Tag Archives: Disaster
Walmart Cancels SNES Classic Pre-orders and there isn’t any Compensation for Customers
Columbia Space Shuttle Disaster Remembered on 14th Anniversary
ICYMI: Surviving an island disaster and self-bagging stores
Today on In Case You Missed It: The National Institute of Informatics in Tokyo created a game called Everscape to both study and teach people in a gamified world who are trying to escape a tsunami following an earthquake. The goal is to use the...
Samsung Suffers ongoing Losses in Seoul Stock Exchange Caused by Note7 Disaster
Samsung ends production of the Galaxy Note 7 for good
For the sake of consumer safety, Samsung has "permanently discontinued" production of the Galaxy Note 7, the company told Engadget in a short statement. The news comes shortly after it halted sales of the phone because replacements for the original,...
Italian earthquake victims asked to disable WiFi passwords
Early Wednesday a 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck central Italy, killing at least 120 people and trapping countless others under debris. To help ease communications for search and recovery, multiple disaster relief institutions are urging locals to t...
NASA to honor crews of doomed Apollo 1 and Challenger missions
Every year, NASA holds a Day of Remembrance to honor the memory of the astronauts who lost their lives in the pursuit of space exploration. The space agency is holding 2016's ceremonies on January 28th, exactly 30 years since the space shuttle Challe...
Toshiba’s wrecking-bot will dismantle Fukushima
The Japanese government plans to begin disassembling parts of the Fukushima-Daiichi power plant next year, beginning with the removal of some 566 fuel rods from the crippled number 3 reactor. But rather than send human technicians into the radiation-...