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- Will a zippy new drone keep Sony afloat?Sony unveils its new drone just weeks after reporting a massively profitable first quarter – after 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’s 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.Â
- 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 – 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 – at least for his next movieIn filming 'The Martian,' Matt Damon and director Ridley Scott worked with NASA to accurately represent the Red Planet. Â
- 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’s 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’s 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’s 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’s 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.
- First LookNew startup promises world's first truly flexible touch-screen displayAn Illinois tech firm has introduced a touch-screen display so flexible it can wrap around a person’s wrist.