Day: February 17, 2020

Jeff Bezos Commits $10 Billion To Fight Climate Change

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says he’s launching a $10 billion Bezos Earth Fund that will issue grants aimed at addressing climate change — a move that comes less than a month after hundreds of Amazon employees criticized what they saw as the company’s weak commitment to tackling the issue. From a report: Bezos, who’s the…


Fortnite ARG teases start of Chapter 2 season 2 – CNET

A new season is coming, and it’s about time. …read more Source:: CNet


SpaceX launches 60 more Starlink satellites, but rocket misses landing – CNET

Elon Musk’s company did what it set out to do Monday, but its rocket went for an unplanned swim. …read more Source:: CNet


SpaceX Successfully Launches a New Batch of Its Starlink Satellites

SpaceX on Monday successfully sent another batch of Starlink satellites into orbit but didn’t quite stick the landing of its Falcon 9 rocket. From a report: Elon Musk’s space company did achieve its primary objective of sending 60 more flying nodes for its nascent global broadband service into space, bringing the total number of Starlink…


Microsoft updates its roadmap for the new Edge; extension syncing coming this month

Microsoft says the ability to sync extensions across their Chromium-based Edge browsers on different devices is coming this month, starting with Canary channel testers. …read more Source:: ZDNet


A few Presidents’ Day deals actually worth checking out

Here are the very best business tech deals. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Nodus Shell Case II for the Apple iPhone 11 Pro: Stylish leather with strong magnetic mount option

One thing I love about using an iPhone is the number of excellent case options. Nodus offers elegant Italian leather options and its latest cases offer good protection, great looks, and a reliable minimalist mounting solution. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Tutanota cries ‘censorship!’ after secure email biz blocked – for real this time – in Russia

Move over, there’s plenty of room on Putin’s naughty step Fresh from last week’s controversy with a US telco, German secure email biz Tutanota has declared today that the Russian authorities have pulled the plug on its services.… …read more Source:: Register


Transparent LCD Makes Everything Look Futuristic

According to [Kelsey], transparent displays are guaranteed to make “everything feel like the future.” Unfortunately they’re hard to find, and the ones typically available are OLED and can’t make solid black colors. But as luck would have it, it’s possible to repurpose a common LCD to be sort of transparent. A LCD uses nematic crystals…


Call of Duty: Modern Warfare battle royale mode map leaks online – CNET

Warzone will give players one big space to play in. …read more Source:: CNet