It’s been a fun summer for NASA’s InSight lander. Earlier in the season, the lander used scoops of Martian soil to “wash” dust off its solar panels, giving it a much-needed boost in operating power. And it came not a moment too soon. September 18th was a milestone — InSight’s 1000th sol on Mars —
Read MoreWhat’s next for Amazon’s family of Alexa-powered devices? A little bit of everything, according to a new report from Bloomberg News, which has a great overview of products the company is reportedly working on. The e-commerce giant has never been afraid of throwing products at the wall to see what sticks, and its plans certainly
Read MoreChris Stokel-Walker / Wired UK: UK study of the last mile gig sector: job allocation is a major issue and carriers should coordinate so drivers can move between delivering meals and parcels — The future is gig work – but the system is currently broken. Solutions are coming from academia
Read More“Starting Nov. 1, UnitedHealthcare fully insured members in most states will be eligible to sign up for Apple Fitness+ and get a 12-month subscription at no additional cost” What you need to know Apple Fitness+ is coming to UnitedHealthcare. Fully insured members will get a 12-month subscription to the service. It starts on November 1.
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Read MoreNetflix just announced the docuseries is getting a second season. But … why?
Read MoreA painting game complete with drawing prompts and an online gallery. I consider myself an eternally aspiring artist who occasionally produces digital work in Adobe Photoshop on my computer or within Adobe Fresco on my iPad (the latter of which I highly recommend to beginners). So when I saw that the Nintendo Switch was getting
Read MoreWholesale businesses have a lot going for them. They help keep the wheels of commerce greased and keep the supply chain functioning, barring global catastrophe. No matter the industry, wholesalers can help most companies save money and grow their businesses. What is Wholesale? Before we dive too deep into the topic at hand, let’s establish
Read MoreYou know, we’re not sure how this escaped our attention for so long. Blame it on the summer heat. Did you know that [Look Mum No Computer] opened a museum of obsolete technology a few weeks ago? This Museum is (Not) Obsolete is located by the seaside in the Ramsgate section of Kent, England, where
Read MoreStudents whose parents didn’t go to college often work instead of joining extracurricular activities, and can lag peers on skills like résumé writing.
Read MoreGood morning! A good time for those who own stocks in USB-C! And again, before we dive into Friday’s news, we’d like to thank today’s sponsor OnePlus! Get $20 off with code BUDSPRO20 when you purchase the newest OnePlus Buds Pro, limited time only! USB-C The European Commission in the EU has proposed legislation mandating
Read MoreRyan Browne / CNBC: China’s central bank says all cryptocurrency-related activities are prohibited and overseas crypto exchanges providing services in mainland China are illegal — – The People’s Bank of China said services offering trading, order matching, token issuance and derivatives for virtual currencies are strictly prohibited.
Read MoreSinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine is highly effective against serious illness, although rival shots from Pfizer/BioNTech and AstraZeneca showed better protection rates, a large real world study from Malaysia showed. The latest data is a boost to the Chinese firm, whose COVID-19 vaccine has been under growing scrutiny over its effectiveness following reports of infections among healthcare
Read MoreManish Singh / TechCrunch: Amazon launches Prime Video Channels in India, offering eight streaming services in one hub with discounted prices for one year — Amazon has launched Prime Video Channels in India, allowing its customers to subscribe to eight streaming services including Discovery+ and Mubi from one hub …
Read MoreA pair of molecular clouds known as Taurus and Perseus are famous among astronomers. These star-forming regions are just 400 and 1,000 light-years from Earth, respectively, offering a glimpse of how stars come to be in the galaxy. Now we know a bit more about the origin of these clouds thanks to the ESA’s Gaia
Read MoreBloomberg: Sources: Amazon is working on a larger Echo with a wall-mountable 15″ screen, a TV sound bar, wearables for seniors, new speakers, and more — – Company plans slew of new Alexa-based devices for coming years — Amazon eyes wearable for seniors, new speakers and software
Read MoreNow that the best iPhone lineup is here with the iPhone 13, you may have a shiny new iPhone in your hands. However, you want to transfer the data that you had on your previous iPhone to your new one — but how do you go about that? There are a few different ways that
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge If you’re an Apple Music user and recently bought a new iPhone 13 model, new ninth-generation iPad, or a sixth-generation iPad Mini, there’s an important update to download to avoid an annoying bug. A new Apple support document says a bug affecting those devices restored from a backup
Read MoreJawbone is best known for its fitness trackers, but the recent lawsuits focus on noise-isolation tech used in its earphones. Wearables company Jawbone is long-dead — it went out of business in 2017 — but its patents live on, and someone is using them to sue Apple and Google. As first reported by Bloomberg News,
Read MoreCredit: Redmi India The Redmi 9 Activ has launched in India. This is simply the Redmi 9 with more RAM in the top-end model. We heard murmurings of a Redmi 9 Activ earlier this month, suggesting that the Xiaomi sub-brand was working on another model in its Redmi 9 series. Now, Redmi has made it
Read MoreThese days cloud application developers are also security engineers. Who did not see this coming, given that application-level security is no longer an option? Also, we are pushing developers to build applications at scale, meaning they are becoming ops engineers and database engineers as well as security engineers, which is scary. The fact that most
Read MoreDeis Labs, a creator of open source tools for cloud-native application development, has introduced Hippo, a self-hosted platform-as-a-service (PaaS) that promises to make it easier to build and run WebAssembly workloads. Unveiled September 21 as a project still in development and not production-grade, Hippo is intended to make it easier to configure and deploy modules
Read MoreCanSinoBIO’s single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, given at a lower dosage than that for adults, is safe and triggers an immune response in children aged 6-17, results from a small trial showed. Researchers decided to lower the dosage after a few participants developed fever and headaches graded at level 2 severity – the second-lowest of four levels.
Read MoreLearn how to use Touch ID and protect all your information on your iPhone and iPad Your iPhone is like your house. You have a lot of valuable things and information that’s important and private for you. And just like you use a door lock for your house, you also need to also lock your
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