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ISS Astronauts on Busting Barriers and Space Smelling Like Burnt Metal Toast
Christina Koch and Anne McClain are two of only 256 people who've seen Earth from the International Space Station, but they wish everyone could. Astronauts Anne McClain and Christina Koch have, cumulatively, lived almost a year and a half in space. Alongside the science and space walks of their International Space Station missions, Koch and McClain also participated in an unusual assignment, ev ... Read more
2022-04-12 21:40:24
Apple's Tim Cook Says the Fight to Protect Privacy Is a Crucial One
Calling it "one of the most essential battles of our time," Apple CEO Tim Cook said Tuesday that his company will continue to fight for data privacy protections that are in the best interests of consumers. Cook also pushed back against charges that his company's tight controls over its app store are anti-competitive. While Apple maintains that the controls protect consumer security and ... Read more
2022-04-12 21:38:07
How facial recognition is identifying the dead in Ukraine
Last month a controversial facial recognition company, Clearview AI, announced it had given its technology to the Ukrainian government. The BBC has been given evidence of how it is being used - in more than a thousand cases - to identify both the living and the dead. This story contains graphic descriptions that may be upsetting to some readers. A man lies motionless on the floor, his head tilt ... Read more
2022-04-12 21:25:03
Self-driving car stopped by San Francisco police
San Francisco police officers were faced with a new challenge after stopping an autonomous vehicle with no-one inside. Officers approached the car, operated by Cruise, because it had been driving without headlights. In the incident, captured on film, an officer remarks that there "ain't nobody in it" before the car moves to what Cruise said was a safer location. The company said the h ... Read more
2022-04-12 21:24:21
Installing an EV Charger at My House Was Easy
With more and more electric vehicles coming through our test fleet -- including our long-term 2022 Mini Cooper SE -- I decided it was time to install a home charger. It's crucial for me because I live in a small desert town and the only public chargers are Level 2 units that deliver electricity at a super-slow speed of 8.3 kilowatts. The last thing I want to do is sit in the parking lot of the Cal ... Read more
2022-04-11 21:48:20
Elon Musk Isn't Joining Twitter's Board After All
Elon Musk won't join Twitter's board of directors, the social network's CEO tweeted on Sunday, the latest twist in the Tesla chief's quickly evolving relationship with the social media company. In a note to staff later made public, Parag Agrawal said Musk turned down a board seat on April 9, the day the appointment was supposed to take effect. Agrawal didn't say why Musk decided to not join the b ... Read more
2022-04-11 21:48:00
'The Infinite' VR Is the Closest You'll Feel to Space Without Floating
am drifting inside the International Space Station, an apparition floating from one compartment to the next. A constant mechanical thrum pulses like a heartbeat in my ears, but the station has the stillness of nighttime. I'm surrounded by details to explore, but I'm on a mission. I want to find the famous cupola, the geometrically windowed spot with my best chance of glimpsing our blue marble from ... Read more
2022-04-11 21:46:37
Apple, Google and Samsung May Have Big Smartwatch Plans for 2022
It's shaping up to be a big year for smartwatches. While we're expecting to see typical updates like the next-generation Apple Watch and Samsung Galaxy Watch, 2022 might also mark some notable milestones. Google, for example, is rumored to launch its first Pixel Watch in the spring or fall. Fitbit, which Google owns, could also release its first watch running on Wear OS. A Pew Research Report fro ... Read more
2022-04-11 21:41:11
Elon Musk will not join Twitter board, says boss
Elon Musk has decided not to join the board of Twitter, the company's chief executive Parag Agrawal says. Mr Musk's appointment was due to become effective on Saturday after revealing last week that he had bought a 9.2% stake in the social media platform. However, Mr Agrawal tweeted: "Elon shared that same morning that he will no longer be joining the board." The Tesla boss remains Tw ... Read more
2022-04-11 21:38:19
Ukraine Is Fighting Russia With Drones and Rewriting the Rules of War
The same quadcopters you can buy at Amazon are on the front lines of the battle for Ukraine. Ukrainian nonprofit Come Back Alive has collected ammunition, rifle stands and radios to help the country's soldiers fight Russia's invasion. This week, it also delivered items more commonly used to pep up YouTube videos than fight a war: 24 DJI Mavic 3 drones. "Our drones are our eyes," said o ... Read more
2022-04-10 21:47:48