Day: March 12, 2019

Crew Dragon returns to dry land as NASA promises new space station for the Moon

Upgrades postponed for NASA’s big rocket budget request in this week’s round-up Having plucked a damp Dragon plucked from the ocean, the rest of the week’s space news was dominated by a tightening budget will see commercial space seeking a large slice of NASA’s Moon pie.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Google reveals site for its GDC 2019 game-streaming service announcement – CNET

This is where to get the details about Google’s “future of gaming” on March 19. …read more Source:: CNet


In-car monitoring: Surveillance tech will make your car less private – Roadshow

Everything you do in your car may soon be noticed. …read more Source:: CNet


ProtonMail back up in Russia, firm says, after regime chokes access over ‘terrorist activity’

Service says that’s ерунда ProtonMail is “back to running normally in Russia now” after the country blocked access to the encrypted email service, claiming that students at a sports competition were using it to spread anti-regime propaganda.… …read more Source:: Register


Goose the cat from Captain Marvel inspires adorable meme trend – CNET

Make your cat Captain Marvel’s heroic feline sidekick … at least on Twitter. …read more Source:: CNet


Do You Know Where Your Drone is Headed? HJWYDK Article Explores Limits of MEMS Sensors

Knowing in what absolute direction your robot is pointed can be crucial, and expensive systems like those used by NASA on Mars are capable of calculating this six-dimensional heading vector to within around one degree RMS, but they are fairly expensive. If you want similar accuracy on a hacker budget, this paper shows you how…


UK joins growing list of territories to ban Boeing 737 Max flights as firm says patch incoming

No action from US regulator yet Britain’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has banned all Boeing 737 Max flights in UK airspace after a second fatal crash of the type near Addis Ababa in Ethiopia last Sunday, that killed all 157 people on board.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Senators want FAA to ground Boeing 737 Max after Ethiopia crash – CNET

So far, the Federal Aviation Administration has said the plane is still airworthy. …read more Source:: CNet


Chrome’s Lite Pages Speed Up HTTPS Webpages on Slow Connections

An anonymous reader shares a report: Frustrated by web pages that never seem to load properly? Well, Google hopes to make them a thing of the past. Today, the company announced that Chrome on Android’s Data Saver, a feature that automatically improves page loading using “built-in optimizations” and dedicated servers — speeding them up by…


Smart security gadgets could outsell professional systems 2 to 1 – CNET

16 percent of US households plan to buy a standalone smart security gadget like a video doorbell, compared to 8 percent who plan to buy a professionally monitored security system. …read more Source:: CNet