Category: Tech

NASA astronaut Kate Rubins will rocket to the International Space Station for the second time on October 14, but the mission is more than just a personal milestone for the 42-year-old space traveler. On November 1, Rubins and her crewmates’ presence on the International Space Station will make a record of 20 continuous years of human beings in space. Rubins will be joined in the mission by two Russian cosmonauts, Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov. Like Rubins, Ryzhikov has traveled to space once before, but the mission will be the first space flight for Kud-Sverchkov. The trio will leave Earth’s atmosphere from Kazakhstan‘s Baikonur Cosmodrome at approximately 2:00 a.m. Eastern Time in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. The team will then board the International Space Station a few hours later. read more

There was apparently plans in the works to disrupt the general election. A major hacking operation was in the works. However, Microsoft has put a stop to that threat once and for all. read more

Steve Jobs, a co-founder of Apple computer, made history in the company. The introduction of the iPhone not only refined the Apple Company but upended the telecommunication industry. Entrepreneurs like Job came along in the generation to change the tech industry. Steve has been characterized by the revolution of the computer industry through democratizing technology, thus making computers and mobile phones cheaper, smaller and simple to use by the customers. The iPhone was termed as a achievement to many people, and it had features which enabled consumers to perform many activities at a time. With the leadership of Steve Jobs, Apple Company was looking forward to changing the telecommunication industry and distinguish itself from the industry it helped to create. read more

The American business mogul is a renowned internet entrepreneur and one of the brains behind Google. Earlier in his life, he teamed up with a fellow student during a research project to launch the search engine in 1998. The 47-years old computer expert was born in Michigan. Some of his role models while growing up were his parents, who also worked as computer specialists. read more