Technology News
HSBC warns it could face reprisals in China if UK bans Huawei equipment: Telegraph
Reuters - 7 Jun 2020 00:17
HSBC Holdings Plc Chairman Mark Tucker has warned Britain against a ban on networking equipment made by Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, claiming the bank could face reprisals in China, the Telegraph reported on Saturday.
NASA's Parker Solar Probe flies by the sun in 5th close encounter
SPACE.com - 7 Jun 2020 13:00
NASA's daring Parker Solar Probe made its fifth daring flyby of the sun this weekend.
Apple Doesn't Want the Economic Crisis to Keep You From Buying Its Products: Report
Gizmodo - 7 Jun 2020 01:59
The economic crisis stemming from the coronavirus pandemic has hit countries all over the world, costing millions of jobs and putting a freeze on a lot of non-essential spending, like upgrading your old phone or computer...
Facial Recognition and Digital Surveillance Are Ending Anonymous Protest
Singularity Hub - 7 Jun 2020 16:00
It's been almost two weeks since people first took to the streets in Minneapolis to protest police brutality following the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of the police. Since then, demonstrations ...
Space Development Agency to deploy hypersonic missile defense satellites by 2022
Space News - 7 Jun 2020 15:20
A June 5 solicitation for a "tracking phenomenology experiment" is a step in the development of a sensor network in space to track hypersonic missiles. SpaceNews.com
An airline shut down because everyone was ignoring coronavirus rules
BGR - 7 Jun 2020 15:02
The coronavirus' impact on the global economy continues to be felt far and wide, touching almost every imaginable business sector, including airlines and the hospitality industry. Regarding airlines, Indonesia-based carr...
How to use full screen gestures in Oxygen OS on a OnePlus phone
Android Central - 7 Jun 2020 15:00
If you're upgrading for the first time in a few years and coming from a phone that still used Android's traditional three-button bar at the bottom of the screen, you might be confused to find that it's been replaced with...
Please remember it's okay to put down your phone and go outside
Android Central - 7 Jun 2020 15:00
You owe it to yourself, mentally and physically, to step away from your phone for a bit. Sometimes it can feel like the everything is in particularly bad shape. A fast-spreading virus shocked the entire world, keeping us...
iPhone SE may not be big, but it's still the end of Apple's small phone era - CNET
CNET - 7 Jun 2020 15:00
Commentary: With the iPhone SE 2020, Apple had a chance to bring a 4-inch iPhone back market again. But it passed on that opportunity, and there's a reason for that.
Black Hole Paradoxes Reveal a Link Between Energy and Entropy
Wired - 7 Jun 2020 14:00
What happens to a black hole as it decays? Investigating the possibilities has led researchers in recent years to major clues about quantum gravity.
How Covid-19 Contact Tracing Works on Your Phone
Wired - 7 Jun 2020 13:00
Developers are working on track-and-trace systems to keep infection levels low. The apps aren't here yet, but here's what they do--and how you can enable them.
'Kerbal Space Program 2' won't launch until fall 2021
SPACE.com - 7 Jun 2020 13:00
Sorry Kerbonauts, you'll have to wait until fall 2021 for the physics-based spaceflight simulator "Kerbal Space Program 2."
Facebook issues new recommendations for discussing racism in groups
Engadget - 7 Jun 2020 04:01
Facebook's efforts to address a surge in social turmoil will extend beyond reviewing its policies. The company has posted recommendations (via The Verge) for group operators to help them address "race and social issues,"...
Itch.io games bundle raises $1 million in less than 24 hours for racial justice
Digital Trends - 7 Jun 2020 01:13
The Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality includes 742 games
Coronavirus: How map hacks and buttocks helped Taiwan fight Covid-19
BBC - 7 Jun 2020 01:10
Taiwan credits civic hackers and memes with helping keep down the coronavirus death toll.
Destiny 2 players watched live as Rasputin rained missiles on the Almighty
Digital Trends - 7 Jun 2020 01:05
The superweapon has crashed in the mountains beyond the Tower
These free tools blur protesters' faces and remove photo metadata
TechCrunch - 7 Jun 2020 00:36
Millions have taken to the streets across the world to protest the murder of George Floyd, an unarmed black man killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis last month. Protesters have faced both unprecedented police ...
Apple Patents Ability to Take Long Distance Group Selfies
Mac Rumors - 7 Jun 2020 23:50
Apple has won a new patent that would allow for "synthetic group selfies," as mentioned by The Verge. Should this software be successfully developed, users would have the ability to take group selfies while not physicall...
The Austin Police Department Explains Its Bizarre Thank-You Card Tweet
Gizmodo - 7 Jun 2020 23:42
America is, you might be aware, expressing a groundswell of disgust against police brutality following the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor--a challenging scenario many local law enforcement departments have r...
Even Scientists Funded by Zuckerberg Are Dragging Facebook for Its Hypocrisy
Gizmodo - 7 Jun 2020 23:04
Over the weekend, more than 140 scientists who have received funding from the Facebook CEO's philanthropic group, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg denouncing his spineless response to the ...
UK considers giving drivers up to £6,000 in new car scrappage scheme: Telegraph
Reuters - 7 Jun 2020 23:02
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is considering giving drivers up to 6,000 pounds ($7,609.20) to swap their diesel and petrol cars for electric vehicles, under plans to relaunch the economy, The Telegraph reported on...
Supercapacitor operation - a higher power source
Medical Design Technology - 7 Jun 2020 22:56
Thousands of Farads and power densities of thousands of watts per kilogram are among the chief benefits of supercapacitors (also called ultracapacitors). These devices operate in a fundamentally different way compared wi...