While most air travel continues to be ground to a halt, a German startup working on what it hopes will be a major breakthrough in flying has raised more funds to continue building its service. Lilium, which is designing an all-electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft that it plans to build into a taxi-style fleet
Month: June 2020
Images from ground-penetrating radar starting at depths between 35 to 40 cm (13.7 to 15.7 inches) all the way to 170 to 175 cm (66.9 to 68.9 inches). Gif: L. Verdonck et al., 2020/Antiquity/Gizmodo For the first time ever, archaeologists have used ground-penetrating radar to map an entire city while it’s still beneath the ground.
Thanks to software updates in 2019, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One owners can now use their respective console controllers to play games on Apple devices. The iOS update allows you to easily pair a DualShock 4 or select Xbox One controllers via Bluetooth with your favorite Apple products — including the iPad, Apple TV, or
Originally released this past March on the PlayStation 4 to wide-spread acclaim, developer Pixel Reef today announced its dreamlike VR exploration experience Paper Beast will be heading to major PC VR headsets later this summer complete with improved visuals, additional creatures, and an expanded sandbox mode. [embedded content] “I’m super excited that we can finally
The two-day celebration will feature over 200 pieces of art and live performances from 50-plus musical artists. Those who’ve had the pleasure of attending the legendary Glastonbury Festival may be familiar with the bizarre Shangri-La experience, a portion of the annual music and performance arts festival dedicated to shining a spotlight on progressive culture and
Varun DeshpandeJun 08, 2020 21:21:15 IST Northern Harvest Sea Farms is a Canadian division of the Norwegian salmon fishing giant Mowi. In October 2019, Northern Harvest made a shocking announcement. A month earlier, they had lost 2.6 million Atlantic salmon – about 5000 metric tonnes – from their aquaculture operations on the coast of Canada. The
Hello and welcome back to our regular morning look at private companies, public markets and the gray space in between. Last week we noted that the IPO window was open, a seemingly incongruous reality when compared to stark unemployment figures in the country and what they would seem to bode for business health. But as
Most folks are very familiar with Android, Google’s operating system that dominates the smartphone world. Did you know that there’s a version of Android for TVs, though? If not, don’t feel bad. Android TV has something of a checkered past, and it’s only now getting some serious attention thanks to partnerships with high-profile TV makers
Are you sharing a Netflix account with friends or family and don’t want them to know you watched The Cobbler? Is one of your college roommates still using your login to watch weird anime? Or maybe you’re simply tired of Netflix recommendations that don’t hit the mark. There are plenty of reasons you might want
Driving a van used to be a miserable experience. Older models tended to be loud, rudimentary, slow, and thirsty. The segment evolved considerably during the 2010s and new 2020 vans are easier to live with than they’ve ever been. They’re far more car-like than their predecessors, which makes them more driver-friendly, and they’re available with
Spanish startup Bnext is revamping its cashback program so that you can buy from partner stores directly from the Bnext app and get some money back. The company has partnered with Button and the feature is available as an open beta. Traditional cashback portals are a bit clunky. When you find an offer that gives
FP TrendingJun 08, 2020 12:24:23 IST OnePlus is going to launch an affordable smart TV in India next month. The smartphone maker entered into the TV segment last year in the country when it introduced OnePlus TV Q1 and the OnePlus TV Q1 Pro. OnePlus CEO Pete Lau took to Twitter to make the formal
Apple has just been granted a patent outlining an idea for creating group selfies without everyone having to crowd around a single camera to get the shot. The tech giant calls the feature a “synthetic group selfie” that would be created automatically on an iPhone or iPad using single-person selfies submitted by those who want
Photo: Leon Neal (Getty Images) It can be difficult to return to business as usual during America’s first phase of reopening with federal social distancing recommendations still in effect. But a new patent from Apple gives us a glimpse into how one bit of normalcy—group selfies—might work even when we’re all at least six feet
Maximize your VR play space with this $700 personal omnidirectional treadmill. Despite having only recently been popularized by mainstream media, most-noticeably in Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One, omnidirectional treadmills have been in development for quite some time. Naturally, this type of artificial locomotion has proven especially popular within the immersive technology sector, allowing VR users
Astronomers have located a planet and star which are more similar to Earth and the sun than any pair found before. Located around 3000 light-years away, the star Kepler-160 and its orbiting planet KOI-456.04 are close enough together that there could even be liquid water on the planet’s surface. The discovery was made by researchers
Riot Games, in response to a Valorant player complaining about the lack of things to grind for in the multiplayer shooter, said that a reward system for time spent on the game is in the works. While single-player games offer more experience points and trophies, among other things, as people spend more time on them,
In an open letter first reported by the Washington Post, a group of 143 scientists including more than 60 professors at top U.S. research institutions has called on Facebook to do more to prevent misinformation and hatred from spreading on its platform. The letter said that social media platforms like Facebook “facilitate the spread of
The name of Destiny 2‘s Season 11 has apparently already appeared in-game, shortly after the destruction of the Almighty that marked the end of Season 10. In Destiny 2‘s first real-time, in-game event, supercomputer Rasputin launched a barrage of missiles against the Almighty, which was hurtling towards the Last City, sending the ship crashing into
Photo: Getty The environmental movement has had a reckoning coming its way for decades when it comes to its racist history. While it’s been inching toward it in recent years, the events of the past two weeks have thrown the floodgates wide open. Advertisement In the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of
Thanks to the lockdown, I have been able to do some wonderful travels: super-comfy ones, sans the discomfort of airports/stations, frozen shoulders from carrying luggage, anxiety about delays. I’ve been down many memory lanes, nudged along by the old photo albums which had to be sorted and tidied. The other day, I saw one from
Apple Card owners will reportedly soon be able to pay for their purchases of Apple products such as iPads and Macs through interest-free installments. Apple is planning to roll out the new Apple Card feature over the coming weeks, Bloomberg reported, citing sources familiar with the matter. The service is expected to attract more customers
The long-delayed Dead Island 2 has resurfaced in the form of a leaked unfinished build from 2015, with social media now flooded with videos and screenshots from the game. Dead Island 2, the sequel to 2011’s Dead Island, was first revealed through a trailer at E3 2014. The E3 2014 trailer hyped up Dead Island
Itch.io, a digital marketplace for indie games, has raised more than $1 million in less than 24 hours from a bundle that seeks to support racial justice. The Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality includes 742 games from 564 developers, worth a total of $3,453. However, Itch.io is selling the bundle for only a minimum
The ubiquity of high-speed internet has made it easier than ever for people to totally “cut the cord” — that is, to ditch traditional cable or satellite television services in favor of online streaming — but due to unique broadcasting restrictions, sports fans have had to wait a while longer to enjoy on-demand content. In
Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) Facebook has purged nearly 200 accounts on its social media platforms associated with white supremacy groups, some of which pushed members to grab their weapons and crash protests against police brutality, according to a weekend Associated Press report. Advertisement You’d think any idiot would consider this a cut-and-dry case of
The tech industry has generally wished that structural discrimination would go away, while pretending that it already has. But technology can be used by anyone for anything. And so, the world has watched video after video of police brutality against Black people in a real-time stream that plays through the closing days of quarantine, culminating
The coronavirus has dominated headlines for months now, and though the country is beginning to stir with life once more, it looks a little different. People wear masks, wash their hands, and take extra health precautions for the time being until doctors develop a completely effective treatment. In the meantime, there is a lot you
Visual deepfakes, in which one person’s face is spliced onto another person’s body, are so 2019. Here in 2020, deepfake technology trends have shifted a bit, and now the cool kids are using the technology is to create impressive “soundalike” audio tracks. While these have plenty of scary potential when it comes to fake news
Updated: 7:50 AM PST, June 6 2020. Wondering where to watch UFC 250 online later today? We’ve rounded everything you need to know about UFC 250: Nunes vs Spencer, including the start time, the full card, and where you can access the all-important UFC 250 live stream (spoiler: it’s a pay-per-view event that will broadcast