Technology and News Today
After more than a year of working to get final approval, Disney’s lengthy process of acquiring 21st Century Fox is finally done.
Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/20/18273142/disney-fox-acquistion-final-hulu-marvel-streaming-21st-century
Earlier today at GDC 2019, Google officially revealed Stadia, a game-streaming service that will be available later this year in US, Canada, the UK and Europe.
Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/19/google-stadia-gdc-2019-event-supercut/
When jets of charged particles from the sun hit our magnetosphere, some of the ensuing ripples travel towards the north and southern poles and get reflected back. The resulting interference allows standing waves to form, like on a drumhead.
Continue Reading . . . https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/solar-jets-cause-standing-waves-in-earths-magnetic-field/
Angry Birds has already made the leap from smartphones to augmented reality and VR. But now, Rovio is bringing some of those lessons back to the iPhone.
Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/19/angry-birds-ar-iphone-ipad/
Google+ isn’t the only Mountain View property that’s getting the axe on April 2nd. Apparently, the Inbox app is also bidding its users farewell on the same day. The tech giant first revealed that it’s going to discontinue its smarter take on email late last year, but it didn’t say when specifically.
Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/19/google-inbox-shut-down/
A team of scientists at Stanford have figured out a way to make hydrogen fuel out of saltwater. The discovery could open up the world’s oceans as a potential source of energy.
Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/18/scientists-can-turn-regular-seawater-into-hydrogen-fuel/
Are foldable phones the wave of the future or nothing more than a hyped up and passing fad a’la 3D TV? While I might be inclined to lean towards the latter.
Continue Reading . . . https://bgr.com/2019/03/18/foldable-iphone-vs-galaxy-fold-concept-design/
Phones are more expensive than ever. Flagship devices from Apple, Samsung, Google, and other top manufacturers can now cost hundreds of dollars more than they did just a couple of years ago.
Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/18/18263584/why-phones-are-so-expensive-price-apple-samsung-google
Whether you require 1,500 buttons on your mouse for control over all your character skills in an MMO, or you need absolute precision for the latest first-person shooter, having a decent mouse for your gaming PC is worth the investment. There are different kinds of mice too.
Continue Reading . . . http://www.windowscentral.com/best-mice-gaming-your-pc
With the global population set to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, two thirds of which will be living in cities, according to United Nations projections, governments worldwide are already facing an array of challenges in ensuring the sustainability, security and success of an ever-more-crowded planet.
Continue Reading . . . https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/whats-holding-smart-cities-back/
MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) has developed a new system that gives robots the power to pick up and handle any object, even those they haven’t seen before.
Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/18/mit-csail-kpam-robot-system/
China moved first. Indonesia followed. Then Singapore and Australia. By midday Wednesday more than 30 countries and airlines from India to Italy had banned Boeing 737 Max jets from their skies after a second fatal crash of one of the planes brought the death toll to 346 people.
Continue Reading . . . https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/17/two-boeing-737-fatal-plane-crashes-the-world-turns-on-the-faa.html
Scientists have found mounting evidence that Parkinson’s could start in the gut before spreading to the brain, with one study in 2017 observing lower rates of the disease in patients who had undergone a procedure called a truncal vagotomy.
Continue Reading . . . https://www.sciencealert.com/there-s-mounting-evidence-that-parkinson-s-starts-in-the-gut-not-the-brain
Never mind the possibilities opened up by millimeter wave 5G and other many-gigahertz technologies — the FCC is already thinking about the next generation beyond that.
Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/17/fcc-terahertz-wireless-license/
It can be wise to secure your Android phone with antivirus software, but which ones can you count on? You can rule out most of them, apparently.
Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/17/most-android-antivirus-apps-dont-work/
I usually don’t buy into the whole “you have to see it on the big screen” hype about certain movies, be it action blockbusters or just gorgeously shot art films.
Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/16/18267023/aladdin-avengers-endgame-booksmart-new-trailers
On February 22nd, Virgin Galactic’s passenger spaceplane VSS Unity took to the skies above the Mojave Desert in California during a test flight, carrying a type of rider it’s never had before. On board the vehicle was Beth Moses, the first passenger the Unity has ever flown.
Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/16/18267514/virgin-galactic-beth-moses-chief-astronaut-instructor-vss-unity
There’s a lot of hype surrounding dark mode, a simple toggle that lets you change the background color of an app window to black. Some enjoy it simply for aesthetic reasons and because it allows for a slightly customized look compared to the default design.
Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/15/18261967/dark-mode-battery-saving-feature-apps-os-platforms-developments
Just as Tesla’s scheduled Model Y reveal kicked off, Ford (the company Elon Musk said killed S-E-X-Y by blocking the Model E name) had something to show the people.
Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/15/electric-mustang-teaser/
To say Tesla has been busy lately is a bit of an understatement. It finally opened orders for its long-awaited $35,000 Standard Range Model 3, it reversed a decision to shutter some of its showrooms, and it showed off its V3 Supercharging.
Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/2019/03/14/tesla-unveils-its-model-y-crossover/
