Technology 
How the Internet of Things will enable ‘smart buildings’
A prominent researcher says that since more than 50% of the world’s population are city dwellers — a number that’s projected to reach 70% by 2050 — demand for smart city services will be increased by the Internet of Things … Continue reading
Nokia wants to get back into the cell phone business
The smartphone revolution was not kind to Nokia, and Microsoft eventually bought the company’s devices and services division in 2014. Now Nokia is looking to get back into the phone game.
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx to land on an asteroid and return samples to Earth — possibly in 2016
An incredibly ambitious project to return samples from an asteroid has passed a major milestone, and has NASA’s blessing to take the text step toward a launch in September 2016.
Eddystone beacons let Google pinpoint exactly where you stand
Google is getting ready to roll out its own Bluetooth-based beacon technology, letting apps and web services pinpoint your exact location. Dubbed Eddystone (apparently after a U.K. lighthouse), the project is a cross-platform answer to Apple’s iBeacon technology that arrived … Continue reading
Mozilla Firefox kills Flash by default, security chief calls for Adobe to issue an end-of-life date
Mozilla has blocked Firefox from running Flash by default on the latest versions of its browser and is calling on Adobe to dump the product altogether. Is this finally the end of the performance-sucking plugin?
Amazon’s ‘Prime Day’ birthday blowout promises more deals than Black Friday
Amazon is throwing a big birthday bash for Prime subscribers to celebrate the service’s 20th anniversary, but Walmart’s trying to spoil the party with a super sale of its own. As tipped early in July, Amazon will celebrate its 20th … Continue reading
TiVo iOS app now supports AirPlay mirroring on Apple TV
TiVo has turned on AirPlay mirroring support in its iOS app, letting some users watch their DVR content on an Apple TV. This is actually the first time TiVo has supported streaming DVR shows to a third-party TV set-top box. … Continue reading
Researchers demonstrate supercomputing system using NAND flash, not DRAM
Supercomputers need tons of RAM — that’s a known fact. But a new team of researchers from MIT has debuted a supercomputing design that gets rid of most RAM in favor of NAND flash — with surprisingly good results.
ET deals: Lenovo Z41 14-inch Broadwell Laptop for $679
If you’re looking for a small, affordable laptop that doesn’t skimp on the horsepower, check out the 14-inch Z41 from Lenovo. With a new Broadwell CPU, a sizable solid-state hybrid drive (SSHD), and discrete AMD graphics, this is a real … Continue reading
New Horizons spacecraft rockets past Pluto in closest-ever approach
It’s taken almost an entire decade of travel, but it’s finally there: NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has made its closest planned approached to Pluto, at just 7,750 miles above the surface.
