We all use antennas for radios, cell phones, and WiFi. Understanding how they work, though, can take a lifetime of study. If you are rusty on the basic physics of why an antenna radiates, have a look at the very nice animations from [Learn Engineering] below. The video starts with a little history. Then it
Read MoreWatch it live this Sunday on the WWE Network. WWE Hell in a Cell 2019: How to watch, start times, match card and WWE Network – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreI almost can’t believe I’m writing this, but the quasi-mythical Surface Phone – now known as the Surface Duo – is real. Microsoft had its busiest Surface event ever today, announcing a total of eight or nine new products, depending on how you’re counting. Despite many of those leaking in the days leading up to
Read MoreRomain Dillet / TechCrunch: London-based Impala, which is building a layer on top of legacy hotel systems to standardize everything with a modern REST API, raises $11M Series A — Meet Impala, a London-based startup that wants to make it easier to interact with hotel data. The startup is building a layer on top …
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge In July, Google admitted it has employees pounding the pavement in a variety of US cities, looking for people willing to sell their facial data for a $5 gift certificate to help improve the Pixel 4’s face unlock system. But the New York Daily News reports that a
Read MorePhoto by David Peinado/NurPhoto via Getty Images The Department of Homeland Security announced today it plans to begin DNA testing immigrants and entering their information into a criminal database. The proposed regulation could harm hundreds of thousands of people held at immigration detention centers around the country, as reported by The New York Times. The
Read MoreCurrent and former U.S. officials studying the document pointed to several elements that, they say, indicate that the document may have been handled in an unusual way. Odd markings, ellipses fuel doubts about the ‘rough transcript’ of Trump’s Ukraine call Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreThe pace may allow the electric-car maker to fulfill its forecast for the year. But analysts are skeptical that sales are enough to yield a profit. Tesla Reports a Record Quarter for Its Deliveries Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThe mid-engine Corvette’s new hardtop convertible variant offers few trade-offs. 2020 Corvette Stingray Convertible is Chevy's new mid-engine droptop – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreA new Facebook initiative to fight fraudulent app developers and advertisers in federal court notched an early victory this month, when the tech giant reached a settlement with a New Zealand company that had peddled fake likes on Instagram. Facebook’s new legal team scores early victory in war against fraud Source: Washington Post Tech
Read MoreElon Musk is a Cancer. If he’d been born a week earlier, on June 21st instead of June 28th, he’d be a Gemini. And that would make much, much more sense. Because, while he isn’t very crabby (Cancers are crabs, and that’s the extent of my astrology knowledge), he certainly is a two-spirited human. Musk
Read MoreImage: 9to5Google We’ve moved beyond a flood of Pixel 4 leaks. Now, it’s like the all-encompassing wave that appears when a Pokémon uses Surf. Google seems to have Pokémon on the mind, too, because it apparently plans to help teach you how to use Motion Sense — its Soli-powered motion-sensing technology baked into the Pixel
Read MoreAnnie Massa / Bloomberg: Online broker E*Trade cuts stock trading commissions in the US to zero, joining rivals like TD Ameritrade, Charles Schwab, and Interactive Brokers Group — – Charles Schwab, TD Ameritrade announced zero fees yesterday — Shares of the brokerages have tanked as revenue faces threat Online broker E*Trade cuts stock trading commissions
Read MoreThe debate over privacy in the digital age increasingly pits tech companies against law enforcement agencies as explicit imagery explodes. Facebook Encryption Eyed in Fight Against Online Child Sex Abuse Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreIf you’re looking for a fancy LED lamp, the Internet can provide in spades. There are all manner of flashy-this and glowing-that, often with wild and impressive designs made with high-end tools. However, when it came time to decorate the apartment, [thebigpotatoe] wanted to build something simple that anyone could attempt. From this, the Super
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge If you were in the market for a new Microsoft Surface laptop or tablet, the choices used to be relatively simple — Surface Book for a potent laptop with a detachable screen, Surface Pro for a capable tablet with an optional detachable keyboard, or the Surface Laptop
Read MoreSix other states have also settled claims related to the proposed merger. Florida joins T-Mobile-Sprint merger settlement – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreA new associate degree in cloud computing developed by the Dallas County Community College District Office and Amazon Web Services will be offered at every Texas community college and technical school in spring 2020. AWS Cloud Computing Degree to Go Statewide in TX Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreTurns out our next door neighbor is the Hannibal Lecter of galaxies. Apparently the Andromeda galaxy is a monstrous cannibal that binge eats smaller galaxies – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreDeep Fusion is an entirely new technique that the iPhone will use to improve detail and reduce image noise in the photos you take. iPhone 11 Deep Fusion camera is now available to try in iOS 13.2 public beta – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreOur neighboring galaxy, Andromeda, is a cold-blooded killer and a cannibal to boot. In about 4 billion years it’s going to collide with The Milky Way, eat it, and litter the cosmos with its crumbs. This won’t be the first time it’s killed. We’ve known this for awhile, but a team of researchers recently took
Read More{$inline_image} Manish Singh / TechCrunch: NoBroker, which connects apartment seekers with property owners in India, raises $50M led by Tiger Global, after raising $51M led by General Atlantic in June — An Indian startup that is attempting to improve the way how millions of people in the nation lease or buy an apartment … NoBroker,
Read MoreThe Competition models add another 17 hp. 2020 BMW X5 M, X6 M burst onto the scene with 600 hp – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreJust when I think I’ve seen everything, some gaming weirdness comes along and smacks me back down to humility. And it’s usually something related to that most ubiquitous of games, Doom. This time, a clever soul named Ryan Edgar has managed to get Doom to run on, of all things, a McDonald’s cash register. He revealed his results
Read MorePhoto by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Deep Fusion, Apple’s anticipated computational photography system, is live in the latest iOS 13 public beta. If you’re enrolled, iOS 13.2 should be downloadable now after it arrived earlier today for developers. It’s available both for the iPhone 11 and 11 Pro. Deep Fusion is designed to
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