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How to Use 'Family Broadcast' With Google Assistant
Life Hacker - 10 May 2021 16:00
You can now use Google Assistant's Family Broadcast feature to send messages to Android devices and iPhones using the Google Assistant app. Your family can then reply from their devices, creating a fun little back-and-fo...
Watch Tesla's Cybertruck cruising the streets of New York City
Digital Trends - 10 May 2021 03:20
Watch Tesla's futuristic Cybertruck pickup cruise the streets of NY City on Saturday night -- just hours before Tesla CEO Elon Musk hosted Saturday Night Live.
He took $180 million in crypto to the grave. Or did he? A Q&A with the host of 'Exit Scam.'
Mashable - 10 May 2021 14:47AiFoam helps robots interact with their environment
Slash Gear - 10 May 2021 14:51
Researchers at the National University of Singapore have created something they call AIFoam. The material is a smartphone designed to give machines a more human-like sense of touch, allowing robots to judge human intenti...
THz emission spectroscopy reveals optical response of GaInN/GaN multiple quantum wells
Phys.org - 10 May 2021 16:14
A team of researchers at the Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University, in collaboration with Bielefeld University and Technical University Braunschweig in Germany, came closer to unraveling the complicated optica...
'Imaginary' numbers are real (sort of)
Live Science - 10 May 2021 13:36
Imaginary numbers have real meaning in the world of quantum mechanics, where they carry information about physical states.
Meet the marine worm with 100 butts that can each grow eyes and a brain
Live Science - 10 May 2021 13:20
A marine worm from waters near Australia has a branching body that divides into multiple posteriors. In other words: It has a lot of butts.
Stan Lee told Jupiter's Legacy creator Mark Millar to stop writing for Marvel - CNET
CNET - 10 May 2021 04:41
Millar says writing Marvel and DC comics was a "training exercise" for Jupiter's Legacy, a superhero saga now streaming on Netflix.
How a band of P2P hackers planted the seeds of a unique expense management giant
TechCrunch - 10 May 2021 16:00
It's natural to think an expense report management business would play it by the book. But one look at Expensify is enough to tell you that this is a company that never even looked for the book.
A scanning quantum sensing microscope with nanoscale electric-field imaging
Phys.org - 10 May 2021 16:09
Recently, Professor Jiang Ying from International Center for Quantum Materials and Research Center for Light-Element Advanced Materials of Peking University, in collaboration with Professor Jörg Wrachtrup from Stuttgart...
Top leaker spoils another big upgrade coming to 2023 iPhones
BGR - 10 May 2021 13:31
This year's iPhone series isn't expected to deliver significant changes compared to last year. The 2021 iPhone is often referred to as iPhone 13, although iPhone 12s feel like the more accurate name choice. The new hands...
Electric vehicles cheaper than combustion by 2027: study
Phys.org - 10 May 2021 14:28
Electric cars will be cheaper to build than fossil fuel vehicles across Europe within six years and could represent 100 percent of new sales by 2035, according to a study published Monday.
Dogecoin suffers huge price drop during Elon Musk's SNL appearance - CNET
CNET - 10 May 2021 00:32
The "Dogefather" Elon Musk's SNL appearance didn't inspire the price hike many hoped for.
Young Stars can Evaporate Nearby Disks Before They can Form Planets
Universe Today - 10 May 2021 15:10
Many planetary systems may get snuffed out before they even get a chance to form, according to new research. The culprit: nearby stars, capable of evaporating entire protoplanetary disks just when they begin to form. Sta...
High-mass stars are formed not from dust disk but from debris
Phys.org - 10 May 2021 14:17
A Dutch-led team of astronomers has discovered that high-mass stars are formed differently from their smaller siblings. Whereas small stars are often surrounded by an orderly disk of dust and matter, the supply of matter...
Boeing names date for second Starliner capsule test flight
Digital Trends - 10 May 2021 04:40
Boeing is keen to get its Starliner capsule into space again, and has recently named a date for its second orbital test flight.
Cybersecurity technology is not getting better: How can it be fixed?
TechRepublic - 10 May 2021 23:14
A recent survey found an unusual reason cybersecurity is failing. Experts share what it is and how to correct it.
Resident Evil Village synopsis, ending, post-credit scene explained - CNET
CNET - 10 May 2021 22:06
Let's take look at what the conclusion of Ethan's latest adventure might mean for Resident Evil 9 and the future of the series.
Apple awards $45 million to longtime glass manufacturing partner Corning
ZDNet - 10 May 2021 15:42
Over the last several years Apple has invested $450 million into Corning's Harrodsburg, Ky.-based manufacturing plant.
Best DVD players 2021: Watch your favourite movies at home
Pocket-lint - 10 May 2021 15:35
We might live in the age of streaming media, but there are still countless reasons to find value in a good DVD player. Many of us have massive collections
Crypto asset manager Babel raises $40M from Tiger Global, Bertelsmann and others
TechCrunch - 10 May 2021 15:30
Three years after its inception, crypto financial service provider Babel Finance is racking up fundings and partnerships from major institutional investors. The startup said Monday that it has closed a $40 million Series...
With a focus on the low-Earth orbit economy, Voyager eyes more acquisitions
Space News - 10 May 2021 15:00
Voyager Space Holdings announced May 10 it has closed a deal to acquire a majority stake in XO Markets, the parent company of Nanoracks. SpaceNews