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NASA picks eight new astronauts

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:44:32 GMT

NASA has eight new astronauts - its first new batch in four years.

New technology: Organs grown in labs?

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:20:37 GMT

By the time 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan finally got a lung transplant last week, she'd been waiting for months, and her parents had sued to give her a better shot at surgery.

Google balloons beam Internet

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 13:01:19 GMT

Wrinkled and skinny at first, the translucent, jellyfish-shaped balloons that Google released this week from a frozen field in the heart of New Zealand's South Island hardened into shiny pumpkins as they rose into the blue winter skies above Lake Tekapo, passing the first big test of a lofty goal to get the entire planet online.

Microsoft holds off on tablet Office

Associated Press — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:47:41 GMT

Even as a pared-down version of Microsoft's Office software package arrived on the iPhone, the company is holding out on extending that to the iPad and Android devices as it tries to boost sales of tablet computers running its own Windows system.

Solar plane lands in Cincinnati

Casey Weldon, WCPO Digital — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:34:42 GMT

After 10 days in St. Louis, the first plane that can fly day or night without fuel made its way to Cincinnati on Friday.

9 outside the box Father's Day gifts

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:17:13 GMT

Father’s Day doesn’t have to be a grin-and-bear-it ritual of Dad opening up a tie or a three-pack of undershirts. Our roundup include nifty gifts that might get a real grin from Papa.

Ideas for keeping data safe from spying

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:41:48 GMT

Phone call logs, credit card records, emails, Skype chats, Facebook message, and more: The precise nature of the NSA's sweeping surveillance apparatus has yet to be confirmed.

NBA tweets, a Vine win & a Frosty fail

Jenny Bak, Community Manager — Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:19:37 GMT

What do the NBA Finals and the Wendy's Frosty have in common? They're both making headlines in this week's digital week in review.

Privacy: The online generation wants it

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 10:47:23 GMT

Amid the debate over government surveillance, there's been an assumption: Young people don't care about privacy.

Is hands-free really safe while driving?

WCPO Digital Staff — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:28:23 GMT

Shut up and drive. That's essentially the advice from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety after new findings Wednesday showed drivers face dangerous mental distractions even when they're using hands-free technology.