Test has been performed on Saturday. After the SpaceX rocket reached the height of few kilometers it was turned off, after which the rescue pod Dragon successfully disconnected from the rocket and safely landed on the ground. It looks like future SpaceX astronauts can travel safely. Record of the moment where the pod disconnects from the rocket can be watched ...

Suspension took place on December 16th. It follows a series of tragic plane crashes of this model that took place fourteen and nine months ago. While Boeing states that it has already fixed technical issues connected to these accidents, american FAA still has not completed reviewing the fixed planes. Until its review is complete, Boeing has stopped ...

The Australian Commonwealth Bank has recently announced that every train, light rail or ferry passenger paying with credit card, debit card or mobile phone will have access to the same travel caps, transfer discounts and travel rewards as Opal card users. This means that non-Opal that heavily rely on public transport will now pay less, since they cannot ...

Xinjiang, border crossing between China and Kyrgyzstan. There, chinese border agents have requisitioned some of the Muslim tourists crossing into China to hand over their smartphones, as well as share any passwords and unlock codes they deem neccessary. Border agents then analyze the tourist's smartphones via a spyware application, scanning it for one or more ...

5-wagon train in Yokohama has derailed itself after a further unknown bug in its programming caused it to change tracks for no apparent reason and hit the barrier. Twenty out of thirty passengers suffered injuries, though only three are major, and none are fatal. The trainline's owner is currently investigating the problem.

A well known leakster and developer Jane Wong has just tweeted something quite interesting. According to her, Uber is currently working on a way for its customers to order Uber taxi drives with specific drivers. A new option will appear, supposedly under the ”rate this driver” popup, allowing us to add that driver to the client's favourites. Right ...

Tencent Keen Security Lab employees have put Tesla cars under a series of tests to, well, test their defenses against hacking attempts. Those defenses have been found lacking to say the least: as it turned out, a really Keen hacker (see what I did there?) could gain access to the autonomous vehicle with just a gaming pad, whether or not the car is currently ...

Project Titan is the name of Apple's ongoing, well, project to create its own brand of autonomous, electric vehicles. The project will now be strenghtened by Apple obtaining Michael Schwekutsch, former chief of Tesla powertrains. He is a second ex-Tesla employee to join Apple, the first one being engineer Doug Field. Schwekutsch's work on improving ...

At least if you were on a phone when a road accident took place. The device is currently tested in the US state of Nevada. It is being used to check whether or not the driver/s taking part in an accident were using their phones when the unfortunate event occured. The device will be able to tell if we were talking on a phone, using Facebook or doing ...

This new app has been created and released by Hyundai Motor Group. It allows its user to open, close and start their Hyundai or Kia with their phones; all they need to do is hold their phone near an NFC antenna in any of the front doors. When behind the wheels, you can start the car by putting your phone on a wireless charging pad and pressing the right ...