Official: Self-driving cars could lead to people having sex behind the wheel
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Drivers too dependent on vehicles' autonomous driving features could put themselves in danger. Autonomous vehicles hold the promise of a crash-free society, in which passengers can spend their...
Your phone’s biggest vulnerability is your fingerprint
Monday, May 2, 2016
Can we still use fingerprint logins in the age of mass biometric databases?. In five minutes, a single person faked a fingerprint and broke into my phone. It...
Russia's Putin tells Obama he wants better ties: Kremlin
Friday, July 4, 2014
Russian President Vladimir Putin called for better relations with the United States on Friday in a congratulatory message to President Barack Obama marking U.S. Independence Day. Relations are...
The Invisible Blue-Jean Particles in the Original Star-Spangled Banner
Friday, July 4, 2014
If you've visited the National Museum of American History in the last century, you may have seen one of its most prized artifacts: The original star-spangled banner—the one...
GM switch complaints began 17 years ago, long before Cobalt
Friday, July 4, 2014
General Motors car owners have been complaining to dealers about defective ignition switches since 1997, years before the automaker launched the Chevrolet Cobalt and other small cars with...
The NSA may have another leaker on its hands
Friday, July 4, 2014
Edward Snowden has done a lot of damage to the National Security Agency by disclosing dozens of its most sensitive internet surveillance programs—but there may be a lot...
US grounds entire F-35 fighter fleet after fire
Friday, July 4, 2014
U.S. grounds entire F-35 fleet pending engine inspections- Military personnel watch an F-35 Lightning II fighter jet as it taxis at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The U.S....
One dead, several hurt in Texas school fireworks explosion
Thursday, July 3, 2014
One person was killed and three others severely injured when a truck trailer carrying fireworks for a Fourth of July celebration at a central Texas high school exploded...
Putin under pressure as fighting rages in Ukraine
Thursday, July 3, 2014
President Vladimir Putin has been slammed for arming rebels and fanning flames of separatism in eastern Ukraine. But there is strong evidence recently that it's just the opposite:...
Spotlight on Qaeda master bombmaker over flight security
Thursday, July 3, 2014
As fears rise over warnings of new explosives able to slip by standard airport security checks, eyes are turning to southern Yemen and one man in particular: master...
Brazil overpass,World Cup project,collapses
Thursday, July 3, 2014
Belo Horizonte,Brazil overpass under construction,"World Cup project",collapses and kills two and 19 are injured. An overpass in Brazil that was part of the World Cup infrastructure plan has...
Have We Been Reading the Declaration of Independence All Wrong?
Thursday, July 3, 2014
Is there a typo in founding document? There's a heated scholarly debate about a curious period that may or may not extend our rights beyond "the pursuit of...
Vacationers leave as Arthur nears North Carolina
Thursday, July 3, 2014
In this handout provided by NASA from the the Earth-orbiting International Space Station, weather system Arthur travels up the East Coast of the United States in the Atlantic...
Brooklyn Bridge underpass facade collapses
Thursday, July 3, 2014
This photo provided by Roberto Danino shows emergency personnel near a section of the facade inside an underpass of the Brooklyn Bridge after it had collapsed, Wednesday, July...
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