January 09, 2018 at 03:53AM from ESPN via http://espn.go.com/
Month: January 2018
SpaceX apparently lost the classified Zuma payload from latest launch
SpaceX’s latest rocket may have launched successfully – but the mission didn’t end as a win. The Zuma payload it was carrying, a mysterious classified piece of cargo for the U.S. government believed to be a spy satellite, was lost after it failed to separate […]
New story in Technology from Time: Google Is On a Mission to Upstage Amazon at This Year’s CES
At last year’s CES, among the biggest technology conferences of the year, it felt like you couldn’t turn a corner without hearing about Alexa, Amazon’s virtual assistant. This year, Google is hoping to make sure that doesn’t happen again. The search giant, which typically doesn’t […]
New story in Technology from Time: Lenovo’s New Laptops Have a Really Smart Feature if You’re Concerned About Webcam Privacy
In 2016, a photo of Mark Zuckerberg caught the Internet’s attention. The photo, which showed the Facebook CEO in the company’s corporate headquarters, seemed ordinary enough save for one detail: his laptop had its webcam covered with tape. 3 things about this photo of Zuck: […]
Nikon’s new 180-400mm f/4 lens gets a built-in 1.4x teleconverter
While some had hoped we might see a D5S at CES, Nikon has taken the wraps of a new professional level FX-format lens – the AF-S 180-400mm f/4E TC1.4 FL ED VR super-telephoto zoom lens. Replacing the AF-S 200-400mm f/4G ED VR II, the new […]
Watch Intel’s CES 2018 keynote event right here at 9:30 PM ET
The first official keynote speech of CES will come courtesy of Intel CEO Brian Krzanich, who will surely discuss “how data is transforming the world around us,” autonomous vehicles and AI, but there’s a significant elephant in the room. This speech comes just days after […]
Wireless Charging Nears Unification As Powermat Cedes To Qi
Wireless Charging Nears Unification As Powermat Cedes To Qi Published on January 09, 2018 at 02:25AM Powermat, the only contender to the dominant format Qi, has joined the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) and now backs its rival. “Qi has become the dominant wireless charging standard […]
La campagna elettorale entra nell’università: è scontro sulle tasse
Il taglio delle tasse per 1,7 miliardi di euro (circa uno se riservato agli atenei pubblici) può privilegiare i «ricchi», moltiplicando le diseguaglianze che invece vanno ridotte. Dall'altra parte si sostiene che l'istruzione rientra nei diritti universali, non è solo un «servizio». In quanto diritti, […]
James Damore’s Lawsuit Is Designed to Embarrass Google
Monday, Damore sued Google for illegally discriminating against whites, males, and conservatives, demonstrating that the company cannot rid itself of its controversy-courting former employee so easily. Damore's complaint includes 86 pages of screenshots from internal Google discussion forums, … social experiment by Livio Acerbo #greengroundit
SFGATE: Wind advisory issued for San Francisco
Wind advisory issued for San Francisco Published on January 09, 2018 at 02:42AM by