Wolf-Dog Hybrid 'Yuki' Gains National Attention
A wolf-dog hybrid housed in a Florida sanctuary has gained quite the following, reports The Miami Herald. “Yuki The Giant Wolfdog” was rescued by Shy Wolf Sanctuary in Naples in 2008 after his owner couldn’t care for him anymore due to health issues. He’s 87.5 percent gray wolf, 8.6 percent Siberian Husky and 3.9 percent German More...
Scientists Say Massive Solar Storm Struck Earth in 660 BC
Scientists announced this week that a massive solar storm occurred 2,700 years ago — and, if a similar one happens again, it could be devastating to the technological infrastructure across the Earth. USA More...
DARPA's 'AI Next' Seeks to Build in 'Common Sense'
The Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has unveiled some of the details of its "AI Next" artificial intelligence program to Nextgov. "AI Next" is a $ 2 billion campaign More...
Report: AI Tool Matches Photos to Relatives From Civil War
A new artificial intelligence tool called Photo Sleuth is connecting modern-day individuals to their distant relatives who fought in the U.S. Civil War, Fox News reported. "Seeing my distant relative More...
NASA's First All-Female Spacewalk Set for March 29
The first all-female spacewalk will take place later this month, NASA has announced. The International Space Station spacewalk March 29 will include astronauts Anne McClain and Christina Koch, as well as Jackie More...
Report: Library On Tiny Disk Headed To Moon
Israel’s first private spacecraft launched toward the moon is carrying a 30-million-page archive of human knowledge etched into a DVD-size metal disc, NBC News reported. The Lunar Library is designed to preserve More...
Police Phone-Hacking Tool Available on EBay for $100
A device used by law enforcement agencies to obtain data from phones has appeared on eBay, where it is sometimes listed as low as $ 100, Engadget reports. The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security buy models More...
YouTube Videos Show How to Build Killer Drones
YouTube is coming under fire for hosting videos that demonstrate how to build drones that can hold and fire weapons. According to The Sun, the videos show how easy it can be to convert a standard drone into a killer More...
Microsoft CEO Defends $479M Pentagon Contract
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella justified the company's $ 479 million contract with the Pentagon, telling CNN "we're not going to withhold technology from institutions that we have elected in democracies More...
YouTube Blocks Advertising Promoting Anti-Vax Content
YouTube is blocking channels that promote anti-vaccination content from running ads, asserting they violate policy prohibiting advertisements with videos containing "dangerous and harmful" content. BuzzFeed More...
