The soaring cathedrals of Europe seem to defy gravity. But 3D architects are taking a page from the ancient masters to form their new creations. VOA’s Kevin Enochs reports. …
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3-D-Printed Architecture Looks to the Past for Inspiration
The soaring cathedrals of Europe seem to defy gravity. But 3-D architects are taking a page from the ancient masters to form their new creations. VOA’s Kevin Enochs reports. …
your ads here!Apple Hires Sony TV Executives to Boost Video Content
Apple has hired two longtime Sony Pictures Television executives to expand the iPhone maker’s push into original television programming, plunging deeper into a field crowded by Hollywood studios and online …
your ads here!From Bleeps of ‘Pong’ and ‘Mario,’ Game Music Comes of Age
The electronic bleeps and squawks of “Tetris,” “Donkey Kong” and other generation-shaping games that you may never have thought of as musical are increasingly likely to be playing at a …
your ads here!Facebook Uses Artificial Intelligence to Fight Terrorism
Facebook has revealed it is using artificial intelligence in its ongoing fight to prevent terrorist propaganda from being disseminated on its platform. “We want to find terrorist content immediately, before …
your ads here!Vintage Typewriters Gain Fans Amid ‘Digital Burnout’
Typewriter enthusiasts gather at an Albuquerque restaurant to experiment with vintage Smith Coronas. Fans in Boston kneel in a city square and type stories about their lives during a pro-immigration …
your ads here!Medical App Aims to Tackle Rape, Flag War Crimes in DRC
Activists behind an app designed to assist doctors document evidence of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo aim to go beyond obtaining justice for rape victims and …
your ads here!Facebook to Add Fundraising Option to ‘Safety Check’
Facebook said Wednesday that it would soon allow its U.S. users to raise and donate money using its “Safety Check” feature, to make it easier for people affected by natural …
your ads here!3D Technology Moves Into the Music World
Musicians tend to talk about their instruments in terms of tone and sound as often as the brand. Electric guitarists are no different, and they can expound on the ‘bright’ …
your ads here!3-D Technology Moves Into the Music World
Musicians tend to talk about their instruments in terms of tone and sound as often as the brand. Electric guitarists are no different, and they can expound on the ‘bright’ …
your ads here!Britain, France Announce Joint Campaign Against Online Radicalization
British Prime Minister Theresa May and French President Emmanuel Macron are joining forces in order to crack down on tech companies, ensuring they step up their efforts to combat terrorism …
your ads here!Experts: Fake News, Propaganda, Disinformation Has Always Existed
Fake news, propaganda and disinformation has always existed. What sets today apart from years gone by is its rapid dissemination and global reach, experts say. Concerns raised by the instant …
your ads here!Apple Issues $1B Green Bond After Trump’s Paris Climate Exit
Apple Inc. offered a $1 billion bond dedicated to financing clean energy and environmental projects on Tuesday, the first corporate green bond offered since President Donald Trump withdrew the United …
your ads here!GM Says It Has Made 130 Self-driving Bolts
General Motors says it has built 130 self-driving Chevrolet Bolt electric cars at a factory in suburban Detroit. The cars are equipped with GM’s second-generation self-driving software and equipment. They …
your ads here!Augmented Reality for Children’s Coloring Books
Augmented reality is slowly entering everyday life, and Swiss researchers say it can be used to study children’s behavior. A new app for tablet computers helps them study whether playing …
your ads here!Cybersecurity Firms Warn of Malware That Could Cause Power Outages
Two cybersecurity firms said they have uncovered malicious software that they believe caused a December 2016 Ukraine power outage, warning that the malware could be easily modified to harm critical …
your ads here!Researchers Say Power-grid-wrecking Software Discovered
Researchers say they’ve discovered a worrying breed of power grid-wrecking software, saying the program was likely responsible for a brief blackout that hit Kyiv, Ukraine, late last year. Slovakia-based …
your ads here!US Top Court Rules for Microsoft in Xbox Class Action Fight
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of Microsoft Corp in its bid to fend off class action claims by Xbox 360 owners who said the popular video …
your ads here!Bangladesh Trains Girls to Fight Online Predators
Bangladesh has begun training thousands of school girls to protect them from being blackmailed or harassed online following an alarming rise in cybercrimes. Government officials recently finished conducting a pilot …
your ads here!Data Gathering Turns Zurich into Virtual City
Do you ever wonder what could be done with all of those street views and Instagram photos of your favorite city? Well, a group of technical experts has taken all …
your ads here!New Google Project Digitizes World’s Top Fashion Archives
Anyone who has waited on a long, snaking line to get into a fashion exhibit at a top museum knows just how popular they’ve become — and more broadly, how …
your ads here!Apple CEO to MIT Grads: Tech Without Values is Worthless
Apple CEO Tim Cook has urged graduates of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology not to forget humanity and compassion in scientific pursuits. In his commencement address Friday, Cook told MIT …
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