• Samsung Might Be Launching Another Smartphone This Year

    Samsung Might Be Launching Another Smartphone This Year

    We previously reported that Samsung was going to be releasing their Galaxy S9 and S9+, but neither of those phones will be considered their “flagship” phone. Instead, there’s a possibility that Samsung will be releasing a third smartphone.  This sounds familiar, doesn’t it? Last year, we thought Apple was only going to be launching an…

  • New FCC Rules Will Help When it Comes to Issuing Emergency Alerts

    New FCC Rules Will Help When it Comes to Issuing Emergency Alerts

    In light of what happened in Hawaii a couple of weeks ago, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission voted to update the country’s wireless emergency alert system.  The aim is to ensure that local officials only sound alarms on smartphones when there is truly an emergency.  I have two, somewhat conflicting thoughts about this.  Why wasn’t…

  • NASA Made Contact with Satellite That’s Been Missing for 10 Years

    NASA Made Contact with Satellite That’s Been Missing for 10 Years

    NASA has just rediscovered a satellite that it lost in space over a decade ago. The Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE) was launched in 2000 to create the first comprehensive images of atmospheric plasma. It completed its initial mission in 2000, but it failed to make contact again in 2005.  Scientists had hoped an eclipse…