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SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) — YouTube plans to launch a service that streams cable television channels to viewers over the Internet for the price of a subscription, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. YouTube has made a priority of creating the service, called Unplugged, which could debut as early as next year, according to the report, which cited unnamed people close to the project. YouTube executives have talked about the plan with major media companies such […]
(REUTERS) Facebook Inc’s Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg called on Brazilians to demand his company’s WhatsApp messaging service never be blocked again after an appeals court on Tuesday overturned the application’s second suspension in five months. In a post in English on his Facebook page, the U.S. billionaire and Facebook founder urged Brazilians to gather outside Congress in the capital Brasilia at 6 p.m. (1700 EDT) on Wednesday to rally in favor of legislation that would […]
SAN Francisco, United States (AFP) — Google Chrome on Monday, May 2 was crowned the top Internet browser, officially ending the long reign of Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE). NetMarketShare calculated the Chrome had 41.7 percent of desktop browser share in April, narrowly topping the 41.4 share for IE. Mozilla’s Firefox browser was third with 9.7 percent, according to the market tracker. A second market tracker, StatCounter, had given the title to Chrome four years ago […]
by Marlowe HOOD PARIS ,France (AFP) — An international team of scientists said Monday they had discovered a trio of Earth-like planets that are the best bet so far for finding life outside our solar system. The three orbit an ultracool dwarf star a mere 39 light years away, and are likely comparable in size and temperature to Earth and Venus, they reported in a study, published in Nature. “This is the first opportunity to […]
SAN FRANCISCO , United States (AFP) — Solar Impulse 2, an experimental aircraft flying around the world to draw attention to clean energy technologies, is to take flight again on Monday, organizers said. Pilot Andre Borschberg will take off at 12:00 GMT (5:00AM PT) taking advantage of a “clear weather window” for him to fly from the Mojave Desert to Phoenix Goodyear Airport in Arizona — an effort that should take about 16 hours, they […]
A non-invasive scanner that uses ultraviolet laser to spot small amounts of explosives could prevent terror attacks at transport hubs and stadia, says its British inventor. Jim Drury reports.
The solar flare was captured by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory on April 17. It was released by an active region on the sun’s right side, causing moderate radio blackouts. This video was captured in several wavelengths of extreme ultraviolet light, typically invisible to our eyes. NASA colour-coded the images for easy viewing. Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation – harmless to humans but strong enough to disturb GPS and communications signals. REUTERS
SEOUL South Korea (AFP) Wednesday 4/27/2016 –Samsung Electronics, the world’s largest smartphone maker, reported a better-than-expected jump in net profits Thursday, boosted by the successful early release of its new flagship Galaxy handset. The result will encourage shareholders after a disappointing 2015 that saw the firm lose more than $8.0 billion in market value, with its smartphone business sandwiched by top-end rivals such as Apple’s iPhone and lower-end devices from fast-growing Chinese outfits Huawei and Xiaomi. In […]
MIAMI,United States (AFP) — SpaceX chief Elon Musk announced Wednesday that he will send an unmanned spaceship to Mars as early as 2018, as part of his quest to colonize the Red Planet some day. Few details of the plan were released by Musk, the Internet entrepreneur who rose to fame as the cofounder of PayPal and currently also runs Tesla Motors. “Planning to send Dragon to Mars as soon as 2018,” Musk announced on […]
Algorithms that can make a collaborative robot arm react to moving objects within milliseconds could mean a future where robots and humans work closer together on production lines.
Eagle Broadcasting Corporation (EBC), the media company that pioneered all-digital broadcasting in the Philippines, is joining delegates from more than 180 countries from every continent at the NAB Show, the world’s largest annual conference and expo for professionals who create, manage and distribute entertainment content across all platforms held from April 16 to 21 in Las Vegas. Julie Docena reports from Las Vegas!
The European Space Agency launched a satellite on Monday (Aprli 25) to track the progress of global warming, as part of its Copernicus project. The Sentinel-1B joins its identical twin, Sentinel-1A, in orbit to deliver information for various services, from monitoring ice in polar seas to tracking land subsidence, the ESA said. It will also respond to disasters such as floods. Both satellites carry an advanced radar that images Earth’s surface through cloud and rain […]
