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Mystery 'Interceptors' Capture Our Calls: Experts
(Newser) - Security experts have been spotting so-called "fake cellphone towers" of unknown origin that could be spying on us. The "interceptors," as they're called, trick our phones into thinking they're regular cell towers; then, according to VentureBeat , they can listen to our calls or pave the... More » Newser located this story for you on Saturday, September 6, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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5 Most Incredible Discoveries of the Week
(Newser) - A strange crater in an irrigation pond and a Neanderthal cave carving make the list: Mystery Crater Surfaces on Utah Farm : Gary Dalton was draining the irrigation pond on his farmland in Circleville, Utah, when he made a startling discovery: a giant crater staring back up at him from the... More » Newser located this story for you on Saturday, September 6, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology, Science.
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Guy Finds $2.9M Lottery Ticket in His Truck
(Newser) - The owner of a Long Island body shop made a nifty discovery in his truck last month worth about, oh, $3 million. Jerry Ritieni bought a bunch of lottery tickets in July and stuffed them in the truck's center console rather than his pocket "for some odd reason,... More » Newser located this story for you on Saturday, September 6, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Lifestyle.
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'Last Supper' Papyrus Sheds Light on Early Christians
(Newser) - Who scrawls Biblical passages on the pack of a tax receipt and wears it as a protective amulet? Someone in Egypt about 1,500 years ago, LiveScience reports. Researchers stumbled on the ancient papyrus, which is written in Greek and dated between 574 and 660, when looking through a British... More » Newser located this story for you on Saturday, September 6, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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'Smart Chopsticks' Can Detect Bad Food
(Newser) - In a country with as many tainted food scandals as China, using "smart chopsticks" could be a pretty wise move. Baidu, the Internet giant nicknamed "China's Google," unveiled the utensils at its annual conference in Beijing this week, explaining that they could detect tainted products like... More » Newser located this story for you on Saturday, September 6, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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Messages Sent From Brain to Brain Over 5K Miles
(Newser) - A team of neuroscientists tapped into brain-wave-reading gear, binary code, and the Internet to transmit thoughts from a subject in India to three human "receivers" in France—about 5,000 miles away, reports Popular Science . The four participants, ages 28-50, were hooked up to equipment that looked like it... More » Newser located this story for you on Saturday, September 6, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Science.
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Hybrid, Electric Car Sales Running Out of Gas
(Newser) - Gas prices have been pretty flat lately, and the automobile industry is responding with its best August sales figures in a decade. But hybrid and electric cars appear to be the casualty, with sales accounting for 3.6% of all vehicles sold thus far in 2014, down from 3.7%... More » Newser located this story for you on Saturday, September 6, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Technology.
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Today's Jobs Report: Not Great
(Newser) - Economists expected 225,000 jobs to be created in August—but today's jobs report reveals that just 142,000 were added, the "lowest level of job growth" seen this year and "well below" the average of 212,000 we've seen over the past year, the Wall ... More » Newser located this story for you on Saturday, September 6, 2014 7:03 AM. The story matched your section(s) Money.
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