Month: May 2021
NASA’s Mars helicopter had a midair brain fart
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter ended its sixth flight test on Mars earlier than planned last week after bugging out mid-flight, the rotorcraft’s chief pilot wrote in a blog post on Thursday. The four-pound mini helicopter was aiming to fly farther than any of its previous excursions to test out its scientific…
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Firefox matches Chrome browser extension changes in the name of security Firefox
Two years after Google proposed and adopted changes to its web browser extension framework, Firefox is ready to follow suit, but with one exception. Collectively known as Manifest v3, the changes addressed many of the security issues with the browser’s existing framework, which allowed extensions to undo the browser’s security…
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Coda’s Shishir Mehrotra and Madrona’s S. Somasegar to talk taking on Google on Extra Crunch Live
Collaborative software is so hot right now, but the space is also incredibly crowded. It can be hard to rise above the noise, but Coda has managed to do so with $140 million in funding and a valuation topping $600 million. So it should go without saying that we’re excited…
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It’s full steam ahead for China’s subsea data center data center server
With the help of Shenzhen-listed tech firm Highlander, China is well on its way to launching the world’s first undersea commercial data center facility. The data center, expected to be complete in five years, will feature up to 100 data cabinets, each launched across three phases of the facility opening.…
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The SPAC trash ticker is counting down
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week had the whole crew aboard to record: Grace and Chris making us sound good, Danny to provide levity, Natasha to actually recall facts, and Alex to divert us from staying on…
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The AirPods Pro’s force sensor is a more comfortable way to control audio
Apple’s AirPods Pro cleverly solve one of the trickiest parts of earbud design with a unique button — even if it’s not technically a button at all. Officially referred to as the “force sensor” (a title that makes the button sound far more interesting than it actually is), it’s technically…
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