It survived a U.S. Supreme Court challenge, multiple repeal attempts, delays of key provisions and a disastrous rollout, and now the Affordable Care Act, also known as "Obamacare," marks a major milestone. Beginning Jan. 1, millions of ...
Doctors in the U.S. military are still dispensing an anti-malaria drug federal regulators say can cause brain damage. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a new black-box warning for mefloquine that hallucinations are a ...
This is a guest post. The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not represent positions of IEEE Spectrum or the IEEE. The recent robot-related news from Apple, Amazon, and Google shows serious momentum for the ...
Continental Commercial Vehicles & Aftermarket has added a new diagnostics and services category to its aftermarket program with the new hand-held VDO Contisys Check Service Tool, a compact and powerful service tool that covers a wide range ...
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Jeff Bezos' idea to let self-guided drones deliver packages may be too futuristic for Washington to handle. The Amazon CEO is working on a way to use the small aircraft to get parcels to customers in 30 minutes or less. ...
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Four foreign journalists were honored with Press Freedom Awards Tuesday evening recognizing their work in the face of severe reprisals, including physical threats and imprisonment. The Committee to Protect Journalists' 2013 International ...
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) filed a lawsuit against three companies reportedly involved in the former Everglade Iron and Steel Company site in Hempfield, according to a report by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ...
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Cargo theft and cattle rustling are crippling crimes for farmers and ranchers. Theft may take the form of one big grab and run, or it may be the death-of-a-thousand-cuts. A tiny sampling of recent cargo hits from the Associated Press: In ...
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The Head of the Charles Regatta announced that global athletic leader New Balance has signed on as the Official Athletic Footwear and Apparel partner of the 49th Head of the Charles Regatta presented by BNY Mellon, held annually on the ...
The US Environmental Protection Agency has temporarily shut down the Energy Star program, impacting LED lighting, other lighting, and many other products and cancelled the annual Partners Meeting. The ongoing skirmish between the ...
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Fireproof filing cabinets might cost more than standard cabinets, but you'll be getting first-rate protection from unexpected disasters. Whether you're running a business or just safeguarding personal documents, investing in a fireproof ...
Some level of government surveillance is “essential” if the nation is to minimize the incidence of terrorist strikes like the Boston Marathon bombing, according to Oracle CEO Larry Ellison. In a rare interview with CBS This ...
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Five large US book publishers have openly objected to new restrictions outlined by the US government after Apple was found guilty of conspiring to artificially raise e-book prices. After having already found Apple to have "conspired to ...
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The company that owns a U.S. patent for podcasting is confident the patent will stand up to a challenge initiated this week by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Personal Audio's patents have stood up to past scrutiny, including a ...
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A 1996 podcasting patent is in the crosshairs of two digital rights groups, which are hoping the public will help them get the patent invalidated. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, partnering with the Cyberlaw Clinic at Harvard ...
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