Elon Musk’s Starlink is a divisive project. The satellite internet constellation aims to provide low-cost internet to remote locations, but it’s producing some alarming side effects. Here are the biggest problems posed by the SpaceX network, from spoiling views to damaging the ozone layer. Causing collision threats SpaceX recently fired the 2,000th Starlink satellite into orbit. The vast number of these devices has raised concerns of collisions with other objects in space. The issue caused uproa
Say hello to the Microlonino 2.0, the adorable EV that wants to bring bubble cars back. And it’s coming to Europe very soon. Small and compact, it’s designed for the urbanites who might want a mini city-vehicle without the hustle of finding (or paying for) a large parking space. The electric two-seater measures 2.4m long, 1.5m wide, and 1.4m high (Credit: Microlino) Technically, the Microlino is a quadricycle, but we can definitely call it a retro electric bubble car, mainly due to its resemblan
Love is unpredictable. You never know how it’s going to strike, so when it does, it’s often in the moments you least expect — and that’s precisely what happened when I fell in love with a 2TB LaCie portable SSD. It was a day, really, like many other days in my part of the world. The sky was grey. Drizzle coated the outdoors. And the postperson was tired with having to deliver me more shit. For weeks, a thought had been rolling around my mind: maybe the time is nigh for an external drive to enter
If you work from home, getting your morning routine down to a tee will have a huge impact on how you work — and feel — for the rest of the day. Ultimately, it’s about doing what works for you, but here are a few pointers that will hopefully help you start your day right. Wake up at the same time When you work from home, it can be tempting to stay in bed until the very last minute possible. While it’s OK to treat yourself and do this on the odd occasion, I would advise you to be more disciplined&
Meta has already announced its plans to release an AR headset, while several reports have suggested Apple might release a mixed reality device in 2022 or 2023. And the latest entrant to hop on this bandwagon? Well, that’s Google. According to a report by The Verge‘s Alex Heath, the Big G is working on a new headset — under the Project Iris codename —with a target shipping date of 2024. In this story, we’ll look at what to expect from this new device, and Google’s history with headsets. What wil
Casio made a name for itself providing lots of bang-for-your-buck with its musical instruments, as evidenced by my review of the excellent $200 CT-S1 last year. Now the company is launching the CT-S1000V, which offers all the features that made the CT-S1 great, but adds a ton of creative tools for professional musicians and amateurs alike. Chief among these is an innovative vocal synthesizer, which allows you to type any text using your smartphone and then be able to ‘play’ the voices with your
Crypto bros never tire of sharing their utopian visions, but their big brain ideas aren’t always embraced by the proles. Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder and inventor of Ethereum, has become the latest victim of this insolence. The 27-year-old had pitched a bold solution to the gender pay gap: synthetic wombs. “Synthetic wombs would remove the high burden of pregnancy, significantly reducing the inequality,” he tweeted on Tuesday. The proposal gained support from several tech bros — but incurred
A trio of separate research teams from three different continents published individual papers indicating similar quantum computing breakthroughs yesterday. All three were funded in part by the US Army and each paper appears to be a slam dunk for the future of quantum computing. But only one of them heralds the onset of the age of nuclear quantum computers. It’s about damn time Maybe it’s the whole concept of entanglement, but for a long time it’s felt like we were suspended in a state where func
While some automakers have bet on hydrogen to power up their transition to renewable energy, GM is following another approach: it’s going all in on EVs and it’s using its HYDROTEC fuel cell technology to replace traditional gas or diesel generators. On Wednesday, they company announced its plans to introduce three Mobile Power Generators (MPGs), using its HYDROTEC fuel cell power cubes. Simply put, MPGs can produce large amounts of electricity anywhere, without burning fossil fuels, or expandi
It’s been a tough couple of years, but things may soon get a lot worse: the Doomsday Clock just struck 100 seconds to midnight — the hour of humanity’s self-annihilation. The new time was set on Thursday by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a nonprofit focused on global security issues. While the time hasn’t changed, the prognosis remains bleak. “Steady is not good news: in fact, it reflects the judgment of the board that we are stuck at a perilous moment,” said Sharon Squassoni, a research