Friday, August 5, 2016

China's Massive Elevated Bus Goes for a Test Drive and other top stories.

  • China's Massive Elevated Bus Goes for a Test Drive

    China's Massive Elevated Bus Goes for a Test Drive
    People watch the Transit Elevated Bus TEB-1 during a test run in Qinhuangdao, north China's Hebei Province. 0 Shares. Email. China has taken the idea of a double-decker bus and expanded it even further with a massive new vehicle that can literally ...
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  • Pokemon Go players are revolting against the game's maker

    Pokemon Go players are revolting against the game's maker
    For a few glorious weeks, it seemed as though the makers of Pokemon Go could do no wrong. Sure, players were getting in trouble - for trespassing and taking out the game at inappropriate times. But Niantic, the developer behind the franchise was sitting fairly pretty. Now, less than a month after the game's launch, it's probably safe to call the honeymoon over. Since it's launch, the record-shattering game has lost some popularity - it actually has fallen to No. 2 in the Japanese version of Ap..
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  • Iranian hacker group knows who is on Telegram

    Iranian hacker group knows who is on Telegram
    Hackers obtained the mobile phone numbers of 15 million Iranian users of the Telegram encrypted messaging app, and hacked the accounts of more than a dozen of them, security researchers say. The accounts were hacked through interception of SMS confirmation codes sent to the associated phone numbers, security researchers Claudio Guarnieri and Collin Anderson told Reuters. The revelations show once again how use of encryption can pit technology companies against governments. Telegram founder Pav..
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  • Explore Berlin on a Gogoro Smartscooter

    Explore Berlin on a Gogoro Smartscooter
    While most major cities have embraced car and bicycle sharing, Berlin is among the first to test scooter sharing. Taiwan-based Gogoro has partnered with the new Bosch subsidiary Coup to provide German locals with two-wheeled transportation. The platform is initially launching with 200 Gogoro Smartscooters in the Mitte, Prenzlauer Berg, Friedrichshain, and Kreuzberg neighborhoods. Licensed drivers 21 years and older can access vehicles via the Coup app for a flat rate of €3 ($3.36) per 30 minutes..
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  • Solving a Mystery of Mammoth Proportions

    Solving a Mystery of Mammoth Proportions
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  • Inside Facebook's new hardware lab for VR, drones and data servers

    Inside Facebook's new hardware lab for VR, drones and data servers
    Deep inside Building 17 of Facebook's corporate campus in Menlo Park, California, past a set of doors by a poster that says, "Measure twice, cut once," there's a machine that does a whole lot of measuring and cutting.The hulking contraption, which almost touches the ceiling of the room, sports a jutting arm that zigs and zags at a metal globe sitting on a moving platform. It's called a 5-axis milling machine, and it's demoing how it can cut an object from several different directions. A few feet..
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  • Climate scientists' diagnosis of Earth: "Fever rises"

    Climate scientists' diagnosis of Earth:
    Climate scientists' diagnosis of Earth: "Fever rises" CBS/AP , WTSP 10:14 AM. EST August 03, 2016 A stock pond south of Dallas, TX, dries up due to drought conditions 25 July. Nineteen consecutive days over 100 degrees and a withering drought prompted President Clinton to declare Texas an agricultural disaster area. (PAUL BUCK/AFP/Getty Images) WASHINGTON -- Earth's fever got worse last year, breaking dozens of climate records, scientists said in a massive report nic..
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  • Space-Exploration Startup Scores US Regulatory Coup

    Space-Exploration Startup Scores US Regulatory Coup
    After six years of effort and a roughly $30 million investment, space-exploration startup Moon Express Inc. just became the first commercial venture to get U.S. regulatory authorization for a mission beyond Earth orbit. Now the Northern California-based company and internet entrepreneur Naveen Jain, its chairman and co-founder, need a reliable rocket, formal launch license and another cash infusion to turn that historic dream into...
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  • Galaxy Note 7 Sacrificed To Protect Samsung's Chosen Hero

    Galaxy Note 7 Sacrificed To Protect Samsung's Chosen Hero
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  • Instagram 'Stories' Is Just Another Way To Break The Law

    Instagram 'Stories' Is Just Another Way To Break The Law
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