Every year when I attend the annual CES technology trade show, held each January in Las Vegas, I expect to see plenty of the “unexpected.” TVs that curl like snakes, potentially life-saving health tech, talking toilets, maybe a cool dog-robot. But what I didn’t anticipate was leaving Las Vegas most impressed by a slick, high-tech …
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Editor’s note Sept. 20: Hewlett Packard Enterprise said Wednesday its Spaceborne computer successfully powered up. The original story about the announcement, from Aug 11, is below. HAL seemed to have little trouble in “2001: A Space Odyssey,” but here’s the problem with computers in space: a constant stream of cosmic rays seriously disrupt electronics. That’s why Hewlett Packard Enterprise and NASA …
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A new Nokia flagship phone has arrived, marking yet another turnaround attempt for the brand. The gadget is sleek; it’s got three 13-megapixel cameras; and it’s ready to take split-screen videos. But is that enough for the Nokia 8 to break through in the tough phone market? We also talk about the new Essential Phone, another smaller player trying to …
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Click here to make believe you’re an astronaut. With Google Street View, you can now take an interactive 360-degree tour of the International Space Station — all 15 modules of the station and two visiting vehicles docked there. Google’s launching the tour to celebrate the 48th anniversary of the moon landing. The tour includes annotations highlighting important information as you …
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Now playing: Watch this: Upgrade your Windows 10 PC with an SSD and be happier… 3:03 Editors’ note: This is a regularly updated article. Traditional hard drives will be here for long time thanks to their large storage space and affordability. However, there is no question that solid-state drives (SSDs) will be the future of storage. Most new computers now …
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Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin has social media on alert after he needed emergency medical transportation from the South Pole on Thursday morning. On Facebook, users are chattering about a new Nokia device set for release in early 2017, marking an unexpected comeback for the fallen phone manufacturer. Social Cues is our guide to what’s trending across social media. Here’s what …
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Buckle up, gang. Social media will gross you out today. The top trending topic on Twitter on Friday stems from a WikiLeaks tweet about Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman and bodily fluids. Are you still reading this? Social Cues is our guide on what people are talking about on Facebook and Twitter. Here’s what is trending on social media this Friday: …
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Halloween is creeping, oozing and slithering all over social media. Even the 2016 presidential election is taking a backseat to the holiday, despite the October Surprise that’s haunting Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Social Cues is your go-to guide on what’s trending across Facebook and Twitter each morning. Here’s what people on social media are talking about this Monday morning: Happy Halloween: …
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Halley’s Comet is still a few decades away from returning, but it’s left a gift in the meantime. Meanwhile, back on Earth, don’t expect much greatness to come out of Twitter on Friday morning because the social network is experiencing an outage. Social Cues is your go-to guide on what’s buzzing across Facebook and Twitter. Here’s what is trending on …
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Now playing: Watch this: Testing Siri and more on Apple’s new MacOS 3:18 Apple’s next Mac operating system, MacOS Sierra, is here. Siri integration headlines the new features Sierra introduces, but the update also features optimized storage via iCloud Drive, a universal clipboard, a picture-in-picture video player, auto unlock via Apple Watch and Apple Pay on the Web. MacOS Sierra: …
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