WASHINGTON – The Pentagon has finally released a report about what went wrong when its Hypersonic Technology Vehicle (HTV-2) failed just minutes into a test flight last year and barreled into the Pacific Ocean....
(multimedia) The Internet freedoms we enjoy are being attacked. In America, Internet legislation is being pushed to stop online piracy but could infringe on Americans’ privacy in the process. This week has been declared...
The Pentagon has put in an order for prototype contact lenses that give users a much wider field of vision. The lenses are designed to be paired with compact heads up display (HUD) units...
(multimedia) Kazuo Hirai’s honeymoon was brief, ending just 10 days after he took over as the new Sony CEO. On Tuesday, Hirai doubled the company’s full-year loss forecast to $6.4 billion. Two days later...
(Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives will take up a cybersecurity bill at the end of April that lets the government and corporations share information about hacking attacks on U.S. networks, with amendments...
A competition to develop next-generation robots capable of saving lives in disaster zones has been unveiled by the Pentagon’s advanced research laboratory. Darpa says it wants “adaptable robots with the ability to use human...
A study published this week in the journal Cancer shows that people who have had dental X-rays are more likely to develop a type of brain tumor called meningioma than those who have not....
(multimedia) (CBS News) – Unmanned aerial vehicles, a key weapon in the hunt for terrorists overseas, are coming to America. In February, President Barack Obama signed a bill that opens U.S. airspace to thousands...
(multimedia) China’s government shut down some social media websites this week after photos of tanks on the streets were posted online. The images sparked false rumors of a coup. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news,...
(multimedia) Google finally acknowledged that it’s testing a prototype set of eyeglasses that can stream data to the wearer’s eyes in real time. A video of this augmented-reality experiment was posted by Google on YouTube showing...
