Apple Didn’t Want Alabama’s LGBT Rights Bill Named After Its CEO
Representative Patricia Todd, the only out lesbian in the Alabama State Legislature, had a plan to get attention for a bill that would ban discrimination against LGBT state employees: Name it the “Tim Cook Economic Development Act.” Apple didn’t like the name as much as she did.
December 2, 2014 at 01:33AM
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Russia Bans Vimeo Over ISIS Propaganda Video
Russia’s federal communications agency ordered Internet providers to block Vimeo on Monday after the video hosting service initially ignored a request to remove a feature-length ISIS film.
December 1, 2014 at 09:07PM
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Amazon Reveals the Robots at the Heart of Its Epic Cyber Monday Operation
Don’t tell the kiddies, but Santa’s workshop isn’t at the North Pole. It’s here in Tracy, California, next to a line of rusting, graffiti-covered freight cars, in a building so long that you can’t see the whole thing without turning your head to take in its full immensity.
December 1, 2014 at 09:03PM
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Going Hi-Fi To Compete With Spotify (And Google And Apple)
The music industry has attempted to sell higher-quality versions of recorded music at higher prices for a long time. Now a new generation of digital music services is coming along that attempt to compete with the likes of Spotify, Rhapsody and Beats Music with high-fidelity streaming music on demand.
December 1, 2014 at 08:34PM
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Six ‘Star Wars’ Technologies That May Not Be So Far, Far Away
Personally, among my favorite parts of “Star Wars” — and there are many — is the amazing technology that populates this “ancient” galaxy. But it turns out some of it isn’t quite as far off as you might think.
December 1, 2014 at 06:24PM
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Examining the U.S. military’s long, weird ‘Star Wars’ fascination
“Star Wars” has captivated millions of viewers over the last few decades with its good-versus-evil themes, colorful alien characters (Jabba the Hutt, anyone? Anyone?) and futuristic technology. But it isn’t just science fiction fans who gravitate to the franchise. There’s a long history of scholars, media outlets, defense contractors and active-duty troops connecting the U.S. military with the franchise.
December 1, 2014 at 04:07PM
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Sacramento’s Hacker Lab calls AT&T’s gigabit bluff
Hacker Lab recently introduced constituents to the city’s first gigabit hackerspace, and what it expects to be a quickly expanding world of gigabit services. Few in Sacramento, it seems, are waiting for AT&T.
December 1, 2014 at 04:07PM
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Google-Glass Deal Thrusts Intel Deeper Into Wearable Devices
Intel Corp. will supply the electronic brains for a new version of Google’s Glass device expected next year, people familiar with the matter said, part of a push by the semiconductor giant into wearable technology.
December 1, 2014 at 02:39PM
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Restoring ‘Jaws’
The process of restoring a film from its original negatives is grueling, but here it is, compressed into 8 minutes of artfulness.
December 1, 2014 at 01:38PM
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Firefly Space Systems charges full-speed toward low Earth orbit
True believers build rockets, engines and space dreams on the Texas prairie.
December 1, 2014 at 11:17AM
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