Technology News
Fortnite leak hints next Tilted Towers may be made entirely of cubes
Slash Gear - 30 Sep 2021 01:14
The latest season of Fortnite is all about cubes — big ones, small ones, and even a mysterious highly-mobile yellow one. New cubes keep appearing on the map, some of them as little baby cubes, and they’re seemingly m...
Honda prepping AI robots, inter-city electric air travel and lunar technology for 2030
ZDNet - 30 Sep 2021 17:45
Honda announced a range of efforts for the coming decade, including travel to the Moon and AI-powered robots.
Breastfeeding Status and Duration Significantly Impact Postpartum Depression Risk
Neuroscience News - 30 Sep 2021 23:04
Researchers identified a link between breastfeeding and a decreased risk of new mothers developing postpartum depression. The longer a mother breastfed her child, the more the risk of PPD decreased.
Facebook to Face Senate Grilling Over Instagram's Effects on Teens
The New York Times - 30 Sep 2021 13:04
The company faces accusations that it hid research showing the mental and emotional harm its photo-sharing app Instagram has had on teenagers.
FAA clears Virgin Galactic to start flying again
SPACE.com - 30 Sep 2021 13:00
The Federal Aviation Administration has wrapped up its six-week inquiry into the July 11 test flight of Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity space plane.
NASA's Mars helicopter decided not to take its 14th flight
Digital Trends - 30 Sep 2021 05:15
NASA's Mars helicopter, Ingenuity, was about to take a flight with a difference when it spotted an anomaly that caused it to abandon the effort.
Read Facebook's Documents About Instagram and Teens
Wall Street Journal - 30 Sep 2021 03:53
The Senate holds a hearing Thursday about the social network's impact on children and young adults. It was prompted by Wall Street Journal coverage that drew from the company's own research.
Apple treasurer Gary Wipfler retires from the company after 35 years
AppleInsider - 30 Sep 2021 03:25
Apple's corporate treasurer, who handled the company's cash pile and oversaw other financial endeavors, has reportedly retired from the Cupertino tech giant after serving at the company for 35 years. Credit: Laurenz Heym...
NASA Lucy mission will carry words of Einstein, Carl Sagan and Beatles into space - CNET
CNET - 30 Sep 2021 02:38
Lucy in the darkness of space with John, Paul, George and Ringo.
Google tells judges that it's the most popular search term on Bing
Android Central - 30 Sep 2021 01:13
Google throws shade at Bing. What you need to know Google reportedly told the court that "Google" is Bing's most popular search term. The company argues that consumers have chosen Google as the de-facto search platform. ...
Observe Inc and the great adventure of being one of Snowflake's best users
ZDNet - 30 Sep 2021 15:39
Huge SQL table joins at scale, the Snowflake forte, are a machine that Observe intends to ride to success.
Scientists gain new insight into identical twins
Slash Gear - 30 Sep 2021 15:21
We’re all familiar with identical twins. Despite significant progress into most areas of science, exactly what causes identical (monozygotic or MZ) twins is unknown. MZ twins appear randomly in families at a rate of ab...
Nreal Air smartglasses pack AR tech for watching movies and gaming
Slash Gear - 30 Sep 2021 15:00
Nreal has taken the wraps off its new smartglasses, Nreal Air, promising a seemingly futuristic experience combined with the privacy of personal shades. Nreal Air is a pair of sunglasses with built-in augmented reality t...
2022 Infiniti Q60 finally gets standard wireless Apple CarPlay
Slash Gear - 30 Sep 2021 14:47
The 2022 Infiniti Q60 is finally getting a wireless Apple CarPlay upgrade across all trim levels. The new Q60 is also getting slightly higher base prices for 2022, and it remains available in three trim levels. The base ...
An autonomous robot may have already killed people--here's how the weapons could be more destabilizing than nukes
Phys.org - 30 Sep 2021 14:45
Autonomous weapon systems--commonly known as killer robots--may have killed human beings for the first time ever last year, according to a recent United Nations Security Council report on the Libyan civil war. History co...
DARPA'S Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept achieves successful flight
Phys.org - 30 Sep 2021 14:42
DARPA, in partnership with the U.S. Air Force, completed a free flight test of its Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) last week. The missile, built by Raytheon Technologies, was released from an aircraft seco...
Lunar landers could spray instant landing pads as they arrive at the moon
Phys.org - 30 Sep 2021 14:32
Space exploration requires all kinds of interesting solutions to complex problems. There is a branch of NASA designed to support the innovators trying to solve those problems--the Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC). ...
Researchers reveal a wobbly and flared Milky Way disk based on LAMOST-gaia data
Phys.org - 30 Sep 2021 14:32
Astronomers from National Astronomical Observatories of Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC), Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of CAS and Nanjing University have revealed the wobbly and flared nature of the Milky Way disk...
These giant birds could eviscerate you. People were raising them 18,000 years ago.
Live Science - 30 Sep 2021 14:09
People were raising cassowaries, the world's most dangerous bird, some 18,000 years ago, new research shows.
How to Turn Your Old Computer Into a Media Streamer
Gizmodo - 30 Sep 2021 14:00
When your aging laptop or desktop computer is slowing to a crawl to get through day-to-day tasks, you don't necessarily have to recycle it or hand it off to someone else. Your old machine can be turned into a media strea...
These Smart Light Bars Will Brighten Up Your Living Room
Wired - 30 Sep 2021 14:00
Lights, camera, action! The affordable Govee Flow Pro system change colors to on-screen activity or music.
How to edit photos in Lightroom
SPACE.com - 30 Sep 2021 10:22
Follow our simple guide on how to edit photos in Lightroom to get the best from your images.