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Discord has turned into a virtual trade floor with memes, stonks, and chaos

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge A real-life trading floor is noisy. You can find traders shouting at each other, especially when the markets are volatile and stock is moving fast. That same environment has been replicated online this week, thanks to Discord. Getting inside offers a surreal look at an emerging virtual trade… 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

Axiom names first private crew paying $55 million for a trip to the ISS

An American real estate investor, a Canadian investor and a former Israeli Air Force pilot are paying $55 million each to be part of the first fully private astronaut crew to journey to the International Space Station. The trio will hitch a ride on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule early next year, with a veteran NASA… Read more

AMD Ryzen 5000 Mobile ‘Cezanne’ SoC Deep Dive: Zen 3 Powers Into Notebooks

Home News (Image credit: AMD) AMD whipped the covers off of its Ryzen 5000 ‘Cezanne’ mobile chips at CES 2021, but today marks the official launch and AMD has unveiled the deep-dive details of the SoC that brings the Zen 3 architecture to the notebook market for the first time. The new chips will power… Read more

SpaceX: Two oil platforms are being converted into space ports

SpaceX bought two oil rigs last year and is currently converting them into rocket launch sites. This reports, among other things, CNBC and explains that the two platforms should allow the planned giant rocket Starship to take off and land away from inhabited areas. Elon Musks The company bought the platforms for a total of… Read more

Best PC gaming controllers 2021: Top premium controllers for your computer

(Pocket-lint) – If you just can’t get enough gaming goodness, but standard console controllers aren’t cutting it for your PC, then you might be considering an upgrade. There are a number of decent PC controllers out there that cater to different devices and help up your game. Robust designs, multi-functional capabilities and customisation options abound. … Read more

FAA USA: off to autonomous flights without observer on the ground for American Robotics drones

The company will be able to fly its Scout drones for the first time without having to deploy observers on the path to carry out the visual flight, but only with the remote control of a pilot to do as supervisor in beyond the line-of-sight mode. by Roberto Colombo published 20 January 2021 , at… Read more

NASA SLS: First details emerge on test problems and there would be good news

NASA SLS test, as we know, it did not last the expected time (about 8 minutes). After a little more than a minute there was a shutdown due to a stop of the procedure. NASA has now explained some details. by Mattia Speroni published 20 January 2021 , at 00: 21 in the Science channel… Read more

Space travel: aim high in 2021

Nothing went as planned in the space sector either 2019. Like almost all sectors, space activities have been hit hard by the pandemic. Observers were particularly looking forward to the start of seven planned space missions, some things went great: SpaceX sent astronauts into space, China brought moon rocks back to Earth. But many other… Read more

Boeing 737 Max about to be re-registered in the EU

Boeing’s crisis jet 737 Max should soon be able to take off again in Europe after being banned from flying for almost two years. He expects the re-approval in the next week, said the head of the European aviation authority EASA, Patrick Ky, on Tuesday in an online event of the German aviation press club…. Read more

Citizen Score: China's social credit system no longer on target

China’s social credit system, which was officially announced seven years ago, including a citizen rating in the form of a “Citizen Score”, has been delayed. According to the plan of the central government in Beijing, the “Schufa on anabolic steroids”, which in the West is an essential piece of the puzzle in the Chinese surveillance… Read more

Watch NASA test fire its massive new rocket

Four huge rocket engines will roar to life on Saturday, in a crucial test for NASA’s powerful next-generation rocket. This long-awaited trial run won’t leave the ground, but it will be so powerful that officials have warned that it may be heard up to 60 miles away. Saturday’s test is the last step in series… Read more

MIT devised a hybrid-electric aircraft to reduce the pollution problem

Air pollution from aircraft does not it only affects the climate, but it also causes thousands of deaths a year. A team of MIT engineers proposes a hybrid-electric aircraft that could reduce nitric oxide emissions by 95% . by Manolo De Agostini published 16 January 2021 , at 12: 31 in the Science and Technology… Read more

Study: The number of e-cars is expected to increase thirty-fold by 2030

The importance of electromobility will increase significantly globally. The Association of Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies (VDE) describes this development in its recently published study “Logistics, Energy and Mobility 2030″ (PDF). 2019 the number of electric cars including plug-in hybrids and fuel cell vehicles was 4 worldwide, 79 Millions. The experts estimate: By the year… Read more

Blue Origin is a solid competition from SpaceX. The New Shepard upgraded capsule made its first suborbital flight

Yesterday at 18: 18 Polish time Blue Origin sent on its first suborbital flight an improved New Shepard capsule. This is another test of the spacecraft for astronauts, the development of which is the responsibility of the company of the founder of Amazon.com – Jeff Besos. The company clearly aims to create a solution that… Read more