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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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 the criticism…
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The First Tank-on-Tank Battle Happened 100 Years Ago
A hundred years ago this week, British and German tanks made history on the battlefields of World War I. In the last year of war, at the…
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Marine Corps Commandant: In 15 Years, Our Aircraft Won’t Need a Human in the Cockpit
The head of the United States Marine Corps says the Marines’ air power could be completely uncrewed within 15 years. General Robert B. Neller, commandant of the…
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We Shouldn’t Be Surprised About the C-130 Crash
A C-130 cargo plane operated by the Puerto Rico Air National Guard went down near Savannah, GA during a training mission today. The crash happened about three miles east…
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Could North Korea Really Give Up Its Nuclear Weapons?
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un reportedly has agreed to abandon his nuclear weapons program in return for a peace treaty with the United States and a pledge…
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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 million in…
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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 blog post,…
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…
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…
The future of iPhone: An iPhone in every size?
Every few years since its inception, the design of Apple’s iPhone tends to go through some major changes. The first three iPhones are all similar…
Facebook announces $199 Oculus Go standalone VR headset
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants to get a billion people to live and play in VR. But the company won’t get there with premium VR…
Zuckerberg sets a giant goal for virtual reality, but without a timeline
That’s about 13 percent of the world’s population. Zuckerberg threw out that goal as he opened the Oculus developers conference on Wednesday. He talked about…
Military Tech
The First Tank-on-Tank Battle Happened 100 Years Ago
A hundred years ago this week, British and German tanks made history on the battlefields of World War I. In the last year of war,…
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