So light, in fact, that it can avoid FAA registration, as pointed out by The Verge. At 249 grams, it comes in just one gram lighter than the FAA’s threshold. Of course, you’ll still need to follow your local ordinances – you still can’t just fly it anywhere. The listing says the drone has a max flight time of 30 minutes, can transmit HD video from up to four kilometers (2....
Tether, which is actually only 74-percent backed by cash and other assets, garnered a higher share of the market after a major sell-off. According to CoinMarketCap, Tether currently has a market capitalization of $4.13 billion. Its trading volume stands at $36 billion over the past 24 hours. Meanwhile, Bitcoin – undoubtedly the world’s most famous cryptocurrency – suffered a considerable decrease in terms of both price and market cap. Although Tether enthusiasts may see this as cause for celebration, I wonder how hardcore cryptocurrency fans will stomach a stablecoin pegged to the US dollar being in the top four – it’s likely they’ll find it outright tragic....
Politicians in the Netherlands have agreed to a mandatory quota for the amount of women board members of the country’s top 100 biggest companies. The new rule is that at least 30 percent board members must be female. I’m very much in favor of this new rule, but I want to address one of the most common reasons for why people oppose it. It’s something that often comes up, and I’ve heard it mentioned three times in the past week alone....
It isn’t too late. We’re barely into July yet. There’s still plenty of summer left. Which means there’s also still plenty of time to pick up and get some heavy use out of these 10 summer essential items before the fall months start rolling our way. And with this stuff on sale at up to more than 60 percent off, you’ll still have plenty of cash left over for all those fun summer excursions....
If you’ve finally started to zero in on what you like and don’t like about your current video conferencing platform of choice, it may be time to start considering alternatives. While many companies made the snap decision to start using Zoom or Microsoft Teams or another one of the big platforms out of necessity last year, many can now take a breath, step back and reassess if that communication hub is really offering the best package of tools and abilities for their needs....
Musk claims that Autopilot was not engaged at the time, and that the vehicle in question didn’t have the Full Self Driving package. Data logs recovered so far show Autopilot was not enabled & this car did not purchase FSD. Moreover, standard Autopilot would require lane lines to turn on, which this street did not have. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 19, 2021 Replying to a Twitter account critiquing the WSJ article on the incident, Musk said that the data recovered so far “show Autopilot was not enabled and this car did not purchase FSD....
On Lex Fridman’s “Artificial Intelligence” podcast, Musk recently stated that Neuralink will ‘solve’ certain brain disorders. This is a claim that may be too bold, even for Elon. He told Fridman: There’s only one problem: autism isn’t a disease and it can’t be cured or solved. In fact, there’s some ethical debate in the medical community over whether autism, which is considered a disorder, should be treated as part of a person’s identity and not a ‘condition’ to be fixed....
Users will have to apply for the Apple Card through the wallet app on their iPhone. They’ll need to fill in information such as their name, birthdate, income level, and last four digits of their Social Security number. Apple says this information will go to Goldman Sachs’ servers and approval will take under a minute. Once approval is granted, users can Apply for that fancy titanium physical card, too. To activate the titanium card, tap the NFC sticker supplied in the box on your iPhone....
Planets orbiting white dwarfs should be dead — at least one star in their system ran out of fuel and collapsed before expanding back outward, swallowing any nearby worlds. Afterward, the dying star collapsed again, squeezing the star — as massive as the Sun — down to the size of Earth. A new generation of telescopes, soon to come both on the ground and in space, will allow astronomers to investigate the atmospheres of alien worlds....
Jio, India’s biggest mobile network provider, launched its coronavirus symptom checker in March with an aim to help people find relevant resources if needed. [Read: After Facebook’s mega-investment, Indian carrier Reliance Jio raises $748M from Silver Lake] Tushar Pania, a Jio spokesperson said the company has taken down the database: On May 1, security researcher Anurag Sen found a core database related to the service that was accessible without any password....
The company presently uses a modified version of Android on its Portal line of video calling devices, as well as its Oculus VR headsets. Andrew Bosworth, who heads up hardware at Facebook, told The Information, “We really want to make sure the next generation has space for us. We don’t think we can trust the marketplace or competitors to ensure that’s the case. And so we’re gonna do it ourselves....
Currently, the solution proposed by governments internationally is a backdoor to allow access into messaging platforms — one that in my opinion, is highly unsatisfactory. With a backdoor, there is potential for abuse by the government agency in question but perhaps more concerningly, that same backdoor can be found and exploited. On the other hand, my own experience with members of the Islamic State has shown that absolute privacy of communications can be dangerous in the wrong hands....
“We could do it differently,” he said. “Instead of having a synthetic unit … we could have a series of stablecoins, a dollar stablecoin, a euro stablecoin, a sterling pound stablecoin, etc,” David Marcus, the project‘s lead, told a banking seminar. “We could definitely approach this with having a multitude of stablecoins that represent national currencies in a tokenized digital form,” he said. “That is one of the options that should be considered....
In April, the country’s government started to form a mandatory code that forced companies like Facebook and Google to pay for the content others — such as media outlets — created. The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) released a draft on July 31 to invite comments from the public. The ACCC’s aim with this code is to maintain a power balance in the media sector between news producers and tech companies....
Users install the Moscow Metro app, then upload a photo of their face and link a bank card to pay. To enter the station, they approach dedicated turnstiles with a black round sticker on the floor and look into a camera. The turnstile opens within 1-2 seconds, and the cost of travel is deducted. But is the option to catch a train without opening your wallet or an app worth having your face stored in a database?...
The written word will never go out of style, but if you want to connect with a modern audience, you better have some pictures to go with those words. Or preferably, a super-slick video. Video is the ultimate attention-grabber these days. And with the democratization of video technology, even a taste of proper training can help almost anyone turn out quality video presentations with astonishingly high production values. You can learn how to do video right with the training in The Videography Editing & Marketing Certification Bundle, which is on sale now for only $45 (over 90 percent off) from TNW Deals....
The automaker has used it to create a reimagined electric vehicle concept and it’s called the F-100 Eluminator. Take a look at the reinvented oldie: Basically, Ford has unveiled the concept car to showcase the benefits of electric propulsion and, in turn, to promote its first electric crate motor from Ford Performance Parts, designed to electrify conventional vehicles — from vintage cars to modern trucks and SUVs. You can buy the e-crate motor online at authorized Ford parts warehouses and dealers for $3,900....
As a digital designer, I have become obsessed with this user experience: how individuals connect with organizations online, but also in the real world, and how the nature of this experience — this relationship — is often key to an organization’s sustainability. The relationship between you and your customers acquires real depth in the business model of memberships, where the user doesn’t only value the product, but also believes in the cause and supports it in ways beyond giving money....
According to the regulator, Google has around 90 percent of the online search business in France. That’s why it’s paramount the US tech giant ensures fair access to Google ads. “One of the great principles of competition law is that with great power comes great responsibility,” explained Isabelle de Silva, the head of the French regulator. The fine was the result of an four-year long investigation after Gibmedia — a French company that runs a host of sites, ranging from weather forecasts to dictionaries — accused Google of suspending its Google ads account without notice....
Even though the transition to battery electric vehicles is at an early stage, we’re well aware of the need to recycle and reuse the precious metals and materials contained within lithium-ion batteries. Among the US recycling companies, Redwood Materials has emerged as a very competitive player, since its founding in 2017 by J.B. Straubel. Interestingly, Straubel revealed to Bloomberg that his company’s aim goes beyond recycling to bringing the battery supply chain from Asia to the US....
