Two giant radio galaxies have been discovered with South Africa’s powerful MeerKAT telescope, located in the Karoo region, a semi-arid area in the southwest of the country. Radio galaxies get their name…
Month: January 2021
Once you go EV, you never go back — according to 82% of owners, anyway
According to a report from automotive market research firm, JD Power, most electric vehicle (EV) drivers vow to never return to combustion engines. Good. JD Power says that 82% of EV early…
Google threatens to pull out of Australia over controversial news law
Google said that it could pull its search services from Australia if the country passes its debatable law that requires big tech companies to pay media organizations for listing their content. In…
Study: Low-traffic neighborhoods in London are making roads 3 times safer
When the coronavirus pandemic took hold in March last year, office workers swiftly pivoted to working from home. As travel restrictions came into force, more people were forced to spend time at…
My team tried blocking Slack to focus — it worked
It’s time to write. I make some coffee, open a blank document, then decide to quickly check Slack before I get started. Two hours later, I’ve written nothing. Team chat apps are…
An Indian city plans to use facial recognition to spot women in distress — what could go wrong?
It’s now fairly common for cities to install surveillance cameras with facial recognition capabilities to help catch criminals — Beijing and Moscow use them extensively. However, a city in northern India is…
Report: Apple to make a plain old VR headset before its fancy AR glasses
For years, we’ve been hearing rumors Apple is working on some kind of fanciful AR glasses — the futuristic kind that might look like regular old lenses. And while those are apparently still on…
Microsoft Edge gets ‘sleeping’ tabs and a password generator
Microsoft today added a bunch of new features to its Edge browser, helping bring it to parity with Chrome in some areas while adding some unique touches in others. Perhaps most notably,…
Trump pardoned the guy who founded the Church Of AI
With all the hullabaloo surrounding Joe Biden’s inauguration, Trump’s last-minute pardons slipped under the RADAR a bit. Sure, Trump’s pardoning of Steve Bannon nabbed plenty of headlines. And his snub of Joe…
Amplitude celebrates 10 years with a free weekend of Endless games
Amplitude Studios, makers of the excellent Endless games and the upcoming 4X title Humankind, is celebrating 10 years in the gaming industry with a slew of news, announcements, discounts, and freebies. Happy…