[ad_1] Just how well this scales to thousands of satellites is another matter.SpaceX is still in control of all but three of its internet satellites Remember when SpaceX hurled 60 internet satellites into space? Well, they’re mostly doing okay. The company is still in contact with 57 of them, with the other three likely to […]
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Amazon gives Fire TV devices a section devoted to live television
[ad_1] The section includes rows that highlight your recent channels as well as individual genres, including live news and sports. You can favorite channels to be sure they take priority in any given row. The new tab will reach all American Fire TV users over the course of the next several days. It’s not a […]
Facebook will fight misinformation linked to the 2020 US census
[ad_1] The audit also signals changes in other areas, including how it studies civil rights issues once the audit is over. The civil rights task force created in December will be formalized and take on additional “expertise” across a range of issues, including voting rights experts who’ll recognize trends in voter suppression. Every senior leader […]
Apple won’t offer a Netflix-like quantity of TV shows
[ad_1] Instead, you could expect a steady feed of new material. Apple is planning to release new movies and shows every month, with the first likely to be the Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon collaboration The Morning Show. Other shows will include Ron Moore’s For All Mankind, Steven Spielberg’s Amazing Stories and the Little America […]
Germany and the Netherlands form a joint military network
[ad_1] The unification will eventually include a head office in Koblenz, Germany, but there will be a design center at the barracks in the Dutch town of Amersfoort. On top of improving communication in the heat of battle, this will ideally speed the rollout of new technologies and standards. It could bolster their defenses against […]
‘Stranger Things 3’ pays respect to the power and perils of tech
[ad_1] This presents an opportunity for the gadgets that were so prominent in seasons one and two, like walkie-talkies and amateur radios, to play a more crucial role than before in the Stranger Things universe. Season three features eight episodes, and it takes place in the summer of 1985, months after Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) […]
Countries back plan to create ‘free flow’ of data across borders
[ad_1] The signatories include major countries like the US, China and Russia. However, there are already concerns as to whether or not this will lead to concrete action. Some of the participants are highly protective of their country’s data, for various reasons. China and Russia, for instance, tend to insist on companies storing data locally […]
SpaceX is still in control of all but three of its internet satellites
[ad_1] SpaceX also intends to deorbit two of the functioning satellites in order to test the process. It’s still early days for Starlink, but it suggests that you won’t see a host of dead satellites clogging up Earth’s orbit. The concern is more one of scale. Eventually, SpaceX hopes to put a constellation of nearly […]
Apple reportedly vows improvements to News+ after lackluster start
[ad_1] It’s not clear just how Apple would address publisher issues. However, they’ve expressed desires to both encourage longer reading sessons (since the publishers are paid based on time spent) and simplifying the conversion of magazines to Apple’s format. We’ve asked Apple for comment. The service has faced challenges from the get-go, if you believe […]
Court convicts murder suspect found through a DNA database
[ad_1] Investigators linked Talbott to the 1987 murders of Canadian couple Jay Cook and Tanya Van Cuylenborg after two of his cousins (from both sides of the family) uploaded their DNA profile to GEDMatch. The database, which also led to the Golden State Killer arrest, allows users to upload their DNA test results from services […]