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Bezos’ climate fund faces a reckoning with Amazon’s pollution

Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos speaks to the media on the companys sustainability efforts on September 19, 2019 in Washington,DC.Photo credit should read ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images People living with Amazon’s pollution see gaps in Bezos’ funding Once he steps down as CEO of Amazon later this year, Jeff Bezos will have more… Read more

Linux on Apple M1 Project Reveals New Details About M1 System Architecture

Home News (Image credit: Apple) Corellium, a software company specializing in virtualization solutions, has managed to port Linux to an Apple M1-based PC and even succeeded in making almost all the system peripherals work. In the process, Corellium discovered several interesting details about Apple’s M1 processor and the system architecture. A couple of weeks ago,… Read more

Meet Andy Jassy, Amazon’s next CEO

Andy Jassy speaking at the 2019 CERAWeek ConferencePhoto: Getty Images The exec helped Amazon soar in the cloud, and now he’ll determine the company’s future Amazon is getting a new CEO for the first time in its 27-year-history: cloud computing chief Andy Jassy, who will be replacing co-founder Jeff Bezos later this year. Jassy, currently… Read more

Epson EpiqVision EH-LS300B

Our Verdict Epson’s EH-LS300 UST projector is practical for everyday use, with some limitations, as well as for truly immersive bigscreen movie nights. For Powerful bright image Free-to-air TV catch-up services Convenient way to get a really large picture Against No Netflix or Prime support No Ethernet 1080i/50 and 576i/50 issues Sound+Image mag review (Image… Read more

Free Open Source GPU Under Development for RISC-V

Home News (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware) The days of open-source GPUs may soon be upon us. The RISC-V architecture enables small companies to develop purpose-built processors and microcontrollers without paying a royalty. There are numerous free and commercial IP building blocks for RISC-V-based system-on-chips (SoCs), but the portfolio lacks a graphics option. This will change in a… Read more

Apple Wants More Macs in Businesses: Can It Take on Intel vPro, AMD Ryzen Pro?

Home News (Image credit: Apple) Having posted its all-time quarter record revenue of $111.4 billion this week, Apple is looking for ways to expand. The company’s CEO, Tim Cook, sees selling Macs to businesses as one of the main growth opportunities for Apple, especially with the Apple M1 chip and its successors in tow. But with Intel appealing… Read more

Johnson and Johnson says single-shot COVID-19 vaccine is 66 percent effective

A single shot of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccine can prevent 85 percent of severe cases of the disease, the company announced today. Overall, it is 66 percent effective against both moderate and severe cases of disease. “We’re 85 perfect effective at preventing severe disease, which we define as disease that makes you feel… Read more

Intel Bulks Up Engineering Leadership With Returning Technologist Sunil Shenoy

Home News (Image credit: Intel ) In yet another sign that Intel’s efforts to rebuild its engineering corps might be swift under the new incoming CEO, Intel announced today that Sunil Shenoy, a 33-year Intel veteran who left the company in 2014, will be returning to the company as the senior vice president and general… Read more

Joe Biden made climate change a national security priority — what’s next?

President Joe Biden signed a sweeping executive order today that makes climate change a top US national security priority. He commissioned a “National Intelligence Estimate on the security implications of climate change.” He also directed the Department of Defense and other federal agencies to develop plans to adapt to a warming world. The environmental and… Read more

DJI is now selling a warranty to replace your drone if it flies away

DJI is now offering flyaway coverage for its Mini 2 and Mavic Air 2 drones, should they develop a mind of their own and take off. The cost of replacing the escaped drone is $225 for the Mini, and $399 for the Mavic, which is on top of the price of DJI’s Care Refresh extended… Read more

Gabe Newell has big plans for brain-computer interfaces in gaming

Valve co-founder and president Gabe Newell talks about Valve’s exploration of brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) for gaming and beyond, in an interview with New Zealand’s 1 News. Although Newell admits that the idea of having your brain interface directly with a computer sounds “indistinguishable from science fiction,” he says developers would be making a “silly mistake”… Read more

View 40: Honor shows first smartphone after separation from Huawei

The Chinese smartphone manufacturer Honor has presented its first smartphone after separating from Huawei. The View 40 has so far only been announced for the Chinese market, but could also come onto the market in Europe at a later date. Huawei had deported its former subsidiary brand Honor last November. The Chinese tech giant justified… Read more

Microsoft, along with Cruise and General Motors, to develop self-driving vehicles

General Motors (GM), and the subsidiary specialized in the self-driving vehicles sector Cruise, have entered into a long-term partnership with Microsoft to accelerate and optimize the development of systems related to the creation, and future marketing, of vehicles capable of moving on the roads in complete autonomy by Carlo Pisani published 22 January 2021 ,… Read more

Go read this report about the US military endangering passenger jets by blocking GPS

Mark Harris, writing for IEEE Spectrum, has come out with a chilling report about how military testing is leading to confusion among pilots — and sometimes putting them in danger. The piece goes into why the US military is jamming GPS in American airspace and recounts some of the times it’s almost gotten civilians killed…. Read more

Bargains: Galactic Civilizations III free on the Epic Games Store for a limited time

Continuing with its promotions based on offering games for free, Epic, through its Epic Games Store online store, has made the game Galactic Civilizations III available to its users completely free of charge. Normally the game is priced at 33 , 99 euros, but from today and until today 21 January at 17: 00 can… Read more