The transportation giant hasn’t said whether or not RoboCas will go into production, and The Verge notes that the prototype shown at the Tokyo Motor Show was stationary and had a Windows tablet unceremoniously stuck to its back. We don’t know the full capabilities of […]
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Senator Feinstein makes broad request for all ‘Russia-connected’ Twitter and Facebook user data
The nature and extent of Russia or Russian-linked actors interfering with the Presidential election is yet to be determined, but it’s not for want of inquiries. Half the people on Capitol Hill are looking into it in one way or another, and Senator Diane Feinstein […]
A Look at Urban Food Waste, by the Numbers
This story originally appeared on Citylab and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Last winter, teams of researchers in three US cities donned goggles, gloves, and respirators, tore into bags of other people’s household garbage, and then pawed though the contents. Separating slimy banana peels from clumps of […]
Previsioni meteo: da venerdì 27 Ottobre arrivano freddo e piogge
Il caldo dell'estate è un flebile ricordo da ben più di un mese. I primi cambiamenti meteorologici si erano fatti sentire già verso la fine di Agosto, anche se il clima piuttosto mite ha caratterizzato quasi tutte le settimane di questa prima parte … by […]
WhatsApp now lets you ‘unsend’ embarrassing and accidental messages
We’re usually forced to live with our mistakes in this world, but WhatsApp is now giving us a way to erase our little embarrassments. Starting now (at least for some users), if you accidentally send a message to someone, you’ll be able to delete it […]
NASA and Germany are about to refresh their climate science satellites
Both satellites were needed for GRACE to perform its mission, so when yet another of GRACE-2’s batteries failed and contact was lost in September, the writing seemed to be on the wall. The mission team worked heroically to bring it back online for one final […]
Maramoja has a different take on the ride-hailing market in Africa
Taxi-hailing service Maramoja started as an Uber for Africa, but has since taken a different spin on it. “I came out here to start basically Uber for Africa,” Maramoja CEO Jason Eissen told me. “The idea was bring some technology to the Nairobi tech scene, […]
Gadget Lab Podcast: Can a Chromebook Be Your Only Computer?
For a long time, Chromebooks have been derided as not being “real computers.” The truth, which continues to grow increasingly clear, is that most people don’t need anything with capabilities beyond what a Chromebook offers. Recent updates that give you the ability to run Android […]
Representatives Pelosi and DelBene: ‘No tolerance’ for culture of harassment
Washington Congresswoman Suzan DelBene and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi recently visited the University of Washington’s Computer Science school to discuss the workplace of the 21st century and women’s place in it. Their talk, delivered to an audience almost exclusively composed of young women in the […]
Surface Book 2 release date, price, news and features
After being two years’ worth of patient with Microsoft, we’ve finally happened upon the Surface Book 2, a machine that’s ostensibly more focused on iterating on its predecessor than breaking new ground in an ever-flourishing market of 2-in-1 laptops. In spite of some presumably biased […]