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SpaceX Dragon capsule arrives at space station
A private company successfully delivered a half-ton of supplies to the International Space Station early Wednesday, the first official shipment under ...
Testing nonprofit waters with Chicago Ideas Week
There are TED talks, Davos and Renaissance Weekends, all for innovators and world leaders to share creative ideas and make lucrative connections.
Netflix CEO to step down from Microsoft's board
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is leaving Microsoft's board of directors next month, giving him more time to focus on the myriad of challenges facing ...
Bright object on Mars is likely plastic from rover
NASA says a small bright object detected on Mars is likely a piece of plastic from the Curiosity rover. The six-wheel spacecraft captured an image of ...
Penske Media, owner of Deadline site, buys Variety
Penske Media Corp., the owner of the snarky entertainment website Deadline, has purchased venerable show business publication Variety for $25 million.
NKorea says South, US are within its missile range
North Korea on Tuesday warned that the U.S. mainland is within range of its missiles and said that Washington's recent agreement to let Seoul possess ...
US, French physicists win Nobel for quantum work
A Frenchman and an American shared the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for inventing methods to peer into the bizarre quantum world of ultra-tiny ...
Bill Gates in Abu Dhabi: I'll never run for office
Microsoft founder and billionaire Bill Gates on Tuesday ruled out running for office, choosing not to join the parade of rich businessmen who have ...
AOL relaunches Games.com site for online games
AOL relaunched Games.com, a site with more than 5,000 free games, designed to attract a large online gaming audience online and on mobile and tablet ...
Review: 'Fable: The Journey' casts Kinect magic
When the Kinect system was unleashed two years ago for the Xbox 360, there were promises that the camera-based, gesture-detecting gadget could turn ...
Philippine Supreme Court suspends cybercrime law
The Philippine Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended implementation of the country's anti-cybercrime law while it decides whether certain provisions ...
US report highlights unease about Chinese firms
Eager to expand in the United States, China's biggest technology companies face an America anxious about threats to jobs and national security.
Taiwan asking Apple to blur satellite image
Taiwan is asking Apple Inc. to blur a map image of its new $1.4 billion early warning radar station that can detect aircraft and missiles coming from ...
Court lets stand telecom immunity in wiretap case
The Supreme Court is leaving in place a federal law that gives telecommunications companies legal immunity for helping the government with its email ...
Recent winners of the Nobel Prize in physics
Recent winners of the Nobel Prize in physics, and their research, according to the Nobel Foundation: — 2012: Serge Haroche of France and David ...
Mars rover Curiosity scoops, detects bright object
NASA officials say the Curiosity rover has made its first scoop of the surface of planet Mars and has detected a bright object on the ground.
Nobel awarded for stem cell, early cloning work
Two scientists from different generations won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for the groundbreaking discovery that cells in the body can be ...
SpaceX launch good for NASA, not private firm
A private rocket successfully sent a capsule full of cargo zipping toward the International Space Station in a first of its kind delivery for NASA, ...
Skydiver eyes record-breaking jump over NM
Skydiver Felix Baumgartner's attempt at the highest, fastest free fall in history Tuesday is more than just a stunt. His planned 23-mile dive from the ...
GM moves to bring computer technology in-house
Now hiring in Detroit: Scads of software developers and programmers. General Motors is moving past layoffs and the Motor City's rusty, low-tech image.
'Wizard101' follow-up, 'Pirate101' to launch
"Pirate101," the follow-up to the popular, free online kids' game "Wizard101," is launching to the general public on Oct. 15, after having given ...
Massive "dry cleaner bag" to lift skydiver
It's described as a "40-acre dry cleaner bag," that, when first filled, will stretch 55 stories high. On Tuesday, this special ultra-thin helium ...
What you'll see during supersonic skydive
When Felix Baumgartner makes his 23-mile supersonic skydive over southeastern New Mexico Tuesday morning, more than two dozen high-definition and ...
Column: Ref! Ghost goals making soccer look dumb
Hey, referee! That was a goal! Or it was very, very close. To be fair to Howard Webb and his crew of sideline assistants, it wasn't humanly possible ...
YouTube takes original programming venture abroad
YouTube is extending its original programming initiative into Europe, with at least 60 new video channels from media companies including Britain's ...