NASA Finds 1284 Alien Planets, Biggest Haul Yet, with Kepler Space Telescope
The number of known alien planets has just gone up by more than 60 percent. NASA's Kepler space telescope has discovered 1,284 new exoplanets, including nine rocky worlds that might be capable of supporting life as we know it, astronomers announced today (May 10). This is by far the largest haul of alien planets ever unveiled at one time. The total exoplanet tally now stands at about 3,200, and Kepler has found 2,235 of them, NASA officials said. [1,284 Exoplanets Found: NASA's Keple..>> view originalWorld's oldest ax found in Australia
Australian National University archaeologists found the ax fragments in the early 1990s in Western Australia. At the time, carbon dating aged the ax incorrectly but using updated technology, scientists have now determined it is between 44,000 and 49,000 years old. "The question of when axes were invented has been pursued for decades. Since archaeologists discovered that in Australia axes were older than in many other places, now we have a discovery that appears to answer the question," said Pete..>> view originalMass Effect: Andromeda officially slips to beginning of 2017
Enlarge / Your new spaceship chariot. Further ReadingManager Aaryn Flynn and Creative Director Mac Walters dish (a bit) on new adventure. In a blog post today on MassEffect.com, Bioware General Manager Aaryn Flynn announced the next game in the Mass Effect series has a new release date: early 2017. First teased at E3 in 2014 with a short video and then given a more formal reveal and an official name at last year’s E3, Mass Effect: Andromeda was tentatively targeted at a late 2016 release. La..>> view originalMicrosoft releases Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14342 -- here's what's new
Windows Insiders now have a new build to test, as Microsoft just released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14342 to Fast Ring. As always, users can expect a significant number of improvements and bug fixes to be included, but also some known issues to be present. One of the biggest changes is related to Wi-Fi Sense. Because it has not been very popular with Windows 10 users, Microsoft is not dropping its biggest feature -- the ability to share Wi-Fi networks with contacts. Wi-Fi Sense will st..>> view originalAmazon is opening its video platform and YouTube creators are seeing dollar signs
By opening up its video platform to more publishers, Amazon has some YouTube networks and creators seeing dollar signs. The new self-serve program, called Amazon Video Direct, allows video owners to distribute directly on Amazon’s video platform. The program could be a boon for YouTube networks struggling to create new revenue streams outside of YouTube, which takes a 45 percent cut of all ad revenue generated on its platform. Those terms have made it difficult for so-called “multi-channel netw..>> view originalWhatsApp launches desktop app
Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp has launched a desktop application that mirrors conversations and messages from a user's smartphone device.The new desktop application is available for users running Windows 8 or Mac OS 10.9 and above, and can be synced with WhatsApp on a user's mobile device. In a blog post, WhatsApp said that because the app runs natively on the desktop, it can support desktop notifications and keyboard shortcuts. At the start of the year, the company removed its $1-a-yea..>> view originalFacebook Moments launches in Europe, Canada -- without facial recognition
Nearly a year after Facebook Moments launched in the US, the private photo-sharing app has finally made its global debut -- but in a stripped-down version.The version released in the US last June uses facial recognition to group together your photos based on the friends who are in them. You can then search by name to find photos of specific friends.But the new version released Tuesday in Europe and Canada was modified to remove that feature to appease privacy concerns in these markets, according..>> view originalFacebook identifies one of 2030 new plants found in 2015
More than 300 years since a Swedish scientist called Carl Linnaeus published the first book describing 100 types of plant, biologists are still discovering new species.Last year, experts officially classified 2,034 plants that had never before been seen. The new finds include a huge insect-eating sundew discovered via Facebook, five new types of onion, a 10ft-tall (3 metre) slipper orchid and a close relative of the sweet potato.However, the report also warned that a fifth of all types of plants..>> view original
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