Month: February 2020
Watch OneWeb launch 34 satellites for its broadband constellation live
[embedded content] One of the various companies looking to deploy a globe-spanning broadband internet satellite constellation is adding 34 more satellites to its existing operations in space. OneWeb will launch that many satellites aboard a Soyuz rocket from Kazakhstan with a liftoff time set for 4:42 PM EST (1:32 PM…
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Tinder to add new features including tools to filter matches, text and photo prompts
In December, dating app Bumble announced new tools to filter match by more than just age and distance. Now, it seems Tinder is poised to do the same. Tinder parent company Match Group this week announced plans to expand its filtering capabilities, alongside other product updates such as new social…
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ZTE Axon 10S Pro announced with a more powerful chipset than any current phone
The top-end Snapdragon 865 chipset was announced a while back, but so far no phones use it. That could be about to change though, as the ZTE Axon 10S Pro has just been unveiled and it’s packing the top-end chipset. The phone has oddly been listed on ZTE’s official Chinese…
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Wacom tablets are sharing your app usage with Google Analytics
Wacom tablets have been collecting data on what apps users open, and it’s not entirely clear what Wacom is doing with the data. Software engineer Robert Heaton writes in a detailed blog post that he discovered the behavior after setting up his tablet on his new laptop. When Heaton was…
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Trump cancels Global Entry enrollment for New York over immigration fight
New York residents can no longer enroll or reenroll in Global Entry, a program that allows travelers quick entrance into the country at airports. In a letter yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security said it would be suspending Global Entry (along with similar programs like NEXUS, SENTRI, and FAST), meaning…
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Watch internet-from-space provider OneWeb launch its biggest batch of satellites yet
This afternoon, a rocket will send another batch of satellites into orbit above Earth in the ongoing journey to provide internet coverage from space — but these satellites aren’t part of SpaceX’s well-known Starlink project. Instead, they belong to OneWeb, which also has big dreams of bringing the world’s population…
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