Amazon reportedly plans to release a smartphone this year
After years of rumors, Amazon.com Inc. might finally be getting into the smartphone business.
Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 15, 2014
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Greenwald, Poitras, Gellman, MacAskill: key in NSA coverage
The Guardian and the Washington Post won the Pulitzer Prize for public service journalism on Monday for their in-depth reporting on Edward Snowden's revelations about the National Security Agency and its vast global surveillance ...
Other
Apr 15, 2014
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Relativity's last-minute bid for Maker rebuffed
Relativity Media, a film financier and movie distributor, was rebuffed in a last-minute bid for Maker Studios, the YouTube video creator that had agreed to be bought by The Walt Disney Co. last month.
Business
Apr 15, 2014
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Deadly H5N1 bird flu needs just five mutations to spread easily in people
It's a flu virus so deadly that scientists once halted research on the disease because governments feared it might be used by terrorists to stage a biological attack.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 15, 2014
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Xi urges China to build up joint space and air power
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged further integration of air and space defence capabilities, in what experts described Tuesday as a response to the militarisation of space by rivals including the United States.
Space Exploration
Apr 15, 2014
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India's Infosys sees profit leap by 25%, beats forecasts
Indian outsourcing giant Infosys on Tuesday reported quarterly net profit rose by a surprise 25 percent, lifted by new European and US contracts, as it forecast an increase in annual revenues.
Business
Apr 15, 2014
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Only 1 in 7 Japanese scientists are women: study
Just a seventh of scientists in Japan are female, government figures show—a record high rate for the country, despite being the lowest rate of any developed nation.
Other
Apr 15, 2014
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Americas to get glimpse of total lunar eclipse
A total lunar eclipse, the first since December 2011, will take place Tuesday with the Americas best placed to get a glimpse.
Space Exploration
Apr 15, 2014
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Moth study suggests hidden climate change impacts
A 32-year study of subarctic forest moths in Finnish Lapland suggests that scientists may be underestimating the impacts of climate change on animals and plants because much of the harm is hidden from view.
Ecology
Apr 15, 2014
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