Microsoft is preparing the Surface Book 3 for a launch in June. The advanced laptop will be part of a ‘Summer Of Surface’ with a number of devices joining the updated hardware at the end of 2019. IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR MICROSOFT – Microsoft Corporate Vice President Panos Panay, right, sells the … [+] first Surface…
This story was originally published 2020/04/21 8:30pm PDTon Apr 21, 2020 and last updated 2020/04/26 2:56pm PDTApr 26, 2020. The OnePlus 8 Pro is the company’s most expensive phone ever. It starts at $899 in the US, which is a full $200 more than the OnePlus 7 Pro debuted at, and the latter was already…
Huawei flatly denies being under control of the Chinese government, but there’s little doubt that China is eager to defend its technological superstar — at least, with a little prodding. The New York Times has learned that Chinese police arrested five former Huawei employees in December 2018 over WeChat discussions of claims the company violated…
Thursday, April 22, was the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. So it’s a great time to take a look at our beautiful planet through the eyes of NASA’s Terra satellite, which was launched in December 1999 to monitor the environment and the effects of climate change. These images are taken with the ASTER instrument, which…
Maybe you’ve seen one of these “floating” tables on the internet. They look crazy because at first glance, it seems like the table is standing up on strings instead of on solid legs. Which is impossible, right? I mean, you can pull strings to make something happen, but everyone agrees that pushing on a string…
It was another week of social distancing or quarantine for most of the world, but Google published findings that it has seen 12 government-backed hacking groups undeterred by the pandemic and, in fact, trying to take advantage of those conditions for intelligence-gathering. Another report found that China, for one, has been busy during the pandemic…
Skip Article Header. Skip to: Start of Article. Kyle MacLachlan and a bunch of Fremen in David Lynch’s 1984 adaptation of Dune. Universal Pictures/AlamySteven Kotler’s novel Last Tango in Cyberspace is set in the near future and draws on his 30-year career as a tech journalist. The story is also full of references to some…
Skip Article Header. Skip to: Start of Article. Kyle MacLachlan and a bunch of Fremen in David Lynch’s 1984 adaptation of Dune. Universal Pictures/AlamySteven Kotler’s novel Last Tango in Cyberspace is set in the near future and draws on his 30-year career as a tech journalist. The story is also full of references to some…
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.In early March, when Covid-19 cases began popping up across the U.S., the Philadelphia-based company Solar States was having a really good year, with at least six months’ worth of contracts already lined up. The 30-person company installs solar panels on homes…
Preface: I read a lot. I always have. Take any picture of a teenager today, PhotoShop out their smartphone and replace it with a book, and you’ll have an image of my entire childhood. I read all day, all night; I read at dinner, sometimes sneaking a book to the table under my shirt. I…
