Day: September 16, 2020

Astroboffins reckon evidence of Martian life has probably been destroyed where liquid acid flowed on the Red Planet

Fortunately, it looks like Perseverance rover will start digging in the right place Evidence of ancient microbial life in Martian soil will not be easy to find, and some of it may have been destroyed by the flow of liquid acid, according to research published in Scientific Reports.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Your thoughts can be displayed on this cyborg garment

Instead of being able to wear your heart on your sleeve, you will soon be able to wear robotic clothes that show real-time visualizations of your thought waves. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Congressional Inquiry Faults Boeing And FAA Failures For Deadly 737 Max Plane Crashes

A sweeping congressional inquiry into the development and certification of Boeing’s troubled 737 Max airplane finds damning evidence of failures at both Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration that “played instrumental and causative roles” in two fatal crashes that killed a total of 346 people. From a report: The House Transportation Committee released an investigative…


How to save $400+ on a new Series 6 Apple Watch: Get a $20 pulse-ox sensor from Amazon

Is the new pulse oximetry health sensor on the Series 6 Apple Watch worth the spend? We look at a very inexpensive alternative, as well as some reasons it might be worth forking over your hard-earned cash for a new Watch upgrade. …read more Source:: ZDNet


How Microsoft is Looking To MetaOS To Make Microsoft 365 a ‘Whole Life’ Experience

An anonymous reader shares a report: Earlier this year, some leaks about Microsoft’s “MetaOS” had a lot of us Microsoft watchers scrambling to figure out what this foundational layer is and how it will affect Microsoft’s various products and services in the future. Recently, I’ve unearthed some more details about the company’s high-level goals and…


Sounds like Spotify and Epic have been chatting: Music streamer blasts Apple One service as ‘anti-competitive’

Cupertino’s subscription bundle favours its own products, says choons slinger Spotify has claimed Apple’s new subscription bundle, Apple One, will “disadvantage competitors” and “threaten our collective freedoms to listen, learn, create, and connect”.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Amazon to open over 1,000 small warehouses in suburbs across the US, report says – CNET

The move could help Amazon continue to expand one-day delivery for Prime customers. …read more Source:: CNet


Chip Industry Wants $50 Billion To Keep Manufacturing in US

The U.S. chip industry said as much as $50 billion in federal incentives will be needed to halt a decades-long trend of manufacturing moving overseas as China spends heavily to become a leading semiconductor producer. From a report: The federal government needs to deploy $20 billion to $50 billion to make the U.S. as attractive…


With no viable alternatives, big names flock to Adobe’s cloudy wares amid global pandemic

The new normal is all right for some Disruptions caused by COVID-19 continue to play into Adobe’s hands with company execs last night toasting doubles all round as sales went up 14 per cent to $3.23bn year-on-year and pre-tax profit leaped 26.5 per cent to $1.06bn.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


My stolen credit card details were used 4,500 miles away. I tried to find out how it happened

When cybersecurity reporter Danny Palmer found his card was apparently used on another continent, he set out to discover more. …read more Source:: ZDNet