the new Safari 11 update, Apple takes an important step to protect your privacy, specifically how your browsing habits are tracked and shared with parties other than the sites you visit. In response, Apple is getting criticized by the advertising industry for “destroying the Internet’s economic model.”
Read moreThree New Crew Members Arrive at International Space Station
Three new crew members arrived at the International Space Station which marks the first long-term increase in crew size on the U.S. segment from three to four, allowing NASA to maximize time dedicated to research. Highlights of upcoming investigations include demonstrating the benefits of manufacturing fiber optic filaments in a microgravity environment, a new study looking to slow or reverse muscle atrophy in astronauts during spaceflight, and exploring the ability of a synthetic bone material that adheres bone to metal within minutes to accelerate bone repair.
Read moreNASA Successfully Launches Latest Communications Satellite [VIDEO]
NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-M (TDRS-M), the third and final in a series of next generation communications satellites, was successfully placed into orbit Friday at 8:29 a.m. from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Read moreFuture Of Aging: Supporting Older Adults With Artificial Intelligence
With nearly one third of the population of non-institutionalized older adults living alone in 2015, with even higher proportions for women over the age of 75, VAPA’ (Voice-Activated Personal Assistants e.g. Alexa, Siri or Google’s Now) could help people with the safety, security and social connections needed for healthy living.
Read moreWhy Don’t Perpetual Motion Machines Ever Work? [VIDEO]
Perpetual motion machines could totally transform our relationship with energy … if only they worked.
Read moreSelf-Driving Cars Are Coming – But Are We Ready?
People are just beginning to ask a very important question: How might our nation’s roads and highways, and the driving done by we humans ourselves, need to change as autonomous vehicles become more prevalent?
Read moreNASA’s Voyager Spacecraft Still Reaching for the Stars After 40 Years
Humanity’s farthest and longest-lived spacecraft, Voyager 1 and 2, achieve 40 years of operation and exploration this August and September. Despite their vast distance, they continue to communicate with NASA daily, still probing the final frontier.
Read moreGoogle Is The Biggest Lobbying Spender In Tech
The fact that many major tech companies are headquartered in Silicon Valley doesn’t mean they don’t have a voice in Washington as well.
Read moreUS Government Prepares For ‘Space Weather Event’ As NASA Warns “Solar Minimum Is Coming”
“During a solar minimum, we can expect more space weather events called coronal holes….can influence the functioning and reliability of spaceborne and ground-based systems and services or endanger property or human health.”
Read moreGoogle Promises To Bury “Questionable” Content On YouTube [VIDEO]
Google, owner of YouTube, stated that it will be adding a policy to screen “Questionable” videos. These videos will now come with a warning, be banned from featuring adds or collecting advertising revenue, or be recommended, endorsed, or commented on. Users will still be able to find the content once the policy goes into effect, but it will eliminate one of the most prominent means of transmission – sharing over social media networks like Twitter and the messaging app Telegram. Unfortunately, figuring out how to censor extremist content while taking precautions not to trod too heavily on free speech has been a longstanding problem for YouTube.
Read moreThree More Ways to Get Bitcoin
There are many trading platforms that people can use to purchase and sell bitcoin, but sometimes people don’t want to go through the hassle of registering with an exchange. On the other hand, some individuals also don’t want to use Localbitcoins as they may dislike the process of dealing with peer-to-peer traders. Many people don’t know that there are other types of methods individuals can use to purchase and sell bitcoin, and some of them may be at your local convenience store.
Read moreVeterans Take Wearable PTSD Monitor On Test Ride
Assistant Professor Sasangohar, of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Texas A&M University, is working on a device to track, identify and deal with PTSD triggers. The goal is to use the technology to address the needs of millions of patients suffering from PTSD in an attempt to improve treatment outcomes at lower costs.
Read moreSorry Siri – You’re The Dumbest “Smart” Assistant Out There
So-called “smart assistants” may not be quite as smart as they are made out to be…
Read more‘Diamond-Age’ of Power Generation as Nuclear Batteries Developed [VIDEO]
New technology has been developed that uses nuclear waste to generate electricity in a nuclear-powered battery. A team of physicists and chemists from the University of Bristol have grown a man-made diamond that, when placed in a radioactive field, is able to generate a small electrical current. The development could solve some of the problems of nuclear waste, clean electricity generation and battery life.
Read moreGlobal Ransomware Attacks 74 Nations – Used NSA Hacking Tools “At A Scale Never Seen Before” [VIDEO]
A hacking tool known as ‘eternal blue’, developed by US spies has been weaponised by the hackers – “This is a major cyber attack, impacting organisations across Europe at a scale I’ve never seen before,”
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