Watch a team of robots launch and target a missile

Watch a team of robots launch and target a missile

Post Views: 267 The demonstration was part of a NATO exercise called Robotic Experimentation and Prototyping Augmented by Maritime Unmanned Systems, or REPMUS. The training ran for two weeks, concluding September 24, and was designed to facilitate collaboration between navies and robots from several nations. The REPMUS series of exercises began in 2019, and it…

Why Dyson is going all-in on solid-state batteries

Why Dyson is going all-in on solid-state batteries

Post Views: 362 That’s just one fascinating detail in a volume that recounts Dyson’s trailblazing career: In his early days, he sold a boat called the Sea Truck, then he invented a new kind of wheelbarrow called the Ballbarrow, and eventually created a vacuum cleaner design that employs cyclones—rapidly spinning air—to separate out the dirt,…

How to delete Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp—and take your data with you

How to delete Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp—and take your data with you

Post Views: 207 So much has happened with Facebook lately that it’s hard to keep track. Since Frances Haugen, a former data scientist for the company, made public thousands of documents (known now as The Facebook Papers) and addressed a Senate subcommittee at the beginning of October, the world has been privy to more and…

Your website could be doing the environment dirty. Here’s how to clean it up.

Your website could be doing the environment dirty. Here’s how to clean it up.

Post Views: 288 No trees are seemingly cut down every time you Google something or read a social media post on your phone or laptop. But websites alone do create emissions—internet usage is responsible for almost four percent of global emissions. That might not seem like a lot, but its equivalent to about the same…

7 tips to help you excel at Microsoft Teams

7 tips to help you excel at Microsoft Teams

Post Views: 237 If you’ve upgraded to Windows 11 you’ve probably noticed that Microsoft Teams is front and center on the new-look taskbar. Having long been primarily for business users, Microsoft is now pushing the chat app as a consumer option too, ready to replace Skype, Slack, Facebook Messenger, and any other communication tools you’re…

Verizon wants to use Amazon satellites to bring broadband to rural areas

Verizon wants to use Amazon satellites to bring broadband to rural areas

Post Views: 312 Amazon and Verizon are attempting to get affordable broadband access to rural and remote locations around the globe by looking beyond the Earth’s borders. The companies announced their “strategic collaboration” in a press release Tuesday, which will pair the mobile provider’s existing infrastructure with that of Project Kuiper, Amazon’s proposed constellation of…

Amazon’s venture into the bizarre world of quantum computing has a new home base

Amazon’s venture into the bizarre world of quantum computing has a new home base

Post Views: 267 This site will now be the home of ​​Amazon Web Service’s Center for Quantum Computing, and will house their quantum research teams, equipped with corresponding laboratories filled with specialized tools for designing and running quantum devices. Hardware engineers, quantum theorists, and software developers, will all collaborate to tweak currently existing quantum computers,…

The new Corvette Z06 is a ruthless machine with a sound to match

The new Corvette Z06 is a ruthless machine with a sound to match

Post Views: 286 The eighth-generation “C8” Chevrolet Corvette, which first debuted in 2019, is nothing short of America’s supercar. The C8 embodies a seldom-seen rear-mid engine layout, along with a powerful V8, which enabled it to make waves when it first hit the road. It has since consistently delivered incredible performance for its value. Since…