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Who is closest to flying: Facebook, Google, or Amazon?The three Internet giants have identified the next impossible dream: providing drone delivery and Internet access by drones and balloons.
First LookA new plan for how to track missing airlinersThe international body's World Radiocommunication Conference unveiled a plan to allow satellites to receive specialized transmissions from planes. But standards on commercial flight tracking can vary widely.
From wax cylinders to 'the cloud': How to preserve data for the long termThe University of California, Santa Barbara, is digitizing wax cylinders from the late 1800s and early 1900s, including some of the earliest sounds ever recorded. What's the best way to store information so that it can be retrieved by future generations?
Sony will stop making video tapes next year. Wait, they're still making those?So long, Betamax. You won't be missed.
Is the iPad Pro really a laptop-killer, or just Apple's Microsoft Surface RT?Apple's jumbo-sized iPad Pro will go on sale Wednesday. But early reviews seem to point to some limitations with its software, leading to comparisons to other tablets that tried to bridge the gap between mobile devices and laptops.
The assault on federally supported scienceMany of the recent attacks on government-backed research conveniently ignore the huge impact that such science has provided worldwide.
Why a Belgian court ordered Facebook to stop tracking users or pay hefty finesA commercial court agreed with privacy regulators that Facebook's use of a tiny file that can track people who don't have a Facebook account violates local privacy laws.
Is the EU better at protecting online privacy?Countries react differently to technology developments that burrow deeper into people鈥檚 private lives.
How TensorFlow, which Google just made free, teaches computers to think like humansGoogle open-sourced TensorFlow, the engine it uses to train computers in artificial intelligence.
Apple Store workers lose effort to be paid for security checksOn Saturday, a federal judge ruled against 12,000 Apple retail workers, saying the tech giant had a right to search their bags after they were off the clock.
Lake Huron shipwreck found after being lost for 100 yearsA determined shipwreck hunter used grit and sonar over 30 years to track down the area's last missing ship, which went down in a 1913 blizzard. But why didn't new technologies help his team?聽
Third party tracking 'still legal,' according to FCCFCC rules that companies can ignore 'do not track' requests. What does this mean for you?
First LookHedy Lamarr: Actress by day, tech inventor by nightHedy Lamarr was honored with a Google Doodle. It turns out, the famous actress was also quite the inventor.聽
Computer chip that senses smell could save money, reduce wasteA Massachusetts-based startup has given computers the sense to smell spoiling food.聽
Microsoft says its software can tell if you're going back to prisonMicrosoft聽is pitching its software and cloud data storage to law enforcement agencies. Researchers say that using data to find crime patterns can help stop burglaries, but using data analysis to 'predict' violent crimes is highly problematic.
What will replace the cable box: a better box or no box at all?Some cable companies, such as Comcast, are trying to reinvent the cable box. But others, such as Charter and Time Warner, say it's okay if the cable box dies 鈥� they have other plans.
Google unveils plans for revamped Android One phone for IndiaThe company is lowering prices and partnering with a local mobile company to introduce a new version of low-cost smartphone aimed at providing Internet to people in the developing world. But India's government has been criticized for its Internet policies.
With Oculus Rift, Facebook's plans to build a 'teleporter'The social-media giant has announced its plans to build virtual-reality technology. What path will Facebook take to get there?
Comcast, citing fairness, adds data caps in more citiesComcast is expanding its "Data Usage Plan Trials" to cities in Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Virginia. Customers in those cities will have a 300 GB data cap; they'll be charged $35 for additional increments of 50 GB.
Why undersea Internet cables still power our 'wireless' worldRecently a New York Times article on Russian submarine activity near undersea communications cables dredged up Cold War politics and generated widespread recognition of the submerged systems we all depend upon.