Anthony Weiner Update: After Sexting Scandal, Job Offer From Porn Site
A pornographic website made “a serious and sincere offer” Thursday to the former Congressman as a “love and sex columnist.”
Facebook Messenger Adds Video Chat: How Does Instant Video Work?
The new video chat feature was rolled out Thursday evening by the social networking giant.
Tinder Down: Dating App Crash Removes Matches
Problems with the app, which include not being able to send messages and losing matches, began Thursday night.
DDoS Attacks Increasing In Quantity, Sophistication: Report
Attackers have also become more sophisticated and persistent, using more complex methods to bring down websites, according to Verisign.
iPhone 7 Plus Video Leaked: Dual Camera, iOS 10 Confirmed
Days ahead of Apple’s official launch for its newest flagship smartphones, a video posted online Wednesday showed working devices.
Samsung Gear S3: Smartwatch Launched In Frontier, Classic Versions
The latest smartwatch from the South Korean company comes in two variants — Frontier and Classic.
Apple’s EU Tax Ruling: Bernie Sanders Hails Decision, Turkey Invites Company To Move
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders hailed the EU’s Tuesday ruling that asked Apple to pay $14.5 billion in back taxes. Meanwhile, Turkey invited the company to move.
La Tomatina 2016, Spain’s Annual Tomato Fight: Live Stream Info, Other Facts
About 20,000 people are throwing more than 330,000 pounds of the red, juicy fruit in the town of Buñol, Valencia, in a tradition that dates back over 70 years.
Lake Tahoe Summit: Barack Obama To Deliver Keynote Before Heading To Hawaii
The president has taken up several environment and climate change issues, and issued a number of executive orders to protect the country’s natural heritage.
Donald Trump To Meet Mexican President Before Arizona Speech On Immigration
Enrique Peña Nieto had invited both Trump and Hillary Clinton to Mexico to discuss the bilateral relationship with the United States.
Warcraft Servers Down: DDoS Attack Hits Blizzard Again After Legion Launch, Overwatch Also Affected
Tuesday night’s attack on the servers of Blizzard Entertainment, soon after the launch of the Legion update, is the third such in the last one week.
Facebook Trending Topics AI On The Wrong Track 3 Days After Overhaul
Just three days after the social network changed the way it handles trending topics, a fake news item slipped past its review and made it to the top.
Apple Fined $14.5 Billion By EU For Ireland Tax Deal
The technology giant pays tax at rates sometimes below 1 percent on its European earnings, based on its tax deal with Ireland, where its European operations are headquartered.
Kim Dotcom’s Extradition Hearing Can Be Live-Streamed, New Zealand Court Says
The United States, which wants to charge the tech entrepreneur with copyright infringement and money laundering, was against the hearing being streamed on YouTube.
Early Human Ancestor Lucy Died Falling From Tree; Possible Cause Of Death Identified For Famous Hominin
Researchers studied the skeleton of the famous hominin, who lived 3.18 million years ago, and suggest she died from the “impact following a fall from considerable height.”
Drone Flying Rules Take Effect: How To Get Pilot Certificate, Register UAS
Regulations for operating drones in U.S. airspace were announced by the Federal Aviation Administration in June and took effect Monday.
3D Printed Flexible Structures That ‘Remember’ Their Shapes Created By Scientists
Scientists used light to print three-dimensional structures using polymers that change their shape in response to specific temperatures.
Iran Deploys S-300 Missiles To Nuclear Site, To Construct Two More Nuclear Power Plants
The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran announced Sunday the construction of two more nuclear power plants in Bushehr with Russian cooperation.
Climate Change: Biofuels Have Made It Worse, Study Claims
A new study published Thursday makes the unconventional claim that “rising biofuel use has been associated with a net increase” in carbon dioxide emissions.
Papahānaumokuākea Marine Reserve: Obama To Create World’s Largest Protected Area
The U.S. president will increase the size of Hawaii’s Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, which is already bigger than all the other national parks in the country put together.
WhatsApp Sharing Data With Facebook: How To Stop Your Phone Number From Getting To Facebook
The announcement Thursday is ostensibly meant to benefit users, but if you have privacy concerns, you have only one month to opt out.
Dragonfly 44: Dark Matter Makes Up Most Of Newly Found Galaxy
Astronomers have found a galaxy whose mass is similar to the Milky Way, but Dragonfly 44 — about 300 million light-years away — is made up almost entirely of dark matter.
Crispr Genome Editing Can Be Controlled Using Light
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have added a light-based layer of control to the genome-editing system called Crispr.
Amazon Launches Kindle Reading Fund To Promote Digital Reading
The program “will donate Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets and Kindle eBooks” to promote digital reading around the world.
SpaceX Falcon 9 Rockets To Be Refurbished At New Digs In Port Canaveral
The space launch company will use the new premises, close to its Cape Canaveral Launch Complex, to refurbish its two-stage Falcon 9 rockets.
Airlander 10: Rough Landing Damages Airship After Second Test Flight
Airlander 10 flew the scheduled 100 minutes during its second test flight Wednesday but then “experienced a heavy landing” that damaged “the front of the flight deck.”
Pneumatic Octobot: Soft Autonomous Robot Octopus 3D-Printed By Harvard Scientists
Inspired by octopuses, scientists used 3D printing and pneumatics to create the world’s first robot that doesn’t have any rigid components.
uDisco: 3D Imaging That Makes Body Tissue Transparent May Help Map Human Brain
A new technology has been developed that makes entire organisms “transparent for whole-body imaging” and could allow for mapping of “neuronal, glial and vascular connections.”
Synthetic DNA Does Math Using Analog Circuits
DNA circuits can be far smaller than those made of silicon and work in wet conditions, but are currently far slower than their conventional counterparts.
Is Tesla P100D Battery Already About To Be Obsolete?
New battery technology developed by scientists at the Ohio State University could give vehicles more miles for every minute of charging.