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Google’s billion-dollar deal to acquire a part of HTC (along with a non-exclusive license for its intellectual property) is done. The two companies announced its completion tonight, and the details appear to be the same as originally announced. While the team behind the Pixel phones is joining Google, HTC says it will continue to make […]
The Canadian Olympic Committee and Canada Snowboard officially announced the 13 athletes nominated to represent Team Canada in snowboard cross, halfpipe and parallel giant slalom at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. They join the seven athletes previously nominated to compete in slopestyle and big air. The athletes were selected based on their performances in World […]
REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Donald Trump completed his first physical exam as president on Friday. Dr. Ronny Jackson, who performed the exam at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, described Trump as being in “excellent health.” Jackson is expected to announce the full results of the president’s exam on Tuesday. President Donald Trump underwent his first […]
PRESS RELEASE: SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–January 3, 2018– Critical Diagnostics, makers of the Presage® ST2 Assay and ASPECT-PLUSTM ST2 Test, both used to help physicians in the management of heart failure patients, today announced it completed an $ 8.5 million equity financing from a consortium of industry-related investors. Proceeds will be used to continue global commercialization […]
Drones have become a part of the modern battlefield, but what about autonomous full-size aircraft? Aurora Flight Sciences just successfully demonstrated its self-flying setup, the Autonomous Aerial Cargo Utility System (AACUS), enabling an older helicopter to fly itself at soldiers’ requests. In the future, troops in the field could use this tech to order autonomous […]
If Sierra Nevada is going to fulfill supply missions for the International Space Station and the UN, it’ll have to prove that its Dream Chaser spacecraft is ready to fly… and it just took a big step in that direction. The company has revealed that Dream Chaser completed a glide test flight on November 11th, […]
Published time: 21 Oct, 2017 04:34 A NASA astronaut had to battle with faulty live-saving gear before he could replace a blurry camera essential for docking cargo spaceships to the International Space Station (ISS) in a more than six-hour spacewalk. Read more Shortly after flight engineer Joe Acaba and expedition commander Randy Bresnik embarked on […]
Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Frederik Andersen had some compassion for his opponent 200 feet down the ice after watching Auston Matthews score in overtime. Matthews beat Anton Forsberg 3:43 into the extra period to lift the Leafs to a 4-3 comeback win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday. Game Wrap: Auston Matthews leads Leafs to […]
Brier champion Brad Gushue downed Steffen Walstad of Norway 9-1 on Sunday in Regina to win the Grand Slam of Curling’s Tour Challenge. Gushue, of St. John’s, started hot with a deuce in the first end and three points in the second en route to a 5-0 lead. Gushue, who went undefeated at the first Grand […]
Published time: 11 Aug, 2017 13:03 Russian Railways says it has completed a section of track allowing trains to bypass Ukrainian territory. Service is expected to start in September. A test train of a locomotive and freight cars has already run through the completed stretch, the company said in a statement. The construction of the […]
