Facebook's Nervy Wrist Controller for AR Glasses and Much More
Creating a smooth functioning interface for smart glasses that allows its wearers to operate in an augmented reality world has proven to be a challenging task, but Facebook believes it may have a solution on the human wrist.
Investors have $20 billion to acquire businesses. Is yours one of them?
Our Technology M&A: 2021 Outlook gives owners, founders and entrepreneurs insight into why e-commerce is dominating technology acquisitions, what this means for multiples, when investors are looking to allocate capital and more.
Tech Think Tank Calls for $40B Reverse Auction to Boost Rural Broadband
Nearly one-in-five rural Americans don't have broadband Internet access, but that could change with the use of carefully targeted subsidies through a process known as a reverse auction.
Nvidia + Arm and the Challenges of Building a New Type of Tech Company
Nvidia is in the process of working through regulatory approvals to buy Arm from SoftBank -- a technology holding company with mixed success husbanding its acquisitions. Let's explore this acquisition, the most significant regulatory hurdles the effort needs to overcome, and what might result once the two firms are one. We'll close with the product of the week: Nvidia's GeForce Now.
Young Adults, Seniors Over 75 Most Susceptible to Cyber Fraud: Report
The most vulnerable cybercrime victims are young adults and adults over 75, according to the latest research revealed in the LexisNexis Risk Solutions biannual Cybercrime Report. The report reveals how unprecedented global change in 2020 created new opportunities for cybercriminals around the world, particularly as they targeted new users of online channels.
The Rise of Open Source: Pandemic, Economy, Efficiency, Trust
A testament to the rising adoption of open source is the recent moves by software giants such as Microsoft, IBM, and Oracle into the open-source community. This corporate migration to open source is continuing as many organizations, both large and small, turn to open source in tough economic times.
Globally, we throw out 50 million tons of electronics waste every year, which is the equivalent of 1,000 laptops every second. This month the EU addressed this problem with a comprehensive "right to repair" law to dramatically reduce this waste.
Researchers Repurpose Drugs to Fight COVID in Elderly
Researchers have discovered a way to identify existing drugs that can be potentially repurposed to fight COVID-19 in the elderly. The researchers said they have plans to share their findings with pharmaceutical companies, but added...
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Women in Tech: 20 Trailblazers Share Their Journeys
Successful women in the tech trenches share their insights and tackle subjects ranging from how to search out a strong mentor to how to be one -- from how to advance in a large company to how to start your own firm.
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One of the most visible changes in our pandemic year has been the absence of movie theaters. With vaccines beginning to roll out and lockdowns receding (perhaps too quickly in some areas), moviegoing is again on the table, but how long will it take before people actually want to sit in a room and breathe each other's air again just to watch a rom-com?
One way to gauge how movie studios see our collective progress is yesterday's news from WarnerMedia and Disney. Disney revealed its next Marvel flick, Black Widow, will be delayed until July 9th and instead of going into theaters exclusively, it'll have a Premiere Access release on Disney+ where subscribers can drop $30 to watch it early at home. Pixar's Luca will follow Soul as a Disney+ streaming exclusive, but Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is slated to hit theaters only later in the year.
Meanwhile, Warner cut a deal with Regal Cinemas to smooth over its hybrid HBO Max release schedule for the rest of this year and set up a 45-day theater exclusivity window in 2022. All in all, it highlights that we're not in the clear yet.
OnePlus' new phone is unashamedly a top-tier phone with a price to match. The company has nailed everything you demand in a smartphone at this price, offering (finally!) an option beyond Samsung or Apple — or Google if you're hardcore. According to Mobile Editor Chris Velazco, this is the best device OnePlus has ever made. If you've been thinking about splurging on a new smartphone, the 9 Pro deserves your consideration. Continue reading.
OnePlus also unveiled its first smartwatch, alongside its new phones. It costs $159, runs OnePlus' own OS and offers more than 110 workout modes in addition to letting you see your phone's notifications and messages. Notably, OnePlus is applying its Warp Charge technology to the wearable and promises to get you a full day's juice in five minutes. As a lot of you may know, most smartwatches take their time to recharge. The OnePlus Watch goes on sale on April 14th on the company's website. Expect to hear our thoughts then. Continue reading.
Porsche has unveiled a free update for the 2020 Taycan that brings it in line with this year's model, adding improved driving dynamics, new intelligent charging functions and the latest navigation/infotainment features. The Taycan Turbo S gets improved slip control, so you'll be able to accelerate from 0 to 124MPH in 9.6 seconds, shaving 0.2 seconds off the previous time.
Among other new features, it also added the Smartlift function, which automatically raises your car's air suspension when you get near a speed bump or steep driveway, like the one that leads to the mountain getaway home you also have. Continue reading.
Ingenuity made its way to Mars attached to the belly of NASA's Perseverance rover, and now the agency is planning a test flight next month. At some point after April 8th, the rotorcraft will make a test flight inside its 33-by-33 foot "airfield" that NASA has selected.
After Perseverance drops off Ingenuity, it'll carefully back away from the helicopter to give its solar cells the chance to recharge. NASA will attempt to complete the entire test flight process in about 31 days after deploying Ingenuity. "As with everything with the helicopter, this type of deployment has never been done before," said Farah Alibay, a systems engineer at Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
If all goes according to plan, Ingenuity's first test flight will see it hover about 10 feet off the surface of the planet for 30 seconds. Continue reading.
If you're in the market to buy a three-wheeled car that can go from zero to 60MPH in 1.8 seconds, then, goodness, does Daymak have the electric vehicle for you. The company is crowdfunding the Spiritus, a two-seater EV that apparently "rides like a go-kart." It's hoping to reach 50,000 pre-orders for the vehicle, which has solar panels for trickle charging and a regeneration system, as well as Daymak's own wireless charger.
Plunking down a $100 deposit will lock in a pre-order and guarantee you a lower price when the EV actually goes on sale. Continue reading.
Tesla now accepts payment in Bitcoin, according to Tesla's website and a tweet from CEO Elon Musk. He added that "Bitcoin paid to Tesla will be retained as Bitcoin, not converted to Fiat currency," and noted that the company uses internal, open-source software and operates Bitcoin nodes directly. The price of a Bitcoin is now $55,880 (as of March 24, 2021 at 4:16 AM ET), and it'll be interesting to see whether Tesla prices will contort around the currently quite volatile currency. Continue reading.
You can't be Facebook without copying the competition. Now we have a closer look at the social network's attempt to grab some of that Clubhouse cool (or chaos?) based on photos shared by reverse engineer Alessandro Paluzzi, who found the experimental feature in the social network's Android app code. This early version of the feature allows users to choose the type of room they want, with one option offering private audio and video rooms for your friends and another to offer audio-only broadcasts to people that, well, aren't your friends. Continue reading.
