Facebook, Instagram and other high-profile sites using Facebook’s log-in system suffered outages lasting around 45 minutes to an hour Monday evening Pacific Time. Dynatrace analysis showed that...

Plastics recycling rate in Canada reaches record
Report finds that the access to recycling of plastic beverage containers in Canada stands at 98 percent. The Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA) has released its 2014...

Nanowire breakthrough could recycle vehicle exhaust, improve car efficiency
A group of researchers at Sandia National Labs have announced a major step forward in thermoelectric nanowires, hopefully paving the way for new types of efficiency-boosting mechanisms...

Gartner, IDC: Hyperscale Data Centers Drive Server Sales
Both IDC and Gartner think growth in the server market is being driven primarily by investment in hyperscale data centers. The top four customers in the server...

New aluminum air battery could blow past lithium-ion, runs on water
As battery technologies go, the world has a love-hate relationship with lithium-ion. On the one hand, breakthroughs in Li-ion designs and construction are responsible for the Tesla Model...

Mercedes-Benz May Have The Best Ad Of Super Bowl XLIX: Video
The classic tale of the tortoise and the hare gets a fresh, modern spin in Mercedes-Benz’s ad for Super Bowl XLIX. The tortoise is still the winner,...