• New York's JFK airport will screen luggage with a CT scanner

    Some passengers traveling through JFK airport will soon have the contents of their luggage examined through a CT scanner. American Airlines has donated eight of the machines to the TSA, one of which has been installed at JFK, and it's expected to be… Source: Engadget | New York's JFK airport will screen luggage with a …

    July 23, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Rand Paul to ask Trump to revoke Brennan security clearance

    Rand Paul to ask Trump to revoke Brennan security clearance  CNN Rand Paul says he’ll ask Trump to revoke former CIA director John Brennan’s security clearance  Washington Post Goodlatte: We Will Subpoena ‘Extremely Biased’ John Brennan, James Comey  National Review Brennan and the 2016 Spy Scandal  Wall Street Journal The revenge of the Deep State  OCRegister Full coverage Source: Google …

    July 23, 2018 | by Raheel
  • YC-backed RevenueCat helps developers manage their in-app subscriptions

    Startup founders don’t usually pitch their ideas by admitting that they’re fixing something “boring,” but it seems to work for RevenueCat‘s Jacob Eiting. In fact, Eiting alternately described his startup (which is part of the current class at accelerator Y Combinator) as handling “boring work” and solving a “boring problem.” RevenueCat helps developers manage their …

    July 23, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Woman Impaled in the Chest by Windswept Beach Umbrella in Maryland

    Woman Impaled in the Chest by Windswept Beach Umbrella in Maryland  PEOPLE.com Another beachgoer impaled by flying umbrella  Orlando Sentinel A flying umbrella injures a second beach-goer in a week  Tampabay.com Unattended umbrella injures woman on Ocean City beach: Beach Patrol  Delmarva Daily Times Full coverage Source: Google News | Woman Impaled in the Chest by Windswept Beach Umbrella …

    July 23, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Apple’s Business Chat signs up five more brands, more tech platforms

    Apple Business Chat, Apple’s new platform for allowing companies and brands to communicate with customers over iMessage, is expanding. In addition to Dish becoming the first TV provider to support Business Chat, Apple says it has also added four other brands, Aramark, Four Seasons, Harry & David, and American Express, in addition to five new …

    July 23, 2018 | by Raheel
  • UK commits to full fiber broadband by 2033

    Earlier this year, the UK hit its goal of broadband speeds of over 24 Mbps for 95 percent of users. Now, the country has a new goal. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport has set an ambitious goal for full-fiber (rather than copper)… Source: Engadget | UK commits to full fiber broadband by …

    July 23, 2018 | by Raheel
  • SpaceX Hyperloop pod reached almost 300 mph in latest competition

    Contestants lined their prospective Hyperloop pods on SpaceX's 1.25-kilometer track at the company's Hawthorne, California headquarters — and for the third time, the WARR student team from the Technical University of Munich won the competition. This… Source: Engadget | SpaceX Hyperloop pod reached almost 300 mph in latest competition

    July 23, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Russia may send a robot 'crew' to space in 2019

    Leveraging robotics to undertake dangerous missions has obvious benefits for mankind, and space travel is no exception. In 2011, NASA sent its dexterous assistant 'Robonaut 2' on a trip to the International Space Station (ISS) with the objective of w… Source: Engadget | Russia may send a robot 'crew' to space in 2019

    July 23, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Samsung plans to turn 'The Wall' display into a home TV

    At CES 2018, Samsung unveiled "The Wall," a 146-inch 4K TV with MicroLED tech that offers many of the benefits of OLED TVs, like pure blacks and bright whites. Today, display president Han Jong-hee said that Samsung will start mass-producing The Wall… Source: Engadget | Samsung plans to turn 'The Wall' display into a home …

    July 23, 2018 | by Raheel
  • Qualcomm's 5G antennas are primed for next year's phones

    One of the biggest challenges in tapping millimeter waves (mmWaves) for 5G is overcoming signal interference. Because they're easily disrupted by something as simple as someone walking in between a transmitter and receiver, mmWaves require technologi… Source: Engadget | Qualcomm's 5G antennas are primed for next year's phones

    July 23, 2018 | by Raheel