It's the home to North Korea's space program, and a cover for testing the technology that could one day send a nuclear-warhead-bearing missile hurtling towards the US mainland. Now thanks to some publicity photographs, modeling software, and the efforts of an enterprising video game developer, you can tour its command center without fear of arrest. The North Korea specialist website 38 North has released a 3-D model of the control room at the Sohae Satellite Launching Station, the building from which the North launches its satellites and test rocket engines. The model makes for a nifty virtual experience, showing viewers the heart of the facility in rich enough detail to spot the curvature of the rubber seals on the windows. You can see several of the renders in the gallery above.

First, the basics: Amazon has created a small Seattle grocery store that allows customers to just take what they want off the shelves and leave, without having to wait in line or check out with a cashier. In addition to traditional grocery items, Amazon Go will also feature meal kits with fresh ingredients to be prepared at home. For now, the 1,800 square foot Amazon Go store is only open to Amazon employees, but the company plans to open the doors to the public in early 2017. The company didn't announce further expansion plans, but based on the slick promotional video released yesterday, it seems evident this isn't a one-off idea. Earlier this year, Business Insider reported that Amazon was planning a grocery store pilot program, and may ultimately aim for 2,000 markets around the US in the next decade.

I don't normally post about politics (I'm not particularly savvy about polling, which is where data science has had the largest impact on politics). But this weekend I saw a hypothesis about Donald Trump's twitter account that simply begged to be investigated with data: Every non-hyperbolic tweet is from iPhone (his staff). Every hyperbolic tweet is from Android (from him). When Trump wishes the Olympic team good luck, he's tweeting from his iPhone. Is this an artifact showing which tweets are Trump's own and which are by some handler?

Boeing Co. will acquire floating-drone maker Liquid Robotics, the aerospace giant said Tuesday. Based in Sunnyvale, Liquid Robotics developed the Wave Glider, a surfboard-shaped drone that floats on the ocean surface and collects data, propelling itself for up to a year using wave and solar power. In 2014, Liquid Robotics formed a partnership with Boeing to develop a military version of the Wave Glider called SHARC -- the Sensor Hosting Autonomous Remote Craft -- that combines Liquid Robotics' platform with Boeing's sensor technology. Boeing said it sees the SHARC as a way to connect intelligence-gathering efforts between underwater vehicles, aircraft and satellites. Liquid Robotics' headquarters will remain in Sunnyvale, though the company will be part of Boeing's autonomous systems unit, which is based in St. Louis.

Radical'tailsitter' drone can carry as much weaponry as a Predator and turn ANY ship into an aircraft carrier Will be used to allow small Navy boats to launch drone attacks 30ft wide tern drone has to have'single wing' design Concept was first tested in the 1950s and will be flown in 2018 Darpa plans to build a full-scale demonstrator system of a medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air system (UAS) designed to use forward-deployed small ships as mobile launch and recovery sites. Astronomers find water DOES exist... Christmas crackdown on DRONES: FAA tells owners they will... The drone that will CHASE thieves: Security UAV will follow... Astronomers find water DOES exist... Christmas crackdown on DRONES: FAA tells owners they will... The drone that will CHASE thieves: Security UAV will follow... Initial ground-based testing, if successful, would lead to an at-sea demonstration of takeoff, transition to and from horizontal flight, and landing--all from a test platform with a deck size similar to that of a destroyer or other small surface-combat vessel. The American Lockheed XFV (sometimes referred to as the Salmon) was an experimental tailsitter prototype.

Are YOUR kids internet-connected toys being used to spy on them? Claims hi-tech gadgets'fail to protect privacy' Consumer watchdogs claim internet connected toys collect kids' personal data The complaint cites My Friend Cayla and I-Que Intelligent Robot as'spy toys' It argues that audio of conversations is taken without proper parental consent Along with this, it says they hold potential for strangers to eavesdrop on kids Consumer watchdogs claim internet connected toys collect kids' personal data The complaint cites My Friend Cayla and I-Que Intelligent Robot as'spy toys' They're calling on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the firms behind My Friend Cayla (pictured) and I-Que Intelligent Robot, citing manufacturer Genesis Toys and Nuance Communications, which provides third-party voice recognition software Do plants learn like humans? You can FINALLY'like' or disable comments on Instagram... Are YOU affected? Massive Dailymotion hack sees more than 85... Do plants learn like humans? You can FINALLY'like' or disable comments on Instagram... Are YOU affected?

A graduate student has been charged with murder in the fatal stabbing of beloved USC neuroscience professor, Bosco Tjan on campus Friday. David Jonathan Brown, 28, of Los Angeles is expected to be arraigned Tuesday in downtown Los Angeles, according to the L.A. County district attorney's office. If he is convicted, Brown faces up to 26 years to life in prison. Prosecutors allege that Brown used a knife when he attacked and stabbed Tjan in the chest at 4:30 p.m. Friday in his office in the Seeley G. Mudd Building on campus. Brown was immediately taken into custody.

The US Supreme Court told a lower court to take another look at a $399 million award won by Apple from rival Samsung for copying the design of the iPhone. The unanimous decision extends a legal battle that dates back to 2011 and at one point spanned the globe and engulfed every major maker of smartphones. Writing for the court, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Apple might not be entitled to Samsung's entire profit on 11 infringing smartphones. She told a federal appeals court to consider whether Apple should be able to recoup profits attributable only to particular components. The high court stopped short of deciding that question itself.

Putin's 50ft underwater'robot' that can imitate any submarine in the world and carry out 600-mile spying missions 1,800ft below the surface Russian military engineers have unveiled design of a submarine called Surrogat'Robot' will be able to imitate conventional and nuclear-powered submarines 600-mile range unmanned sub is to be used for'mapping and reconnaissance' 'Robot' will be able to imitate conventional and nuclear-powered submarines On the drawing board: Vladimir Putin's 50ft underwater'robot' will be able to imitate any submarine in the world and carry out 600-mile spying missions 1,800ft below the surface, experts claim The design was unveiled as Russia continues to build up its forces on Europe's borders amid heightened tensions between president Vladimir Putin (pictured in a submarine last year) and the West Russia MOCKS British war games, saying: 'Polish-assembled... Russian tanks will be equipped with'Pterodactyl' DRONES,... Vladimir Putin praises Donald Trump AGAIN, ...

This week we are celebrating Computer Science Education Week around the globe. In this "age of acceleration," in which advances in technology and the globalization of business are transforming entire industries and society itself, it's more critical than ever for everyone to be digitally literate, especially our kids. This is particularly true for women and girls who, while representing roughly 50 percent of the world's population, account for less than 20 percent of computer science graduates in 34 OECD countries, according to this report. This has far-reaching societal and economic consequences. By 2020, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that there will be 1.4 million computing jobs but just 400,000 computer science students with the skills to apply for those jobs. Computer science is a top-paying college degree and computer programming jobs are growing at a rate that is double the national average, according to a National Association of Colleges and Employers report.