It just so happens that a lot has changed in 6,000 years, such as the fact we humans have drones. So, of course, drone pilots like Bjorn Steinbekk are flying theirs right into the molten lava. Just watch; it’s worth 15 seconds of your time. Somehow, the drone survived flying right past chunks of lava spewing into the sky. Good thing too, because that drone just so happens to be the pricey new DJI FPV....
At the same time, the tech sector’s professional, managerial and executive labor forces are overwhelmingly white and male. It is not surprising, then, that the field is under a great deal of pressure to diversify its labor force. As researchers who study inequality, we examined the data to go beyond the picture of diversity in the tech sector as a whole. In our most recent research, we looked at which types of tech firms increased their workforce diversity, by how much, and for which groups of people....
But the recent discovery of possibly biogenic phosphine in the clouds of Venus reminds us that at least some of these ingredients exist elsewhere in the solar system too. So where are the other most promising locations for extra-terrestrial life? [Read: Are EVs too expensive? Here are 5 common myths, debunked] Mars Mars is one of the most Earth-like worlds in the solar system. It has a 24.5-hour day, polar ice caps that expand and contract with the seasons, and a large array of surface features that were sculpted by water during the planet’s history....
Don’t get me wrong. I’m no sullen technophobe. As lockdown projects go, NASA’s landing of the Perseverance rover on the surface of the red planet earlier this year was a hell of a blast. Watching it reminded me that I once led a high school debate defending the motion: this house believes that humanity should reach for the stars. It must have been around the time that Caspar Weinberger was trying to persuade President Nixon not to cancel the Apollo space program....
The UK drugs regulator, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), is also started a rolling review of other vaccines in late-stage human trials, such as the AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine and the Moderna vaccine. If these vaccines also meet the very high efficacy and safety standards set by the agency, they too will be approved for mass rollout. The fastest a vaccine has ever been developed is the mumps vaccine, which took a mere four years from concept to market....
In a report on the protection and enforcement of intellectual property obtained by TorrentFreak, the European Union’s executive branch has outlined a series of shortcomings it sees in the way Canada handles copyright concerns. “The Canadian IPR [intellectual property rights] system still features certain shortcomings,” the Commission writes. “Despite recent positive developments, a number of issues remain to be addressed, in particular in copyright and related rights as well as in enforcement....
Since then the ice age, toys have been shrouded in shame, become a symbol for feminism, and were promised to spice up your marriage, but only if you were heterosexual. From the 60s to the 2000s, the sex toy has become a symbol for various — and sometimes conflicting — movements. From sex-positive feminism in the 60s, to gay rights in the 80s, and monogamous marriage in the early 2000s....
Of course, answering this is tough and relies on a multitude of factors, but we’ve just got our first clue that things might be heading in the right direction. Yep, I’m talking about the first ever Apple Silicon Geekbench results. Basically, Geekbench is a benchmarking program. The software runs a series of tests and tracks how long a processor takes to complete them. These results are then turned into scores, with the higher being better....
Google has slowly been renaming its Home devices under the ‘Nest,’ bringing some cohesion to its home hardware lineup. WinFuture acquired what appear to be official marketing images of the device, showing the new, single screw mount to easily attach the device to a wall. The device is purported to be made out of more recycled materials and come in at least one new color – a neat sky blue....
But things took a different turn this weekend after an unknown person(s) decided it was time to reveal their identity as the ‘real’ Satoshi Nakomoto in a three-part blog post series. Possibly exhausted by peoples’ previous attempts to do the same, and having noticed several significant inconsistencies in the person’s writing, it didn’t take long for Bitcoin Twitter to react and call Faketoshi’s claims into question. Here are a few examples of what Faketoshi 2....
Earlier today, the company’s co-founder and CEO, Pete Lau, confirmed the development of the new screen technology on Chinese social network Weibo: A photo of the specification of the new screen from the event floating around Twitter suggests the display will support 10-bit color effect, and MEMC motion effects — popularly known as motion smoothing. — Ice universe (@UniverseIce) January 13, 2020 Support for a display with a 120Hz refresh rate was quite common on gaming phones such as Asus ROG Phone 2 and the Razer Phone (both 1 and 2)....
Where previous generations would often adopt a pet to either be a companion to their children or help fill the void once those children grew up and left home, Millennials and Gen Z couples tend to get married and have children at a much later age. In fact, some (myself included) choose not to have children at all, opting for furry babies instead. That is reflected by statistics that show that younger generations actually own more pets than older ones....
As I mentioned during last week’s Big Spam takeover, I’m Tristan. I write for TNW and I’m the editor of Neural, but lately my job’s been all about COVID-19. I don’t know how you’re feeling, but my mental health isn’t exactly peak right now. I’m stressed out, a little worried, and quite anxious. And I’m not alone. The National Institute of Health says we’re all likely to feel some extra strain during these trying times....
The Uber files reportedly show the company had a deliberate strategy of breaking or ignoring the law and was very much aware of it. Uber’s original service – citizens driving other citizens in their private cars without permits or licenses of any kind – was mostly in a grey legal area. In emails, executives joked about being “pirates” and the company’s model being “just fucking illegal” when it faced legal opposition in entering new markets....
When newspaper editor Tess Flanders coined the phrase “a picture is worth a thousand words” a century ago, it’s likely she had no idea how truly prophetic those words would grow to become in our modern world. A single image of triumph, tragedy or change can define how the entire planet feels and responds in a way the written word can never fully convey. That’s all a flowery way of saying the images you choose matter....
In a statement to The Verge, a spokesperson said “As we ramp into the future with Xbox Series X, we’re taking the natural step of stopping production on Xbox One X and Xbox One S All-Digital Edition. Xbox One S will continue to be manufactured and sold globally.” Word of console shortages, the One X included, has been going around since the COVID-19 pandemic started, and discontinuing these will likely cause a run on the ones still on store shelves....
The 5,000 milestone appears to have been reached in the past few weeks. As of June 1, there were 4,858 cryptocurrency ATMs. According to data from CoinATMradar.com, there are now 5,011 of the machines around the world, at the time of writing. Credit: Coin ATM Radar The cryptocurrency ATM manufacturer General Bytes is responsible for most of this growth, having installed 69 new machines since the start of the month....
The holidays are the same every year. You go in with a plan for what to get for each of the people on your gift-giving list. Then once deals start mounting and logistics get wonky, plans go awry, order breaks down, and every purchase turns into an audible worthy of Peyton Manning. To help, we’re putting 10 Black Friday offers in front of you right now that you should consider....
Not too many years ago, anyone buying a TV with a screen over 50 inches was probably a serious videophile assembling their own home theater. Now, massive screens have become the norm for even the most indifferent TV buyer. The stampede to giant wall-filling TVs has also opened up the market to literally dozens of different manufacturers, making it tough to know which brands are really bringing the goods for your new home centerpiece....
Welcome to the day you learned that the newest consumer-grade micro computers are so micro that they could actually get lost in your pocket change. In fact, the VoCore2 is literally the size of a coin, so small that it’s making other popular micro systems seem positively bulky by comparison. For tech tinkerers, the implications of enlisting this tiny open-source Linux board are huge — and you can start getting a look at just how much this tiny powerhouse can accomplish at over $10 off its retail price, just $69 with this offer from TNW Deals....
