PCIe 5.0 SSDs have already started to get announced ahead of CES 2022, with Samsung and Adata teasing early hardware that supports the new standard. via Technology and News Today https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/30/22860374/intel-samsung-ces-2022-demo-pcie-5-0-ssd-setup-speed-test
Solar energy is key to solving climate change, but for the technology itself to be sustainable it needs to be recyclable. Unfortunately, when a solar panel dies today, it’s likely to meet one of two fates: a shredder or a landfill. via Technology and News Today https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/29/22857157/solar-recycling-new-better-method
The HDMI standards are a mess. HDMI 2.1, in particular, is a uniquely frustrating mess, with haphazard support among TV manufacturers, cable makers, and devices that make setting up, say 120Hz gaming on a PS5 or Xbox Series X a uniquely harrowing experience. via Technology and News Today https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/29/22856103/hdmi-2-1a-spec-standard-mess-cables-source-based-tone-mapping-ces-2022
A ruling (pdf) on Tuesday by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has backed up an April 2020 decision by the FCC to open up 1,200MHz of spectrum in the 6GHz band for unlicensed use. via Technology and News Today https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/28/22857852/6ghz-wifi-win-fcc-wi-fi-6e-7-att-spectrum
Welcome back to The Morning After. Hope you had a great weekend and are ready for 2021 to be over and done with. (I know I am.) Today, we’ve drawn together the latest tech news from the last few days and several end-of-year pieces on the biggest stories of the year. via Technology and News… Read More The Morning After: Hyundai may be giving up on the combustion engine
This story was originally featured on Field & Stream. If you fire up your favorite search engine and hunt for a list of survival kit components, you’ll find that most of them repeat the same things over and over. via Technology and News Today https://www.popsci.com/story/diy/unusual-survival-kit-items/
T-Mobile has suffered another cyberattack after being rocked by a massive data breach in August. This time around, attackers accessed “a small number of” customers’ accounts, according to documents posted by The T-Mo Report. via Technology and News Today https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/28/22857619/t-mobile-cyberattack-data-breach-december-2021-cpni-sim-swap
Samsung is starting to roll out its Android 12-based One UI 4 update again after the company paused its original release due to reports of bugs and soft bricks from users, according to XDA Developers. via Technology and News Today https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/28/22857057/samsung-android-12-galaxy-s21-z-flip-fold-one-ui-4
NASA’s incredibly powerful James Webb Space Telescope has been in space for three days now, but perhaps the riskiest part of its journey to deep space is just getting underway. via Technology and News Today https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/28/22816310/nasa-james-webb-space-telescope-jwst-deployment-sequence
The Dec. 22 premiere of The Matrix Resurrections on HBO Max concludes a risky year in which all of WarnerMedia’s major theatrical releases simultaneously hit the streaming platform. The results of the experiment are a great unknown; few of Warner Bros. Pictures’ movies took off at the U.S. via Technology and News Today https://www.polygon.com/22849990/hbo-max-2022-releases-westworld-season-4-house-of-dragon-barry
At long last, NASA has launched the James Webb Space Telescope. On Christmas morning, the telescope launched from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on an Arianespace Ariane 5 rocket after 14 years of development and a number of delays. via Technology and News Today https://www.engadget.com/nasa-james-webb-space-telescope-launch-123452649.html
Samsung has teased a PCIe 5.0 SSD showing that storage products should keep doubling in speed every few years, even while Moore’s Law is decelerating. via Technology and News Today https://www.engadget.com/samsung-teases-pci-50-ssd-that-can-hit-13000-m-bs-read-speeds-070308575.html
Intel has reportedly notified employees that anyone who remains unvaccinated will need to get the COVID-19 vaccine or submit an exemption by January 4th. Otherwise, they face being put on unpaid leave, according to The Associated Press and The Oregonian. via Technology and News Today https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/21/22849074/intel-unvaccinated-employees-unpaid-leave
When Apple introduced its updated Apple Wallet in June, the company said it was working to ensure you could use it to get through airport security — and now, we have our first word from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on exactly when that will happen. via Technology and News Today https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/21/22848300/apple-wallet-tsa-id-check-airport-security-support-mid
There’s more to The Witcher universe than just Geralt, and Netflix gave the first glimpse at that with an early look at Blood Origin. The trailer was initially revealed as a post-credits scene in The Witcher season 2, which debuted on December 17th. via Technology and News Today https://www.theverge.com/22691469/witcher-blood-origin-netflix-live-action-trailer
What are cookies? Cookies are small text files that are stored in the web browser that allows HERITAGEDAILY or a third party to recognise you. via Technology and News Today https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/12/survey-reveals-submerged-ancient-ruins/142306
Welcome to my yearly wrap-up. In this essay, I’ll talk about projects recently released, ones upcoming, and ones in limbo. It’s usually a very long post, so feel free to jump to the section that interests you most using the following handy set of links. via Technology and News Today https://www.brandonsanderson.com/state-of-the-sanderson-2021/
Comcast subscribers in the US Northeast just got another reprieve from data caps, and this one might stick. According to Light Reading and The Verge, a Comcast spokesperson said the cable giant now had “no plans” to enforce internet data caps in the region throughout 2022. State Rep. via Technology and News Today https://www.engadget.com/comcast-data-caps-northeast-indefinite-delay-000739663.html
Sony has unveiled a new type of stacked CMOS sensor that uses “two-layer transistor pixels” to double the light gathering capability. Typical image sensors have the light-sensitive photodiodes and pixel transistors that control and amplify the signal on the same layer. via Technology and News Today https://www.engadget.com/sony-cmos-smartphone-sensor-2-layer-twice-as-much-light-112503027.html
When searching for life on another planet, we often look to Earth-like worlds that have what it takes to sustain living organisms. But some scientists are now arguing that may not always be the best place to look. via Technology and News Today https://www.inverse.com/science/life-in-space-land-planets-no-water
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