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Airline fears around 5G may finally be over

The concern that 5G signals could cause massive flight delays appears to finally be over now that Delta has upgraded its airplanes to avoid interference. Reuters reported the airline has finished updating the radio altimeters in its currently in-service fleet. Other aircraft out for planned maintenance will also be outfitted with the new altimeters. Delta

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Hefty 3D Printed Quadcopter Meets Nasty End

You can readily buy all kinds of quadcopters off the shelf these days, but sometimes it’s more fun to build your own. [Michael Rechtin] did just that, with a hefty design of his own creation. The build is an exploration of all kinds of interesting techniques. The frame itself uses generative design techniques to reduce weight

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Child advocacy group Heat Initiative is starting a $2M campaign calling on Apple to detect, report, and remove child sexual abuse materials from iCloud (Tripp Mickle/New York Times)

Tripp Mickle / New York Times: Child advocacy group Heat Initiative is starting a $2M campaign calling on Apple to detect, report, and remove child sexual abuse materials from iCloud  —  An advocacy group is starting a $2 million campaign calling for the company to better police materials on its products and services.

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Sources: Apple, Nvidia, Alphabet, Intel, Samsung, and AMD have agreed to invest between $25M and $100M each in Arm’s IPO (Echo Wang/Reuters)

Echo Wang / Reuters: Sources: Apple, Nvidia, Alphabet, Intel, Samsung, and AMD have agreed to invest between $25M and $100M each in Arm’s IPO  —  Customers of Arm Holdings Ltd including Apple Inc (AAPL.O), Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O), Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) and Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD.O) are set to invest …

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Labor Day BBQs May Feature NYPD

Planning to host a large backyard wingding in the NYC metro area this weekend? Be sure to watch the skies for uninvited guests. That’s right, the NYPD are deploying drones over “large” Labor Day events and yes, even private barbecues. The strategy was announced during a briefing about J’ouvert — that’s a yearly Caribbean festival

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Best Personal Drone for 2023

Welcome to our comprehensive guide on the best personal drones in 2023! Personal drones have revolutionized the way we capture photos and videos, explore our surroundings, and experience the thrill of flying. In this article, we have curated a list of the top personal drones that offer exceptional performance, advanced features, and versatility for a

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Filing: Globalstar signed a $64M deal with SpaceX to launch satellites for Apple’s Emergency SOS iPhone feature in 2025 (Robert Stewart/NOLA.com)

Robert Stewart / NOLA.com: Filing: Globalstar signed a $64M deal with SpaceX to launch satellites for Apple’s Emergency SOS iPhone feature in 2025  —  Globalstar has enlisted Elon Musk’s SpaceX to launch a host of satellites it will use to provide a communications network for an emergency Apple iPhone feature …

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Tesla cuts its Full Self-Driving Beta’s US price from $15K to $12K, reversing the bump from $12K to $15K in September 2022; the subscription is still $199/month (Jameson Dow/Electrek)

Jameson Dow / Electrek: Tesla cuts its Full Self-Driving Beta’s US price from $15K to $12K, reversing the bump from $12K to $15K in September 2022; the subscription is still $199/month  —  Tesla has cut the price of its Full Self-Driving (FSD) software by $3,000, to $12K, down from $15K in the US.

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Sources: cloud data management startup Rubrik, valued at ~$4B in 2021, is planning an IPO in 2023, raising $500M to $700M; PitchBook: Rubrik has raised $1B+ (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Sources: cloud data management startup Rubrik, valued at ~$4B in 2021, is planning an IPO in 2023, raising $500M to $700M; PitchBook: Rubrik has raised $1B+  —  – Offering could raise between $500 million and $700 million  — The company held a meeting with research analysts this week

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An Electric Unicycle, In Minimalist Form

When self balancing scooters hit the market a few years ago they brought alongside them a range of machines, from the hoverboard kids toys which have provided so many useful parts, to the stand-astride electric unicycles. These last machines have a bulky battery and controller box atop the wheel, and [Dycus] set his sights on

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Hackaday Prize 2023: 10 kW Electronic Load

[tinfever] needed a high-power benchtop electronic load for an upcoming project, and by their own admission decided foolishly to build their own. And we’re glad they did. The thing is, whilst this isn’t exactly a super-cheap project to build, buying a commercial offering with a capability of 10 kW and up to 30 kW pulsed,

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Top Web Development Companies: Innovative Leaders of the Digital World

Web development companies specialize in creating, designing, and maintaining websites. Their team of skilled professionals has experience with various programming languages, design software, and web development tools. They work closely with the clients to understand their business requirements, goals, and objectives. So they can create visually appealing websites, user-friendly and optimized for search engines. However,

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Samsung reveals the world’s first 32Gb DDR5 DRAM die, letting the company lower the cost of high-capacity memory modules and build record 1TB RDIMMs for servers (Anton Shilov/AnandTech)

Anton Shilov / AnandTech: Samsung reveals the world’s first 32Gb DDR5 DRAM die, letting the company lower the cost of high-capacity memory modules and build record 1TB RDIMMs for servers  —  Samsung early on Friday revealed the world’s first 32 Gb DDR5 DRAM die.  The new memory die is made on the company’s 12 nm

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The manager of .ai TLD for British territory Anguilla estimates the island will make $25M to $30M from domain registration fees in 2023, up from $7.4M in 2021 (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg)

Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: The manager of .ai TLD for British territory Anguilla estimates the island will make $25M to $30M from domain registration fees in 2023, up from $7.4M in 2021  —  Anguilla is expected to make millions this year from a surge in demand for web addresses ending with .ai, thanks to the

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Canada tries to address Big Tech’s Bill C-18 concerns, saying Google and Meta would pay publishers ~$126.6M and ~$44M per year; Meta plans to keep blocking news (Reuters)

Reuters: Canada tries to address Big Tech’s Bill C-18 concerns, saying Google and Meta would pay publishers ~$126.6M and ~$44M per year; Meta plans to keep blocking news  —  Canada unveiled draft rules on Friday for a law to compel internet giants to pay news outlets, saying it was addressing …

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