This article was originally published by Christopher Carey on Cities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, reaching an international audience of city leaders. For the latest updates follow Cities Today on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube, or sign up for Cities Today News. Berlin has introduced a law elevating the status
Read MoreLast week, a leak from YouTube channel Tech Buff PH showed off Xiaomi’s upcoming Mi 11 Ultra. Other specs aside, the phone’s most intriguing aspect was a second screen on the back. This screen should be helpful when you’re taking photos with the rear camera, and might even show notifications. That got us thinking: the
Read MoreIt’s not every day we see a grand piano with a Raspberry Pi inside, let alone one with 96 motors, but sometimes we get lucky. The contraption in question is one developed by [Konstantin Leonenko], as part of a collaboration with composer [Patricia Alessandrini] for a piece she created inspired by Ada Lovelace. Specifically, [Patricia]
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Samsung has a pair of new laptops in development — the Galaxy Book Pro and Galaxy Book Pro 360 — which include OLED displays and will be compatible with the company’s S Pen stylus, SamMobile reports. The Galaxy Book Pro 360 is said to also be available with
Read MoreThe iPhone 12 mini hasn’t been a success. The device hasn’t even been out six months and already there are reports that Apple is set to cut its successive model. But we may have been too rash: the iPhone 13 mini could actually be a thing. Okay, let’s get the bad news out the way. The
Read MoreMatthew Hutson / New Yorker: Some AI researchers are increasingly worried about the lack of ethical oversight, with the job often falling to peer reviewers, a stark contrast to other fields — At artificial-intelligence conferences, researchers are increasingly alarmed by what they see. Some AI researchers are increasingly worried about the lack of ethical oversight,
Read MoreAcross social media, vaccine misinformation targeted toward Christians and other religious groups is reaching sizeable audiences. This area is the hardest for tech companies to police. On social media, vaccine misinformation mixes with extreme faith Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreIn the 2012 film “Robot and Frank,” the protagonist, a retired cat burglar named Frank, is suffering the early symptoms of dementia. Concerned and guilty, his son buys him a “home robot” that can talk, do household chores like cooking and cleaning, and reminds Frank to take his medicine. It’s a robot the likes of
Read MoreGIF: Hyundai Hyundai is teasing the first interior photos of the Ioniq 5 ahead of its world premiere on February 23rd. It’s Hyundai’s first EV to utilize the Electric-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP) — the same platform that Apple is said to have been interested in for its oft-rumored self-driving car. E-GMP’s flat battery and long
Read MoreFollowing “seven minutes of terror” after it reaches Mars’ upper atmosphere, NASA’s Perseverance rover is expected to land on the surface of the red planet at 20:55 GMT on February 18. This is incredibly hard to do, with only about 40% of missions succeeding. As a member of the team that built the European Space
Read MorePhoto by Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images Microsoft has updated its unified Office mobile app to work on Apple’s iPad devices. The new Office app combines Word, Excel, and PowerPoint into a single application, and originally launched for iOS and Android back in 2019. Microsoft has been gradually improving it ever since, but it always
Read MoreElectric moped rental company Revel is expanding its product lineup to include monthly e-bike subscriptions for residents of New York City. It’s the latest company to try to capitalize on the e-bike boom by shifting to a Netflix or Spotify subscription model for transportation. For $99 a month, interested customers can get a stylish electric
Read MoreA screenshot for the new PC version shows the upgraded ray tracing technology. | Image: 4A Games Metro Exodus developer 4A Games has revealed the free upgrades that are coming to its 2019 shooter on PC and next-gen consoles this year. The new version-specific features vary by platform, but include overhauled ray tracing support and
Read MoreWe’re living a lot of our lives virtually, increasingly looking to digital channels and platforms for shopping, entertainment, and educational needs. Unsurprisingly, many people now have their first encounter with a brand online yet marketers are letting the sound of their brand blow away in the wind. Few are paying attention to crafting an effective
Read MoreOne of the best things to come from the growing drone industry is the development of compact and powerful brushless motors. We’ve seen several multi-rotors capable of carrying a human, but electric helicopters are rare. [OskarRDA] decided to experiment with this, converting his single-seat ultralight helicopter to electric power and giving it seven tail rotors
Read MoreIs there a hidden ninth planet far from the sun? New research pours cold water on the theory. 'Any evidence for Planet Nine is gone': Scientists dispute probability of mystery planet – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAfter delaying the launch of its electric SUV, the EQC, in the US, Mercedes-Benz has decided to cancel its launch all together. According to US car site Autoblog, the EQC was originally supposed to debut in America this year, however that timeline was pushed back to 2022. [Read: How Polestar is using blockchain to increase
Read MoreGovernment antitrust lawsuits have created openings for numerous private cases against Big Tech, with more expected to come. If successful, the cases could cost them dearly. Big Tech’s Next Big Problem Could Come From People Like ‘Mr. Sweepy’ Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreEver felt like what your MCU of choice misses is a way to read the electrical signals from your muscles? In that case [Deepak Khatri] over at Upside Down Labs has got your back with the BioAmp EMG Pill. Described as an affordable, open source electromyography (EMG) module, based around a TL074 quad low-noise JFET-input
Read MorePeople love big phones, and companies oblige that demand by releasing devices with monster screens. Heck, even the “mid-sized” iPhone 12 has a 6.1-inch screen. Phones with big displays give you more screen estate to view content bigly, stack two apps in the splitscreen mode, and pack more icons on a page. But sometimes it’s
Read MoreThe booster appeared to miss the landing pad of the company’s droneship in the Atlantic Monday night. SpaceX loses Falcon 9 rocket on landing in first of two Starlink missions – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCatalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: Trend Micro details an unpatched remote code execution bug in the Android version of SHAREit, an app with 1B+ Play Store downloads that lets users share files — The vulnerabilities impact SHAREit, an app used for sharing files between users and their devices. Trend Micro details an unpatched remote code execution
Read MoreHere’s one bit of surprising tech news: Essential, the smartphone company launched by Android co-creator Andy Rubin, is not dead quite yet. The brand has instead been acquired by Nothing, the upstart tech company created by OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei. The news, via a report by 9to5Google, comes out of left field, considering Pei had
Read MoreHey star! You’re going the wrong way. Scientists discover backward star, spinning in the opposite direction to its planets – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThere was a time when visitors to London would carry an A to Z map to navigate the city’s Undergound railway system, referring to the iconic London Transport map printed on its back as they did so. Now it’s likely they’ll do the same with their smartphones, with apps ranging from simple analogues of the
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