Technology News
Google Meet goes free as it guns for Zoom, aims to fend off Microsoft Teams
ZDNet - 29 Apr 2020 12:00
Google is making Meets, a video conferencing service via G Suite, free and available to everyone.
Mars Helicopter Installed On Mars Perseverance Rover
SpaceRef - 29 Apr 2020 04:58
NASA's Mars Helicopter is installed on the agency's Mars Perseverance rover inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at Florida's Kennedy Space Center on April 6, 2020....
Scientists recreate DNA damage caused by toxins from smoking
Science Daily - 29 Apr 2020 04:54
Researchers have recreated how toxins from smoking cause unique patterns of DNA damage. The discovery could help scientists better understand the cause of bladder cancer and the link to smoking. The causes of bladder can...
SpaceX found a way to make Starlink satellites less annoying
BGR - 29 Apr 2020 02:04
SpaceX has a new plan for minimizing the visibility of its Starlink satellites from Earth. The company will use shaded "visors" to mitigate the reflection of sunlight off the satellites. Astronomers have voiced their con...
Elon Musk Tweets 'FREE AMERICA NOW' As His Coronavirus Predictions Prove Very Wrong
Gizmodo - 29 Apr 2020 13:15
Billionaire Elon Musk, America's dumbest smart guy, spent the night tweeting about how America needs to "reopen" its economy, despite Musk's failed predictions about the trajectory of the coronavirus crisis. A month ago,...
New services in Singapore to tap spike in demand for online delivery
ZDNet - 29 Apr 2020 11:54
Google Pay Singapore introduces feature to enable the discovery of food pickup and delivery options, while taxi operator ComfortDelgro launches food delivery service that doesn't charge additional fees on cabbies or F&B ...
Feeling burned out? The contributors could be more related to depression than you think
EurekAlert! - 29 Apr 2020 06:00
(Medical University of South Carolina) According to an article published by a team of researchers from the Medical College of South Carolina, Harvard Medical School and the University of Michigan in the Journal of Genera...
Qualcomm predicts solid 5G smartphone demand across 2020
AppleInsider - 29 Apr 2020 23:44
Qualcomm on Wednesday said it expects the smartphone industry to ship 30% fewer phones in the June quarter amid the COVID-19 crisis, but maintains relatively strong demand for 5G smartphones across 2020.
A massive asteroid (and several smaller ones) just passed close to Earth - CNET
CNET - 29 Apr 2020 21:03
They didn't stop to say hello, but a mountain of a space rock and some friends did visit the neighborhood.
Photography Cheat Sheet: The Three Most Important Parts of Any Portrait
The Phoblographer - 29 Apr 2020 18:00
We're getting a bit technical today when it comes to portraiture. While we've seen lots of beautiful portrait photos, there are a few rules that anyone can use to make their portraits that much more effective. It starts ...
Google Meet Will Soon Be Free So Long as You Have a Google Account
Gizmodo - 29 Apr 2020 16:39
It's no question that during the global pandemic, Google was undoubtedly unprepared for the spike in video conferencing, leaving Zoom to claim the mantle of "that one program everyone uses to video chat now." But startin...
Spitzer Telescope reveals the precise timing of a black hole dance
Phys.org - 29 Apr 2020 16:04
Black holes aren't stationary in space; in fact, they can be quite active in their movements. But because they are completely dark and can't be observed directly, they're not easy to study. Scientists have finally figure...
Google is killing its experimental social network Shoelace
Engadget - 29 Apr 2020 05:55
Google's experimental Area 120 unit launched Shoelace in mid-2019 as a way to help people get together in real life. Unfortunately, the fledgling social network won't make it out of the experimental phase -- the tech gia...
Dancing black holes create mega flare brighter than one trillion stars - CNET
CNET - 29 Apr 2020 03:52
OJ 287 is a black hole binary system that puts on an extreme light show every 12 years.
CDC says social distancing guidelines now apply to pets
BGR - 29 Apr 2020 03:06
Social distancing guidelines to fight the coronavirus pandemic -- which has now infected more than 1 million Americans -- don't just apply to people. The CDC is now recommending that Americans keep their pets at least si...
AMD reaps big profits from Ryzen and Radeon, but PC sales remain a question mark
PC World - 29 Apr 2020 01:38
AMD reported very strong earnings for the first quarter of 2020, though AMD executives acknowledged that lower consumer spending may offset the strong demand for its Ryzen CPUs and Radeon GPUs as the year progresses. AMD...
Top collegiate inventors awarded 2020 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize
MIT - 29 Apr 2020 23:30
Students around the country recognized for innovative solutions to better single-use plastic, spacecraft and aircraft fuel gauges, surgery techniques, and more.
ProGrade Digital's new microSDXC cards offer faster speeds at lower prices
DP Review - 29 Apr 2020 22:41
ProGrade Digital has released an updated line of UHS-II microSDXC cards that offer improved read and write speeds at a lower cost than ProGrade's previous microSDXC lineup. The new microSDXC UHS-II V60 memory cards featu...
NIH mobilizes COVID-19 testing innovation initiative with potential $500 million award funding
Fox News - 29 Apr 2020 22:24
The National Institutes of Health is launching a new initiative to turbocharge innovation, development and commercialization of COVID-19 testing technologies as a way to help society get back to a place where restriction...
Unlocking an iPhone while wearing a face mask will get a little easier
Slash Gear - 29 Apr 2020 21:01
When Apple transitioned from Touch ID to Face ID, it likely did so without considering one big future issue in mind: a once-in-a-century global pandemic that would result in most of the world’s population wearing face ...
Spotify says the pandemic has changed how we listen to music and podcasts
Digital Trends - 29 Apr 2020 18:06
Every day now looks like the weekend, the streaming service said
This is the most important Google Maps feature during the coronavirus crisis
BGR - 29 Apr 2020 18:00
A Google Maps feature that allows anyone to create custom maps of their local region has seen a surge in usage this year. Some authorities and regular users rely on the My Maps functionality to create custom maps that ca...