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Google can tell you if solar roof panels will pay off
AFP, Published on 18/08/2015
» SAN FRANCISCO - Google has got a good look at your roof, and can tell you if it is worth the investment to install solar energy panels.
Groupthink is so Orwellian
Life, James Hein, Published on 22/07/2015
» I have been using the internet since it first became public. In the early days the main aim was basic communication and the sharing of information. It was actually a lot easier to find information quickly back then because the groups and sites tended to be highly focused. Discussion groups were often moderated and if you strayed too far from the central theme of the group you were encouraged to look elsewhere.
Google News Lab to teach journalism
AFP, Published on 23/06/2015
» SAN FRANCISCO - Google on Monday launched an online lab where journalists can learn or sharpen Internet Age reporting skills.
Oculus out to let people touch virtual worlds
AFP, Published on 18/06/2015
» LOS ANGELES - Behind closed doors on the show floor of the world's premier video game show, Facebook-owned Oculus was letting people touch virtual worlds.
Apple expected to turn up the music dial
AFP, Published on 07/06/2015
» SAN FRANCISCO - Apple on Monday is expected to unveil a ramped up music service that builds on the iPhone maker's strengths in a challenge to Spotify, Pandora and other established players.
Airbus developing reusable space rocket launcher
AFP, Published on 06/06/2015
» PARIS - European aircraft and aerospace giant Airbus has unveiled plans for a reusable space rocket launcher that should be ready in 2025, one that will be radically different from the rival US firm Space X's concept.
SpaceX tests astronaut eject button on Dragon spacecraft
AFP, Published on 06/05/2015
» MIAMI - SpaceX on Wednesday launched the first flight test of the emergency astronaut escape feature on its Dragon spaceship, which aims to carry astronauts to low-Earth orbit as early as 2017.
Recapturing the humanity in the Internet's birth, on stage
AFP, Published on 02/04/2015
» PALO ALTO (UNITED STATES) - Is the Internet a force for public good, or for social control? Or a bit of both? Such tensions, so prevalent in today's debates, were rife at the very dawn of the computer age.
IT firm baits hackers with online model train set
AFP, Published on 17/03/2015
» HANOVER (GERMANY) - Somewhere on Earth a computer hacker types a malicious command and hits enter. Half a world away, an urban commuter train speeds out of control, derails and crashes into a building.
Talking Japanese space robot back on Earth
AFP, Published on 12/02/2015
» TOKYO - A pint-sized Japanese robot that became the first android to converse with an astronaut in space has returned to Earth after 18 months in orbit, project organisers said Thursday.