How Obama brought capitalism to outer space
President Obama tours the commercial rocket processing facility of SpaceX along with chief executive Elon Musk at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in 2010. (Photo by NASA/Bill Ingalls) In 2010, nearly 50 years after John F. Kennedy called for the United States to send a man to the moon, President Obama went to the Kennedy Space Center, to set a new course. Under George W. Bush, the agency had been working on another lunar mission. But now, with Buzz Aldrin sitting in the audience, Obama had ..>> view originalIt's time for Tesla to start a bank
Elon Musk, Chairman of SolarCity and CEO of Tesla Motors, speaks at SolarCity's Inside Energy Summit in Manhattan, New York October 2, 2015. REUTERS/Rashid Umar Abbasi Tesla has a mysterious, Elon-Musk-tweet-driven announcement coming on October 17. We have have no real idea what's in store, but I made an educated guess: the Model Y prototype — a crossover SUV version of the the Model 3 mass-market sedan that's due to arrive late next year. But some other ideas are..>> view originalHP makes the Envy name premium again with new laptops, all-in-one, monitor
The history of HP’s Envy line-up has been tumultuous. At their introduction, in the latter half of last decade, they gave Apple serious competition, but cost-cutting and brand expansion eventually made the Envy name all but meaningless. Recently, HP has made efforts to get Envy back on track. It has gradually improved the quality of Envy across the board, and in July the company released the HP Spectre, a tour-de-force of hardware and design. Now, HP is keeping the pedal of progress firmly press..>> view originalPhone Comparisons: LG V20 vs Google Pixel XL
Do we have a good one for you today – the new LG V20 goes up against the new Google Pixel XL. The aircraft-grade aluminum LG V20 takes on the polished glass and metal Google Pixel XL. Both devices are sporting the most current specifications and ...>> view original'Bear dogs' once lived in southern Texas
Artist’s sketch of a bear dog. Illustration © Monica Jurik, The Field Museum ‘Bear dogs’ once lived in southern Texas By Sid PerkinsOct. 11, 2016 , 7:15 PM Fragmentary fossils found in southwestern Texas 3 decades ago belong to a strange group of extinct animals known as “bear dogs,” according to a new study. Though only about the size of a Chihuahua when they first appeared, some creatures in this group of carnivorous mammals evolved to become top predators in their ecosystems tens ..>> view originalLet's get serious about IoT security
No one doubts anymore that internet of things (IoT) devices pose a huge security threat, as a recent massive IoT-fueled DDoS attack made clear. But what many enterprises have yet to wake up to is that major structural changes are needed, involving IT and C-level executives above IT. IoT is a new and different kind of threat that can’t be effectively battled in an old-fashioned way. From an enterprise’s perspective, there are three sides to the IoT threat: 1) being attacked by an IoT army fr..>> view originalLatest IDC and Gartner data shows Mac sales continue to slow ahead of expected refresh
It’s no secret that most of Apple’s Mac lineup is long overdue for refreshes and new data out today from Gartner and IDC shows how the prolonged period of no updates is affecting Apple in the overall market. Data from both firms shows that Apple is sliding year-over-year in terms of shipments for the third quarter of 2016… First off, IDC data shows that Apple is down 13 percent year-over-year in terms of shipments. During Q3 2016, the research firm estimates that Apple shipped 5.01 million u..>> view originalInvestors Demand Answers from Samsung After Its Note 7 Fiasco
Samsung Electronics ssnlf needs to quickly find the cause of the fires that led to it pulling its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones and get a new model to market, investors said on Wednesday, as shares in the company slipped to a one-month low. The world’s top smartphone maker on Tuesday scrapped the $882 flagship smartphone in what could be one of the costliest product safety failures in tech history. Samsung announced the recall of 2.5 million Note 7s in early September following reports of th..>> view originalAmazon's full on-demand streaming music service launches today
Amazon’s long-rumored on-demand music streaming service is now available. The company is relaunching its Prime Music service as Amazon Music Unlimited, a on-demand competitor to the likes of Spotify, Apple Music, and Google Play Music. Amazon has done a number of things to differentiate Music Unlimited from its competitors, but the most notable one is its price: the service will be available to Amazon Prime members for $7.99 per month or $79 per year, which is cheaper than the premium options f..>> view original
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