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Sky Q review: 4K, multi-room support, apps and more

(Pocket-lint) – Launched in 2016, Sky Q, a subscription-based TV and entertainment service, has evolved dramatically since by constantly adding new features to try and make the viewing experience as seamless and easy-to-use as possible. Sky Q is the company’s flagship offering, allowing you to not only access terrestrial TV stations, but a bevy of dedicated… Read more

SpaceX sent a Falcon 9 rocket on its seventh trip to space

On Tuesday night, SpaceX successfully launched another batch of the company’s internet-from-space Starlink satellites to orbit, using a very space-hardened Falcon 9 rocket for the job. This launch marked the rocket’s seventh flight to space and back — the first time SpaceX has flown such a seasoned vehicle to orbit. The Falcon 9 took off… Read more

Xiaomi Mi 10T Lite 5G in for review

The Xiaomi Mi 10T Lite 5G has arrived at our office and we are gearing up to put it through our review gauntlet to find out if it’s worth your money. The Mi 10T Lite 5G comes in Pearl Gray, Atlantic Blue and Rose Gold Beach colors, and we’ve received the gray variant, with the… Read more

Wind energy: 300 gigawatts are to be captured on European coasts

Europe’s capacity to convert wind power into electricity at sea should be up to 2050 from currently 12 GW to be expanded to 300 GW. This provides for a new strategy for renewable wind energy capacity by the EU Commission. On top of that, 40 GW of electricity is to be generated from ocean energy… Read more

SpaceX succeeds in first commercial astronaut flight

A Falcon 9 rocket SpaceX ‘with the Dragon capsule Resilience brings four space travelers to the International Space Station (ISS) at one hour. The start is on Monday night 00: 27 UTC from Cape Canaveral in Florida. On board are the Japanese Soichi Noguchi as well as the Americans Shannon Walker, Mike Hopkins and Victor… Read more

SpaceX successfully launches second crew to space on first operational mission

SpaceX successfully launched its second crew of astronauts to orbit this evening inside the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft. The flight, called Crew-1, marks the first operational mission of the Crew Dragon, as SpaceX embarks on a new era of regularly sending people to and from the International Space Station for NASA. The Crew Dragon took… Read more

The COVID-19 pandemic hits new highs and new lows

This week, COVID-19 headlines were split between cautious optimism and abject despair. On the positive side, Monday morning brought us a scrap of hope — claims from Pfizer and BioNTech that their vaccine candidate was highly effective. Their tests so far showed that it has an efficacy of about 90 percent, though that number could… Read more

Deutsche Telekom: more broadband, more mobile communications, less landline telephony

As in the second quarter, Deutsche Telekom is also growing significantly in the third quarter of its financial year: Revenue rose year-on-year by 26, 9 percent on 26,393 Billion euro. The net profit was 817 million euros after 1.4 billion in the same period last year. Telekom measures its success in day-to-day business against the… Read more

Antarctic warming disrupts ocean circulation

The world’s oceans absorb more than 90 percent of the heat that is generated by emissions of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere. They are essential to slow down climate change. In the south, the Atlantic Ocean flows into the Weddell Sea, where gigantic amounts of water are then cooled. Oceanographers from the Alfred Wegener Institute… Read more

Theta is a record-setting entry in 2020’s wild hurricane season

2020 shattered another record when subtropical storm Theta, the 29th named storm this season, developed overnight in the Northeast Atlantic. There has never been an Atlantic hurricane season on record with more storms strong enough to earn a name. The World Meteorological Organization burned through its regular list of storm names nearly two months ago… Read more

Pay please! Every 26 seconds: the mysterious pulse of the earth

The pulse appears every 26 seconds, is from People imperceptible, but so strong that it is recorded with sensitive seismological devices around the globe. For almost 038 years this natural phenomenon has puzzled researchers around the world. John Ertle “Jack” Oliver, born 26. September 1923 in Massillon, (Ohio), died January 5th 2011 in Ithaca (New… Read more

The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season keeps raging with Hurricane Eta

The 28th named storm of an epic Atlantic hurricane season formed yesterday and is barreling toward Central America as Hurricane Eta today. That ties the record with 2005 for the most storms strong enough to earn a name in a single season. This is also the 12th hurricane to form this season, which has only… Read more

How and why Apple makes iPhone repairs difficult

After youtuber Hugh Jeffries already figured it out, iFixit has now confirmed it with tests and documentation: the cameras of the iPhone 12 cannot be replaced by yourself. It is the latest in a long list of changes from Apple to make it more difficult to replace parts yourself. Hugh Jeffries, a YouTube user who… Read more

Facebook takes its first small steps into the world of cloud gaming

Facebook is the latest tech giant to get into the world of cloud gaming — but the company’s offering is quite a bit different than the competition. Unlike Amazon or Google, which both offer standalone cloud gaming services for a fee, Facebook is introducing cloud games to its existing app — several of which are… Read more

Xiaomi commits to reducing the plastic used in its packaging by 60%, is keeping the charger

Xiaomi tweeted that it has committed to reducing the plastic used in its packaging by 60%, starting in Europe. And it looks like the Xiaomi Mi 10T Lite is the first phone to make that step. Note that this the company is referring to just the retail box, not its contents – you will still… Read more