The conception of an artist shows a constellation of satellites in orbit. (Photo credit: OneWeb) Although the OneWeb satellite company is going bankrupt and a potential sale, it is made an application overnight with the Federal Communications Commission to expand its planned broadband Internet constellation to up to 48,000 satellites. …
Read More »With this $ 30 endoscope camera, you can look in hard-to-reach places
With so much time spent at home lately, this is now the perfect opportunity to tackle even the most difficult household projects. Whether you're examining that nasty blockage in your shower or fishing out all the things that have fallen under your fridge over the years, these dirty jobs are …
Read More »Why these former DeepMind engineers chose Seattle to launch the new AI startup Phaidra
Phaidra co-founders Katherine Hoffman, Jim Gao (top right) and Vedavyas Panneershelvam. (Phaidra photos) Avocado toast meets red meat and potatoes. This is not the best known way to describe Seattle, but it is the reason Phaidra decided to found his company in the emerald city. The secret startup has just …
Read More »What to Expect When Amazon's Annual General Meeting Goes Virtual for the First Time
Demonstrators hoist the "Bezos Bot" ahead of an earlier Amazon shareholder meeting in Seattle (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Amazon's response to COVID-19 will be scrutinized on Wednesday morning as the company is holding its Annual General Meeting for the first time. Employees and lawmakers are putting pressure on Amazon …
Read More »Microsoft is investing $ 2.5 million in CREATE, a new center for accessible technologies at the University of Washington
Martez Mott, left, a PhD student at the University of Washington Information School, works with Ken Frye at Provail, an agency dedicated to meeting the needs of people with disabilities, on smart touch technology. (Photo by the University of Washington / Dennis Wise) The University of Washington is starting a …
Read More »Niantic summarizes the Pokémon Go Fest 2020 as an event to rebuild a virtual community
Niantic's mission is to bring people together in a gaming community, and the company sees it Pokémon Go Fest 2020 as critical as never before of how American society is tearing apart. But this time the event will be virtual. The virtual event is another sign that Niantic is trying …
Read More »Amazon and critics wage a PR war in an annual meeting with highly contrasting portraits of the technology giant
A scene from a video Amazon showed during its virtual general meeting. Working at Amazon is either like “winning a golden ticket” or dealing with a “poison vein” that runs through the company. These were Amazon's duel visions presented at the company's annual meeting on Wednesday morning by executives and …
Read More »The fans are annoyed with the graphics of Crysis Remastered, so Crytek delays the game
When Crytek announced that a remaster for the original Crysis Fans were excited to see how much the game's legendary graphics would improve – but a leaked trailer disappointed so many fans with the graphics changes that Crytek has now pushed the game's release on PC, PS4, and Xbox One …
Read More »The rumors about Google's 2020 pixel phones are getting stranger by the minute
Google's 2020 pixel lineup may look a little different than usual if the latest product names in the company's Google search app are evidence of this. Instead of the expected Pixel 5 and Pixel 5 XL monikers, Google is apparently working on a "Pixel 4a (5G)" and a "Pixel 5". …
Read More »MagniX and AeroTEC are launching a fully electric Cessna aircraft for the first time
Roei Ganzarski, CEO of MagniX, talks about his company's all-electric aircraft, the Cessna Grand Caravan, which was parked in the background at Moses Lake Airport after his first flight. Ganzarski wears a mask to meet the requirements of social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. (MagniX via Facebook) A fully electric …
Read More »