Enlarge / Starlink satellite dish seen on September 25, 2022 in Izyum, Kharkiv region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (credit: Getty Images | Yasuyoshi Chiba) The Pentagon has reportedly held talks with SpaceX about funding Starlink in Ukraine, though SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wrote in a tweet yesterday that “SpaceX has already withdrawn its…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
Thousands of home are under evacuation watch. Washington State Department of Natural Resources/National Wildfire Coordinating Group Thousands of residents have left their homes as a wildfire near the Washington State-Oregon border continues to burn. The Nakia Creek Wildfire has already charred about 2,000 acres according to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources. The fire…
‘Duck Player’ is a go. This is not a drill. DuckDuckGo DuckDuckGo announced this morning that its privacy-centric web browser app is now officially available via open beta test to all Mac users. First debuted back in April, the default incognito browser was originally only available via a waitlisted closed beta, but now any Apple…
Private investment in space continues to be battered by larger macro-economic trends, like high interest rates and inflation, but not all sectors of the space industry are affected equally, a new report from New York-based VC firm Space Capital found. While broader market conditions are disproportionately affecting funding in deep tech — which includes high…
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Apple released a new version of its entry-level iPad that Apple simply calls “the iPad.” It’s a dramatic refresh as Apple is swapping the familiar design with rounded edges and a home button. Instead, the iPad now looks more like the iPad Air and iPad Pro. But there are some compromises. The new iPad starts…
The latest effort to unionize among Amazon warehouse workers fell short by a wide margin this morning. The National Labor Relations Board tallied results from last week’s vote, showing a significant win for the corporation’s anti-union push. Of the 949 eligible fulfillment center staff near Albany, New York, 643 votes were cast in total. The…
The Cloud Foundry Foundation, the home of the Cloud Foundry open source development platform for cloud-native applications, today announced that Catherine McGarvey, a vice president of software engineering at VMware, is the new chair of its governing board. She succeeds Kubernetes co-founder and VMware VP of R&D Craig McLuckie, who took the role in late…
Save up to 40%: As of Oct. 19, select Hamilton Beach countertop appliances are limited time deals at Amazon. Discounts between 20% and 40% bring gadgets like a stand mixer and juicer below $50 or an electric coffee grinder below $15. Treating yourself to a new kitchen gadget during fall just feels right. Maybe it’s…
A new Apple TV 4K? So soon!? Alongside its big iPad announcement on Tuesday, Apple also revealed a brand-new, updated Apple TV 4K device. This marks the first time the company has released a new version of its set-top box device in the year following its last Apple TV release. SEE ALSO: Meet the M2…