Monthly Archives: September 2022

Let’s face it, some version of Dynamic Island is probably coming to Android phones

This didn’t take long. Just a few weeks after Apple launched its iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max, with a new, interactive selfie camera cutout called the Dynamic Island, some Android smartphone makers are now openly discussing a similar feature with their users. Spotted by tech blog Gadgets360, Xiaomi China President Lu Weibing asked…

Nvidia wants its first SaaS product to help power the metaverse

Nvidia has become the latest company to start prepaing for the metaverse with a newly-announced Omniverse Cloud.  Announced at the recent Nvidia GTC 2022 event, the company’s first software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering is designed to support developers design, publish, operate, and experience metaverse apps. Omniverse Cloud does away with the need for localised computing power while…

Soaring natural gas prices are prompting European companies to move their manufacturing operations to the US

An employee of Arcelor Mittal works at the Dunkirk site in northern France, on February 11,. FRANCOIS LO PRESTI/AFP via Getty Images European companies are shifting operations to the US after the jump in regional energy prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, The Wall Street Journal reported.  Steelmaker ArcelorMittal and chemical maker OCI are among…

I spent a year in outer space on the International Space Station. The experience still chokes me up — here’s what my days looked like.

Astronaut Mark Vande Hei trains for a spacewalk at the Johnson Space Center in March 2017. NASA Mark T. Vande Hei, 55, is a NASA astronaut who spent a year in space orbiting Earth. He just returned, and didn’t expect his term to last 355 days, but was prepared for it. He said his days…

Ukrainian official mocks Russia over its failures after Putin’s threatening speech: ‘Everything is still according to the plan, right?’

Ukrainian military vehicles move on the road in the freed territory in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. AP Photo/Kostiantyn Liberov A senior Ukrainian official mocked Russia after Putin announced partial military mobilization. “Everything is still according to the plan, right?” Mykhailo Podolyak, a Ukrainian presidential adviser, said. Putin gave a rare televised…

Trump and Biden’s pandemic stimulus helped Americans get wealthier at the fastest rate this century

The US has been gaining ground fairly regularly, the researchers said, and exceeded expectations in 2021 by adding $19.5 trillion to its household wealth. It’s thanks to pandemic stimulus. AP Global wealth increased at its fastest rate this century last year.  Wealth in the US grew the fastest, likely due to the impact of pandemic…