Month: January 2020
Xplore teams up with Nanoracks for commercial deep space exploration
Mostly when we talk about commercial space, and space startups, the focus is relatively close to home – stretching to orbit, and maybe the Moon. But Seattle-based startup Xplore wants to extend the privatization of space further still, through the development of spacecraft and a platform designed for commercial missions…
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Robots learn to sweat to stop overheating
For the roboticist who has everything, here’s something new: a soft robot hand that sweats. Designed to handle scenarios where long operating hours might lead to a robot overheating and its performance degrading, this three-fingered gripper stays cool by borrowing one of humanity’s greatest attributes: our sweat glands. Humans sweat…
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Best Pokémon games: ranking from Gold to Sword and Shield
They may have been the originals, it’s difficult to call the Generation I games the best. They’re the first Pokémon games we played, and they serve as a great introduction to the series. When they were first released they were consolidated into the anime, movies and merchandise very well. Now,…
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Sorry, iPad. Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 5G is the first 5G tablet
The world finally has its first 5G-capable tablet: the Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 5G has been officially revealed, and it’s virtually unchanged from the existing model aside from its capability to hook up to the next-gen networks. One caveat: it’s coming to South Korea first, and it’s unclear when –…
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The US just showed it still believes Chinese-made drones are a security risk
The US Department of the Interior said today it would continue to keep its entire drone fleet grounded, except when used for emergencies like firefighting, as the department reviews if the drones are a threat to national security. The Department of the Interior first grounded its more than 800 drones…
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GoFundMe CEO Rob Solomon is stepping down, will be replaced by Tim Cadogan, CEO of OpenX
A significant changing of the guard is underway at GoFundMe, the popular charitable and causes-based online giving platform that has generated $9 billion from 120 million donations globally to date. The company is announcing that Rob Solomon, who has been the CEO of GoFundMe for the last five years, is…
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