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Researchers develop a compact 28 GHz transceiver supporting dual-polarized MIMO
Phys.org - 17 Jun 2020 13:34
Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) and NEC Corporation have jointly developed a 28-GHz phased-array transceiver supporting dual-polarized MIMO for 5G radio units. Advances in 5G will benefit an arr...
NASA's next giant leaps
Space News - 17 Jun 2020 08:19
Blue Origin, SpaceX and Dynetics have NASA's trust, but not a lot of time, to meet a 2024 goal for landing on the moon. SpaceNews.com
Mark Zuckerberg launches Facebook massive get-out-the-vote drive ahead of presidential election
USA Today - 17 Jun 2020 04:04
Facebook is launching its largest get-out-the-vote drive yet ahead of the presidential election with goal of registering 4 million voters this year.
Reno 911! star Cedric Yarbrough is obsessed with Ozark on Netflix - CNET
CNET - 17 Jun 2020 11:30
In our new podcast series I'm So Obsessed, the actor and comic discusses the reboot of Reno 911! on Quibi, BoJack Horseman and The Boondocks.
Graphics cards farm to help in search of new physics at LHCb
Phys.org - 17 Jun 2020 13:27
For the first time, data from LHCb, a major physics experiment, will be processed on a farm of GPUs. This solution is not only much cheaper, but it will help decrease the cluster size and process data at speeds up to 40 ...
Virtual demolition
EurekAlert! - 17 Jun 2020 06:00
(Osaka University) Scientists at Osaka University show how buildings and moving objects can be virtually removed from real-time images in a process of "diminished reality." This work can be beneficial for urban and campu...
Quantum physics: Physicists develop a new theory for Bose-Einstein condensates
EurekAlert! - 17 Jun 2020 06:00
(Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg) Bose-Einstein condensates are often described as the fifth state of matter: At extremely low temperatures, gas atoms behave like a single particle. The exact properties of th...
China's Beijing coronavirus outbreak is 'extremely severe'
BGR - 17 Jun 2020 05:13
The new coronavirus outbreak in Beijing is "extremely severe," according to local authorities, as more than 100 cases have been confirmed in five days. Beijing has taken additional measures to contain the spread, restric...
Mars rover spots Earth from a distance
BGR - 17 Jun 2020 04:11
NASA's Curiosity rover took a photo of the night sky and managed to spot both Earth and Venus. Curiosity is aging, but it's still going strong and continues to make new discoveries on Mars. The Perseverance rover will ar...
Pulsars Confirm One of Einstein's Best Ideas, That Freefall Really Feels Like You're Experiencing a Lack of Gravity
Universe Today - 17 Jun 2020 02:14
A team of European researchers observed a pulsar with two orbiting white dwarfs to confirm Einstein's "most fortunate thought." The post Pulsars Confirm One of Einstein’s Best Ideas, That Freefall Really Feels Like You...
Space Force acquisition reform proposals still being revised
Space News - 17 Jun 2020 01:30
Shawn Barnes: "We're very hopeful that we'll get that report to Congress in short order." SpaceNews.com
Fortnite's latest event was great, but many upset fans couldn't join
Slash Gear - 17 Jun 2020 00:50
On Monday, Epic Games finally conducted its ‘The Device’ event in hit battle royale game Fortnite, ushering in the climax of its Season 2 storyline ahead of the anticipated Season 3 premiere. Many players attended th...
Drone-deployed sterile mosquitoes could check spread of insect-borne illnesses
TechCrunch - 17 Jun 2020 00:07
Drone deployment of sterile mosquitoes could accelerate efforts to control their populations and reduce insect-borne disease, according to a proof of concept experiment by a multi-institutional research team. The improve...
Stunningly intact giant squid washes ashore in South Africa
Live Science - 17 Jun 2020 19:01
The giant squid's esophagus goes through its brain.
Brian Grazer and Ron Howard's Imagine Impact entertainment "accelerator" inks deal with Netflix
TechCrunch - 17 Jun 2020 18:06
Imagine Impact, the entertainment accelerator launched by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard to try and bring Silicon Valley style mentorship and project development techniques to Hollywood, has inked a development deal with Ne...
Physicists Announce Potential Dark Matter Breakthrough
Scientific American - 17 Jun 2020 17:45
Results from the XENON experiment in Italy hint at the possible discovery of long-sought axions --
A Bag That Loves the Great Wide Open: WANDRD FERNWEH Review
The Phoblographer - 17 Jun 2020 17:00
WANDRD has been innovating in the bag space since it hit the scene with its first Kickstarter campaign, and the company is continuing to forge ahead with new bags that have unique designs and even more unique names. The ...
Japanese Printing Company Turns Waste Into Edible Notepads Paired With Coffee-Flavored Pens
Gizmodo - 17 Jun 2020 16:40
Those of us who've become overly-dependent on snacking to alleviate boredom while working from home are going to have a rough transition back to office life. Munching on Doritos and popcorn during meetings isn't exactly ...
Apple Watch remains smartwatch leader, despite shipments down in Q1 2020
AppleInsider - 17 Jun 2020 16:38
Apple's portion of the entire smartwatch market has reportedly shrunk in the first calendar quarter of 2020 amid a global industry that's continuing to grow despite COVID-19 concerns.
BlackBerry Adds Cryptojacking Protection to Optics Security Product
SecurityWeek - 17 Jun 2020 16:34
BlackBerry announced on Wednesday that the latest release of its Optics endpoint security product now includes a feature designed to protect Intel-based PCs against cryptomining malware.
Microsoft snubs Service Fabric as it plots to switch Teams infrastructure to Kubernetes
The Register - 17 Jun 2020 16:30
Plus, a new Detonation Service and other explosive revelations about easing capacity constraints in lockdown Microsoft's CTO for Azure has opened up on both the company's response to scaling issues with Teams during the ...
Xplore wins NOAA contract to study commercial solar observatory
Space News - 17 Jun 2020 16:28
Xplore Inc. won a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration contract for a design study of a commercial solar observatory at Earth-Sun Lagrange Point 1. SpaceNews.com