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Automotive Culture Environmental

Two-way street: electric cars of the future could give power back to the grid

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As reported on The Verge. By Sean Hollister The batteries inside EVs might pay dividends On September 23rd, the city of Palo Alto, California decided to embrace the electric car. Inspired by one resident who fought to install a public charging station, the city councilvoted to mandate that every new single-family home be wired to support EV chargers. That might be good news for Palo Alto’s wealthy, environmentally conscious populace — not to mention Tesla Motors,…

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Business Cloud Culture

The Cloud Washers Will Lose

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As reported on TechCrunch. by Alex William There are two camps in the cloud world. There are the cloud washers, which are the ones who put a cloud sticker on everything. They say, “Oh, yes, it’s a private cloud for big data.” Then they throw in a few dozen other buzz words for the new look on their legacy technology. The other camp, the cloud services providers, enable customers to innovate in less time than it…

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Entertainment

Gittler’s all-titanium guitar has no neck or body, demands more than the intro to ‘Stairway’

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As reported on Engadget. By Mat Smith     “An out of this world guitar playing experience.” That’s what Gittler promises from its aircraft-grade titanium axem and has launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund production. Based on Alan Gittler’s original 1978 design, which is now housed at MoMA, it maintains the same simplified structure, coming from the mantra to strip away “all that is unnecessary and redundant.” That’s resulted in a guitar body that lacks both a…

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Retail Sales

Walmart starts grocery delivery service in Denver, makes it easier to never leave home again.

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As reported on Engadget. By Mariella Moon Oh, boy. Local mom-and-pop shops in Denver aren’t going to like this: Walmart’slooking to increase pressure on local businesses by delivering groceries straight to your waiting arms. Yes, that includes fresh produce, as well as dry and frozen items, which will surely make workaholics (and shut-ins) out there happy. The Walmart To Go service has been shuttling perishable goods to people’s doorsteps in San Francisco and San Jose for the…

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Art

Banksy hits New York City, but the city hits back

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As reported on The Verge. By Verge Staff Acclaimed street artist Banksy has crossed the pond from his native UK, and is now leaving his marks all around New York City. Since October 1st, he’s created upwards of 10 pieces as part of his month-long “residency” (to borrow a term from the professional art world), titled “Better Out Than In.” Banksy’s playful work often offers social or political commentary, and he hasn’t limited himself to sidewalks…

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Entertainment Film

Watch Pixar get spooky in its ‘Toy Story OF TERROR!’ trailer

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As reported on The Verge. By Rich McCormick Pixar showed a trailer for its first ever TV special back in August. Now The Wall Street Journal has a new clip of the Halloween-themed feature in action. Toy Story OF TERROR! is a 22 minute mini-movie that tracks a bagful of the Toy Story toys as they’re carted to Grandma’s house. En route, they’re forced through a decidedly spooky gauntlet as car trouble forces the group into a shady motel. The Wall Street Journal‘s…

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Mobile

5.9-inch HTC One Max With Fingerprint Sensor Allows You To Launch Apps With A Touch

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As reported on TechCrunch. by DARRELL ETHERINGTON HTC has revealed its latest smartphone, the 5.9-inch big-screen sibling of the HTC One flagship device. The new HTC One Max is well into phablet territory at nearly 6 inches, but retains the slick aluminum case design of its smaller predecessor, as well as the somewhat dodgy Ultrapixel camera. But its full 1080p screen packs an impressive 349 ppi, and it has a fingerprint sensor on the back with…

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Government Security

NSA collecting email and messaging contacts worldwide, Yahoo moves to encrypt webmail by default

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As reported on Engadget. By Jon Fingas Don’t think that the NSA’s bulk communication data collection is focused solely on the communications themselves. The Washington Post has published more Edward Snowden documents which reveal that the agency collects large volumes of contact lists from email and instant messaging users around the world. While the NSA gathers the information on foreign soil, its method reportedly prevents it from automatically screening out any Americans in the list. The NSA and anonymous officials argue that American laws…

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Internet

Researchers achieve 100 Gbps over sub-terahertz wireless, set world record

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As reported on Engadget. By Alexis Santos 100 Gbps over fiber is old news, but those same speeds achieved wirelessly? That’s a first. Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology have managed to use sub-terahertz waves (237.5 GHz, in this case) to transmit data over 20 meters at 100 gigabits per second. Since the experiment used only a single-input and single-output setup, TG Daily notes multiple data streams could boost the bandwidth. This isn’t the first time the group’s dabbled in incredibly-fast wireless…

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Article

As drug companies back away from death row, who will fill the gap?

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As reported on The Verge. By Matt Stroud Texas and other states fight to get their fix In 1998, Michael Yowell was convicted of killing his parents while trying to steal their money to buy drugs. After the killings, he was arrested and charged with murder. Since he lived in Texas, it was a capital offense; he was eventually convicted and sentenced to death. At the beginning of this month, after 15 years of waiting on…

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