Alphabet’s Project Taara laser tech beamed 700TB of data across nearly...
In January, Google’s parent company, Alphabet, shut down Project Loon, an initiative exploring using stratospheric helium balloons to distribute wireless internet (an attempt to use solar-powered drones folded in 2017). However, some technology developed as a part of the Loon project remained in development, specifically the Free Space Optical Communications (FSOC) links that were originally…
BioWare confirms it is making a new Mass Effect game
BioWare announced that it is making a new Mass Effect game in a surprise for N7 day, or November 7, the official holiday of the game series. The announcement was made by Casey Hudson, longtime shepherd of the game series, and he said it involves a veteran team working on the next chapter of the…
One of the coronavirus vaccine frontrunners won’t be ready before the...
A company developing one of the coronavirus vaccine frontrunners confirmed it would not be in a position to seek emergency use authorization by November 3rd, and said the experimental drug would be ready for public use next spring. Moderna, the first company to start COVID-19 vaccine trials in western countries, said it might be ready…
Watch Space Settlement 2021 from the National Space Society today (encore...
Home News Spaceflight Update for Feb. 12: The National Space Society will webcast an encore presentation of the Space Settlement 2021 symposium on Saturday, Feb. 13, at two different times for viewers around the world. A second encore presentation will begin at 11:30 p.m. EST (0430 on Sunday, Feb. 14), and will be available here.The National…
Apple is having iCloud device activation problems at the worst possible...
It wouldn’t be shocking if the sheer volume of gifted products was directly responsible. Device activations already tend to spike around Christmas regardless of brand. That demand could easily increase during a pandemic when people are buying tablets to talk to distant friends or smart speakers to play music while working from home.Still, this certainly…
Save up to 66% on H&R Block Tax Software with these...
Are you all set to file your taxes? If your answer’s no, you’re not the only one. The tax deadline this year may have been pushed back to May 17, but that doesn’t mean you should be too leisurely in taking your time to prepare and file your taxes. Fortunately, for those who need help,…
Solar System Formation in Two Steps – Explains Composition and Features...
The inner terrestrial protoplanets accrete early, inherit a substantial amount of radioactive 26Al, and hence melt, form iron cores, and degas their primordial volatile abundances rapidly. The outer Solar System planets start to accrete later and further out with less radiogenic heating, and hence retain the majority of their initially accreted volatiles. Credit: Mark A…
The best graphics cards for PC gaming
Updated We'll help you find the best graphics card to fit your needs. Rob Schultz/IDG Today's Best Tech Deals Picked by PCWorld's Editors Top Deals On Great Products Picked by Techconnect's Editors Table of Contents Show More “What graphics card within my budget gives me the best bang for my buck?”That simple question cuts to…
Hitting the Books: Why we need to treat the robots of...
Do not be swayed by the dulcet dial-tones of tomorrow's AIs and their siren songs of the singularity. No matter how closely artificial intelligences and androids may come to look and act like humans, they'll never actually be humans, argue Paul Leonardi, Duca Family Professor of Technology Management at University of California Santa Barbara, and…
Celonis claims the low-code movement will push process mining past RPA
Join Transform 2021 for the most important themes in enterprise AI & Data. Learn more. Process mining technology provider Celonis says its revenues have more than doubled over the last year, and CEO Alexander Rinker says the low-code movement is set to help process mining overtake the more hyped robotic process automation (RPA) market. Process…