Month: April 2022
A warming world gives viruses more chances to hitchhike from species to species
Climate change is pushing mammals into new territory, increasing the number of opportunities for viruses to jump from species to species — including humans. By 2070, if global temperatures continue to rise as predicted, there could be a total of 15,000 new cross-species “viral sharing events,” according to new research…
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PlayStation Plus’s upcoming game trials will reportedly be at least 2 hours long
New details have emerged about the time-limited game trials that Sony previously announced would be part of its new PlayStation Plus Premium subscription tier. According to sources speaking to Game Developer these free trials will be required for any game with a wholesale cost of $34 (€33) or above, and…
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Sony’s leaked LinkBuds successor could fix its predecessor’s biggest issue
Audio player loading… Sony might be on the verge of unveiling a slightly refined version of its new LinkBuds True Wireless Earbuds, if some new images leaked on Twitter are to be believed. Images that popped up from leaker account SnoopyTech on Twitter on April 21 purportedly unveil a new…
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Dell’s new-look XPS 13 Plus is now available, starting at $1,299
Dell announced that the bold XPS 13 Plus it debuted back at CES 2022 is now available for purchase. It starts at $1,299, and while Dell didn’t detail the exact specifications for this configuration, it’ll likely get the lowest specs listed in a spec sheet shared by the company. Those…
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Alibaba Cloud is close to getting Android working on RISC-V silicon
Audio player loading… Android could soon run on RISC-V chips thanks to advances made by Alibaba Cloud in porting the operating system to the emerging instruction-set architecture (ISA). Last year, the Chinese cloud giant was successfully able to port basic functions including Chrome browsing in Android 10 to a RISC-V…
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Boeing CEO calls Trump’s Air Force One deal a risk it ‘probably shouldn’t have taken’
Boeing’s CEO, Dave Calhoun, says that the company’s deal with Trump to build Air Force One was a risk the company “probably shouldn’t have taken.” The comment was made on Wednesday during a conference call to discuss the company’s Q1 results for 2022, which show that the Air Force One…
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