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What was Mike Pence touching at NASA and is it okay?

It looks like a part that protects the Orion’s parachutes

Flickr takes a step forward with a new interface and a timeline

Camera Roll is sleeker and more user-friendly

Pogo remixes 'Back to the Future' into a smooth electronic jam

Zynga tests Bitcoin payments for seven online games

Can DNA solve the mystery of John Wilkes Booth’s death?

Boeing 787 Dreamliner returns to the sky for a test flight

Nokia teases cyan Lumia 920 for a split second in promo video

Nokia has started teasing a cyan Lumia 920 in its latest promotional videos.

iPhone 5 supports HD voice, will work on 20 carriers at launch

Apple's iPhone 5 supports wideband audio — commonly known by many carriers as HD voice — which provides a higher-fidelity call quality than subscribers are typically used to.

Official: Apple holding iPhone 5 event September 12th, and we'll be there live!

Apple will announce its latest iPhone on September 12th, and we'll be there live

Samsung and Sony try again at tablets, but Microsoft may have the last laugh

At large gadget conventions like IFA, the most-talked about company is often the one who isn’t there: Apple. This year, the elephant in the room is actually Microsoft and its two Surface tablets. The Surface is now the de-facto competitor and the standard by which these Windows 8 OEMs will be judged. Sony and Samsung have revealed their latest tablet strategies at IFA 2012 as they prepare to enter the all-important holiday season. Both have shown off new tablets, hybrids, and phones — but as much as the two companies are going head-to-head with each other, they will also be competing with Microsoft’s Surface, and not just on specs.

Military makeup will protect soldiers from bomb-blast burns

A new type of camouflage makeup is able to protect wearers from skin burns for up to 60 seconds.

Apple expert: smartphone owners are willing to pay $100 premium for features Samsung copied

An Apple expert witness said today that smartphone owners would be willing to pay a $100 premium for the features Apple is accusing Samsung of copying.

90 Seconds on The Verge: Monday, August 6th, 2012

Apple and Google's split continues, we go to Mars, and Wikipedia goes down. All in a day's work on 90 Seconds on The Verge.

IBM's VP of Emerging Technologies Rod Smith talks pre-crime divisions

Police are seeing big reductions in crime with the help of IBM's predictive policing technologies. VP of Emerging Technologies Rod Smith talks about where this pre-crime tech is headed.

Time Warner Cable paying Kansas City employees to spy on Google Fiber

Time Warner Cable is offering a $50 reward to its employees for information on the roll-out of Google Fiber in Kansas City.

The latest Chrome Dev channel release drops support for OS X 10.5 Leopard

Yesterday, the Google Chrome team released version 22.0.1201.0 for Mac, Windows, and Linux to the Dev channel, and while there weren't any details given on what features this release might contain, the team did note that it was incompatible with Mac OS X 10.5.

Watch this: PBS 'Off Book' explores worlds beyond the human eye

PBS' latest entry in its Off Book series explores how mankind has used technology to push the limits of human vision.

Galaxy S III to top 10 million sales next month, says Samsung

According to Reuters, Samsung's head of telecommunications JK Shin expects the Galaxy S III to top the 10 million unit mark by the end of July.