The rocket engineers were giddy Thursday, cheering through their face masks. Applauding, virtually high-fiving and wishing they could hug each other to celebrate when NASA’s massive Space Launch System rocket finally successfully completed a key test of its main engines. It was a moment of triumph for the space agency, which over the past year […]
Gov. Ralph Northam signed data privacy legislation into law on Tuesday, making Virginia the second state in the nation to adopt its own data protection rules. The law, known as the Consumer Data Protection Act, had broad support from the tech industry, including Amazon, which is building an Arlington, Va., headquarters. The legislation will allow […]
Getty Images Microsoft founder Bill Gates has not invested in Bitcoin, he said in a live chat on the social network Clubhouse. Mr Gates told host Andrew Sorkin that he preferred to invest in companies “that make products”, citing malaria and measles vaccines as examples. The billionaire said he did not choose his investments on […]
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In a 2015 speech, Bill Gates warned that the greatest risk to humanity was not nuclear war but an infectious virus that could threaten the lives of millions of people. That speech has resurfaced in recent weeks with 25 million new views on YouTube — but not in the way that Mr. Gates probably intended. […]
The Planetary Society The LightSail 2 solar-powered spacecraft is officially operational — it’s now in orbit and made its first contact with Earth on Tuesday. You’ll now be able to track the ship live using an online dashboard. The LightSail 2 is the result of a $ 1 million Kickstarter campaign organized and led by […]
Enlarge / Bill Gates speaks to Village Global. Village Global Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates recently gave a wide-ranging interview to VC firm Village Global, and at one point, the topic of mobile came up. Gates revealed his biggest regret while at Microsoft was a failure to lead Microsoft into a solid position in the smartphone […]
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The Planetary Society In 1976, astronomer Carl Sagan appeared on Johnny Carson’s The Tonight Show to talk about solar sailing, a technology he said could let spacecraft travel using particles and radiation from the Sun as propellant. The Planetary Society Forty years later, Sagan’s vision is becoming a reality. On June 24, The Planetary Society’s […]
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Monetization in games has spiraled out of control in the last few years and the loot box is one of the biggest culprits. Companies have flirted with pay-to-win mechanics implemented via loot boxes and even limited them to visual flair, but for some, it’s all considered gambling in the end. The U.S. is following other […]
A state lawmaker in Arizona is proposing a tax on online porn to help fund President Trump’s border wall. The bill from Republican Rep. Gail Griffin seeks to collect the tax by first requiring device vendors in the state to install porn-blocking software on the hardware. To get the software de-activated, you’ll have to pay […]
Bill Gates has said he is “heartbroken” by the death of his childhood friend and Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen. Allen, who also owned the NFL Seattle Seahawks and the NBA Portland Trail Blazers, died on Monday afternoon after a battle with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, his family confirmed to Business Insider. He was 65. Gates said Allen […]
Facebook paid £15.7m in tax in the UK last year, which is triple the amount it paid in the previous year. In 2016, Facebook’s tax bill rose to £5.1m, following a major overhaul of the social media firm’s tax structure. However, the company’s profits only climbed by £4m year-on-year from £58.4m to £62.7m in 2017. […]
[embedded content] The promo for The 2000s. “We’re in for the communications ride of our lives,” CNN’s Greg Lefevre says in a January 2, 2000, broadcast dug up for the news network’s latest decade documentary, The 2000s. “The coming years see cell phones small enough to fit in your pocket, the promise of video phones coming […]