Malaysia Airlines website hacked by group claiming to support Islamic State
The website of embattled Malaysia Airlines has been hacked by a group proclaiming support for Islamic State group.
Online storage provider Box set to test investors' appetite for unprofitable tech companies
Online storage provider Box has wrapped up its long-delayed IPO at $14 per share, setting up a test of investors' appetite for a rapidly growing technology company that hasn't proven it can make money.
Online storage provider Box boosts IPO price to $14 a share, setting stage for Wall St. debut
Online storage provider Box has wrapped up its long-delayed IPO at $14 per share, setting up a test of investors' appetite for a rapidly growing technology company that hasn't proven it can make money.
Old phone unveiled at San Francisco event marking 100 years since first coast-to-coast call
In true San Francisco irony, smartphones were used Thursday to snap pictures of a historic phone that was used to make the first coast-to-coast phone call 100 years ago.
Elon Musk's spacecraft and rocket company SpaceX raises $1B; Google, Fidelity are investors
SpaceX says it has raised $1 billion and added Google Inc. and Fidelity as investors.
SpaceX aims for pre-dawn launch of space station supplies, revolutionary rocket landing at sea
SpaceX is making its second try this week to launch supplies to the International Space Station.
Nissan, NASA get together on self-driving technology applicable to both autos and space rovers
Japanese automaker Nissan and NASA are teaming up to advance the technology behind cars that drive themselves.
Before entering everyday life, drones must learn to navigate safely through towns and cities
For drones to make it to the big time, they will need to learn to get around in towns and cities — without falling on car hoods or crashing into pedestrians.
As the tech-savvy arrive in Las Vegas for CES, McCarran International Airport boosts its power
While the gadgets of the future are only just arriving in Las Vegas for the annual International CES show, officials at the city's main airport are updating a decades-old terminal to cater to legions of tech-savvy travelers.
France Terror Attack at U.S. Firm Prompts Stepped-Up Global Security Effort
Attack in France against U.S. based Air Products & Chemicals prompts outage and stepped up security measures around the globe.
Deere 2nd Quarter Profit Falls, Hit by Weak Global Agriculture Sector
A weak global agriculture sector weighed heavily on quarterly results posted by Deere & Co on Friday, but earnings still topped expectations, and the farm equipment maker raised its full-year profit forecast despite a worsening sales outlook.
GE Sheds Light on Future after Disposition of most GE Capital Assets
General Electric sheds a major part of its GE Capital assets to focus on its Industrial technology core.
Airlines struggle to seat families together; here's what you can do to avoid the fees
On top of the bag fees and other charges, families traveling this summer may have to pay extra just to sit next to one another.
Pilot describes free fall from miles above California desert after SpaceShipTwo disintegrated
The pilot of a Virgin Galactic spaceship that disintegrated midflight recalls trying in vain to activate oxygen to help him breathe as he fell toward the California desert.
Federal officials hold public hearing to determine probable cause of spaceship crash
The National Transportation Safety Board is meeting to try to determine what likely caused a Virgin Galactic spaceship to break apart over the Mojave Desert during a test flight 10 months ago, killing the co-pilot and seriously injuring the pilot.
Dawn of deep-sea mining alarms conservationists as UN body issues exploration contracts
The deep oceans span more than half the globe and their frigid depths have long been known to contain vast, untapped deposits of prized minerals.
First electric plane flies over English Channel, battle heats up among fuel-less plane makers
A French pilot has flown across the English Channel in an electric-powered plane, a journey considered an important symbolic step toward making electric flight viable in the long term.
Technical difficulties upend service at United Airlines, NYSE and WSJ on bad day for tech
It was a rough day for technology: The nation's biggest airline, its biggest stock exchange, and its most prominent business newspaper all suffered technology problems that upended service for large portions of time Wednesday.
In Seattle, famous for boom-and-bust since the Gold Rush, some fret over Amazon's weight
Seattle, notorious for boom-and-bust cycles stretching back to the 19th century Alaska gold rush, is booming once again.
Pentagon funding new high-tech venture for flexible electronics
Defense Secretary Ash Carter is announcing that the Pentagon will fund a new venture to develop cutting-edge electronics and sensors that can flex and stretch and could be built into clothing or the skins of ships and aircraft.





