A solar-powered airplane finished crossing the United States on Saturday, landing in New York City after flying over the Statue of Liberty during its historic bid to circle the globe, the project team said. The spindly, single-seat experimental aircraft, dubbed Solar Impulse 2, arrived at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport at about 4 a.m. local time after it took off about five hours beforehand at Lehigh Valley International Airport in Pennsylvania, the team reported on the airplane's website. Such a pleasure to land in New York! For the 14th time we celebrate sustainability," said the project's co-founder Andre Borschberg on Twitter after flying over the city and the Statue of Liberty during the 14th leg of the trip around the globe. The Swiss team flying the aircraft in a campaign to build support for clean energy technologies hopes eventually to complete its circumnavigation in Abu Dhabi, where the journey began in March 2015. The solar cr...
Galaxy S6 Edge The vulnerabilities include a loophole that could have been used by hackers to gain control of a victim's phone. Most of the issues were fixed after Google notified Samsung, but some have yet to be addressed. One independent expert said the bugs "significantly weakened the security" of Google's operating system. "There is definitely a tension between Google and the handset manufacturers because Google wants to protect its Android brand, and when it comes to security, Android has been quite tarnished," added Dr Steven Murdoch, a security researcher at University College London. "Some of that is down to the extra software that handset manufacturers add." A statement from Samsung said the three remaining bugs would be fixed via a security update later this month. "Maintaining the trust of our customers is a top priority", said the company.Details of the bugs were disclosed by Google's Project Zero team, wh...