Nation Aug 20 Timeline of events in Ferguson The clash between protesters and law enforcement continues to escalate in Ferguson, Missouri, as violence that plagues the St. Louis suburb moves into its 10th day. Overnight, 31 people were arrested from as far away as California and New York.
Nation Aug 20 Exclusive neighborhood-based social network ‘Nextdoor’ on the rise in U.S. Twenty-five percent of American communities are using "Nextdoor," the selective, stealthy social network that wants you to talk to your neighbors. Unlike Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, which are focused on letting users share their content across a vast social landscape,…
Science Aug 18 Charging smartphones by soundwaves Finnish-based mobile technology giant Nokia and researchers at Queen Mary University of London are dreaming up a way to turn ambient noise into a power source for the cellphones of tomorrow. In a press release published Friday, the University…
Science Aug 15 Watch: Harvard scientists develop tiny robots that can swarm Borrowing a page out of nature’s handbook, a team of researchers at Harvard University have developed a fleet of miniscule robots that can arrange themselves into complex configurations without the use of a core artificial intelligence. Equal parts automaton and…
Health Aug 15 Developing smartwatches to track symptoms of Parkinson’s The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research is teaming up with Intel to create wearable devices, such as smartwatches, designed to collect data about the symptoms caused by the neurodegenerative brain disease.
Science Aug 15 The internet is getting too big for its routers The problem? The global routing table has just grown past the 512k mark by about 15,000, causing widespread network instability. Verizon is primarily responsible for the creation of the new entries that pushed the net over the edge, but in…
Health Aug 14 Study finds fivefold increase in superbug infection rate A recent study by Duke University found that carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), a superbug with a mortality rate of nearly 50 percent, is on the rise.
Economy Aug 12 Consumer protection agency urges Americans to beware of Bitcoin, other cryptocurrencies The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a primer on Monday meant to warn consumers about the potential dangers related to popular cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Litecoin, and Dogecoin…
World Aug 12 Twitter reports 23 million users are actually ‘bots’ Twitter has disclosed the number of its users that are actually human as opposed to account-holding, automated programs in its most recent quarterly filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission. According to the report, about 23 million -- or 8.5%…
Nation Aug 11 California considering universal consent standards to combat sexual assault The California State Assembly is set to review legislation that would require schools receiving public funding to adopt an “affirmative consent standard,” clearly defining when sex is consensual and when it is not.