No charging pad required — Security camera, fitness tracker, and other smart home tech with over-the-air charging announced. Scharon Harding – Nov 17, 2021 5:13 pm UTC Enlarge / In Archos’ depiction, the transmitter panel on the right is sending power to the air-quality monitor on the counter. I’ve never been impressed by wireless charging…
Theranos trials — Specialist hedge fund had three analysts investigating Theranos. Tim De Chant – Nov 17, 2021 4:50 pm UTC Enlarge / Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos Inc., left, arrives at federal court in San Jose, California, on Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021.David Paul Morris/Bloomberg We’ve noticed a recurring theme in the criminal trial of…
Look out below! — “We took a major step backward on Monday.” Eric Berger – Nov 17, 2021 4:18 pm UTC Image showing the Russian Cosmos 1408 satellite before impact on Monday morning. Slingshot Aerospace Images taken afterward show the propagation of debris from the impact location. Slingshot Aerospace/Numerica Although it will likely require weeks…
What better way to show off the splendor of 8K visuals than with nature programming? That seems to be Roku’s train of thought as it adds the first premium 8K channel to its platform: The Explorers. The only 8K Roku TVs on the market right now are from TCL. The first of those sets was…
A Google Cloud networking issue has taken down a handful of prominent websites today, including Spotify, Snapchat, Etsy and Discord. Google says the issue is partially resolved as of 1:17PM ET, but a full fix is still incoming. Affected websites will display 404 error messages and there is no workaround on the customer side. Users…
The 2021 Game Awards nominees have been revealed, and it’s safe to say there are a few clear frontrunners alongside the usual eclectic mix. Arkane’s time-warping Deathloop and Sony’s multi-dimensional Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart were two of the most frequently nominated titles, picking up five nods each that included Game of the Year, art,…
You nearly jump out of your skin as a mountain biker speeds past you. A couple of minutes later, you practically trip over a dog as it bounds, off-leash, down the trail. And before you know it, you get to second base with a scratchy patch of bushes in an effort to let other hikers…
This article has been excerpted from Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women’s Football League by Britni de la Cretaz and Lyndsey D’Arcangelo. Copyright © 2021. Available from Bold Type Books, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, Inc. In October 1939, history was made as the first…
Set your early-morning alarms now for the second lunar eclipse of 2021. This spectacular event—known as a Beaver Moon lunar eclipse—will be visible early Friday across North America, the Pacific, and some of Eastern Asia and South America. It will be just shy of a total eclipse, and it’s expected to be the longest lunar…
After two long weeks of discussion, dialogue, protests, and promises, COP26 in Glasgow has finally come to an end—with a lukewarm conclusion filled with climate pledges and promises left on the table. Nearly 200 countries signed the final deal to come out of the summit, the Glasgow Climate Pact. And while it brushes on some…
