Samsung Display, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, just introduced a flexible OLED panel that has a transparent plastic cover already attached, emulating the properties of glass but retaining the screen’s innate flexibility. The screen is so durability that it’s been certified by UL (formerly known as Underwriters Laboratories). The Verge reports: Samsung, describing the new…

Activist used her voice to promote the rights of women and children of Mexican decent. …read more Source:: CNet

The Boston Globe reports of a previously undisclosed program, called “Quiet Skies,” that targets travelers who “are not under investigation by any agency and are not in the Terrorist Screening Data Base.” The insights come from a TSA bulletin in March that describes the program’s goal as thwarting threats to commercial aircraft “posed by unknown…

Will Google play catch-up — or leapfrog the iPhone X? …read more Source:: CNet

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Facebook and its chief executive Mark Zuckerberg were sued on Friday in what could be the first of many lawsuits over a disappointing earnings announcement by the social media company that wiped out about $120 billion of shareholder wealth. The complaint filed by shareholder James Kacouris in…

Is the iPhone X really worth all that extra cash? …read more Source:: CNet

[Mr. Carlson] bought a Globe Scout Model 40A ham radio transmitter at a hamfest. The 40A was a grand old transmitter full of tubes, high voltage, and a giant transformer. It is really interesting to see how much things have changed over the years. The transmitter is huge but has comparatively few parts. You needed…

Desmodromic valves are mostly a thing of the past, but one Italian motorcycle company continues to soldier on with the technology, and we’re curious why. …read more Source:: CNet

The space agency was officially created with a stroke of President Eisenhower’s pen. But first, there were months of anxiety, failure and frenzied lawmaking, …read more Source:: CNet

The June quarter is typically Apple’s smallest of the year. But Wall Street will be looking for hints about the next crop of iPhones. …read more Source:: CNet