For someone who is hours away from his family, living alone on a college campus without in-person classes, and who infrequently sees a friend in the flesh, Hugh-Jay Yu has an impressively active social life. Every night between 7 p.m. and 2 a.m., the 19-year old college sophomore in Evanston, Ill., hangs out with a […]
NASA’s latest Mars rover — Perseverance — is its most advanced to date, carrying with it a plethora of technology that includes a suite of 23 cameras. We’ve already been treated to incredible footage from several of the cameras, captured as the rover approached the surface of the red planet on February 18, 2021. Within […]
Older adults living alone often lack access or an understanding of technology, and many are unsure how to sign up for an appointment. Annette Carlin feels trapped. Before the pandemic, Ms. Carlin, who is 84, loved to go on walks in Novato, Calif., with her grandchildren and dance at the senior center. Since March, though, […]
Lewis Tan stars as Cole Young. YouTube/Warner Bros. He bears an unusual birthmark. YouTube/Warner Bros. It’s an invitation to….Mortal Kombat! YouTube/Warner Bros. Sonya Blade (Jessica McNamee) heeds the call. YouTube/Warner Bros. The iceman cometh: Joe Taslim plays Sub-Zero. YouTube/Warner Bros. Poor Jax Briggs (Mehcad Brooks) will not emerge from this encounter unscathed. YouTube/Warner Bros. Bionic […]
Scientists from Johns Hopkins, Columbia and other leading American universities moved with rare speed when a Chinese virologist, Li-Meng Yan, published an explosive paper in September claiming that China had created the deadly coronavirus in a research lab. The paper, the American scientists concluded, was deeply flawed. And a new online journal from MIT Press […]
Enlarge / Close-up photograph of a SIM card, a SIM-card replacement, and a smartphone. Getty Images Ten people have been arrested in connection with a series of SIM-swapping attacks that reaped more than $ 100 million by taking over the mobile phone accounts of high-profile individuals, authorities said on Wednesday. SIM-swapping is a crime that […]
Maria Bartiromo, the Fox Business anchor seen on TV six days a week, has joined a chorus of pro-Trump commentators urging followers to flock to Parler, the social network that promises no fact-checking or “editorial bullies trying to tell you what to think.” She told Parler chief executive John Matze in an interview earlier this […]
The iPhone 12 Pro Max (left) and iPhone 12 mini (right). Samuel Axon Never let it be said there isn’t a range of size options at this point. Samuel Axon ` Samuel Axon Two weeks ago, we published a double-review of the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro—but those two phones were only half of […]
Some familiar controller designs show up in the patent imagery… Sony / USPTO A visual layout of the many external and internal components that could be involved in the patented method. Sony / USPTO Basic diagram of how the detection algorithm works. Sony / USPTO A visual representation of how summary statistics for controller movement […]
OAKLAND, Calif. — Jack Dorsey has won plaudits for his corporate activism during the coronavirus crisis, taking on President Trump in his role as Twitter’s chief executive and donating nearly a third of his total wealth to pandemic relief. But at Mr. Dorsey’s other company, Square, a payments business where he is also chief executive, […]
Zuckerberg also met privately with black executives to discuss their pain and objections to the post, which referred to responding to protesters over George Floyd’s death. And employees questioned whether Facebook was in an “abusive relationship” with the president, according to a trove of documents that showed more than 200 posts from an internal message […]
Intel has finally launched its latest generation of new desktop chips, known as 10th-gen Comet Lake-S. They were announced months ago, and in that time, leaks with nearly every spec have been posted online. Intel still has a couple of tricks up its sleeve, though. These processors, ranging from Core i3 up to Core i9, […]
Apple and Google shocked the world last Friday with their COVID-19 announcement to collaborate on an opt-in Bluetooth-based proximity contact detection API for iOS and Android. Contact tracing is the identification and follow-up of people who may have come into contact with an infected person. We’ve been learning more about the API this week, including […]
None of us are ever going to be Superman, beings from another planet in possession of astonishing birth-given superpowers. However, we could be Iron Man, able to slip into a special assistive suit that augments our natural abilities with the use of some smart high-tech components. That’s the appeal of the powered exoskeleton or exosuit, […]
AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos on Saturday shared a memo sent to Amazon employees regarding the coronavirus. In the letter, Bezos notes that the company is hiring 100,00 workers and says Amazon is taking steps to protect essential personnel that can’t work remotely. He encourages those who have […]