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Monthly Archives: October 2022
Waymo will launch its next robotaxi service in Los Angeles, but it won’t say when. | Waymo Waymo is bringing its Waymo One robotaxi service to Los Angeles, a city of endless freeways, legendary traffic jams, and many pressing transportation needs that are unlikely to be addressed by adding more cars. Waymo currently operates robotaxis…
It doesn’t have a name yet. | Image: Intel Intel is showing off a preview of the next generation of Thunderbolt, which it says can “deliver up to three times the capability of Thunderbolt 4.” According to the company, its upcoming standard will be capable of: Speeds up to 80 gigabits per second both ways…
The M1 MacBook Air may be approaching its second birthday, but it’s still a worthwhile laptop — especially with a good deal. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Look, it’s understandable to be a little thrown off by Apple’s latest announcements. The new Apple TV 4K seems interesting, the 2022 iPad Pro seems…
If you bought an iPhone 14 in the US, then you’re already acquainted with my new frenemy: eSIM. Before I set up the iPhone 14, I’d never used an eSIM. Whenever possible, I put my personal physical SIM card into whatever phone I’m reviewing rather than using a SIM provided by the manufacturer. When I’m…
It is sometimes said that a lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. We have found, however, that it is often the slow-and-steady truth that wins the race in our deliberative justice system, which for patents has both administrative and judicial components. Our case-in-point is…
Enlarge / German airline Lufthansa decided, 17 months after their release, that AirTags in checked luggage could be considered “dangerous goods” under battery and transmission rules that didn’t seem to actually apply to the tiny coin-battery devices. (credit: Getty Images) It was a strange fate that Lufthansa and its customers should suffer so much fear…
COVID-19’s Omicron varient emerged in fall 2021. NAID-RML Last week, news broke that Boston University (BU) engineered a strain of COVID in a lab. A preprint of a paper published on October 14 investigated why the COVID-19’s Omicron variant seems to cause less severe disease than the virus’s original strain, hoping to pinpoint which of…
A Neanderthal father and his daughter. Tom Bjorklund Earlier this month, the 2022 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine was awarded to Swedish scientist Svante Pääbo for his work sequencing the Neanderthal genome. These ground-breaking DNA advances have helped scientists better understand some of humankind’s distant ancestors on an individual level. Still, not much is…
Day one of TechCrunch Disrupt is in the rearview mirror, and what a great day it was! We hope you’re well rested and well fed, because day two — October 19 — comes fully loaded with action, connection and opportunity. Latecomers still welcome: Buy a pass right here. All righty, let’s take a quick look…