| GreenCarReports By JOHN VOELCKER Paul Scott may be one of the most dedicated electric-car advocates around. He sells Nissan Leafs for a living, and helped found advocacy group Plug-In America. A… …

Much-Lauded Israeli Electric Car Company To Close After Failing To Sell Fleet Of Sedans

By JOSEF FEDERMAN JERUSALEM (AP) — It was an audacious idea that came to symbolize Israel’s self-described status as “Start-Up Nation,” a company that believed it could replace most gasoline-powered cars with electric vehicles and reduce the world’s reliance on…

Wearable Robots Getting Lighter, Putting Paralyzed People Back On Their Feet

By CARLA K. JOHNSON CHICAGO (AP) — When Michael Gore stands, it’s a triumph of science and engineering. Eleven years ago, Gore was paralyzed from the waist down in a workplace accident, yet he rises from his wheelchair to his…

Microsoft Touching Up Windows 8 To Address Gripes

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft is retooling the latest version of its Windows operating system to address complaints and confusion that have been blamed for deepening a slump in personal computer sales. The tune up announced Tuesday…

CERN Discovery Of Unevenly-Decaying Particle Gives Clue Into Why There’s Not More Antimatter Around

GENEVA (AP) — Scientists at the world’s biggest atom smasher have found further reasons for the apparent lack of antimatter in the universe….

House Passes Controversial Cybersecurity Bill CISPA

By ANNE FLAHERTY WASHINGTON (AP) — Pro-business legislation aimed at helping companies fend off sophisticated foreign hackers sailed through the House on Thursday despite a White House veto threat and an outcry from privacy advocates and civil liberties groups that…

Facebook Barges Into Google Turf With ‘Home’

By PETER SVENSSON NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook Home, the new application that takes over the front screen of a smartphone, is a bit of a corporate home invasion. Facebook is essentially moving into Google’s turf, taking advantage of software…

Right To Internet Erasure Protects People’s Freedom To Forget The Past, Says Expert

Kate Connolly in Berlin | The Guardian Right to be forgotten advocates argue details online can be out-of-date, misleading and even downright wrong. Read this story on the Guardian here. Viktor Mayer-Schönberger says the ability to forget our past, both…

Scientists Find Hint Of Dark Matter From Cosmos

GENEVA (AP) — A $2 billion cosmic ray detector on the International Space Station has found the first significant hint of dark matter, the mysterious substance that is believed to hold the cosmos together but has never been directly observed,…

British Teen Sells App To Yahoo For Millions

LONDON (AP) — One of Britain’s youngest Internet entrepreneurs has hit the jackpot after selling his top-selling mobile application Summly to search giant Yahoo. Seventeen-year-old Nick d’Aloisio, who dreamed up the idea for the content-shortening program when he was…