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Microsoft tests self-flying gliders in rural Nevada

The tech giant tested such technology in Hawthorne, 130 miles south of Reno, last week with the help of the Governor’s Office of Economic Development and the Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems.

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SpaceX delivers scientific bounty to space station

A SpaceX shipment arrived at the International Space Station on Wednesday, delivering a bonanza of science experiments.

 
Lake Mead skirts shortage for another year

According to projections released Tuesday by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the reservoir east of Las Vegas will have enough water in it on Jan. 1 to stave off a first-ever federal shortage declaration.

4 things to know about the solar eclipse

Total solar eclipses occur every year or two or three, often in the middle of nowhere like the South Pacific or Antarctic. What makes the Aug. 21 eclipse so special is that it will cut diagonally across the entire United States.

 
Oregon coastal city hunkers down for surge of eclipse mania

Oregon’s Depoe Bay is preparing for the first total eclipse to traverse the continental United States in a century as if a natural disaster was bearing down on the small coastal city.

 
STEM summer camp for girls wraps up in Nevada

Alexa Cafe is iD Tech’s first all girls weeklong summer program in Nevada focused on science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

 
Google CEO Pichai cancels ‘town hall’ on gender dispute

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has canceled an internal town hall meant to address gender discrimination after employee questions for management began to leak online.

 
Reliability questioned on Microsoft’s Surface products

Consumer Reports is pulling its recommendation of four Microsoft laptops after one of its surveys found that users were complaining about problems with the devices.

Biggest dinosaur to walk on Earth finally has a name

Weighing nearly 70 tons, heavier than 10 adult African elephants, this dinosaur was the largest animal to ever walk on Earth.

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