The US Navy is working on ways to build, deploy, and control thousands of small drones that are able to flock together to overwhelm anti-aircraft defenses with sheer numbers, budget documents reveal. The conflict in Ukraine has proved the worth of small drones, including consumer quadcopters, which have carried out reconnaissance, guided artillery fire, and…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
Access to funding and lack of support systems are some of the greatest challenges faced by startup founders in sub-Saharan Africa. And while venture capital and founder support programs within the continent are growing, a lot still remains to be done to meet the financing, technology and social capital needs of the especially marginalized groups…
TL;DR: Through Oct. 31, you can score a Seido Japanese Master Chef Knife Set on sale for just $99.99 — that’s a 76% discount from its usual $429. Is your kitchen ready for the holiday season? Whether you consider yourself a professional or are a total novice when it comes to cooking, there’s one set of…
TL;DR; Through Oct. 31, you can grab an Apple Watch Portable USB Charger for only $14.99 rather than $39.95 — that’s 62% in savings. For a timepiece that you want to wear all day, the Apple Watch, be it Ultra, SE, or otherwise, sure is a hassle to charge. While it comes with a charger…
Doctor Who introduced its Fourteenth Doctor on Sunday night in the UK, ending Jodie Whittaker’s five-year tenure as the Time Lord’s thirteenth incarnation. The Doctor’s regeneration wasn’t a surprise to anyone, with Whittaker’s exit announced well in advance last year. We’ve also known since May that Sex Education actor Ncuti Gatwa would soon be stepping…
Welp, that was unexpected. On Sunday’s episode of Doctor Who, Jodie Whittaker’s five-year run as the Time Lord ended how we all knew it would — with her regenerating into a new iteration of the Doctor. The twist? Rather than turning into Ncuti Gatwa, who was announced as the next Doctor earlier this year, Whittaker…
Discord’s PS5 integration has been seen in the wild for the first time, suggesting we don’t have long to wait until we can easily create and join chat lobbies from our consoles. The update appears to have rolled out to users in the Discord beta, according to images shared by Reddit user Syhix. The mobile…
Russian president Vladimir Putin (left) with Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu (right). Contributor/Getty Images Russia’s defense minister has accused Ukraine of preparing to use radioactive “dirty bombs” in the war. He made the claim in phone calls with his counterparts from the US, UK, France, and Turkey. The US, UK, France, and Ukraine rejected the claim…
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. HANNIBAL HANSCHKE /Getty Images Elon Musk said SpaceX wouldn’t stop Starlink in Ukraine even if the Pentagon declined to fund it. Ukraine’s vice prime minister said Musk confirmed Starlink would keep running prior to funding talks. SpaceX asked the Pentagon to fund Starlink in Ukraine because the company said it couldn’t…
Apple has long had a curious blind spot when it comes to a certain widely-used type of app for its hugely popular range of iPad tablets. There’s no official calculator on its iPads, in short, a bizarre omission that is reportedly down to the idea that Apple would want to somehow innovate or one-up the…