Google’s search app comes to Windows. Google has so many products that it can be near-impossible to keep track. And yet, the company has rarely created desktop apps to go with those services. There are a handful, like Drive and Quick Share, but the company’s flagship product is only…
Cooperative cruising cuts congestion in Contra Costa during ProPilot pilot study. I recently learned of a rather interesting pilot study undertaken by Nissan together with the Contra Costa Transportation Authority and UC Berkeley that leverages the automaker’s partially automated driving system, ProPilot Assist, to ease traffic congestion. The idea…
Cyberattack has frozen operations at the company since the end of August. Jaguar Land Rover’s dealers and suppliers fear the British carmaker’s operations will take another few months to normalize after a cyber attack that experts estimate could wipe more than £3.5 billion off its revenue. JLR, which is…
Bible Chat hits 30 million downloads as users seek algorithmic absolution. On Sunday, The New York Times reported that tens of millions of people are confessing secrets to AI chatbots trained on religious texts, with apps like Bible Chat reaching over 30 million downloads and Catholic app Hallow briefly…
“We’re excited that Northrop is ready to deliver this incredibly beneficial increase in capacity.” What happens when you use a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket to launch Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus supply ship? A record-setting resupply mission to the International Space Station. The first flight of Northrop’s upgraded Cygnus spacecraft, called…
Liquid Glass brings translucent sheen to the typical batch of iterative changes. The last time Apple gave macOS a fresh design was in 2020’s macOS 11 Big Sur. That release was relatively light on new features and heavy on symbolism. Big Sur is also when Apple finally jettisoned the…
NatGeo’s new documentary series, Top Guns: The Next Generation, shows the sweat behind the spectacle. The blockbuster success of the 1986 film Top Gun—chronicling the paths of young naval aviators as they go through the grueling US Navy’s Fighter Weapons School (aka the titular Top Gun)—spawned more than just…
There will be temporary layoffs at a factory in Missouri from September 29–October 19. General Motors will temporarily lay off workers at its Wentzville assembly plant in Missouri. According to a letter sent to employees by the head of the plant and the head of the local union, a…
Push to revive nuclear energy relies on deregulation; experts say strategy is misplaced. In May, President Donald Trump signed four executive orders to facilitate the construction of nuclear reactors and the development of nuclear energy technology; the orders aim to cut red tape, ease approval processes, and reshape the…
“When you turn off those spacecraft’s radio receivers, there’s no way to turn them back on.” Federal funding is about to run out for 19 active space missions studying Earth’s climate, exploring the Solar System, and probing mysteries of the Universe. This year’s budget expires at the end of…
