Google’s Project Tango tablet development kit is going on sale this month in 12 additional countries. The tablet and associated tools were released in the U.S. in May, and as of Tuesday they’re now available in South Korea and Canada as well, Google said in a blog post . On Aug. 26, the de ...
CHENGDU, China — While China clamps down on logging within its borders, illegal Chinese loggers are felling the world’s forests with abandon for the sake of teak floors and fancy chairs. In late July, 153 Chinese nationals were sentenced to life in prison for illegal logging in Myanmar’s northe ...
Officials said two people were killed and at least 22 others were injured after a circus tent collapsed when a severe storm raked a New Hampshire fairground Monday night. Fire officials confirmed the deaths to local media outlets. The identities of the victims were not immediately available, but S ...
Right now the Apple Watch seems like the only game in town when it comes to smartwatches. And Android watch makers need to do something drastic to get back in the game. As expected, the Watch captured the imaginations of the Apple faithful, and many of them ordered one of the devices the first ...
A Virginia family was allegedly kicked off a Jet Blue flight because their toddler was crying and was treated as a safety risk by flight attendants. Mona and Prashant Doshi, who were heading home from Boston to Baltimore, had just pushed back from the airport gate Monday morning when their son, ...
Were you into sports as a teenager? Teenage girls who actively played sports and did a lot of exercise might benefit from these activities well into their adulthood A new study has revealed that the risk of developing cancer reduces later in life for women who used to be physically active durin ...
Microsoft customers downloaded 14 million copies of the Windows 10 upgrade on the first day of availability, the company said today. The 14 million, just a fraction of what Microsoft hopes will adopt the new OS in the next three years, was served with little if any disruption to the Internet, o ...
Science fiction and fantasy offer a rich legacy of great books—but that abundant pile of reading material can also be daunting. So sometimes, it’s easier to fake it. We asked some of our favorite writers, and they told us the 10 books that everyone pretends to have read. And why you should actual ...
A new and surprising component of human hair has just been discovered, according to research recently presented at the annual meeting of the American Crystallographic Association. Remarkably, it’s a discovery that could lead to improved hair products. Human hair has been extensively studied fo ...
Not everyone adores Dior. The Christian Dior fashion label has come under fire for making a 14-year-old Israeli model, Sofia Mechetner, the face of their very adult brand, signing her to a $265,000 contract, and having her walk in a fashion show topless in a see-through gown. Critics claim the ...