This 'Blobeye' Impreza has had the price of a house invested in it, and it's won Best in Show at quite a few exhibitions

An update to Snapchat lets people search for schools and see pictures posted by children inside.

Hydro Power | Photovoltaic Cells | Solar PowerSince 2011, French Company Ciel & Terre has been developing large-scale floating solar solutions. Their innovative Hydrelio Floating PV system allows standard PV panels to be installed on large bodies of water such as: drinking water reservoirs, quarry lakes, irrigation canals, remediation and tailing ponds, and hydro electric dam reservoirs. This simple and affordable alternative […]

Amazon's drone delivery 'beehive' towers could be built vertically to blend in with high rises in big cities.

Popular ScienceAmerican and Chinese aircraft could be flying 4000 miles per hour by 2030Popular ScienceCASIC Vice President Liu Shiquan said that company has finished technology demonstration of key Teng Yun flight technology (like, you know the engine), and looks to have the two-stage space plane flying by 2030, as part of a $16 billion research effort.

Google asks its employees to “Do the right thing.” At least, that’s what its revised 2015 motto states in an upgrade from the original company maxim, “Don’t be evil.” But when a user searches Google for information on Islam, the results often link to propaganda, anti-Muslim hate and outright lies. The algorithm for the world’s largest search engine is definitely not doing the right thing ― especially when it comes to the first page of results, where mos

Earlier this week, Snapchat introduced Snap Map, an opt-in function that allows you to share your location with your friends on a map. Snapchat’s introduction video to Snap Map, seen above, focuses on sharing the location of posted Snaps to Our Story, which is public, and could be useful for, say, seeing a collection of Snaps from a particular event. But what Snapchat doesn’t tell you in the video, or in the app, is that if you aren’t careful, Snap Map will broadcast your exact location to

A huge compilation of Microsoft's proprietary Windows 10 software code has been leaked online, as originally reported by the Register. The leak contains more than

We should have officially named this week Ducati Week, because the Italian brand can’t seem to stay out of the headlines. First, it was the announcement that the “Final Edition” of the Ducati 1299 Panigale would debut at Laguna Seca (the details of which leaked yesterday, too). Then, it was […] The post First Images of the Ducati V4 Superbike Appear appeared first on Asphalt & Rubber.

It could help change the way that buildings are designed, as well as getting you to your floor faster.

Move is a response to UK government criticism that the firm doesn't do enough to curb online hate.

Science DailyThe mere presence of your smartphone reduces brain power, study showsScience DailyMcCombs Assistant Professor Adrian Ward and co-authors conducted experiments with nearly 800 smartphone users in an attempt to measure, for the first time, how well people can complete tasks when they have their smartphones nearby even when they're

The AtlanticThe EPA Quietly Approved Monsanto's New Genetic-Engineering TechnologyThe AtlanticAnd it keeps becoming resistant to the toxins farmers throw against it. First it was spray-on pesticides; then it was corn genetically modified to make the Bt toxin, a technology also commercialized by Monsanto. “When I go out and I talk to farmers ...

HuffPostThe US Is Already Falling Behind On Future Energy Technology, Generals WarnHuffPost“If you agree that energy drives an economy and the economy drives the ability of a nation to have a strong diplomatic arm and a strong military arm and a strong national security posture, with this change in energy, sourcing and distribution, we run ...

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Seven sailors on the USS Fitzgerald drowned when their vessel was struck and their sleeping quarters eventually submerged after a Philippines cargo ship on autopilot slammed into them. The US investigation into last Friday’s deadly collision between a US ...

Leaker Benjamin Geskin has posted a few new images and a video of what Apple's upcoming iPhone 8 might look like once it's in the hands of users later this year. Using a leaked dummy model, screen protector, and a printed picture of an iOS wallpaper, Geskin has put together the gist of what current rumors have suggested the iPhone 8 will look like once it's announced in the fall. Geskin's images depict an iPhone 8 dummy model as we've seen previously, with a suggested 5.8-inch display area, m

Mini is apparently finally out testing the long-rumored hot-hatch with over 300 horsepower on the Nürburgring, and it sounds great. It seems we’ll be getting Mini’s answer to the Focus RS soon enough.Read more...

Astronomy MagazineNew Hubble find challenges our ideas about galaxiesAstronomy MagazineUsing the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have managed to catch a glimpse of this unusual object, which appears to be an old, “dead” galaxy that's already stopped making new stars just a few billion years after the Big Bang. Not only is this galaxy

This weekend, the great and the good of the custom world are congregating at the Oak Canyon Ranch in Silverado, California, for the Born-Free show. It’s probably the most prestigious of the American chopper-oriented custom shows, and if you’re an Invited Builder, it means you’re at the top of your game. Australia’s Matt Machine is no stranger to Born-Free. Two years ago, his Norton Atlas won the Best British trophy. Last year, he was an Invited Builder. And this year, the show organizers extend

GizmodoThis Space Museum in Central Kansas Was Worth the 30 Hour DriveGizmodoIt was these fast-flying missiles, developed to terrorize cities like London, that laid the groundwork for future space travel, including rockets that sent humans to the Moon. “A lot of people don't realize that out of the military came the space ...

You'll still see ads in Gmail but they won't be inspired by your emails.

National ReviewThe National Academy of Science refutes Mark Jacobson's dream that our economy can run exclusively on 'green ...National ReviewThe idea that the U.S. economy can be run solely with renewable energy — a claim that leftist politicians, environmentalists, and climate activists have endlessly promoted — has always been a fool's errand. And on Monday, the National Academy of ...and more

The 2018 BMW 6-Series is the German automaker's luxury cruiser; it's more at home whittling away miles on an open stretch of freeway than on a race track and it's available as either a seductive two-door convertible with a power-folding fabric roof, a shapely four-door called the Gran Coupe, and a wagon-esque Gran Turismo that's a bit of an...

Racing If he is, why is he racing in Italy? Damian Jigalov, at the tender age of 13-years-old, could be the next great hope for a U.S. world champion. If he is, why is he racing in Italy? Maria Guidotti exams this…

Volvo builds sublime sedans and best-bar-none wagons. Though it resisted crossover SUVs for a long time, it now makes some true knockouts, like the heavily awarded XC90. This year, it’s replacing its best-selling vehicle by scaling down the XC90 to two-row, five-seat dimensions. The result, the 2018 Volvo XC60, claws and climbs its way past...

Although jailbreaking has been quite slow as of late, a new iOS 11 jailbreak demo illustrates how some security researchers are still at it.

Google today announced that it will stop scanning the emails of its free Gmail users for the purpose of delivering personalized ads later this year. If you've recently received a lot of emails about photography or cameras, for example, currently Google may show you a deal from a local camera store that it thinks might be interesting to you. On the other hand, if you've reported those emails as spam, then Google would take steps not to show those ads. Google users may still see personaliz

President Barack Obama learned of Russia's attempts to hack US election systems in early August 2016, and as intelligence mounted over the following months, the White House deployed secrecy protocols it hadn't used since the 2011 raid on Osama bin La...

For a three-person digital marketing team like ours, the prospect of having a big ad budget seemed like a distant dream. So when we were suddenly given $100K to spend on Facebook ads, we were positively giddy. And unbelievably nervous.

Earlier this month, Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two angered the PC gaming community after sending a cease and desist letter to the developers of the OpenIV modding tool. OpenIV allowed people to create modifications for GTA IV and GTA V single pl...

AOPA PilotAOPA names winners of high school flight training scholarshipsAOPA PilotThe scholarship program, made possible by donations to the AOPA Foundation, is part of the AOPA High School Aviation Initiative that works to create and support high school aviation science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programs, opening

A document reportedly sent to Ducati dealers in the United Kingdom appears to spill some juicy details on the upcoming “Final Edition” Panigale superbike. Allegedly, the “Ducati 1299 Panigale R Final Edition” will come with 209hp at the crank, thanks to a number of engine modifications. The final installment of […] The post Ducati 1299 Panigale R Final Edition Specs Leak Online? appeared first on Asphalt & Rubber.

Pretty much everyone knows how to put fuel into a conventional car. You pull up to the pump, open the vehicle's fuel door, put in a credit card, select diesel or one of three grades of gasoline, lift the hose, and pump. (In New Jersey and Oregon, someone else does this for you.) Electric-car charging isn't quite that simple. DON'T MISS: Car buyers...

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Let’s be honest: the Transformers series of movies are pretty awful. Even if we accept that a movie about space-robots that turn into cars and trucks isn’t the sort of framework that’s going to beget Citizen Kane, they’ve still been idiotic. But at least one good thing is happening: in the upcoming standalone Bumblebee movieRead more...

Experts say the moral of 'Minority Report' has been ignored, and its dystopian technologies are closing in on us.

Billings GazetteMontana has the smallest renewable energy incentives in the region after regulator's voteBillings GazetteThursday was the PSC's attempt to set new incentives for renewable energy projects. States are required by federal law to set a price and contract lengths in order to promote alternative energy resources under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act ...

Scientists generally debate their studies and projections in relatively civil language, but perhaps the currently adversarial tenor of U.S. politics has spilled over into science. A 2015 study on the potential for renewable energy use in the U.S. has now produced not only a stringent attack, but a harsh rebuttal to that attack in language rarely...