Facebook to use satellite, drones to spread the internet
Social media giant Facebook is harnessing satellite, drone and other technologies as part of a costly and ambitious plan to…
11 years ago
Sci-Tech
Scientists build first synthetic yeast chromosome
(Reuters) - An international team of scientists has built a modified yeast chromosome from scratch, the latest step in the…
11 years ago
BlackBerry posts smaller-than-expected loss; shares rise
(Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd reported a much smaller-than-expected quarterly loss on Friday, sending its shares up nearly 7 percent, even…
11 years ago
We’re heading for a decentralized Internet, but will we get there by 2015?
It was all talk in Singapore. But with the US withdrawing from ICANN, the body that governs the Internet, in…
11 years ago
Creating designer organisms by synthesizing a genome from scratch
Researchers have rebuilt a yeast chromosome, deleting superfluous genetic material not needed for survival. Such designer organisms could be the…
11 years ago
Facebook to use satellites, drones to spread the Internet
(Reuters) - Facebook Inc is harnessing satellite, drone and other technology as part of an ambitious and costly effort to…
11 years ago
Disney to buy YouTube network Maker Studios for $500 million
(Reuters) - The Walt Disney Co has agreed to buy Maker Studios, one of YouTube's largest networks, for $500 million,…
11 years ago
Scientists say destructive solar blasts narrowly missed Earth in 2012
By Laila Kearney (Reuters) - Fierce solar blasts that could have badly damaged electrical grids and disabled satellites in space…
11 years ago
Apple replaces iPad 2 with iPad 4, launches cheaper iPhone 5C
(Reuters) - Apple Inc said it would offer an iPad 4 tablet in place of the mid-range iPad 2 at…
11 years ago
New technology for uninterrupted power supply in India could end rolling blackouts
They call it the Uninterrupted Direct Current and it could be the solution to India's crippling, rolling power cuts. The…
11 years ago
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