At Consumer Electronics Show, 'smartphone revolution' spreads from car to closet (via PBS News Hour)JUDY WOODRUFF: Finally tonight, a future where your home can act a little smarter, your car starts with just the sound of your voice, and your clothes can measure your heart rate and other personal data. Those are just some of the possibilities…
Google teams up to create Android dashboards for cars (via The Christian Science Monitor)A smarter car – and driver – may not be far in the future. At International CES, Google announced a partnership between Audi, GM, Honda, Hyundai, and chip manufacturer Nvidia aimed at creating an Android chip for the cars of the future. “Common…
A workout tribe for city dwellers (via The Christian Science Monitor)It’s drizzling, cold, and dark. Yet in one Boston neighborhood there’s a steady stream of people in workout gear braving the weather to congregate at the top of the aptly named Summit Avenue – and it’s not even 6:15 a.m. The group forms a bouncing…
US stocks push higher helped by trade data (via AFP)US stocks opened higher Tuesday, helped by gains in Europe and Asia and a strong November trade report showing the US deficit at its narrowest point in four years. An hour into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 114.86 points (0.70 percent…
Dennis Rodman gets fiery with CNN (via CNN Video)Former NBA player Dennis Rodman talks exclusively to CNN's Chris Cuomo from North Korea. More from CNN at http://www.cnn.com
Anna Hazare-inspired 'common man' party takes first step toward its Indian revolution (via GlobalPost)Enlarge Activist turned politician Arvind Kejriwal gestures at a rally of the "Aam Aadmi Party" (Common man party) in New Delhi. The party scored a surprise victory in Delhi elections, and now hopes to topple India's long-standing political order in…
Is Earth Weighed Down By Dark Matter? (via slashdot)There may be a giant ring of dark matter invisibly encircling the Earth, increasing its mass and pulling much harder on orbiting satellites than anything invisible should pull, according to preliminary research from a scientist specializing the physics…
