Every Scrabble player worth her salt (4 points) knows the value of two-letter words. Those little terms can really get you out of a jam (12) and block out your opponent.
Scrabble Dictionary Gets 5,000 New Words, Including “Chillax,” “Dubstep” and Yes, “Selfie”
University of Rochester researchers have developed — take a breath — a “three-dimensional, transmitting, continuously multidirectional cloaking” device.
Harry Potter Is Fiction, but Invisibility Cloak(ing Device)s Are Real
Airline passengers who have had their fill of cabin noise and rowdy seat mates, who may be the worse for drink, could soon enjoy an invisible bubble of silence around their personal space.
The Invisible Bubble of Silence Travelers Have Been Waiting For Is Already Here – Skift
Cisco should take a cue from eBay. On Tuesday, eBay (ticker: EBAY) shares rose 7.4% to $56.56 after the online auctioneer announced that it will spin off its fast-growing PayPal business into a separate publicly traded company next year. Barron’s recommended eBay in December at $51.
The much-hyped and fast-developing “Internet of Things” (IoT), in which billions of devices and objects share data across the net, is already transforming industries from financial services to health, transportation to energy.
Putting big data and the Internet of Things to work on the factory floor
The English language is constantly evolving. To some, however, that “evolution” might seem more like a speedy descent to becoming a hot mess — a phrase that, by the way, no longer needs to be put in quotes, because it now has an official dictionary definition.
ICYMI: Oxford Dictionaries adds “mansplain” and “douchebaggery”
Sometime in the next couple of years, if everything goes to plan, workers at BMW’s manufacturing plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina, will be introduced to an unusual new teammate—a robot arm that will roll around handing them tools and parts as they assemble the German carmaker’s luxury vehi
MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – Sept. 30, 2014) – Federal Express Canada Ltd. (FedEx Express Canada), a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE:FDX), has announced the latest phase in its comprehensive retail expansion across Canada. An agreement has been reached with Super C, Metro Inc.
FedEx runs such a massive operation—it uses more than 47,000 vehicles and nearly 700 aircraft to deliver about 4 million packages every day—that any systemic change it makes to cut down its carbon footprint can have major consequences.
FedEx’s New Electric Trucks Get a Boost From Diesel Turbines
Boeing union leaders reacted angrily Monday to the announcement that the company plans to move about 2,000 defense-related jobs out of Washington state.
Unions vow legislative action after Boeing slashes jobs; Defense workers in Kent, Tukwila affected