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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ARM’s newest CPU design wants to make throttling a thing of the past
Many companies, Apple, Samsung, and Qualcomm included, like to rely on their own custom ARM CPU architectures for their chips, but the CPUs and GPUs that ARM itself designs for other companies to use are still important. They let commodity chipmakers like MediaTek and Rockchip offer chips with good performance for less money, and they serve as a sort of pace car for the...
Nissan’s new xStorage battery wants to compete with Tesla’s Powerwall in Europe
This week, Nissan announced that people would be able to place orders for its new xStorage battery, a stationary storage battery for individual homeowners, in September.
The xStorage battery was developed by Nissan's London-based design facility with the help of Eaton, a Dublin-based power management company. Nissan has no plans to sell the battery in the US, instead focusing its efforts on the European market. According to the automaker's...
Luxembourg wants to become the NASA of asteroid mining
Luxembourg intends to one day become a major hub for deep-space commercial operations. The country announced Wednesday it plans to help foster the growth of an asteroid-mining industry. Luxembourg, with a population roughly the size of Albuquerque (562,000), said it is the first European country to provide the legal and regulatory framework to ensure asteroid prospectors retain ownership of the precious metals they extract. Luxembourg...
SpaceX’s Elon Musk wants to go into space by 2021 and start Mars missions by 2025
SpaceX founder Elon Musk says he has his heart set on going into space himself, perhaps in the next four or five years, and organize the first flights to Mars by 2025. Musk’s travel timetable came out...
Patent troll VirnetX wants jury to give it a half-billion dollars of Apple’s cash
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A patent trial has just kicked off in the patent hotspot of East Texas, and it's a big one. VirnetX, a patent-holding company that says it owns wide-ranging rights to Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), is facing off against Apple.
VirnetX says that Apple's VPN technology, as well as its Facetime video-messaging, both infringe the company's...
Seattle business leader wants to build an LGBTQ co-working innovation center
In 2008, Seattle’s LGBTQ Community Center shuttered its doors, an early sign of the Capital Hill neighborhood’s evolution from gay haven to trendy turf. The community lamented the center’s closing, but it also presented an opportunity for innovation. Local business...
Bots are buying Adele tickets at Key Arena, and one state senator wants an investigation
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington state Sen. Marko Liias suspects that ticket bots are creating skyrocketing prices for the July 26 Adele concert at Seattle’s Key Arena — and he is asking the state Attorney General’s Office to investigate the matter. The Washington Legislature...
President Obama wants computer science for every student — so how close are we?
Innovation, science and technology were recurring themes during President Obama’s final State of the Union address on Tuesday night. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was one of the invited guests of Michelle Obama — recognizing the Redmond company’s focus on “expanding access to computer science in K-12 classrooms,” as the...
Seattle robotics club wants to be a national model for making STEM accessible to all students
The push for STEM education is evident in schools, clubs and...
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