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February 2, 2020 / Technology
Sunday’s date is a rare palindrome that hasn’t happened in over 900 years
While various forms of palindrome dates are fairly common, 02/02/2020 has the unique distinction of reading the same backward and forward...
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March 13, 2019 / Technology
U.S. joins other nations in grounding 737 MAX jets after second crash
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday joined Europe, China and other countries in grounding Boeing Co's 737 MAX...
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March 9, 2019 / Science, Technology
This Is Why You Aren’t Allowed to Use an In-Flight Bathroom Until Takeoff
If your plane is getting ready to take off when that water you downed earlier finally catches up with you,...
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February 13, 2019 / Technology
First all-Black female flight crew commemorates ten years
ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46)- On February 12, 2009, First Officer Stephanie Grant had not been scheduled to fly the Delta Connection...
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November 12, 2018 / Science
Want to live for ever? Flush out your zombie cells
As time passes, the number of damaged, ‘senescent’ cells in our bodies increases. These in turn are responsible for many...
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October 15, 2018 / Technology
Yahoo & AOL Are Reading Your Emails To Get Advertising Data
If you have a Yahoo or AOL email account, beware — those companies are reading your emails to gain data...
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October 10, 2018 / Technology
Google Plus Will Be Shut Down After User Information Was Exposed
Google said on Monday that it would shut down Google Plus, the company’s long-struggling answer to Facebook’s giant social network,...
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October 10, 2018 / Technology
The Internet’s keepers? “Some call us hoarders—I like to say we’re archivists”
AUSTIN, Texas—As much as subscription services want you to believe it, not everything can be found on Amazon or Netflix....
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October 7, 2018 / Science
A philosopher explains how our addiction to stories keeps us from understanding history
“I myself am a victim to narrative,” says Alex Rosenberg, a Duke University philosophy professor whose new book hopes to...
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September 30, 2018 / Technology
Elon Musk resigns as Tesla chairman to settle SEC fraud case
The Securities and Exchange Commission said Saturday that it reached a proposed settlement of securities fraud charges against Tesla Chairman...
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September 30, 2018 / Science
A single gene mutation may have helped humans become optimal long-distance runners
Two to three million years ago, the functional loss of a single gene triggered a series of significant changes in...
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September 29, 2018 / Technology
Facebook says big breach exposed 50 million accounts to full takeover
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc (FB.O) said on Friday that hackers stole digital login codes allowing them to take over nearly...
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September 28, 2018 / Business, Technology
SEC sues Elon Musk for his allegedly misleading tweets
Elon Musk has tweeted himself into serious trouble. The Securities and Exchange Commission sued Tesla's CEO on Thursday for making...
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September 25, 2018 / Technology
Instagram’s founders are reportedly resigning from Facebook
Facebook promised Instagram autonomy, but reduced it over time leading to today’s bombshell revelation. Eight years after launching Instagram and...
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September 5, 2018 / Technology
Find My Phone’ app used to locate man shot dead
A Texas mother made a gruesome discovery early Tuesday morning when she found her son dead behind the wheel of...
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August 31, 2018 / Technology
Apple’s next iPhones might unleash a huge upgrade cycle
Ahead of Apple’s now-confirmed fall event on Sept. 12 at which the iPhone maker will show off new models of...
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August 25, 2018 / Technology
T-Mobile discovers security breach of customer information
T-Mobile US and its unit Metro PCS informed customers Thursday about a potential security breach that was discovered and shut...
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August 22, 2018 / Science
NASA chief excited about prospects for exploiting water on the moon
(Reuters) – NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has a vision for renewed and “sustainable” human exploration of the moon, and he...
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August 20, 2018 / Lifestyle, Technology
Wikipedia Turned To Streetwear To Keep Knowledge Free
To keep access to its platform free, Wikipedia often relies on branded merch. This time, however, the company dropped a...
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August 20, 2018 / Technology
Mozilla Is Rebranding Firefox And They Want Your Feedback In Making Their Next Logo
Mozilla is rebranding Firefox, its popular web browser and wants your opinion on the matter, which will not only cover...
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August 16, 2018 / Science
Scientists calculate the speed of death in cells, and it’s surprisingly slow
Regular, programmed "cellular suicide" keeps us healthy. Cells in our bodies die all the time, and now we know just...
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August 11, 2018 / Technology
Facebook gets rid of its Friend List Feeds feature
Facebook has removed a feature that allowed users to tailor their feed. The feeds allowed you create a personalized version...
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August 11, 2018 / Technology
Samsung Throws More Shade At Apple And iPhone X With Two New ‘Ingenious’ Ads
Samsung continues its faux Apple store anti-Apple series, this time mocking the iPhone X for its lack of a pen...
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August 9, 2018 / Technology
Facebook Apologizes For Adding Balloons and Confetti to Posts on the Deadly Indonesia Earthquake
Facebook apologized Wednesday after users posting about a deadly earthquake in Indonesia had their messages covered in balloons and confetti....
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August 9, 2018 / Technology
Here’s how to stop your iPhone from listening to you 🙂
We’ve all heard the (continually refuted) rumors that Facebook’s apps secretly listen to our conversations to figure out what ads...
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August 7, 2018 / Entertainment, Technology
What the Tech? Provocative Musical.ly app changes name to “TikTok”
The hottest app among pre-teens is changing its name. Musical.ly is now TikTok, which is the hottest social media app...
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August 4, 2018 / Technology
NASA announces astronauts for first commercial space flights
NASA has named nine astronauts to crew the first test flights and missions of Boeing's CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX's Crew...
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August 3, 2018 / Business, Technology
Apple hits $1 trillion stock market valuation
Apple became the first $1 trillion publicly listed U.S. company Thursday, crowning a decade-long rise fueled by its ubiquitous iPhone...
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August 2, 2018 / Science
Petrichor: why does rain smell so good?
It turns out it's not just gratitude that makes rain smell so appealing after a long period of dry weather....
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France bans smartphones, tablets in schools: report
Politicians in France reportedly voted Monday in favor of a new law that would largely prohibit students from using smart...
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July 30, 2018 / Science, Technology
Humans Have Changed Earth’s Seasons For The First Time, Study Shows
"This is the kind of stuff you don't want to be right about." Poring over four decades of satellite data,...
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At least 10 dead after 6.4 earthquake hits Indonesia island
JAKARTA — A powerful 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck the popular tourist destination of Lombok in Indonesia on Sunday, killing 10...
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July 28, 2018 / Science, Technology
Scientists say they revived 42,000-year-old frozen worms
A group of scientists in Russia claim to have revived a pair of frozen nematodes, or roundworms, that were between...
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Skygazers await century’s longest ‘blood moon’
Skywatchers will be treated to the longest "blood moon" eclipse of the 21st Century on Friday. As it rises, during...
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July 25, 2018 / Business, Technology
Earnings Preview: What to Expect from FB Stock
Facebook, Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) and its investors have dealt with plenty of animosity in 2018, but up to this point...
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Outrage in China over thousands of faulty vaccines for children
(CNN)Hundreds of thousands of vaccines provided for Chinese children have been found to be faulty, inciting widespread fury and prompting...
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Japan Is the Latest Country to Break a Heat Record
A record-setting heat wave is the latest weather catastrophe to beset Japan. On Sunday, a weather station outside Tokyo reached...
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July 20, 2018 / Amazing, Technology
NASA astronauts first landed on the moon 49 years ago today. Here’s what the landing looked like and how the US pulled it off.
In 1961, President John F. Kennedy put a monumental goal before Congress: "I believe that this nation should commit itself...
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Zuckerberg defends Facebook users’ right to be wrong – even Holocaust deniers
Mark Zuckerberg defended the rights of Facebook users to publish Holocaust denial posts, saying he didn’t “think that they’re intentionally...
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Elon Musk Apologizes to Thai Cave Rescue Diver He Called a “Pedo”
In what could be the final episode in Elon Musk’s bizarre intrusion on the Thai cave rescue story, Musk apologized...
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July 13, 2018 / Amazing, Technology
K-9s Trained to Sniff Out Devices Holding Child Porn
The number of child sex exploitation cases is rapidly rising in the Washington, D.C., region, and so, too, is pressure...
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July 13, 2018 / Science
Scientists to grow ‘mini-brains’ using Neanderthal DNA
Scientists are preparing to create “miniature brains” that have been genetically engineered to contain Neanderthal DNA, in an unprecedented attempt...
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July 11, 2018 / Technology, World
Elon Musk’s plan to bring a mini-submarine to rescue the Thai boys
The 12 Thai boys and their coach have been rescued from the cave in northern Thailand where they’d been stuck...
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Thai cave rescue options include possibility of ‘buddy dive’
Chiang Rai, Thailand (CNN)Thai officials ruled out any immediate attempts to evacuate 12 football players and their coach trapped deep...
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July 7, 2018 / Technology
Mark Zuckerberg just passed Warren Buffett as the third-richest person in the world
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is now the third richest person in the world, surpassing famed investor Warren Buffett. Zuckerberg's net...
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July 7, 2018 / Technology
Twitter suspends over 70 million fake accounts to clear out trolls on the platform
San Francisco: Twitter Inc. has suspended more than 70 million fake accounts in May and June in a massive drive...
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June 9, 2018 / Business, Technology
Facebook shared private user data with Chinese phone makers
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook shared personal information culled from its users' profiles with other companies after the date when executives...
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March 31, 2018 / Lifestyle, Technology
Amazon employees start every day by answering a simple question about work
Every morning, Amazon employees start their day by answering a question that pops up on their computer screens. The questions...
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March 31, 2018 / Technology
Motorcycle cop tickets a self-driving car in San Francisco
Now here's a genuine novelty: In San Francisco, a motorcycle cop pulled over an autonomous vehicle and issued it a...
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March 21, 2018 / Business, Technology
Amazon passes Alphabet to become 2nd most valuable company
March 20 (UPI) -- Amazon became the second most valuable company in the world Tuesday, surpassing Alphabet, the parent company...
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