Monthly Archives: November 2022

Elon Musk’s Twitter has identified thousands of employees who will be laid off, representing about 50% of the company’s workforce

Neuralink, the brain interface company co-founded by Elon Musk — here touring a Tesla factory — sparked investor interest in brain computer interfaces. Patrick Pleul/AP The company has a list of thousands of employees who will be let go.  The list, which identifies those who may get severance, was almost complete on Wednesday.  Musk bought…

Twitter cancels Chirp developer conference two weeks before it was scheduled to begin

In another sign of the upheaval happening internally at Twitter, the company has called off its Chirp developer conference just two weeks before it was scheduled to take place on November 16th. The company alerted developers and other attendees in a brief note that didn’t provide a reason for the cancellation. “The team at Twitter…

Hydrow Wave smart rower now available in multiple colours to better suit your home

Hydrow’s latest connected rowing machine, the Wave, is now available in a range of different colours to better suit your home. As well as the standard black model, which was released in September, the Hydrow Wave now comes in the limited edition colours of sunset (orange), sunrise (yellow), river (blue), and forest (green). Each of…

The Navy doesn’t know what to do with all its drone data

A VBAT vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial system (UAS) prepares to land on the flight deck of the Military Sealift Command expeditionary fast transport vessel USNS Spearhead (T-EPF 1). VBAT UAS provides improved detection and monitoring to support counter-narcotics missions in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific. (/Released). Anderson W. Branch / US Navy…

9 ways you can win money in the Powerball lottery’s second-largest jackpot ever

Gary Cameron/Reuters The second-largest Powerball prize is up for grabs on Wednesday night. An estimated $1.2 billion jackpot has continued to grow since early August.  Even if you don’t win the jackpot, there are several ways to emerge victorious and a little richer. With an estimated $1.2 billion Powerball lottery up for grabs on Wednesday night,…

China is allowing another rocket body to fall to Earth uncontrolled this weekend. It probably won’t hit you.

China’s March 5B rocket, carrying the space lab module Mengtian, blasts off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China’s Hainan Province, on October 31, 2022. Guo Cheng/Xinhua via Getty Images A 23-ton chunk of China’s Long March 5B rocket is on track to fall back to Earth this weekend. The rocket launched the…