WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Astronomers have detected the early stages of a colossal cosmic collision, observing a pile-up of 14 galaxies 90 percent of the way across the observable universe in a dis…
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South Korea's LG Display looks up after posting first loss in 6 years
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s LG Display Co Ltd forecast higher panel shipments and more stable prices in the second quarter as it reported its first operating loss in six years on Wednesday, …
Unstoppable exploit in Nintendo Switch opens door to homebrew and piracy
The Nintendo Switch may soon be a haven for hackers, but not the kind that want your data — the kind that want to run SNES emulators and Linux on their handheld gaming consoles. A flaw in an Nvidia ch…
How to Build Custom Alexa Skills for the Amazon Echo
When Amazon first introduced developer tools that let people build stuff for Alexa, the company made a conscious decision to call these functions “skills” rather than apps. It was a subtle…
Robot designed for faster, safer uranium plant pipe cleanup
Ohio crews cleaning up a massive former Cold War-era uranium enrichment plant in Ohio plan this summer to deploy a high-tech helper: an autonomous, radiation-measuring robot that will roll through mil…
Flip phones are back: Less distracting and a lot cheaper than a smartphone
LG Exalt LTE. (Credit: LG) The flip phone is having a mini-resurgence as consumers seek less distraction. Call it a rejection of the smartphone with its bombardment of messaging and social media that …
Flatpack fear no more? Robot assembles IKEA chair frame
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Robots in Singapore have completed a task many humans dread – assembling flat-packed IKEA furniture. Sifting through pages of instructions and a jumble of screws and …
Flatpack fear no more? Robot assembles IKEA chair frame
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Robots in Singapore have completed a task many humans dread – assembling flat-packed IKEA furniture. Robots assemble an Ikea chair at Nanyang Technological University…