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Uber Elevate VTOL Vehicles to Take Flight in Dubai and Texas by 2020
Uber is hosting a 3-day “Elevate Summit” event in Dallas, Texas where the company unveiled the latest development for their Uber Elevate VTOL “flying car” aircraft. The Dallas-Forth Worth area as well as Dubai, will also be one of the pilot urban locations for the project where the company will…
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Hackers Trigger Dallas Emergency Sirens Over a Dozen Times
With most hacks, the targets have generally only been able to compromise less secure private networks. While governments have been under assault, critical systems have largely remained unscathed with a few notable exceptions. Over the weekend, some hackers added to the list of exceptions with their latest target. Dallas, Texas…
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Ever Knocked Down the Wrong House Thanks to Google Maps?
We’ve all used Google maps and then had to guess the last few metres as the marker shows us the wrong location. It’s always a pain but, at least, it wasn’t responsible for knocking down your house. That’s correct, the wrong house was demolished thanks to the google maps marker showing…
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What Year is This? The DeLorean is Back in Production!
Great Scott! It’s like something out of Back to the Future today, as the iconic car, made famous by the now legendary time travel movie is back in production! Thanks to a recent change in the federal law, the facility in Humble, Texas, is now allowed to start making the…
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1882 Patent Gives a Whole New Meaning to the Word Overkill
We mostly associate a patent and technology with modern times,. Our computers, and our inventions are the primary things to gain a patent, but it is something that dates way further back than you first expect and the patent offices have had plenty of work to do for quite a…
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Kid Banned From Wearing Star Wars T-Shirt in School
A 7th grade school student has been banned from wearing his Star Wars: The Force Awakens T-shirt at his US school. Colton Southern was told by faculty at George Junior High School in Rosenberg, Texas that he was not permitted to have the graphic on the front of his Star…
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Self-Healing Gel Now Carries Electrical Charge
We’ve all had that moment when we’ve heard the crack, the snap or the crunch. Be it your favourite USB drive, your screen or even your laptop, accidents happen and things get damaged. The worst part about this is it’s normally one or two small things that stop you from…
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School Student Arrested For Bringing Homemade Clock To School
The current world climate is one of placing people into narrow pre-perceived boxes which are based on current world stereotypes. A person is judged solely on their looks, dress sense and their social standing within society among others. Are these connotations correct? No, not really considering an individual could have…
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Texas Says Hello to Google’s Self-Driving Cars
Do you live in Austin, Texas? Then you may want to keep on the look out for the Google Cars that are now patrolling your part of the world. Several people have been reporting online that they’ve seen the self-driving cars scooting around town recently. That being said, the Google…
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RadioShack Plans to Sell Customer Data
Radioshack is planning to sell its customer data, even with opposition from multiple US states. The bankrupt company is looking to recoup some money and has asked a bankruptcy court for permission to sell some assest, part of which are customer data. The state of Texas is taking the lead…
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Apple’s First A9 Chips Roll off the Production Line – in the US?
The Korean Electronic Times reports that Apple’s first A9 chips have rolled off the production line – in the United States. Apparently Samsung is producing the chips (although the Korean Electronic Times often likes to say that regardless of reality). The chips are supposedly being produced in Austin, Texas – a place in the…
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SpaceX Granted Permission to Build Spaceport in Texas
SpaceX have just been given approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to build their massive 56.5 acre spaceport on the Gulf of Mexico, right on the Texas-Mexico border. Of course there is still a lot of work to be done, such as building the damn thing, but it’s a…
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Apple iMac Spotted Running Windows XP in Austin, Texas Production Line
Microsoft products running on Apple hardware might not have been seen as a big thing, but given the ‘flavour’ added by Apple’s chief executive, Tim Cook, towards Microsoft during Apple’s WWDC, things are looking a bit awkward. Last Thursday, Cook apparently tweeted a photo of himself touring Apple’s Austin, Texas…
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Breaking News: Motorola Mobility Factory In Texas Closing Down
In recent months we have been hearing news at how Motorola’s Texas factory has been seeing a slow decline in profitably, particularly since sales of the Moto X and the Moto Maker scheme have not been as strong as once perceived. Due to its location in the US, the factory…
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iTunes Festival To be Held In the U.S. Alongside SXSW
The iTunes Festival will be held this year as well. The difference between all other years and this year is that Apple will be hosting it in the US, and not the UK. Yes, after seven years, the iTunes Festival will be held in the US, so ‘yay’ for those…
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