Month: April 2020

Tesla sued over Tokyo biker’s death in ‘dozing driver’ Autopilot crash

Motorcyclist had stopped to help with a separate traffic accident, say court docs Tesla is being sued by the widow and daughter of a man killed when an allegedly dozing driver let his Model X’s Autopilot feature steer it into a group of people.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Uplifting scenes of coronavirus solidarity around the world – CNET

National landmarks light up, citizens serenade medical workers from balconies and rooftops. See how people everywhere are boosting each other’s spirits in these dark times. …read more Source:: CNet


Disney selling face masks featuring Baby Yoda, Marvel heroes – CNET

Go Baby Yoda or classic Mickey Mouse? …read more Source:: CNet


Wolfram Physics Project Seeks Theory of Everything; Is it Revelation or Overstatement?

Stephen Wolfram, inventor of the Wolfram computational language and the Mathematica software, announced that he may have found a path to the holy grail of physics: A fundamental theory of everything. Even with the subjunctive, this is certainly a powerful statement that should be met with some skepticism. What is considered a fundamental theory of…


Microsoft rebrands Visual Studio Online as ‘Codespaces’; plans to lower pricing

Visual Studio Online is being rechristened as Visual Studio Codespaces. And pricing cuts are coming for all tiers as of mid-May. …read more Source:: ZDNet


This Tech Conference Is Being Held on an Animal Crossing Island

As our lives have become a seemingly endless series of work meetings on Zoom and FaceTime or WhatsApp catch-ups with friends, we’re all getting a bit sick of seeing people’s faces enclosed in a cold, almost lifeless, digital frame. A tech worker from New York had a different idea for his tech conference, which he…


Xbox Series X First Look event puts games in the spotlight – CNET

Gamers will finally see what Microsoft’s next-gen console can do. …read more Source:: CNet


This gigantic hail may be the largest on record – CNET

Scientists are studying a 2018 storm that unleashed “gargantuan” hailstones on Argentina. …read more Source:: CNet


Disney is selling face masks featuring Baby Yoda, Marvel heros – CNET

Go Baby Yoda or classic Mickey Mouse? …read more Source:: CNet


We’re not Finnished yet: Nokia chalks up €200m sales hit to ‘COVID-19 issues’

Insists: It was the supply chain! We’ll get the sales back later this year Nokia Oyj told the market this morning that it estimates the novel coronavirus has “had an approximately €200m negative impact” on its Q1 2020 sales, mostly due to “supply chain challenges” but insisted the sales would be “shifted to future periods”,…