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Amazon slams SpaceX, tells FCC that Musk-led companies are rule-breakers
Enlarge / Artist’s impression of low Earth-orbit satellites like those launched by SpaceX and OneWeb. In the ongoing battle between the two companies, Amazon…
Confirmed: A duck named Ripper learned how to say “You bloody fool!”
Enlarge / Male musk duck (Biziura lobata) captured in camera chillaxing in the wild in Sandford, Tasmania, Australia. Not the same duck recorded 30 years ago…
BMW’s i Vision Circular concept thinks about sustainable car-making
This is the BMW I Vision Circular concept. It imagines the compact BMW of 2040, but the company says that the car’s approach to sustainability will inform the…
21st-century storms are overwhelming 20th-century cities
Enlarge / Cars sit abandoned on the flooded Major Deegan Expressway in the Bronx following a night of heavy wind and rain from the remnants of Hurricane Ida on…
DeSantis still fights masks—despite COVID surge, court loss, expert advice, etc.
Enlarge / A protester holds a placard outside an emergency meeting of the Brevard County, Florida School Board in Viera to discuss whether face masks in local…
Apple’s AR headset will leave a lot of the hard work to the iPhone
Enlarge / Apple offices in northern California. Apple’s long-rumored mixed reality headset will require an iPhone within wireless range to function for at…
Apple will let video and music apps—but not games—link to other payment options
Apple has made another concession related to its restrictive App Store rules, saying that it will let several types of media apps link to their own websites,…
Amid backlash, Apple will change photo-scanning plan but won’t drop it completely
Apple said Friday that it will make some changes to its plan to have iPhones and other devices scan user photos for child sexual-abuse images. But Apple said…
A brief overview of IBM’s new 7 nm Telum mainframe CPU
Enlarge / Each Telum package consists of two 7nm, eight-core / sixteen-thread processors running at a base clock speed above 5GHz. A typical system will have…
Crypto platforms need regulation to survive, says SEC boss
The chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission is warning that cryptocurrency trading platforms are putting their own survival at risk unless they heed…
Blue Origin hires advisory firm linked to messy JEDI contract process
Enlarge / US Defense Secretary James Mattis gestures to senior advisor Sally Donnelly as they arrive by helicopter in the Afghan capital of Kabul on April 24,…