Category: tomorrow

Apple’s credit card could arrive in the first half of August

[ad_1] Getting a product like this off the ground is no easy feat, especially given that Apple’s decision to partner with Goldman Sachs meant two very different corporate cultures (Silicon Valley vs Wall Street) had to work together. Bloomberg reports that the two companies split up many of the responsibilities but worked together on the […]

SpaceX’s Starhopper test vehicle successfully makes its first bounce

[ad_1] After completing zero of two launch attempts on Wednesday, SpaceX went two for two on Thursday. Its Dragon spacecraft is making a third trip to the ISS, while its Starhopper test vehicle took a tiny jump from its test pad in Texas (the picture above is from Wednesday’s fiery test that was aborted just […]

Elon Musk’s Boring Co. raises $120 million in outside funding

[ad_1] Future Ventures — which backed other Musk ventures like Tesla and SpaceX — also contributed to the funding round. “Boring is a great example of the disruptive playbook we look for,” said Future’s Steve Jurvetson, who also serves as a director on the boards of Tesla and SpaceX. Counting the new funds, Musk’s transportation […]

Democratic hopeful Tulsi Gabbard sues Google over alleged censorship

[ad_1] According to The New York Times, after the first debate, Gabbard was briefly the most searched-for candidate on Google. Purchasing ads would have helped the campaign get its website at the top of the search results, Tulsi Now Inc. said. The campaign team also believes its emails were being placed in Gmail spam folders […]

LightSail 2 is now surfing on sunlight

[ad_1] One slight hiccup — the spacecraft did not rise far above the horizon, which scientists theorize is due to its orientation during the pass and the presence of the sail. The 32-square meter sail is roughly the size of a boxing ring. After the sail deployed on July 23rd, telemetry indicated that the spacecraft’s […]

Canada invests $85 million in internet satellites for rural areas

[ad_1] Navdeep Bains, the Canadian minister of innovation, said that high-speed internet access is not a luxury, and that Canadians should have access to it regardless of where they live. “Today’s announcements will provide us with a glimpse of what future connectivity of rural and remote communities will look like. It will also ensure that […]

Scientists used phone accelerometer data to predict personality traits

[ad_1] In a paper published by the IEEE Computer Society, the researchers say how quickly, how far and when we walk — and if we pick up our phones during the night — reveals telling patterns. By correlating physical activity to personality traits, the team determined that “agreeable” people have random activity patterns and are […]

Google Chrome extensions must obey new privacy rules by October 15th.

[ad_1] Moving forward, developers of third-party add-ons in Chrome and Drive must take a more conservative approach with user permissions. Extensions should only request the least amount of user data they need to function. Additionally, any app that handles user-provided content or personal communications must post a privacy policy. In the past, Google only required […]

Study finds changes in Cuban diplomats’ brains, but no sign of attack

[ad_1] The study performed advanced brain imaging on 40 government personnel who were stationed in Cuba. A group of 48 healthy patients were used as a control. Compared to the control group, the brains of the Cuba patients showed distinct differences in brain volume and connectivity. There was reduced white matter in the affected patients. […]