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It is often said that if everyone had the opportunity to see Earth from the perspective of astronauts in space, respect and admiration for our planet would grow and the environment would be better protected. A new fleet of 28 small satellites, called Flock 1, may help provide this perspective to peo
For those of you who thought baking soda volcanoes made for a pretty sweet science fair project, 12-year-old Shubham Bannerjee’s entry will absolutely blow you away. It’s an actual working braille printer that was built with about $350 worth of Lego that runs on open source software. Braille printer
If one silver lining exists from all of the news surrounding the U.S. government’s increasingly invasive data requests from communications companies, it’s the new trend of transparency reports. Following Verizon’s report last month, AT&T published its first transparency report today, which detai
Cloud app security software startup Elastica emerged from stealth on Tuesday with $6.3 million in Series A funding. The San Jose company led by CEO Rehan Jalil said that the funding came from theMayfield Fund. Elastica said its advisers include Rayid Ghani, chief scientist of Obama’s 2012 camp
Symantec Endpoint Protection, developed by the US-based Symantec Corporation, was shipped without removing several critical security vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities were discovered in a routine ’99er’ security crash test by experts of the SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab. The unremoved
Some of the Navy’s futuristic weapons sound like something out of “Star Wars,” with lasers designed to shoot down aerial drones and electric guns that fire projectiles at hypersonic speeds. That future is now. The Navy plans to deploy its first laser on a ship later this year, and
There’s been a lot of talk about how mobile payments are on the rise in China and now statistics from the People’s Bank of China have shed some light on how huge the industry is. In 2013, the central bank handled a total of 16.74 million mobile payment transactions worth a whopping $1.6 trillion, ac
A federal judge has ruled that Rimini Street infringed copyrights on Oracle’s PeopleSoft ERP software in the course of providing third-party support to customers, but decided in favor of Rimini on other points. Judge Larry Hicks found that Rimini Street violated the copyrights when it installed copi
Valve co-founder and managing director Gabe Newell has responded to claims that Steam’s Valve Anti-Cheat system reads domains users visit and sends this information back to Valve’s servers. Posting recently on Reddit, Newell briefly described the function of VAC, Steam’s anti-cheat
Fin, a bluetooth smart ring, that will let you use gestures on your palm to control your smartphone, TV, car stereo or any other connected device, being developed by Kochi-based RHL Vision, has reached its funding goal on Indiegogo. The ring that needs to be worn on your thumb can be swiped on vario
Hula is making it easier for students to share STD reports. CEO Ramin Bastani created the app to make discussing STD testing results with partners less intimidating and more “flirtatious and fun.” Hula, Bastani’s website and mobile app for iPhones, aims to do that. “We want to dramatically reduce th
Outfittery has bagged $18 million in new financing so it can grow in other European markets. The startup current has operations in Germany, Switzerland and Australia. Proceeds from the latest funding round will also be used to add more to its line of men’s outfits so that it can continue to gi
