The inventor of the Flyboard Air, Franky Zapata, says he plans to cross the English Channel on his jet-powered hoverboard on Thursday to mark the 110th anniversary of the first airplane flight between Britain and France, The Guardian reports. Zapata says he’ll fly between Sangatte and St Margaret’s Bay in a crossing that should only
Read MoreEquifax has agreed to pay $650 million to settle a series of state and federal investigations into a massive 2017 data breach that left more than 147 million Americans’ names, Social Security numbers, credit-card details and other sensitive information exposed. Equifax to pay up to 0 million to settle state and federal investigations into 2017
Read MoreIt’s very pretty to look at, but there will be compromises. Alienware m15's OLED is the gaming screen of your dreams. Kinda – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreUpcoming events include the Distance Teaching & Learning Conference, T.D.W.I. San Diego Conference, SANS Network Security 2019, and 2019 C.C.U.M.C. Annual Conference. Upcoming Events, Webinars & Calls for Papers (Week of July 22, 2019) Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreEarly this morning, India launched its very first lunar lander bound for the surface of the Moon. The spacecraft will spend the next month and a half traveling through space before attempting a touch down on the lunar surface in September. If successful, India will become the fourth nation to ever land a vehicle intact
Read MoreThree robotic explorers launched by the Indian space agency Monday morning will attempt to land at the lunar south pole for the first time. Chandrayaan-2: Watch a replay of India launching mission to moon's south pole – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhoto: DoorDash When you order food through an app and tip the worker who delivers it, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the money you give goes directly to that person. But in reality, some delivery apps use your tip to make up the worker’s base pay — essentially stealing the money you’re trying to
Read MoreThe “Bitcoin playboy” that made it rain money over one of Hong-Kong‘s poorest neighborhoods has been handed a suspended prison sentence for the stunt. Wong Ching-kit, also known as “Coin Young Master,” fessed up to the stunt and accepted charges for “committing a nuisance in a public place,” South China Morning Post reports. He has
Read More{$inline_image}India finally launched its pioneering Chandrayaan-2 successfully today. The country’s space agency, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), launched a moon rover with GSLV MK-III, India’s most powerful rocket, at 2.43 PM IST. #ISRO#GSLVMkIII-M1 lifts-off from Sriharikota carrying #Chandrayaan2 Our updates will continue. pic.twitter.com/oNQo3LB38S — ISRO (@isro) July 22, 2019 The mission was initially slotted for earlier this
Read MoreThe record was achieved by TUM Hyperloop’s fourth-generation pod. | Image: Photo: A. Heddergott / TUM Hyperloop TUM Hyperloop has set a new speed record of 463 km/h (288 mph) at the fourth SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition. The win was announced by Hyperloop’s official Twitter account. After confirming the speed record, Elon Musk announced that
Read MoreSufjan Stevens, Portishead, Patti Smith and Willie Nelson are among the artists underscoring the Monterey Five this season. Big Little Lies music: All the songs from season 2 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe ROG Phone I. | Photo by Vlad Savov / The Verge Asus’s first ROG gaming phone was one of the most maximalist takes on the concept to date, so it’s only appropriate that the company follow up with a new model to stay on the bleeding edge. The ROG Phone II sounds like a
Read MoreWelcome to Monday, and welcome to another Moonday Mornings, Hard Fork’s wrap-up of the weekend’s top cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines. Let’s take a look. 1. Damage from cryptocurrency-related crimes in South Korea over the last two years is estimated to be $2.3 billion (2.7 trillion Won), according to government data, The Korea Herald reports. 2.
Read MoreThree robotic explorers will be launched by the Indian space agency Monday morning, attempting to land at the lunar south pole for the first time. Chandrayaan-2: Watch live as India launches mission to moon's south pole – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFor most of us, a vise is the sort of thing you clamp onto the edge of a workbench and crank down by hand. It might even be made of plastic, depending on the kind of work you find yourself doing with it. But it’s safe to say that [WorkshopFromScratch] won’t be soldering any PCBs
Read MoreEvents celebrating the 50th year of Apollo 11 Moon landing are underway, but India is gearing up for its own second mission to the moon. Dubbed Chandrayaan-2, the lunar mission was originally scheduled for last Monday, but a technical snag resulted in it being aborted an hour before take-off. Less than five hours for the
Read MoreIn a piece co-published by Wired and EdSurge last week, Emily Tate detailed a troubling facet of the burgeoning online video teaching industry. According to US-based English tutors she spoke with, some of their young students in China were being beaten and scolded by their parents for making mistakes during these lessons – on camera. Hundreds
Read MoreThe sequel wasn’t in the MCU Phase 4 plans revealed by Marvel during Comic-Con. Guardians of the Galaxy 3 is still happening, James Gunn says – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHackers have stolen a massive trove of sensitive data and defaced the website of SyTech, a major contractor working for Russian intelligence agency FSB (Federal Security Service). BBC Russia, which reported the breach, said “it’s possible that this is the largest data leak in the history of the work of Russian special services on the
Read MoreAs reported by ExtremeTech, the brand new 5G network is running into a major snag with mobile devices as Qualcomm 5G modems literally cannot handle the heat. After just a few minutes of use they’re going into thermal shutdown and falling back to measly 4G data rates. Reports by both PCMag and the Wall Street
Read MoreHideo Kojima wanted Mads Mikkelsen instead, though. Keanu Reeves could have starred in Death Stranding – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreInstant ramen, the favoured repast of the impecunious would-be tech genius! It’s cheap, of dubious nutritional value, and it only takes a minute to cook. But what if you are in the creative Zone to the extent that five minutes to boil water is too much? For that you need an automatic ramen cooker, which
Read MoreThor 4, a Doctor Strange sequel and a new Blade are in the works. Marvel went huge at Comic-Con this year. Marvel's MCU Phase 4 plans revealed: Black Widow, Shang-Chi, Thor: Love and Thunder, new Doctor Strange and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreSufjan Stevens, Portishead, Donna Summers and Patti Smith are among the artists underscoring the Monterey Five this season. Big Little Lies music: All the songs from season 2 so far – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe few months that Colonel Sanders was the voice behind the turn-by-turn directions in my car were some of my favorite times behind the wheel. A few years later C-390 helped me navigate across the country which was also a lot of fun, but his jokes about road construction almost scored me a ticket in
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