WASHINGTON — Amazon has tested what it describes as a low-cost flat-panel antenna for use with its Project Kuiper constellation, an innovation that could be essential to the long-term success of satellite broadband. Amazon announced Dec. 16 that it developed a Ka-band phased-array antenna that is much smaller and less […]
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ISTOCK.COM/AK2 By Katie LanginDec. 16, 2020 , 1:20 PM In 2018, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) raised the hopes of many LGBTQ scientists when it announced it would explore adding questions about sexual orientation and gender identity to its workforce surveys, starting with the 2021 National Survey of College […]
The fourth season of Ozark is bound to be the most explosive and deadly in the Netflix show’s history as Marty (played by Jason Bateman) and Wendy Byrde (Laura Linney) return for one final outing. However, it isn’t just the money laundering husband and wife duo who fans are desperate […]
It’s a snowy paradise on many islands thanks to the Animal Crossing: New Horizons December update and for those looking to make the most out of the new seasonal items, you’re going to need to get real comfy with snowflakes. Snowflakes are incredibly important when crafting the latest seasonal goodies, […]
Italian luxury producers and suppliers have received a “pretty positive” report card from the Fair Wage Network in the first large-scale survey of pay and working conditions in the sector ByThe Associated Press December 16, 2020, 8:10 PM • 2 min read MILAN — Italian luxury producers and suppliers on […]
In the early hours of Thursday morning Beijing time, the country’s unmanned Chang’e-5 mission returned to Earth carrying the country’s first moon samples, according to Chinese state media outlet Xinhua. The samples were retrieved from a previously unvisited area of the moon, and are also the first samples to be […]
Facebook confirmed that it has in the past few days rolled back a change that lifted news from authoritative outlets over hyperpartisan sources after November’s election, signaling a return to normalcy for the social network. The change involved boosting the weight that Facebook’s news feed algorithm assigned to an internal […]
The hell year that is 2020 has wreaked havoc on life as we know it. But you know what it’s been good for? Bitcoin. The cryptocurrency has been soaring, hitting a high of over $20,000 per coin this week. There is now more than $350 billion worth of Bitcoin in […]