Feb 04 Satya Nadella named new Microsoft CEO; Bill Gates steps down as chairman By Joshua Barajas Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday named 47-year-old Satya Nadella, the company's enterprise and cloud chief, as the new chief executive, ending a five-month search to replace Steve Ballmer, who has been serving as CEO since 2000. The company's first CEO, Bill… Continue reading
Feb 04 Senate hearing convenes over West Virginia chemical spill By Associated Press A U.S. Senate subcommittee will hear testimony on the West Virginia chemical spill in Washington Tuesday. The Committee on Environment and Public Works' water and wildlife subcommittee will convene over the spill that left 300,000 people without clean water for… Continue reading
Feb 03 Watch New media models disrupt traditional journalism By PBS News Hour A slew of made-for-Web news sites are increasingly undermining the platform of print media. In this shifting landscape, how will journalism and storytelling survive, and what are readers to gain? Judy Woodruff talks to Re/code’s Walt Mossberg, VOX Media’s Jim… Continue watching
Feb 03 Watch In a state without Medicaid expansion, uninsured South Carolinians mind the gap By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 03 Watch 'Talking cars' could prevent accidents before they happen By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 03 Watch Why more Americans are getting high -- and overdosing -- on heroin By PBS News Hour Continue watching
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Feb 03 Greenland glacier hits record speeds By Justin Scuiletti Traveling just over 6 mph would hardly break any speed record. But for a glacier, it is a pace that is considered unprecedented. In fact, the summer speed of Greenland’s Jakobshavn Glacier, according to a new study published by… Continue reading
Feb 03 U.S. Department of Transportation will allow vehicle-to-vehicle safety technology By Bridget Bowman The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) along with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA, announced Monday that it will allow automobiles to become equipped with vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communication technology. Continue reading
Feb 03 Feds to announce decision on new automobile safety technology By Associated Press Federal officials are planning to announce Monday whether automakers should be required to equip new cars and light trucks with technology that enables vehicles to communicate with each other to prevent collisions. Such vehicle-to-vehicle communication could eventually transform traffic safety. Continue reading