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A NASA astronaut has created the first Vine shot from space

NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman made a pioneering small step in social media Friday when he sent the first Vine video shot in space out to his Twitter followers. The brief...

Smartphone screens may soon be completely shatter-proof

Sure, the screen on your smartphone is likely scratch-resistant, but it still won't survive a drop to the sidewalk. However, that could all change if University of Akron scientists get...

Skullcandy has partnered with 343 to make Halo-branded accessories

Skullcandy and Astro Gaming announced today that they have reached an agreement with Microsoft and 343 Industries to make Halo-branded headsets and accessories for the next several years. The multi-year...

Over half of all cable subscribers would ditch their provider if they could

It’s no secret that a lot of cable subscribers are unhappy with their service—it’s a big reason why “cord-cutting” has gotten so much attention over the past few years. But...

Having a passport now gets you free Wi-Fi in Japan

Travelers to Japan who have noted a difficulty in finding a WiFi hotspot to connect to will soon be able to get free WiFi access just by showing off their...

The Secret Service is looking for software that can detect sarcasm

The Secret Service, a law enforcement organization tasked with protecting the president from bullets and crazy people, may have the social skills of Sheldon Cooper. The agency appears to have...

Manage a graden from your smartphone with the SproutsIO system

The days of getting down and dirty in the garden are over. A new indoor food growing system allows users to Face Time with their fruits and veggies and even...

Path will soon be offering its own ephemeral messaging service

Path, a private photo-sharing mobile social network, has announced that its users will have the ability to have messages disappear after a specific time has elapsed. This feature will be...

This electric car super-battery can deliver 1000 miler per charge

An Israel-based battery company has demonstrated an aluminum-air chemistry that it claims can deliver as much as 1,000 miles per charge to electric cars. Clean technology company Phinergy, teaming with...

Humans can now scale vertical walls with DARPA’s Z-Man project

A research project from the U.S. military that aims to replicate geckos' legendary climbing ability has borne success: a material that enabled a 218-pound man to climb straight up a...

Mozilla is continuing to push Firefox OS despite tough competition

While Apple was busy in San Francisco announcing a new set of features that will wow its fan boys, Mozilla’s Chairman Mitchell Baker was in Seattle discussing devices and tools...

A public relations-tracking startup called TrendKite has raised $3.2 million

Public relations-tracking platform TrendKite has secured a $3.2 million round of funding, the startup announced today. TrendKite offers a service that helps brands and business clients track all of the...

The Sprint/T-Mobile merger could see John Legere as CEO

Verizon and AT&T probably aren’t fans of Sprint’s plan to buy T-Mobile and now they have yet another reason to hate it: Apparently it will make T-Mobile CEO John Legere...

MotionSavvy is a new app that can read American Sign Language

If you're fluent in American Sign Language, congratulations: you know one more language than most of the people reading this post. The rest of us? A solution to our communicative...

You can now test the Moto X for two weeks for just a penny

In some very strange news, Motorola has announced on its homepage that it will allow people to try out the Moto X in a very unique way: you’ll be able...

A cloud-management startup called Egenera has raised $16 million

Boxborough-based enterprise software company Egenera announced it has received $16 million in funding from private investment firm Comvest Partners through its Comvest Capital II/III funds. Egenera said the funds will...

A proposed Senate spending bill would provide $17.9 billion to NASA

NASA’s massive Space Launch System development effort gets a lift while its Commercial Crew Program gets more scrutiny in a proposed Senate spending bill that provides $17.9 billion to the...

The world’s largest video game collection is going up for sale

Need a bigger backlog of games to work through? Michael Thommason is selling his 11,000-plus game collection, a treasure hoard officially recorded as the largest in the world by Guinness...

Uber has raised a mind-boggling $1.2 billion in funding

Uber just became one of the most valuable tech startups in history. Co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick announced that investors are pouring another $1.2 billion into Uber in a funding...

Amazon’s Kindle Phone will utilize Omron face-tracking technology

Amazon's June 18th event is still mostly shrouded in mystery, but general consensus is that the e-commerce giant is releasing a phone of its own with an interactive 3D interface. Now, TechCrunch claims to...