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October 31, 2014
Virgin Galactic Rocket Plane Crashes In Test Flight
One pilot has been confirmed dead.
It's been a bad week for space travel. A Virgin Galactic rocket plane with two pilots on board exploded and crashed in a test flight Friday morning. The crash resulted in one death and major injuries for the other pilot. Officials say a pilot found inside the plane died immediately, and the other, who parachuted out of the vehicle, was transported to a hospital.
The NYPD Is Concerned The Next Terrorist Attack Could Be Carried Out By Gun-Toting Consumer Drones
The police force says it's hard to tell if a drone is friend or foe.
The New York Police Department is concerned the next terrorist attack could possibly be carried out by consumer drones armed with guns, explosives, or chemical weapons.
Hungry? You Might Make Better Decisions, Study Finds
Researchers compared the choices of hungry versus not hungry participants and found surprising results.
Have a hunger to be a better decision maker? Then stay hungry, my friends. Researchers have found that being hungry leads people to make better choices, according to a study published in PLOS ONE.
YouTube Doubles Its Frame Rate (And Here's Why You Should Care)
Frame rates are boring tech jargon, we know. But YouTube has just made a major upgrade that will affect content creators everywhere.
This is a video of Mario Kart playing on the Wii U. I know, you might not play video games. That's not the point. Watch it anyway, using YouTube's 1080P60 setting, starting about 10 seconds in. Oh, and make sure you're using the Chrome web browser.
Want To Protect Your Phone From The Cops? You Might Want To Use A Passcode, Not A Fingerprint
Virginia court rules using fingerprint technology to protect your phone doesn't carry same legal rights as passcodes.
Debates about privacy rights and security are as old as America itself. And now, a Virginia Circuit Court ruled this week, those who favor fingerprint technology, like Apple's Touch ID, to protect their mobile devices have fewer rights than those who use passcodes.
Slack Is Now Worth More Than A Billion Dollars
The internal chat tool raised another $120 million from Google Ventures, Andreesen Horowitz, and more.
Slack, the internal chat tool that in just eight months has risen to become the toast of media companies and Silicon Valley alike, just raised a boatload of money, skyrocketing the enterprise startup to a $1 billion+ valuation.
Hello Kitty Has Taken Over L.A.'s Hippest Hotel, And It Is Insane
The Line Hotel is playing host to attendees at the first-ever Hello Kitty Con, complete some new interior digs for the occasion.
Downtown L.A. is currently playing host to the first-ever Hello Kitty convention, the beloved Sanrio character who is definitely not a cat. In honor of the occasion, Hello Kitty Con's official hotel partner, the Line Hotel, has decked out some of its rooms in full Hello Kitty regalia from interior designer Sean Knibb.
Andy Rubin Is Leaving Google
The man who transformed Android into a mobile powerhouse is leaving Google to pursue his own startup incubator.
Andy Rubin is leaving Google, according to an announcement made by the company late Thursday evening.
October 30, 2014
Afraid of Creepy Craigslist Sellers? Police Create "Safe Zone" To Complete Online Purchases
A police station in suburban Philadelphia created a "safe zone" to provide more security for in-person transactions.
Sometimes meeting a seller from Craigslist face-to-face feels like the beginning of a bad horror movie. Is it really safe to meet a stranger at their house? Residents of Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, no longer have to worry about this after its police department opened a "safe zone"--the lobby and parking lot of the police station--for completing online transactions.
Cancer-Detecting Nanoparticles Are Safe For Humans, Study Finds
During a successful first clinical trial, nanoparticles illuminated cancer cells and then safely exited the body.
Earlier this week, Google unveiled its next moonshot project: to use nanoparticles to detect cancer. Though the search giant's experimental wing, Google X, loves tackling the seemingly impossible, the development of nanoparticles that attach to cells and pass through the body--as innovative as it is--has already been done.
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