The workers of the first shift had just finished their morning cigarettes and settled into place when one last car pulled into the factory parking lot, driving past an American flag and a “now hiring” sign.
Monthly Archives: August 2017
The Last Blockbuster
Whoever keeps calling and asking for Snow Dogs 69 please stop. You’re not funny. Looks like lots of you guys must’ve given up renting movies for Lent.
Apple Plans to Release a Cellular-Capable Watch to Break iPhone Ties
Apple Inc. is planning to release a version of its smartwatch later this year that can connect directly to cellular networks, a move designed to reduce the device’s reliance on the iPhone, people familiar with the matter said.
NBC Left Field on Twitter
The Languages Which Almost Became CSS
This was adapted from a post which originally appeared on the Eager blog. Eager has now become the new Cloudflare Apps. When Tim Berners-Lee announced HTML in 1991 there was no method of styling pages.
Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?
More comfortable online than out partying, post-Millennials are safer, physically, than adolescents have ever been. But they’re on the brink of a mental-health crisis. One day last summer, around noon, I called Athena, a 13-year-old who lives in Houston, Texas.
Daimler backs radical eighteen rotor autonomous air taxi and says ‘Volocopter’ will start testing in Dubai THIS YEAR
German automobile firm Daimler and other investors have has invested more than $29 million dollars (25 million euro) in aviation start-up Volocopter.
That Drone Hovering Over Your Home? It’s the Insurance Inspector
When Melinda Roberts found shingles in her front yard after a storm, her insurer didn’t dispatch a claims adjuster to investigate. It sent a drone. The unmanned aircraft hovered above Ms. Roberts’ three-bedroom Birmingham, Ala., home and snapped photos of…
Dawn of the bionic age: Body hackers let chips get under their skin
If you’re prone to forgetting your card key for the office or your computer password, here’s a solution: Get a microchip implanted in your hand. That’s what Brian McEvoy has done multiple times. He’s got five implants, mostly for functional reasons but one just for fun.
A futuristic ride in Mercedes’ self-driving car
John McIlroy is Deputy Editor of Auto Express and Carbuyer. (CNN)We’re all used to seeing ‘concept cars’ — those bits of automotive frippery that manufacturers trot out at motor shows every few months.
Self-Driving Cars Are Confusing Customers—And Spooking Insurance Companies
The great promise of autonomous vehicles, aside from saving you from the tyranny of commuting, is their ability to save lives by replacing stupid humans with intelligent computers.
Pod Meets Tube, and Hyperloop Whooshes Closer Than Ever
Mishap doesn’t dampen enthusiasm for security robots
On his first day at work as a security guard, Steve was greeted warmly, drawing attention from passersby, including some taking selfies with him at the tony retail-residential complex he patrolled. Then he fell into the fountain.
Apple just added a Ford. Stock up $48 billion in a single day
Apple, the world’s most valuable company, added more worth in one day than the market cap of nearly 400 individual companies in the S&P 500. The smartphone maker’s shares surged 6 percent to a new all-time high at Wednesday’s open, a day after it reported better than expected earnings.
The siege of Herbalife
At about 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, CNBC’s Kate Kelly broke the news that billionaire Bill Ackman’s hedge fund had taken a massive short position—about $1 billion worth, we know now—in the stock of a nutrition company called Herbalife (hlf).
How an iOS Developer Just Uncovered The Next iPhone
When developer Guilherme Rambo saw that Apple had released firmware for the upcoming HomePod speaker, he thought it must have been a mistake. The HomePod doesn’t come out until December, after all.