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Christopher Eccleston's Doctor Who Return Is a Solid Vehicle for a New Side of the Ninth Doctor
Gizmodo - 31 May 2021 19:30
Despite the fact that his first audio drama in the role has been out for a few weeks now, it still feels kind of shocking to live in a world where Christopher Eccleston is back in the proverbial leather jacket as Doctor ...
PS5 restock update: How to buy PlayStation 5 at Best Buy, Target, Walmart and other major retailers - CNET
CNET - 31 May 2021 00:53
Who will have PS5s this week?
Google says it won't build Privacy Sandbox backdoors
Engadget - 31 May 2021 12:00Watch this RC car skip over water in a record-breaking ride
Digital Trends - 31 May 2021 05:30
Watch this crazy record-breaking effort in which a remote-controlled car travels almost a mile across the surface of a lake.
Windows Your Phone now runs multiple Android apps on more phones
Slash Gear - 31 May 2021 05:01
Microsoft has been trying to bridge the gap between its so far one and only operating system and the mobile OS it at least has some influence over. Windows 10’s Your Phone app tries to link almost all Android phones in...
Jai Kisan, a fintech startup aimed at rural India, raises $30 million
TechCrunch - 31 May 2021 03:31
Jai Kisan, an Indian startup that is attempting to bring financial services to rural India, where commercial banks have a single-digit penetration, said on Monday it has raised $30 million in a new financing round as it ...
OPPO Watch 2 with Snapdragon Wear 4100 rumored to be coming soon
Slash Gear - 31 May 2021 02:06
Wear OS by Google got a fair bit of positive media coverage a few weeks ago thanks to Google’s announcements at its I/O 2021 developer’s conference. But while the software is getting a massive upgrade, at least later...
Japan Is Sending This Tiny Transforming Robo-Ball Straight to the Moon
Gizmodo - 31 May 2021 00:08
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has teamed up with Sony, Doshisha University, and toymaker Tomy to send a transforming rover roughly the size of a baseball to the Moon. What a time to be alive, amirite?
This bag has lasted me nearly 20 years
Engadget - 31 May 2021 17:30Pentax K-3 Mark III added to studio test scene
DP Review - 31 May 2021 15:00
Ricoh's Pentax K-3 Mark III is a high-end flagship DSLR that we've found to be an excellent photographic companion for all types of picture-taking. Testing for its full review is ongoing, and we've just added it to our s...
Unique technology gives humans a leg up on walking
Phys.org - 31 May 2021 14:51
An exoskeleton designed by Queen's Engineering researchers that improves walking efficiency is the subject of a new study featured in the leading academic journal Science.
New take on machine learning helps us 'scale up' phase transitions
Phys.org - 31 May 2021 13:50
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have enhanced "super-resolution" machine learning techniques to study phase transitions. They identified key features of how large arrays of interacting particles behave at ...
Russia, China hope to secure partners for moon base project
Space News - 31 May 2021 13:39
Russia and China are looking to secure new partnerships for the joint initiative to construct the ILRS robotic moon base. SpaceNews
Realme X7 Max 5G debuts in India, takes the fight to Xiaomi's Mi 11X
Android Central - 31 May 2021 13:21
It is a rebranded version of the Realme GT Neo launched in China earlier this year. What you need to know Realme has launched a new mid-range Android phone in India. The Realme X7 Max 5G features a 120Hz AMOLED display a...
Giant tortoise thought extinct for a century discovered on Galapagos island
Live Science - 31 May 2021 13:00
A giant tortoise in the Galápagos Islands that was thought to have gone extinct over a century ago just came out of hiding.
Pyramid-shaped mound holding 30 corpses may be world's oldest war monument
Live Science - 31 May 2021 13:00
A huge burial mound holding the corpses of at least 30 warriors in Syria could be the oldest war memorial ever discovered, dating back at least 4,300 years at the now submerged site of Tell Banat.
Chinese fusion reactor sets an operational record
Slash Gear - 31 May 2021 12:44
China has announced that it has reached another milestone in its work on a fusion reactor. The nation announced that one of its so-called artificial suns had sustained extreme temperatures for several times longer than i...
ISS Canadarm2 robotic arm survives impact with orbital debris
Slash Gear - 31 May 2021 12:03
One significant concern for astronauts aboard the ISS is orbital debris that zips around the planet and could pose a potential hazard to the space station. While orbital debris has never been a significant issue for the ...
Microsoft wants to unite APAC governments with cybersecurity council
ZDNet - 31 May 2021 10:15
US software vendor pulls together 15 policy makers from seven Asia-Pacific markets, including Indonesia, Singapore, and South Korea, to form a cybersecurity executive council that it hopes will exchange threat intelligen...
Intel adds 5GHz and 5G to its Tiger Lake notebook processors
PC World - 31 May 2021 04:30
Intel announced its first 5GHz 11th-gen Tiger Lake-U Core chip for notebook PCs on Sunday night, complementing it with the company's first 5G module designed specifically to work with its existing Wi-Fi 6E technology. Th...
SpaceX launched a very special mission exactly one year ago
Digital Trends - 31 May 2021 04:15
It's exactly a year since SpaceX's Demo-2 mission to the International Space Station. Here's a reminder of why it was such a special event.
Google Android privacy practices revealed in court documents
Slash Gear - 31 May 2021 03:02
Google has never been one to be associated with privacy in a positive light but it has admittedly been making strides in improving that image. Perhaps it is in part due to the scrutiny and legal sanctions the company has...