If you're like most Americans, you're a subscriber to a streaming service.
A recent Digital Media Trends survey by Deloitte found that 55% of American households now subscribe to one or more streaming service, the first time more than half of Americans have been streaming customers. In 2009, that number...
Every morning, Amazon employees start their day by answering a question that pops up on their computer screens.
The questions are typically work-related, with topics ranging from thoughts about their managers to the length of meetings, or the number of times they've received positive feedback in the past week. In...
For decades, scientists have debated the cause of the popping sound when we crack our knuckles. Using computer models, a research team from France may have finally reached the answer.
As the authors state in the new paper published today in Scientific Reports, the sound of knuckles cracking is caused...
On the eve of the Iridium’s fifth launch with SpaceX, the mobile telecom satellite operator’s chief executive says he no longer has to wait for SpaceX’s rockets to be ready. Instead, Iridium’s satellite team is racing to keep pace churning spacecraft off their assembly line.
That is a different tune...
The top U.S. telecommunications regulator on Thursday gave formal approval to a plan by Elon Musk’s SpaceX to build a global broadband network using satellites.
“This is the first approval of a U.S.-licensed satellite constellation to provide broadband services using a new generation of low-Earth orbit satellite technologies,” the Federal...
Starbucks and other coffee roasting companies in California may be required to add warning labels on drinks to alert customers to possible cancer risks, according to a new court ruling.
A Los Angeles judge ruled in favor of a nonprofit on Wednesday that had sued a number of companies for...
Eating at restaurants and fast food chains may increase exposure to potentially harmful hormone-disrupting chemicals used to increase the flexibility and durability of plastic, a study has found.
Researchers investigating levels of phthalates in the human body, which have been linked to asthma, breast cancer, type 2 diabetes and fertility...
Scientists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center could hardly contain their excitement.
Finally, after 60 years of dreaming, planning and hard work, they unveiled a new solar probe that will bring mankind closer to the sun than ever before.
“It is the coolest, hottest mission under the sun,” grinned project Scientist...
Two different airline pilots claim they saw the same UFO while flying over Arizona last month.
Both pilots reported the bizarre sighting to the Federal Aviation Administration, which released a radio broadcast of the incident, the Phoenix New Times reported.
“Was anybody above us that passed us like 30 seconds ago?”...
