MORRISTOWN, New Jersey (AP) — A couple who each lost a leg when their motorcycle was struck by a teenager who was driving and texting have settled their lawsuit against him for $500,000, their lawyer says. The settlement amount for David and Linda Kubert equals the maximum payment driver Kyle Best’s insurance would cover, lawyer [...]
ROMA, Texas (AP) — Floating 2,500-feet (762-meters) above scrub-covered U.S. ranchland near the Mexico border, the payload of high-tech cameras onboard a balloon being used by the Border Patrol can easily see a cluster of reporters and the make, model and color of their vehicles a couple of miles away. In Iraq or Afghanistan, where [...]
There are artificial limbs to help people walk and artificial hearts to keep people alive, and soon, a groundbreaking new technology could let some of the world’s greatest singers sing again. The concept of artificial vocal cords is something that goes back many years, according to Steven Zeitels, one of the most renowned vocal surgeons [...]
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc is planning a press conference on September 6 near Los Angeles, according to an invitation the world’s largest Internet retailer sent out to the media on Thursday. The event is being held at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, the invitation said. Amazon did not say what the [...]
(Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is suing Dish Network Corp, accusing the satellite television provider of violating telemarketing rules by calling millions of customers who had asked not to be contacted by the company. In a filing in an Illinois district court, the FTC alleges that since 2007 Dish has called millions of [...]
It’s the Rich Kids of Instagram, Norwegian Royals edition. The 15-year-old son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit has been sharing personal photos — 133 in all — of family holidays and other events on Instagram,potentially putting the royal family at risk, according to security blog Naked Security. The teenager, Marius Borg Høiby, is the princess’ son [...]
Add T-Mobile to the ever-growing list of companies speaking out in favor of same-sex marriage in Washington state. Bellevue Patch cites company officials who said that the cell phone network will contribute $25,000 to Washington United For Marriage (WUM), which is currently working to pass the state’s Referendum 74, which would affirm the legislatively-backed law that [...]
Extra-large phones often skew towards the, shall we say, pricey side. Micromax is keen to democratize this desire for the gigantic with the Superfone Canvas A100 (shown here on the left). A 5-inch LCD puts the Android 4.0 smartphone fully in phablet territory, but the inside is reasonable enough that those in the company’s native India won’t break [...]
That Japan-exclusive Pikachu clamshell might be slightly out of reach for US buyers, but starting today they can pick up a regular 3DS XL to the tune of $200. The oversized Nintendo handheld surpasses its predecessor in just about every category, shining through our review gauntlet with more battery life, a more comfortable grip and a more [...]
PRANBURI, Thailand — They’re better known as stealthy killing machines to take out suspected terrorists with pinpoint accuracy. But drones are also being put to more benign use in skies across several continents to track endangered wildlife, spot poachers and chart forest loss. Although it’s still the “dawn of drone ecology,” as one innovator calls [...]
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