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Narrative Science takes huge piles of numbers and makes summaries in the form of legible sentences and paragraphs. Until recently, it had focused that skill on generating newspaper articles based solely on box scores. But now it’s entered the stuffy realm of enterprise software, having been integrat
On paper, collecting the sun’s energy is a pretty great idea, but most solar panels suffer from relatively low photovoltaic efficiency. On average, most panels will collect less than 20-percent of the light that hits it. Can we do better? Absolutely: but we’ll need more Blu-ray discs. Ac
There’s a reason why unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) aren’t permitted to fly beyond 400 feet and within a five-mile radius from airports: they could cause a disaster if they smash a plane’s windshield or get sucked into its engine. Unfortunately, some drone operators don’t fo
Over the last year eBay’s brand has struggled a bit. It was hit with a massive security breach and announced that it was spinning out PayPal, a divorce precipitated by the overwhelming investor sentiment that eBay was holding PayPal back. Still, the company has show steady growth and profit, giving
On November 30th, Japan’s Hayabusa 2 will be leaving leaving Earth aboard a Mitsubishi-made rocket to make its way to an asteroid — but not to blow it up. The Japanese spacecraft will follow in its predecessor’s footsteps and observing a space rock for science. But unlike the first
If you’ve ventured online today then you might have found images from the Syrian Electronic Army appearing where advertising should be. The activist group, which supports the Assad regime in Syria, has claimed responsibility for an advertising network hack that has been timed to coincide with Thanks
As bacteria get more resistant to antibiotics, researchers need to get more creative to clear them out. Researchers from the Tufts University and UIUC have definitely done that with a chip implant that can kill a localized staph infection with heat, then dissolve away. It consists of a silk substrat
Samsung may have shut down some of its services in recent months, but ChatOn? It’s not going anywhere. While The Korea Times claimed that Samsung was going to drop its messaging service on a “region-to-region” basis because it wasn’t making cash, the company tells The Verge t
European Union regulators want Google to extend the controversial “right to be forgotten” to searches worldwide, including those made on Google.com, according to The Wall Street Journal. The right to be forgotten was put into place following a court ruling earlier this year and requires
It won’t be long before you’ll be able to get your hands on Sony’s recently-announced A7 II full-frame mirrorless camera: the electronics company announced today that it will arrive in the US on December 9th starting at $1699. That price will get you just the camera body itself, bu
Amazon is dropping the price of the Fire Phone again, at least for a limited time. The online retailer is now selling its debut smartphone for just $199, unlocked and contract free. As before, Amazon also includes a free, one-year Prime membership with every purchase. The latest sale follows a price
When Blackberry went through the floor last year there were few lights guiding the company to the end of the tunnel. However, services provided a small way out and something to build off and with things like BBM, Blackberry started to claw itself out of trouble. The end of that tunnel has not yet be
