Techlife News
TOYOTA REVS UP ITS DIGITAL MAPPING SUBSIDIARY WOVEN PLANET
Toyota plans to hire more people and invest heavily in its subsidiary Woven Planet to work on mobility technology so the Japanese automaker stays competitive amid the global shift to using artificial intelligence and robotics in everyday driving.
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Techlife News #507
Techlife News
DEVICE TAPS BRAIN WAVES TO HELP PARALYZED MAN COMMUNICATE
In a medical first, researchers harnessed the brain waves of a paralyzed man unable to speak тАФ and turned what he intended to say into sentences on a computer screen.
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Techlife News #507
AppleMagazine
MUSK ON TRIAL: DEFENDS SOLARCITY, CALLS LAWYER тАШBAD HUMAN'
Tesla founder Elon Musk took to a witness stand to defend his companyтАЩs 2016 acquisition of a troubled company called SolarCity against a lawsuit that claims heтАЩs to blame for a deal that was rife with conflicts of interest and never delivered the profits heтАЩd promised.
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AppleMagazine #507
AppleMagazine
BILLIONAIRE RICHARD BRANSON REACHES SPACE IN HIS OWN SHIP
Swashbuckling billionaire Richard Branson hurtled into space aboard his own winged rocket ship last Sunday, bringing astro-tourism a step closer to reality and beating out his exceedingly richer rival JeffBezos.
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AppleMagazine #507
AppleMagazine
тАШTHE CROWN,' тАШMANDALORIAN' TOP EMMY NOMINATIONS WITH 24 EACH
тАЬThe CrownтАЭ tied with тАЬThe MandalorianтАЭ for the most Emmy nominations Tuesday with 24 apiece, but the Marvel universe also got bragging rights with runner-up тАЬWandaVision.тАЭ
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AppleMagazine #507
AppleMagazine
UN CALLS FOR GLOBAL DATABASE OF HUMAN GENE EDITING RESEARCH
The World Health Organization issued new recommendations on human genome editing, calling for a global registry to track тАЬany form of genetic manipulationтАЭ and proposing a whistleblowing mechanism to raise concerns about unethical or unsafe research.
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AppleMagazine #507
AppleMagazine
SPORTS THE DIVERSIFICATION & EXPANSION OF APPLE TV+
With Apple reportedly expressing an interest in streaming rights for the National Football LeagueтАЩs тАЬSunday TicketтАЭ package, thereтАЩs never been a better time to sign up for AppleтАЩs streaming service.
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AppleMagazine #507
AppleMagazine
FIRM HACKED TO SPREAD RANSOMWARE HAD PREVIOUS SECURITY FLAWS
For 21 years, the software company Kaseya labored in relative obscurity тАФ at least until cybercriminals exploited it in early July for a massive ransomware attack that snarled businesses around the world and escalated U.S.Russia diplomatic tensions.
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AppleMagazine #507
AppleMagazine
ONE TRICK TO TRAVELING CHEAPLY: FLEXIBILITY
So you want to travel on a budget.
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AppleMagazine #507
AppleMagazine
FAA: NEW TOOL LIMITS DISRUPTIONS CAUSED BY SPACE OPERATIONS
Federal regulators said they now can better track rocket launches and space vehicles returning to Earth, which could cut the amount of time that airplanes must be routed around space operations.
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AppleMagazine #507
AppleMagazine
ELECTRIFY AMERICA TO DOUBLE EV CHARGING STATIONS BY 2025
Electrify America, an electric vehicle charging network funded with money paid by Volkswagen as punishment for its emissions cheating scandal, says it plans to more than double its number of charging stations throughout the United States and Canada.
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AppleMagazine #507
AppleMagazine
BEZOS' BLUE ORIGIN GETS OK TO SEND HIM, 3 OTHERS TO SPACE
Jeff BezosтАЩ rocket company has gotten government approval to launch people into space, himself included.
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AppleMagazine #507
PC Gamer US Edition
MAKING HISTORY
The story of 1997тАЩs QUAKE AFTтАФthe first-ever all-female professional gaming tournament.
9 min ┬а|
September 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
ROGUETRITE
A universe has its PC debut in WARHAMMER AGE OF SIGMAR: STORM GROUND
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September 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
LONE STRANGER
STRANGELAND lives up to its name, if not its promise
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September 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
ROLLING IN THE DEEP
Get tactical in authentic D&D roll-player SOLASTA: CROWN OF THE MAGISTER
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September 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
CATACLYSM
BIOMUTANT is a dull RPG that treads water with beauty and charm
7 min ┬а|
September 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
KING'S BOUNTY II
Mutiny on the bounty
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September 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
RAINBOW SIX EXTRACTION
We played UbisoftтАЩs slower, more methodical take on Left 4 Dead
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September 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
GLACIAL DRIFT
SUBNAUTICA: BELOW ZERO is a survival game with depth.
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September 2021
PC Gamer US Edition
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD
Battle in TOTAL WAR: WARHAMMER III isnтАЩt just about winning or losingтАФitтАЩs a fight for survival
10 min ┬а|
September 2021
RotorDrone
Windracers Mail Delivery
With its partner Windracers Ltd., Royal Mail has become the first UK parcel carrier to deliver mail to a UK island in a 70-mile, beyond-line-of-sight, autonomous flight to the Scilly Isles. Tasked to better connect the islandsтАЩ remote communities, a consortium including Royal Mail, Windracers Ltd., DronePrep, University of Southampton, Excalibur Healthcare Services, and Consortiq Limited is funded by UK Research and Innovation.
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August/ September 2021
RotorDrone
Counting Penguins
Counting penguins is harder than it sounds. With freezing rain, snow, and chilling winds that limit the flight windows for the surveys, it takes scientists using three full days to map the location of 300,000 nesting pairs of Ad├йlie penguins on AntarcticaтАЩs Cape Crozier.
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August/ September 2021
RotorDrone
A Drone Double Play
Beach cleanup and a historic bridge
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August/ September 2021
RotorDrone
Understanding Aviation Sectional Charts
Signs and symbols every remote pilot needs to know
10 min ┬а|
August/ September 2021
RotorDrone
10 TOP JOBS
Fields where drones are taking off!
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August/ September 2021
Mac Life
MAC TO THE FUTURE
Apple is at a turning point with Mac hardware тАФ but just where could it go in the next five or 10 years? LetтАЩs imagineтАж
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July 2021
Mac Life
Ask: Tech Support & Techsplanations
Like any new technology, we have much to learn about the working life of SSDs in M1 Macs. Alarming reports of rapid wear must be tempered against use. Take any lowтАУend Intel Mac with limited memory and work it hard with high use of virtual memory, and its SSD wears out faster. Unlike rotating hard disks, which can keep spinning for a decade or more if youтАЩre lucky, the more your Mac writes to an SSD, the shorter its life.
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July 2021
Techlife News
BILLIONAIRE BLASTOFF: RICH RIDING OWN ROCKETS INTO SPACE
Two billionaires are putting everything on the line this month to ride their own rockets into space.
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Techlife News #506
Techlife News
AMAZON BEGINS NEW CHAPTER AS BEZOS HANDS OVER CEO ROLE
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos stepped down as CEO, handing over the reins as the company navigates the challenges of a world fighting to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic.
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