Visitors trying to enter the United States might want to pay closer attention to what they’re putting out into the world on Twitter, Facebook and elsewhere. A proposed change to the forms used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection will ask for...
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Snap and shop: Observa pays users to photograph store shelves, making sure brands get the placement they want
Grocery stores don’t just place items on...
Looks aside, NASA’s Orion is “lightyears ahead of what they had in Apollo”
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MICHOUD, La.—Look at NASA's high-profile Orion spacecraft, and you may get a funny feeling of familiarity. While the modern crew vehicle recently made its big screen debut in the Oscar-nominated The Martian, any lingering deja vu more likely comes from a different place. With the Orion module, there's more than a passing resemblance to its predecessor—the one from the Apollo program.
"To the untrained eye, it looks very much the same," says...
Bright eyes and the ability to learn: Angel investors reveal what traits they look for in startup founders
A panel of four Seattle angel investors gathered last week to discuss what characteristics...
How to succeed at failing: Two startup founders explain how they bounced back from adversity
At some point, every startup will experience a failure. If the startup is lucky, that failure will be minor, and the company will survive. But if it’s unlucky, that failure can mean the...
Moment of truth: Feds must say if they used backdoored Juniper firewalls
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Congressional oversight leaders are requiring most federal agencies to audit their networks to see if they use Juniper-manufactured firewalls that for four years contained an unauthorized backdoor for eavesdropping on encrypted communications.
Members of the House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform gave the agencies until February 4 to produce documents...
Amazon was huge at CES 2016, and they weren’t even there
LAS VEGAS — There was no Amazon booth or glitzy Amazon keynote at CES this year, but the e-commerce giant’s presence was felt all over the place with auto manufacturers...
The ‘BillFixers’: When they were done, Comcast owed HIM money
Is there a way to beat gotcha artists at their own game? To make money off those who make money by tricking consumers? Two brothers in Tennessee may have figured out how to do just that. Their proposition is simple. Feel like...
UK citizens may soon need licenses to photograph some stuff they already own
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Changes to UK copyright law will soon mean that you may need to take out a licence to photograph classic designer objects even if you own them. That's the result of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, which extends the copyright of artistic objects like designer chairs from 25 years after they were...
Couple takes pics of Star Wars figure they bought, gets DMCA notice from Lucasfilm
These aren't the figurines Lucasfilm is looking for. (credit: Star Wars Action News)
For the last decade, Marjorie Carvalho and her husband have produced Star Wars Action News, a podcast dedicated to Star Wars collectibles of all sorts. Predictably, they've had a lot to talk about, as waves of action figures and other collectibles have been launched in...