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Tesla To Power Gigafactory With World's Largest Solar Rooftop Installation
Last week, Tesla announced that its Gigafactory has begun mass production of lithium-ion battery cells in Nevada. But the company failed to mention one thrilling detail in their January 4 announcement: the Gigafactory could be powered by the world’s largest…
CVS Announces Super Cheap Generic Alternative To EpiPen
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Pharmaceutical giant CVS announced Thursday that it has partnered with Impax Laboratories to sell a generic epinephrine auto-injector for $109.99 for a two-pack — a dramatic cut from Mylan’s Epipen two-pack…
Study Shows Wearable Sensors Can Tell When You Are Getting Sick
skids quotes a report from Phys.Org: Wearable sensors that monitor heart rate, activity, skin temperature and other variables can reveal a lot about what is going on inside a person, including the onset of infection, inflammation and even insulin resistance,…
Nintendo Switch Will Launch On March 3rd For $299, Won't Feature Region-Locking Software
Nintendo has released more details about its upcoming Nintendo Switch gaming console. We have learned that the console will be launching on March 3rd worldwide, and in North America the console will be available for $299.99. What’s more is that…
US Puts Bumblebee On the Endangered Species List For First Time
For the first time for a bumblebee and a bee species in the U.S., the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has designated the bumblebee an endangered species. The protected status goes into effect on February 10, and includes requirements for…
Buggy Domain Validation Forces GoDaddy To Revoke SSL Certificates
msm1267 quotes a report from Threatpost: GoDaddy has revoked, and begun the process of re-issuing, new SSL certificates for more than 6,000 customers after a bug was discovered in the registrar’s domain validation process. The bug was introduced July 29…
Implantable Cardiac Devices Could Be Vulnerable To Hackers, FDA Warns
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned on Monday that pacemakers, defibrillators and other devices manufactured by St. Jude Medical, a medical device company based in Minnesota, could have put patients’ lives at risk, as hackers could remotely access the…
SpaceX Details Its Plans For Landing Three Falcon Heavy Boosters At Once
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: As part of the process to gain federal approval for the simultaneous landing of its Falcon Heavy rocket boosters in Florida, SpaceX has prepared an environmental assessment of the construction of…
Scientists Calculate the Moon To Be 4.51 Billion Years Old
Scientists used rocks and soil collected by the Apollo 14 moonwalkers in 1971 to calculate the age of the moon. It turns out that it is much older than scientists suspected, coming in at 4.51 billion years old. ABC News…