Month: September 2021
Could aliens be using Dyson Spheres around black holes to collect immense power? A Dyson Sphere Under Construction Around A Black Hole
Scientists have upped the ante on theoretical Dyson Spheres with a proposal for alien civilizations constructing the colossal megastructures around stellar mass black holes, pushing the energy harvesting power well beyond what could be possible with just a traditional Dyson Sphere. In a new study published in the Monthly Notices…
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Microsoft 365 Usage Analytics data will soon automatically be anonymous Microsoft Surface Pro 7 12.3
In an effort to better protect the privacy of its customers, Microsoft has revealed that it will change how usage analytics data is collected in Microsoft 365 to “pseudonymize user-level information” by default. Effectively this means that all user-level information in Microsoft 365 Usage Analytics will be anonymous by default.…
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FAA investigating off-course descent of Virgin Galactic’s flight with Richard Branson
Richard Branson’s July flight to the edge of space is under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration for veering out of its designated airspace mid-flight, the FAA said on Wednesday after a report from The New Yorker. The mission’s two pilots were alerted to yellow and red light warnings mid-flight…
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The time a human-driven car ran over an autonomous robot
Crossing city streets filled with SUV drivers in a hurry is tricky for any pedestrian, but what about a robot that’s less than two feet tall? Starship Technologies is flooding college towns with autonomous electric delivery bots that trundle goods to your location in their locked storage compartment. While the…
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Qualcomm’s aptX Lossless promises CD-quality audio for wireless headphones
2021 has been a big year for lossless music now that Apple has gone in on the higher-quality streaming and Amazon is no longer charging an added premium for it. But one of the main challenges confronting lossless audio is how to play it wirelessly (at full fidelity) on wireless…
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Broadcasters secure a win in their fight against scrappy TV streamer Locast
ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox have secured a victory in their legal fight against Locast, a nonprofit that re-streams their local broadcast stations at little to no cost, much to the consternation of those networks. Locast is a service that makes local broadcasts free — kind of, we’ll get to…
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