The new weapon, which can fire a projectile using high electrical currents, was shown to the public this week. The EM railgun has been tested for some years and will continue trials into next year.
The Navy has been testing a firefighting robot along with Virginia Tech that can put out fires in place of human sailors and that can use sensors to see through smoke.
This week in social media, Facebook opened up celebrity sharing to Instagram and Twitter while WhatsApp began testing voice calling. Meanwhile, Twitter's latest earnings report led to Wall Street's habitual dumping of the stock -- that is, until it was confirmed that Twitter had a deal with Google to begin including tweets in search results again.
As we get closer to March, more and more details about the upcoming unveiling and eventual release date for the Samsung Galaxy S6 seem to be solidifying some previous leaks and rumors as fact -- or at least as credible pictures of what to expect. Here's what's new.
Congratulations, flagship Android smartphone owners in the U.S. who have been patiently waiting for Android 5.0 Lollipop to begin rolling out, we're now in the month of February. That means a lot of release dates for Android L are coming in the near future, starting with HTC One M7, M8, and the LG G3 -- depending on your carrier.
Twitter added new users by 1.8 percent in the fourth quarter, down from 4.8 in the third quarter. The company cites various bugs, including Apple's latest iOS, 8 as some of the reasons why Twitter did not have a strong quarter for growth.
If you're one of many HTC handset owners around the world you may be wondering when you're going to get your first taste of Android 5.0 Lollipop. Lucky for you, a leaked roadmap helps clear up some of haze.
Chief rivals Apple and Samsung will have to set their differences aside for longer, with the South Korean electronics giant tipped to manufacture the processor chip for the next iPhone.
In a rather quiet affair, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) concluded a record-setting telecommunications spectrum auction last week, raising $44.9 billion.
Major U.S. cities like New York, Chicago, Miami and Los Angeles draw millions of local and foreign visitors each year, but those who have taken the time to venture away from America's metropolises know that the United States is also a country full of natural sights. Nowhere can tourists better experience those wonders than at the 59 national parks maintained by the Department of the Interior. Once you have seen Yosemite's famous sequoia trees or the impressive depths of the Great Canyon, you may want to take a piece of that beauty back to city life with a case for iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus/
Software titan Microsoft is acquiring startups that have created rival products, and its latest acquisition is calendar app maker Sunrise, for which Microsoft paid at least $100 million.
