WASHINGTON, May 3 (UPI) -- Potential advances in missile technology might give North Korea the ability to strike the U.S. mainland with a nuclear weapon, the U.S. Defense Department said.
WASHINGTON, May 3 (UPI) -- A global effort is needed to combat cybercrime as it evolves to include state and non-state actors, a European commissioner told U.S. delegates.
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, May 3 (UPI) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to the United Arab Emirates produced a deal allowing Japan to sell nuclear power technologies, officials said.
CARDIFF, Wales, May 3 (UPI) -- A tidal energy project off the west coast of Wales has received $2.9 million in European Union funding, Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones said this week.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 2 (UPI) -- A U.S. developer for the Google Glass wearable computer says he's written an app called Winky that will let users snap photos by just blinking an eye.
NEW YORK, May 2 (UPI) -- Thefts of cellphones are on the rise, but police officials and others say the industry is doing little to help recover the phones or render them useless.
LAS VEGAS, May 1 (UPI) -- Nevada has become the first U.S. state to allow people to play poker online for money legally, as long as they are at least 21 and a resident of the state.
LOS ANGELES, May 1 (UPI) -- Researchers at IBM say their stop-motion animation film, the world's smallest, uses individual atoms to tell of a boy named Atom and his friend, an atom.
REDMOND, Wash., May 1 (UPI) -- Mozilla says it has sent a cease-and-desist letter to a British company it alleges sells spyware disguised as its Firefox browser to governments.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., May 1 (UPI) -- As people become used to computers and smartphones, they may be more inclined to accept more "smart" objects in the home and workplace, U.S. researchers report.
EVANSTON, Ill., May 1 (UPI) -- Inspired by an insect eye, U.S. scientists say they've developed a hemispherical digital camera with an exceptional wide-angle field of view and sharp images.
CHICAGO, May 1 (UPI) -- High-speed computer users can take advantage of lag times at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange to make trades ahead of the pack, a company spokeswoman confirmed.
REDMOND, Wash., May 1 (UPI) -- Skype audio- and video-calling will come to Outlook.com in-boxes across Britain Monday and in the United States and Germany in the coming weeks, Microsoft says.
HERNDON, Va., May 1 (UPI) -- A U.S.-developed system that intercepts rocket-propelled grenades and other threats close to a targeted vehicle has proved 100 percent effective.
SAN DIEGO, May 1 (UPI) -- Supporters of the bipartisan immigration bill the U.S. Senate is debating said they are confident the Border Patrol can stop the flow of illegal immigrants.
GENEVA, Switzerland, April 30 (UPI) -- A team at the European Organization for Nuclear Research says it has launched a project to re-create the world's first webpage.
PITTSBURGH, April 30 (UPI) -- With rumors of so-called smart watches coming to market, U.S. researchers say they're trying to figure a way to type on the tiny screens of such devices.
DURHAM, N.C., April 30 (UPI) -- Environmental labeling that touts a product's "green" benefit may actually discourage politically conservative shoppers, U.S. researchers say.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 29 (UPI) -- Google says self-updating Android apps are being banned from its Google Play Store as potentially dangerous hotbeds of malware and hacks.
KINGSTON, Ontario, April 29 (UPI) -- Canadian scientists say they've developed a smartphone that can change its shape to give users a silent but visible cue of incoming call, text or email.
SEOUL, April 29 (UPI) -- South Korea's LG Electronics says it is taking orders for the world's first curved-screen television to be available to the public.
LONDON, April 29 (UPI) -- Messaging apps for smartphones have overtaken traditional text messaging for the first time, Swiss research firm Informa reports.
Every jump in technology brings with it adjustments society must make and rules it must develop if the new paradigm is to be considered acceptable, and Google Glass -- a wearable computer that can record video surreptitiously -- presents just such a paradigm shift.
The use of unmanned aircraft to carry out targeted killings is attractive because few U.S. lives are at risk, but increased use of unmanned aircraft to carry out targeted killing because few U.S. lives are at risk could lead U.S. decision-makers down a slippery slope.
A trader wears a DOW 15,000 hat on the floor of the NYSE before the closing bell on Wall Street In New York City on May 7, 2013. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 15,000 for the first time in history. UPI/John Angelillo
