When Luxembourg’s new law governing space mining comes into force on Tuesday, the country will already be working to make the science-fiction-sounding mission a reality, the deputy prime minister said.…
more ...Chemical Industry and US Call for Global Culture of Chemical Security
Securing petrochemical plants and keeping chemicals out of the hands of terrorists were the topics of discussion at a recent Chemical Sector Security Summit in Houston, Texas. Security experts say…
more ...Crocodile Industry Hopes to Boost Australia Aboriginal Communities
The crocodile industry in Australia’s Northern Territory, a new report says, is worth more than four times the previous estimate of US $80 million. Officials hope the findings will give…
more ...Apple Accused of Bowing to Chinese Censors
Apple, Inc. has confirmed that it is removing some applications providing virtual personal networks, or VPNs, from its China App Store, to comply with new Chinese regulations — a move…
more ...Silicon Valley’s Hot Café: Where Digirati Pitch Ideas Over Venezuelan Coffee
Silicon Valley is the tech industry’s epicenter, but what is the epicenter of Silicon Valley? It might just be Coupa Café in downtown Palo Alto, Calif. For the tech community,…
more ...Silicon Valley’s Hot Cafe: Where Digirati Pitch Ideas Over Venezuelan Coffee
There’s a café in the heart of Silicon Valley where the biggest names in tech are known to take their lattes, attracting startup founders who frantically make their pitches to…
more ...Mainstream Model 3 Could Make or Break Tesla Dreams
For Tesla, everything is riding on the Model 3. The electric car company’s newest vehicle was delivered to its first 30 customers, all Tesla employees, Friday evening. Its $35,000 starting…
more ...Chemical Industry and U.S. Call for Global Culture of Chemical Security
Securing petrochemical plants and keeping chemicals out of the hands of terrorists were the topics of discussion at a recent Chemical Sector Security Summit in Houston, Texas. Security experts say…
more ...Hackers Scour Voting Machines for Election Bugs
Hackers attending this weekend’s Def Con hacking convention in Las Vegas were invited to break into voting machines and voter databases in a bid to uncover vulnerabilities that could be…
more ...Honolulu Targets ‘Smartphone Zombies’ With Crosswalk Ban
A ban on pedestrians looking at mobile phones or texting while crossing the street will take effect in Hawaii’s largest city in late October, as Honolulu becomes the first major…
more ...US Treasury’s Mnuchin Extends Debt Limit Measure for Two Months
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Friday said he would extend for two more months one of the extraordinary cash management measures that the Treasury is using to stave off…
more ...IMF Says Dollar Overvalued, but Euro, Yen in Line With Fundamentals
The International Monetary Fund on Friday said that the U.S. dollar was overvalued by 10 percent to 20 percent, based on U.S. near-term economic fundamentals, while it viewed valuations of…
more ...Tesla Stock Climbs as Musk Prepares to Hand Over First Model 3 Cars
Shares of Tesla rose nearly 1 percent on Friday ahead of a handover to customers of its first Model 3 sedans, the electric cars that Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk…
more ...Roomba Vacuum Maker iRobot Betting Big on ‘Smart’ Home
The Roomba robotic vacuum has been whizzing across floors for years, but its future may lie more in collecting data than dirt. That data is of the spatial variety: the…
more ...New York Startups Shine Light on New Paths for World Cities
Snapping off a leaf of crisp baby lettuce, entrepreneur Andrew Shearer can demonstrate how colored lights in a hydroponic cabinet boost nutrients or alter the flavors and colors of plants…
more ...Government, Industry Officials Call for Global Culture of Chemical Security
The east side of Houston is dotted with what look like skyscrapers from a distance, but are actually chemical plants, key parts of the Gulf Coast city’s economy. “Houston, here…
more ...Researchers: Artificial Intelligence Can Help Fight Deforestation in Congo
A new technique using artificial intelligence to predict where deforestation is most likely to occur could help the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) preserve its shrinking rainforest and cut carbon…
more ...YouTube-inspired New Toys Aim to Wow Today’s Digitally Savvy Kids
For some youngsters, “unboxing” YouTube videos are all the rage. They involve a pair of hands – some small, some big with lacquered nails or others with hairy knuckles —…
more ...Optimizing Efficiency of Hybrid Cars
Trying to curb increasingly serious air pollution in their cities, authorities in France, followed this week by those in Britain, announced they will ban the sale of new gas and…
more ...LOL to Heart Eyes: New Emojis Must Pass Muster
Cheery Hi-5, a snobbish Poop and a conflicted Meh have starring roles in the animated The Emoji Movie, which imagines a world inside cellphones where emojis rebel against portraying just…
more ...More Cyber Attacks, More Job Security for Hackers
The surge in far-flung and destructive cyber attacks is not good for national security, but for an increasing number of hackers and researchers, it is great for job security. The…
more ...Google Hopes to Train 10M Africans in Online Skills, CEO Says
Alphabet’s Google aims to train 10 million people in Africa in online skills over the next five years in an effort to make them more employable, its chief executive said…
more ...As Downloaded Music Fades Away, Apple Discontinues Older iPods
Apple said Thursday that it will discontinue the iPod Shuffle and iPod Nano, the last two music players in the company’s lineup that cannot play songs from Apple Music, its…
more ...After Drought, California Looks to Replenish Aquifers
At the Terranova Ranch near Fresno, California, general manager Don Cameron examines grapes in a vineyard that workers flooded last spring. Winter rains had ended a severe drought and he…
more ...China to Speed up Bullet Trains in September
China plans to raise the speed of its bullet trains back up to 350 kph (217 mph), state media reported on Thursday, six years after a deadly high-speed rail crash…
more ...Samsung Poised to Unseat Intel as King of Microchips
Intel’s more than two decade-long reign as the king of the silicon-based semiconductor is poised to end Thursday when South Korea’s Samsung Electronics elbows the U.S. manufacturer aside to become…
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