Time was you could go to Microsoft’s website and get a definitive answer as to when your Surface machine’s support life cycle would end. For…
Computers
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Watch a AC-130 Gunship Devastate Targets on the Ground with Its Howitzer
The largest gun attached to any warplane in the world belongs to the new AC-130W Stinger II flying gunship. Its M102 howitzer can fire 105mm high-explosive shells…
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The U.S. Marines Want the Ability to Sink Ships
Yes, the U.S. Marines are well known for invading islands and wresting them away from others during a conflict. They also have a lesser-known responsibility to defend…
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What We Know About the U.S. Navy’s Drone Fleet of the Future
The Navy of the future will have two kinds of drone ships to extend the reach of its manned vessels, making the fleet more capable than ever.…
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Should the U.S. Navy Turn Merchant Ships into Floating Missile Magazines?
The U.S. Navy could buy older civilian merchant ships on the cheap and convert them into floating arsenals. The concept, outlined in the U.S. Naval Institute, envisions…
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Watch All Five of the U.S. Military’s Fighter Jets Fly in Formation
An exercise designed to test the Air Force, Navy, and Marines’ ability to fly and fight together has yielded a rare and remarkable moment: All five fighter…
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Britain Built a Nuclear Land Mine and Almost Used Chickens To Detonate It
The Cold War saw numerous oddball inventions of lethal intent, but leave it to the British to slap one with a silly name. And Blue Peacock’s name…
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Japan Clears Way for First Aircraft Carriers in 70 Years
Japan has cleared the way to purchase the vertical-takeoff and -landing version of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter while looking into basing them on so-called helicopter carriers.…
Physics
BEST TRUE WIRELESS EARBUDS: FREE YOURSELF FROM THE TYRANNY OF CORDS
Earbud makers have been busy doing away with wires—a good thing whether or not your phone still has a headset jack. You no longer have…
GOOGLE ACCIDENTALLY REVEALS NAMES OF RAPE VICTIMS DESPITE LAW
Google has been inadvertently revealing the names of rape victims that should remain secret. Searching for details of certain cases can bring up predictions that…
GOOGLE NEWS: HOW DOES THE SEARCH GIANT’S HEADLINE AGGREGATOR WORK?
Google News is checked by millions of people on a daily basis looking for quick access to a range of coverage of a given event or…
APPLE AND GOOGLE ASKED WHETHER THEY SECRETLY SPY ON USERS BY US LAWMAKERS
Apple and Google must tell users how much they are spying on them, according to US lawmakers. The Energy and Commerce Committee has written to…
Facebook and Google are ‘digital sweat factories’, EU data watchdog says
The European Union’s data watchdog has compared Google and Facebook to “digital sweat factories” where nobody is allowed to clock out. European Data Protection Supervisor Giovanni Buttarelli made…
Confirmed: No One Will Win the Google Lunar XPRIZE
Google partnered with the XPRIZE Foundation years ago to encourage innovative companies to shoot for the moon — literally. The Google Lunar XPRIZE offered $30…
Google prototyping Article model viewer for AR and VR web experiences
Google has packaged a prototype of a 3D model viewer called “Article” for developers to try out in virtual reality and augmented reality environments. In a…
Military Tech
Watch a AC-130 Gunship Devastate Targets on the Ground with Its Howitzer
The largest gun attached to any warplane in the world belongs to the new AC-130W Stinger II flying gunship. Its M102 howitzer can fire 105mm…
War Games
AMAZON ECHO PLUS REVIEW: NOT PLUS ENOUGH
The “plus” in the Amazon Echo Plus is an integrated ZigBee smart-home hub. It’s a feature that boosts this smart speaker’s price tag by a…
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Apple taught iPhone users not to care about specs. Now it’s Google’s turn.
October 16, 2017 -
Stevie Wonder’s vision restored, O.J. Simpson’s hookers, and Hugh Hefner didn’t have to die, in this week’s tabloids
October 8, 2017 -
Why bone-conduction might be the headphone technology of the future
October 1, 2017