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Fight against invasive species goes high-tech

A robot zaps and vacuums up venomous lionfish in Bermuda. A helicopter pelts Guam’s trees with poison-baited dead mice to fight the voracious brown tree snake. A special boat with giant winglike nets stuns and catches Asian carpin the U.S. Midwest.

 
NAB sees TV’s growing presence in vehicles

TV once pushed radio out of the living room. Now TV may be doing it again where radio has long been king: in the car.

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Crowd at Las Vegas convention sees first-ever 4K live stream from space

Peggy Whitson, a National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA astronaut aboard the International Space Station, spoke with a crowd Wednesday at the Las Vegas Convention Center in the first-ever, 4K live stream from space.

Conventiongoers in Las Vegas get glimpse of TV of the future

Visitors to the National Association of Broadcasters Show are getting a rare chance to explore the next generation of television with crisper pictures and targeted advertising.

 
Wikipedia announces plans for website to counter fake news

The founder of online encyclopedia Wikipedia has announced plans for a crowd-funded news website offering stories by journalists and volunteers working together, an initiative he hopes will counter the spread of fake news.

 
Astronaut sets US record for time spent in space

Astronaut Peggy Whitson broke the U.S. record Monday for most time in space and talked up Mars during a congratulatory call from President Donald Trump.

 
Elon Musk company working on device to link brain, computer

Tesla Inc. founder and chief executive Elon Musk said his latest company, Neuralink Corp., is working to link the human brain with a machine interface by creating micron-sized devices.

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