October 22, 2015 Wi-Fi cows to help revelers get online at UK’s most famous music festival A herd of brightly painted, life-size, fiber-glass cows are on their way to the UK's most famous music festival this week. No, they're not there to enjoy the music, rather, they'll be helping to get festival goers online.
October 22, 2015 Boeing says new battery system ensures 787 Dreamliner safety Boeing Co.'s chief engineer for the 787 Dreamliner said Saturday that changes to the lithium-ion battery system are fully sufficient to ensure the aircraft's safety, although the company has been unable to find the cause of the original battery failures earlier this year that led to groundings of the plane worldwide since mid-January.
October 22, 2015 Russian police investigating Apple for using same-sex emojis to promote 'gay propaganda' Police officials in a region of Russia are investigating Apple on charges that the company is promoting "homosexual propaganda" with its emojis depicting same-sex couples and parents on iOS.
October 22, 2015 Google's Waze accused of stealing data from rival traffic app There's possible trouble in the road ahead for Google and Waze, the traffic and navigation startup it acquired in 2013.
October 22, 2015 Samsung courts iPhone switchers with $1 test drive Samsung is confident that iPhone owners will love the Galaxy Note 5 and S6 Edge — so confident that the company is letting them try the new phones out for just a dollar.
October 22, 2015 Apple gifts Greek users a free month of iCloud after financial squeeze There's not much to smile about if you're living in Greece at the moment, but Apple's easing the pain a little by giving paying iCloud customers a free month of service.
October 22, 2015 'Abortion Drone' delivers pregnancy termination pills to women in Poland Dutch activist group Women on Waves has used a drone to deliver pregnancy termination drugs to two women in Poland. The “Abortion Drone” was piloted from Frankfurt, Germany, over the Oder river, and delivered the abortion drugs misoprostol and mifepristone in Słubice, Poland, reports CNET.
October 22, 2015 MIT's 'cheetah-bot' can now jump over hurdles MIT researchers' previously shown ‘cheetah-bot,’ a robot that resembles — you guessed it — the fastest land animal on earth, can run up to 10 mph. The robot's latest enhancements, however, have enabled the mechanized feline to jump by leaps and bounds. The machine has been described by MIT as the “the first four-legged robot to run and jump over obstacles autonomously."
