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Mobile manners: How Americans are navigating cell phone etiquetteA new report around mobile phone etiquette highlights technology鈥檚 impact on social interactions and how Americans are negotiating norms around the use of their devices in public places.
Will a zippy new drone keep Sony afloat?Sony unveils its new drone just weeks after reporting聽a massively profitable first quarter 鈥撀燼fter posting losses for six of the past seven years.
One step closer to Star Trek: New 3-D printer builds with 10 materials at onceMIT researchers created MultiFab, a relatively inexpensive 3-D printer that can print out lenses, fiber-optics, and fabric.
Leaked FAA report shows almost 700 close calls between drones and planesWith the FAA reporting that hundreds of planes nearly avoided in-air collisions with drones, there鈥檚 renewed pressure to nail down the laws that govern these personal flying devices.
Air Force warning: 'Loose tweets destroy fleets'The Air Force just updated the classic WWII propaganda slogan for the modern era: 'Loose tweets destroy fleets.' Social media allows soldiers to stay connected with family, but this new notice reminds them to do so carefully.
Why Spotify is apologizing to its usersCEO Daniel Ek blogged on how terms of a newly announced privacy policy weren't made clear to subscribers.聽
UK orders Google to forget nine articles about the 'right to be forgotten'The UK's Information Commissioner's Office has ordered Google to remove links to nine news articles about a 'right to be forgotten' request. Google says the stories are in the public interest, but the ICO argues that they defeat the point of the original request.
First LookIn bid to woo Apple users, Samsung offers up $1 smartphones.Samsung is hoping to snag a larger share of the US cellphone market with a tantalizing offer to try the companies newest phones for a single dollar.
How one teen's app could stop cyberbullying at its sourceTrisha Prabhu says kids aren't evil 鈥� they just don't know how to stop and think before hitting 'send' on a cruel message. Enter: ReThink.
With ad blocking on the rise, publishers eye a new approach: asking nicelyMore users than ever are running ad-blocking software, preventing digital advertisements from loading on the pages they visit. Faced with the prospect of losing ad revenue, some publishers are asking users directly to disable the software.
In assessing Clinton e-mail fallout, technical ambiguity casts doubtAfter it was revealed that Hillary Rodham Clinton had been using a personal e-mail server during her time as Secretary of State, the investigation into technology used has just raised more questions.
ZigBee smart-home devices use 'absolute minimum' securityZigBee devices are not safe enough for critical purposes such as door locks and home-security systems, according to two researchers.
Matt Damon joins NASA 鈥� at least for his next movieIn filming 'The Martian,' Matt Damon and director Ridley Scott worked with NASA to accurately represent the Red Planet. 聽
Thunderstruck: How four lightning strikes in a row erased Google dataA Google data center in Belgium suffered data loss after it was struck by lightning four times in a row. Google says its engineers were able to recover almost all of the data, and the company is upgrading its systems so it can better withstand electrical anomalies.
Is Amazon's high-demand work environment the norm for tech companies?After a six-month investigation, The New York Times published a front-page feature about Amazon's seemingly dystopian work environment. Some at the online retailer repudiate the findings, while others see them as "just part of the culture."
Google鈥檚 OnHub wireless router aims to make Wi-Fi simplerOnHub, a Wi-Fi router made by Google and TP-Link, can prioritize devices, measure congestion, and receive automatic updates to harden its security.
First LookA robot runs through it: Watch Boston Dynamic鈥檚 Atlas trot through forestGoogle's Boston Dynamics presented its humanoid robot Atlas at a conference earlier this month, showing a clip of the machine walking in the woods.
Google's Project Sunroof: How it could help you save with solar powerGoogle鈥檚 new online service shows consumers how much they can save by turning to solar energy.
3Dvarius: How do 3-D printed violins stack up to traditional instruments?3Dvarius experiments with sound, design, and the limits of 3-D printers with its new violins.
Zero Latency: Inside the world鈥檚 largest virtual-reality theme parkZero Latency, a warehouse-sized facility in Australia, allows up to six people to inhabit a virtual world at a time. Zero Latency uses Oculus Rift virtual-reality headsets and PlayStation Eye cameras to map players' movements into a game world.
