Day: September 6, 2021

Mercedes-Benz Concept EQG previews a production electric G-Class – Roadshow

The Concept EQG has four electric motors and serious off-road capability. …read more Source:: CNet


After failing to make it to orbit, Firefly Aerospace asserts it has ‘arrived’

‘Arrived’ back on the planet quite a bit sooner than expected, sure Firefly Aerospace has confirmed that one of its Reaver engines shut down shortly after its Alpha rocket left the pad last week, resulting in the destruction of the vehicle in spectacular fashion just after reaching supersonic velocity.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Human Fraud: Detecting Them Before They Detect You

Tony Lauro, director of security technology and strategy at Akamai, discusses how to disrupt account takeovers in the exploitation phase of an attack. …read more Source:: Threatpost


China Says Government To Set Prices for After-School Classes

China said local governments should set the fees for after-school tutoring institutions that offer compulsory education subjects, another step in the country’s efforts to overhaul the private education sector. From a report: Local governments should establish benchmark fees and floating ranges, and include them in pricing catalogs, according to a notice from the National Development…


iPhone 13 release date: When will we see Apple’s new iPhone? – CNET

There hasn’t been any official word yet, but we expect the iPhone 13 to arrive sometime this month. …read more Source:: CNet


Report details how Airbus pilots saved the day when all three flight computers failed on landing

Software ‘enhancement’ on the way after triple touchdown TITSUP Airbus is to implement a software update for its A330 aircraft following an incident in 2020 where all three primary flight computers failed during landing.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


VCs Are Financing an Economy of Servants

An anonymous reader shares a post: But what’s at stake is not just employing people properly and/or paying them well — what is often called the ‘casualisation of work.’ At the core of enabling, financing and founding this servant economy is something much less tangible but substantial: what kind of an economy do you want…


AirPods and AirPods Pro hover near all-time low prices as new models are rumored to hit soon – CNET

Don’t get your Apple headphones at the Apple Store. Here are the best prices right now. …read more Source:: CNet


The Surprisingly Big Business of Library E-books

Increasingly, books are something that libraries do not own but borrow from the corporations that do. From a report:Steve Potash, the bearded and bespectacled president and C.E.O. of OverDrive, spent the second week of March, 2020, on a business trip to New York City. OverDrive distributes e-books and audiobooks — i.e., “digital content.” In New…


Small Scale Mad Max: Danny Huynh’s Dystopian Animatronics

The hacker spirit is always alive and well in post-apocalyptic fiction, as characters throw together contraptions from whatever junk they can find. While these might not always be practical or possible in reality, their primary purpose is usually to look the part. This is definitely the case for [Danny Huynh]’s post-apocalyptic animatronic creations, which look…