Boeing has been dealt another setback in its path towards using Starliner to put humans into space. The next test flight for the Starliner crew capsule has been delayed no earlier than April 2. The delay comes on the heels of avionics in the capsule being replaced due to a power surge during a previous…
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Samsung was actually the first manufacturer to come out with an Android-based smartwatch even before there was Android Wear, now Wear OS by Google. It used a modified version of Android that, unfortunately, meant Samsung had to do things its own way yet again. Eventually, it decided to just ditch Android altogether, aside from at…
YouTube seems to have quietly rolled out the option to watch 4K/60p videos on any mobile device even if it doesn’t have an Ultra HD display. Though you won’t get quite the same visual quality you’d get with that higher-resolution screen, those who have lesser display resolutions will still benefit from turning on the 4K…
I quickly stumped the clerk who helped me find groceries at the Indian market in Issaquah, Washington. She looked at the length of the shopping list on my clipboard, then at me, and said, "Let me find the manager." He and I sped through the first 10 or 15 ingredients, stuff like black chickpeas, Kashmiri…
Ancient DNA has revolutionized how we understand human evolution, revealing how populations moved and interacted and introducing us to relatives like the Denisovans, a "ghost lineage" that we wouldn't realize existed if it weren't for discovering their DNA. But humans aren't the only ones who have left DNA behind in their bones, and the same…
Aurich Lawson / Getty ImagesOne of the quietest revolutions of our current century has been the entry of quantum mechanics into our everyday technology. It used to be that quantum effects were confined to physics laboratories and delicate experiments. But modern technology increasingly relies on quantum mechanics for its basic operation, and the importance of…
research fraud — An MIT professor found his name on two papers with which he had no connection. Will Knight, wired.com - Feb 21, 2021 11:50 am UTC Getty ImagesDavid Cox, the co-director of a prestigious artificial intelligence lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was scanning an online computer science bibliography in December when he noticed something…
“Nomadland,” Chloé Zhao’s portrait of the itinerant life, explores themes that are typically ignored by mainstream narrative movies. How often does Hollywood survey the scars of the Great Recession, the fragility of the gig economy or the gaps in the social safety net?But it is almost as unusual to see an American movie centered on…