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Monthly Archives: October 2022
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Come back to this page for rolling updates throughout the day as we kick off ClimateTech, MIT Technology Review’s first ever conference dedicated to finding solutions for climate change. Programming starts at 9am ET on Wednesday October 12, and you can follow along here to find out what’s being said on stage. It’s not too…
Photo by Cyrus Crossan on Unsplash I was reading the first volume of Robert Caro’s book on Lyndon Johnson, when there was a knock at our front door. I didn’t want to answer the door because the early years of LBJ, who was a real piece of work, are as compelling as any novel. But…
Africa’s $45 billion pharmaceuticals market is expected to grow 10% CAGR to $100 billion by 2030. Yet, the sector struggles with highly fragmented and undercapitalized supply chains rife with fake medications, which cause the death of thousands of patients yearly; in Nigeria, 20-40% of drugs are counterfeit. A handful of healthtech companies bring efficiency to…
Mark Zuckerberg announced a crucial update to the avatars of the metaverse on Tuesday: they will now be given legs. The Meta CEO said that these avatars – and their legs – will first be seen in Horizon Worlds, and later across Meta’s apps. “Everyone has been waiting for this,” said Zuckerberg’s elevated avatar at…
Another day, another successful launch and landing for SpaceX‘s very busy Falcon 9 rocket. The reusable craft launched the Intelsat G-33/G-34 mission on Oct 8, taking off from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida and marking this particular booster’s 14th launch and landing. SEE ALSO: Elon Musk’s Starlink to provide internet access to…
Microsoft has announced new plans for Xbox VR gaming, continuing a starkly different approach to its main rival, Sony. CEO Satya Nadella revealed that Xbox Cloud Gaming is coming to Meta Quest headsets, bringing a vast library of games to your VR headset without needing a console. And it may have Sony’s PSVR 2 beat…
Nvidia’s RTX 4090 GPU has just hit the shelves, and Team Green has let us know which games will initially support the fresh take on its frame rate boosting tech, DLSS 3. As noted in a blog post from Nvidia (highlighted by VideoCardz), the games that’ll use DLSS 3 right off the bat are Super…
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (L) and US President Joe Biden (R). Pool via REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque; REUTERS/Andrej Isakovic Biden made an nonspecific threat to Saudi Arabia after its decision to cut oil output. The call, which will drive up prices, was made as part of the OPEC+ grouping including Russia. The White House has…