Iowa Native and Astronaut Raja Chari
Iowa native astronaut Raja Chari was selected by NASA to join the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class. Iowa Native and Astronaut Raja Chari Source: NASA
Read MoreIowa native astronaut Raja Chari was selected by NASA to join the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class. Iowa Native and Astronaut Raja Chari Source: NASA
Read MoreMax Seddon / Financial Times: COO of Yandex talks about revenue fall in its online ads and taxi businesses due to COVID-19, hopes increased demand for its delivery apps can mitigate losses — Fall in revenues for tech giant’s online advertising and taxi businesses offset by surge in demand for delivery services COO of Yandex
Read MoreIt even has its own pudding. Dig in. This Japanese 'anti-plague demon' has re-emerged as a mascot in the fight against COVID-19 – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreInstagram has shut down its Lite app meant for smartphones with moderate memory and regions with low data connectivity speeds. As first reported by Android Police, Instagram lite users have been asked to move to the full app or use the mobile website. Instagram Lite was first launched in 2018 in Mexico, and it weighed
Read MoreFuji TV The broadcaster of the world’s longest-running cartoon has said it will have to switch to reruns from next week due to disruption to production caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Sazae-san, an anime series that airs every Sunday night and has been shown since 1969, won’t get any new episodes in the near future;
Read MoreCatherine Shu / TechCrunch: Singapore-based Validus, a P2P lending service for SMBs and accredited investors, raises $20M for its ongoing Series B+ round, bringing total raised to ~$40M — Small- to medium-sized businesses are one of the most important parts of Southeast Asia’s economy, but many have trouble securing growth capital … Singapore-based Validus, a
Read MoreBobbie Johnson / MIT Technology Review: Iceland’s contract tracing app has ~38% adoption, the highest in the world, among its population of 364,000, but its impact on containing COVID-19 seems small — The country has the highest penetration of any automated contact tracing app in the world, but one senior figure says it “wasn’t a
Read MoreThe vehicle is designed to go to the moon and Mars, but first, its latest prototype needs to get some air. SpaceX's next-gen Starship moves closer to first test flight – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreElon Musk is reopening Tesla‘s Fremont factory, defying a shelter-in-place order throughout California’s Alameda county. Naturally, the CEO made the announcement on Twitter, and with a flair of martyrdom to boot: Tesla is restarting production today against Alameda County rules. I will be on the line with everyone else. If anyone is arrested, I ask
Read MoreSorry, wired headphone users. No, iPhone SE doesn't have a headphone jack either – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTesla’s factory reopened Monday, escalating a battle between Musk and the county where Tesla’s main production line is located. Tesla’s Elon Musk reopens factory, defying county orders and daring officials to arrest him Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreSamsung is definitely lining up a new foldable phone, but what will the cameras, features and price be? Here’s what we’ve heard so far about the Galaxy Fold 2. Galaxy Fold 2 rumors: Cheaper Fold E and a feature the original couldn't have – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreTyler Sonnemaker / Business Insider: Twitter announces the appointment of Stanford professor and former Google AI chief Fei-Fei Li to its board as an independent director, effective immediately — – Twitter has added former Google AI chief Dr. Fei-Fei Li to its board of directors, the company announced in a press release Monday. Twitter announces
Read MoreIf your Android phone isn’t running the latest software OS, your security and privacy might be in jeopardy. That old Android phone might not be safe to use: 6 things to consider – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMiles Kruppa / Financial Times: Equity management platform Carta is planning to launch CartaX, a private share trading platform to rival Nasdaq, this summer for companies worth $1B+ — Silicon Valley start-up poised to launch exchange as tech companies delay IPOs — The Silicon Valley start-up Carta is planning to launch … Equity management platform
Read MoreLiam Frost / Decrypt: There is only around $8M in bitcoin on the Lightning Network about two years after launching in beta, less than the ~$11.5M locked up in Ethereum wallet dapps — Recent data shows that the total amount of Bitcoin in circulation on the Ethereum blockchain is currently higher than in Bitcoin’s …
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / Th Slack announced a redesigned iPhone app with a new navigation bar at the bottom of the app in update notes today. However, it seems the redesign is still rolling out, even if you’ve updated to the latest version of the app — myself and another Verge colleague don’t have
Read MoreSome retailers are still selling the iPhone 8 despite Apple discontinuing the device. But you should just get the new iPhone SE instead. iPhone SE 2020 vs. iPhone 8: One of these 0 iPhones is a better buy – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreFacebook today revealed it’ll be rolling out a week’s worth of events, both on its platform and on Instagram, to celebrate the graduating class of 2020. The week will culminate in a virtual graduation ceremony featuring a celebrity cast. Here’s what you can expect to see. It’s time to celebrate the class of 2020.👏 Let’s
Read MoreImage: Twitch Twitch is now selling official gift cards you can use to buy items on the popular streaming platform, the company announced today. Despite being a free service, Twitch offers a number of ways you can spend money, including buying subscriptions to channels and paying for Twitch’s “Bits” virtual currency, and the new gift
Read MoreApple’s entry-level iPhone versus Google’s entry-level Pixel phone. Both cameras, compared. iPhone SE vs. Google Pixel 3A: Camera comparison – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIllustration by Grayson Blackmon / The Verge To say that Quibi is off to a disastrous start would be an understatement. Co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg attributes “everything that has gone wrong to coronavirus,” he told The New York Times in a new interview published on Monday. But Katzenberg is hopeful that rolling out new features will
Read MoreMotorola is rolling out the Android 10 update for the foldable Razr and adding a host of new features for the external “Quick View” display and some new visual customization options for icons. The bulk of the changes are in new features for the external display, which can now display Google Maps directions even when
Read MoreMakena Kelly No one knows exactly what the Democratic National Convention will look like this year, with social distancing restrictions still in place in Wisconsin and across the country. It’s already been moved to the end of the summer, and top Democrats like Nancy Pelosi have suggested holding it in a gigantic empty stadium to
Read MoreHerbaria make fascinating time capsules. In a museum or university near you, there’s probably a room with pages and pages of old, large sheets of paper, each with a dried whole plant delicately taped to it. These are the plant equivalents of dinosaur bones or taxidermied wildlife: once-living specimens preserved for… Read more… Press Flowers
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