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Parsons to acquire space and cybersecurity firm Braxton Science & Technology Group
Space News - 29 Oct 2020 19:06
Braxton, based Colorado Springs, will be merged into Parsons' space and geospatial business. SpaceNews
This Tactile Pregnancy Test Offers Much-Needed Privacy to People With Visual Impairments
Gizmodo - 29 Oct 2020 18:25
Pregnancy tests these days can get surprisingly high tech--and may even be rigged to play Doom. It's also an unfortunate reality that these high-tech tests aren't always accessible for the visually impaired. Because most...
Budget roundup: the latest low-cost iPhones and Android phones
The Verge - 29 Oct 2020 21:10
Photo by Asa Mathat / Recode Even if you're trying to keep costs down, you'll probably want to replace your old phone eventually. Whether it's because the battery is no longer keeping a decent charge or because the opera...
iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro launching in South Korea, India and 12 other countries
AppleInsider - 29 Oct 2020 22:42
The new iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro are now available in a dozen more countries, such as India and South Korea, as of Oct. 30. Credit: AppleCredit: Apple Both models officially launched in the U.S., the U.K., Singapore, ...
Intel 11th Gen Rocket Lake-S coming in Q1 2021: what to expect
Slash Gear - 29 Oct 2020 16:00
The next few weeks will most likely be filled with news about new gaming consoles but that doesn’t mean PC gamers are being left out. In addition to new graphics hardware from NVIDIA and AMD, Intel also laid out its ga...
You won't believe how bad the coronavirus outbreaks are in these two US states
BGR - 29 Oct 2020 02:11
The latest coronavirus update for the US as a whole is concerning, with cases on the rise at probably the worst possible time of the year -- but two states, in particular, are seeing especially disturbing COVID-19 trend ...
Fortnite leak hints at a mysterious new in-game currency
Slash Gear - 29 Oct 2020 01:28
Hit battle royale game Fortnite operates on a digital currency called V-Bucks, which are in-game funds one can buy using real money. The V-Bucks are used to purchase cosmetic items, the Battle Pass, and other similar thi...
GE smart LED light bulbs start at just $7.50 in Amazon's big one-day sale
BGR - 29 Oct 2020 21:13
Amazon's early holiday deals are epic, including Black Friday prices on 36 different Amazon devices and bundles today. You can also save on everything from TVs and Instant Pots to headphones and laptops in Amazon's big H...
Cakewalk3D lets your regular 3D printer decorate food
Engadget - 29 Oct 2020 10:24
You'd have to be a real foodie to drop a few thousand dollars on a dedicated food printer, but what if you could transform a regular 3D printer into one for a fraction of that? That's the premise behind Cakewalk3D, a new...
Redpoint and Sequoia are backing a startup to copy edit your shit code
TechCrunch - 29 Oct 2020 16:00
Code is the lifeblood of the modern world, yet the tooling for some programming environments can be remarkably spartan. While developers have long had access to graphical programming environments (IDEs) and performance p...
Japan's KAGRA searches the sky for gravitational waves
Symmetry Magazine - 29 Oct 2020 15:42
The newly operational KAGRA will bump the number of gravitational-wave observatories to four, which will allow scientists to better triangulate the source of ripples in space-time. Deep underground, below a mountain and ...
General Atomics acquires Guidestar Optical Systems
Space News - 29 Oct 2020 03:59
General Atomics announced Oct. 28 the acquisition of Guidestar Optical Systems, a space and defense company based in Longmont, Colorado, which it plans to integrate into the General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EM...
NASA's Perseverance rover just hit a major milestone in space
BGR - 29 Oct 2020 02:42
NASA's Perseverance rover and the Mars 2020 mission just nailed a huge milestone on its way to the Red Planet. The spacecraft has passed the halfway point on its route to Mars and is still on course for a landing in Febr...
Microsoft is giving away a full-size Xbox Series X fridge that really works
Pocket-lint - 29 Oct 2020 00:53Get a look inside your iPhone 12 with iFixit's new X-ray and internal wallpapers
9 to 5 Mac - 29 Oct 2020 21:57
After tearing down the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro in great detail, iFixit is back with its impressive internal and X-ray wallpapers. Now an annual tradition, these wallpapers offer a fun way to see the inside of your iP...
Hackers are on the hunt for Oracle servers vulnerable to potent exploit
Ars Technica - 29 Oct 2020 21:51
Code-execution bug has severity rating of 9.8 out of 10; little skill needed to exploit.
New Simulation Shows Exactly What's Happening as Neutron Stars Merge
Universe Today - 29 Oct 2020 19:50
Neutron stars are the remnants of massive stars that explode as supernovae at the end of their fusion lives. They’re super-dense cores where all of the protons and electrons are crushed into neutrons by the overpowerin...
Nvidia's RTX 3070 preorders were pure hell, so I live blogged
The Verge - 29 Oct 2020 19:24
Nvidia's RTX 3000 series | Photo by Tom Warren / The Verge On Thursday, Nvidia opened up preorders for the GeForce RTX 3070, the least-expensive of the three Ampere-powered graphics cards Nvidia announced during its Sept...
Genomic study reveals role for hypothalamus in inflammatory bowel disease
Science Daily - 29 Oct 2020 17:58
Using sophisticated 3D genomic mapping and integrating with public data resulting from genome-wide association studies (GWAS), researchers have found significant genetic correlations between inflammatory bowel disease (I...
Slideshow: Winners of the 2020 Int'l Photography Awards
DP Review - 29 Oct 2020 17:29
Winners of the 2020 Int'l Photography Awards This year's International Photography Awards (IPA) received over 13,000 submissions from 120 countries. Judges selected winners and finalists for 13 categories and they were a...
Google's Pixel 5 is now on sale in the U.S. and Canada
Android Central - 29 Oct 2020 16:57Jared Kushner Asks Dad to Bribe His Way Into Electoral College
The New Yorker - 29 Oct 2020 16:52
Jared Kushner said that his admission to the Electoral College should be "a lock," arguing, "How can they turn down the guy who ended the pandemic?"