The all-electric Solar Impulse 2 plane left America’s shores tonight and began what’s expected...
Farewell to the USA: Solar Impulse plane starts four-day odyssey across the Atlantic
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Trulia creates new maps to help you ‘Live Well,’ reveals best neighborhoods in cities across U.S.
Moving to a new city or a new neighborhood can involve a lot more than just finding the right...
Intrinsic honesty and the prevalence of rule violations across societies
Deception is common in nature and humans are no exception. Modern societies have created institutions to control cheating, but many situations remain where only intrinsic honesty keeps people from cheating and violating rules. Psychological, sociological and economic theories suggest causal pathways to explain how the prevalence of rule violations in people’s social environment, such as corruption, tax evasion or political fraud, can compromise individual...
Grass greener, Internet faster? Why Seattle is mapping broadband speeds across the city
The City of Seattle has announced an online broadband speed test that will create a map of internet speeds and prices across different Seattle neighborhoods. Using the map, city residents will be able compare their Internet plans to...
Yahoo yanks Yahoo Screen hub, scatters “original” content across sites
Don't expect to see such a splash screen on a TV series for a while—at least, certainly not through the Yahoo Screen portal, which has now been officially shuttered. (credit: Yahoo)
Yahoo's push to host exclusive TV and video content appears to have hit a major speed bump, as the company confirmed it had closed its dedicated...
Teens fake parental consent to enter contracts across the web — but their legal status is flimsy
Hey parents: You won’t believe the contracts your kids have been roped into. Like a fine print virus spreading quickly around the globe, under-aged teenagers are suddenly being shrink-wrapped into contracts of dubious enforceability all around the web. The situation highlights a conundrum for companies targeting the 13-17 crowd: How to set rules with minors who generally can’t actually...