Guantánamo: From detention center to peace park?
From swords to plowshares, and from barbed wire to ... fishing hooks?Under a new proposal, Guantánamo Bay Naval Base – including the infamous detention center – could be transformed into a marine conservation area and an international peace park after the inmates leave.The proposal, published Thursday in the journal Science, considers the fate of the base in light of the recent thaw in relations between Cuba and the United States and President Obama’s impending historic visit."Now the US embass..>> view originalWhat We've Learned About Pluto
The four small moons of Pluto turned out to be brighter and smaller than expected and spin quickly. Their axes are also tipped sideways, a configuration that defies easy explanation. Pluto and its miniature planetary system are believed to have coalesced out of a cataclysmic collision earlier in the history of the solar system. Over time, the rotation of moons tend to become gravitationally locked so that the same side of the moon is always facing the planet. That occurred with Charon. But the ..>> view originalAlphabet may ditch Boston Dynamics and its robot dreams
Frustrated with Boston Dynamics’ slow pace in building a marketable product, Google’s parent company Alphabet is apparently looking to unload robotics pioneer Boston Dynamics, which it acquired a little more than two years ago. Alphabet is cutting its losses and looking to unload the company, according to a Bloomberg report. The company is known for its four-legged Big Dog and a slow-moving humanoid robot that became a video sensation. Citing unnamed sources, Bloomberg also reported that..>> view originalInside Project McQueen, Apple's plan to build its own cloud
For the past several months, Apple has been working on “Project McQueen,” a plan to become more reliant on its own data center infrastructure and reduce its dependence on public clouds such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure, a source familiar with the matter tells VentureBeat. Apple isn’t happy with the fact AWS is not able to very quickly load photos and videos onto users’ iOS devices, according to VentureBeat’s source. Apple has bought land in both China and Hong Kong to build ..>> view originalMichael Kors unveils its first Android Wear smartwatches — and they're gorgeous
It's been over a year since parent company Fossil Group teased a smart Michael Kors watch was in development, and now we finally have a peek of what's coming later this year. Michael Kors is making a big entrance into the wearables space with two sleek and beautiful Android Wear smartwatches: a beautiful gold-plated design for women and a sporty black one for men. The starting price for both is $395 and they'll debut in department stores (and Michael Kors stores) in fall 2016. While the company..>> view originalIf Apple is Ordered to Unlock iPhone for FBI, Some Engineers Might Refuse to Help
Should the FBI win its ongoing legal battle with Apple, resulting in the Cupertino company being ordered to unlock the iPhone 5c used by San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook, some Apple engineers may decide not to cooperate with law enforcement. Apple employees who might be called on to help the FBI are already considering their actions should Apple lose the case, reports The New York Times, following interviews with half a dozen people involved in the development of mobile products and security..>> view originalSamsung's Flow bridges the gap between Android and Windows devices
Like Apple, Samsung is trying to link its devices so they work better together. A new effort bridges the gap between the company's Android handsets and Windows devices. A new feature called Flow in Samsung's new Galaxy TabPro S helps the Windows 10 tablet work smoothly with Galaxy smartphones running Android. The super-thin tablet started shipping in the U.S. on Thursday, with a starting price of $899. Until now, Samsung's Windows PCs and Android devices didn't work hand-in-hand. Flow pr..>> view originalHumans Interbred With Hominins on Multiple Occasions, Study Finds
The ancestors of modern humans interbred with Neanderthals and another extinct line of humans known as the Denisovans at least four times in the course of prehistory, according to an analysis of global genomes published on Thursday in the journal Science.The interbreeding may have given modern humans genes that bolstered immunity to pathogens, the authors concluded.“This is yet another genetic nail in the coffin of our over-simplistic models of human evolution,” said Carles Lalueza-Fox, a resea..>> view originalYouTube now on T-Mobile's 'Binge On' after earlier spat
NEW YORK (AP) — T-Mobile and YouTube have come to terms after a public spat over the phone company's "Binge On" video streaming service. As a result, most T-Mobile customers can, starting Thursday, watch YouTube videos without using up their cellphone data. An online service is needed to view this article in its entirety. You need an online service to view this article in its entirety. Choose an online service. ..>> view originalThe Hubble Space Telescope just spotted a gang of 'monster' stars
The image shows the central region of the Tarantula Nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The young and dense star cluster R136 can be seen at the lower right. (NASA, ESA, Crowther of University of Sheffield) It's the biggest gaggle of massive stars we've seen since the Academy Awards: New images from The Hubble Space Telescope show a cluster of nine monster stars — each one more than 100 times more massive than our sun. One of them is the previously discovered R136a1, which is the most mas..>> view original
Thursday, March 17, 2016
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