Technology/Science
Internet of Things Fuels Billions in Tech M&A Deals
Investment in the fast-growing market for Internet-connected devices gathered pace this year and is set to attract more top U.S. technology and telecoms buyers of firms active in the market, a report ...
FAA Chief Says Drones Near Airports are ‘Serious Concern’
U.S. regulators are increasing enforcement and trying to educate drone pilots to minimize risks to commercial traffic posed by the small unmanned aircraft, the nation's aviation chief said. The ...
Airborne Cars May Be Flying Over Traffic Within 3 Years
The first time Carl Dietrich brought his flying-car concept to the Experimental Aircraft Association's annual AirVenture gathering in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, he had only a video to show the aviation ...
World Bank Says Some Climate Change Impacts Unavoidable
Some future impacts of climate change, such as more extremes of heat and sea level rise, are unavoidable even if governments act fast to cut greenhouse gas emissions, the World Bank said in late ...
Big Data and Insurance: Coming to a Supermarket Near You
If supermarket chains wanted to get in the business of selling property/casualty insurance, there is a source of consumer information they might tap to identify the best risks that most P/C actuaries ...
October is Fifth Month to Set Heat Record in 2014: NOAA
Despite a bitter U.S. cold snap, the globe is rushing hell-bent toward its warmest year on record with last month setting the fifth monthly heat record of the year. The National Oceanic and ...
FAA Reviewing Drone Sightings by Pilots Near JFK Airport
U.S. aviation regulators are investigating three reports since Nov. 16 of drones flying close to airliners near New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. Pilots on a JetBlue Airways Corp. ...
Small Texas Quake Stirs Fracking Critics
A light earthquake shook the Dallas-Ft. Worth area of North Texas on Saturday night, leaving no known damage or casualties but stirring concern about the potential of the area's oil and gas fracking ...