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Next stop Mars for SpaceX - in 2018

ELON Musk, the billionaire founder and chief executive of SpaceX, plans to send a Dragon capsule to land on Mars as early as 2018 - a big first step toward his ultimate goal of colonising the ‘red planet’.

Saving the Bahamas

WASTE management is weighing on the minds of young Bahamian scientists.

Design flaws ground ‘Zero’

OVER the years, Nintendo has recruited an assortment of outside developers to try to revive the “Star Fox” franchise. Now the duty falls to Platinum Games, best known for gonzo free-for-alls like “Bayonetta” and “MadWorld”. The resulting reboot, “Star Fox Zero”, falls far short of either company’s best work.

Solar-powered plane crosses Pacific

A SOLAR-powered plane on a mission to fly around the world landed in California at the weekend, completing a risky, three-day flight across a great expanse of the Pacific Ocean.

Tech Talk

THE Alaska SeaLife Centre in Seward has announced that 98 per cent of its heating and cooling requirements are fulfilled by alternative energy: heat extracted from ocean water in Resurrection Bay.

12-inch MacBook updated

THE 12-inch MacBook is a love-it-or-hate-it laptop. It seems to inspire either fierce loyalty or intense derision.

Tech Talk

• A CAMERA lens used by the commander of the 1971 Apollo 15 moon mission on the lunar surface and in orbit is up for auction.

Amazon’s stand-alone streaming targets Netflix

AMAZON is taking on Netflix and Hulu with its own stand-alone video streaming service, just weeks before Netflix raises prices for longtime subscribers.

How to clean up your online reputation

MESSY party photos, offensive tweets, pepper spraying student protesters ... sometimes, you just want a makeover when it comes to your online presence. And for a hefty price tag, you can.

THE ROBOTS ARE COMING

USERS of Facebook’s Messenger app, Microsoft’s Skype and Canada’s Kik can expect to find new automated assistants offering information and services at a variety of businesses via online texting in the coming months.

Tech Talk: April 13

• WHATSAPP is using a powerful form of encryption to protect the security of photos, videos, group chats and voice calls in addition to the text messages sent by its more than a billion users around the globe.

Demand for the new Tesla e-car takes off

DEMAND for Tesla’s new Model 3 has been extraordinary, with consumers pre-ordering about $13.7 billion worth of the electric sedans nearly two years before they go on sale.

Facebook focuses on live video feature

FACEBOOK is rearranging the notification panel on its mobile apps in an effort to broaden the audience creating, watching and reacting to live video on its social network.

Technology on the menu for Bahamas entrepreneur

FRED Lightbourn, owner of The Poop Deck at Sandyport, has been in the restaurant business for 30 years so has a wealth of experience of customers’ dining tastes, likes and dislikes.

MYSTERY OVER PHONE IN AZARIO SHOOTING: Father tells of shock at seeing dead son’s face

AZARIO Major’s father claimed yesterday that retrieved data initially located his son’s unrecovered phone at Woody’s Bar on Fire Trail Road, where he was killed, but that the device was last pinned on Andros Avenue, where it was mysteriously deactivated.

Contractor for $90m prison complex named

NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe said the contractor for the new corrections and related facilities is Walker’s Industries –– though the bidding process for the project remains unclear.

Adrian Gibson corruption trial begins

ADRIAN Gibson’s corruption trial began yesterday with his lawyer filing a constitutional motion to force an in-person testimony from a key witness.

The Tribune welcomes new recruits

THE Tribune is delighted to welcome a number of recent recruits to the company.

Govt working on bill to handle complaints against security forces

NATIONAL Security Minister Wayne Munroe said officials are working on a Security Forces Inspectorate Bill to improve civilian oversight of complaints processes within security forces.

‘It is time for a Bahamian head of state’, Mitchell says

FOREIGN Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell says it is time for the country to put a Bahamian as the country’s head of state, one who, he said, should either be selected by the Bahamian people or government.

Coleby-Davis: Inspection units to determine roadworthiness coming soon

MOBILE inspection units soon will be brought to the Bahamas to ensure that vehicles are road worthy.

Davis says he ‘mis-spoke’ on $400m draw down from UK EXIM Bank for GB airport

PRIME Minister Philip “Brave” Davis said the government would draw $200m from the $1bn the UK EXIM Bank has made available to develop the Grand Bahama International Airport — not $400m as he had previously said.

Dependents not covered on insurance policies for new uniformed branches employees

STARTING from July, new employees of uniform branches would have to pay $700 monthly to include their spouses and children in their government-sponsored insurance policies, according to Police Staff Association Chairman Ricardo Walkes.

Andros man missing at sea

AUTHORITIES are searching for Ryan Barr, a 21-year-old Andros resident who reportedly fell off a boat on Saturday and is still missing.

Cutlass-wielding man dies after being shot by police in Grand Bahama

A man is dead after being shot by police in Grand Bahama on Sunday.