General Motors designs a new “brain and nervous system” for its vehicles

Posted on May 21, 2019 by HeyJK

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A common criticism of the increasingly digital nature of new cars and trucks is that all these new features are being shoehorned into systems that were not designed with features like connectivity in mind.

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Apple and Amazon cut a deal that upended the Mac resale market

Posted on May 21, 2019 by HeyJK

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When John Bumstead looked at listings for his products on Amazon.com in early January, he was waiting for the guillotine to fall.

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Watch an autonomous drone dodge, duck, dip, dive, and dodge a football

Posted on May 17, 2019 by HeyJK

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Drones are agile things, but they’re not exactly known for their quick reactions. If you want to knock one out of the sky, a well-thrown ball or even a spear should do the trick.

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Space Engineer: We Could Move Earth’s Orbit to Escape a Dying Sun

Posted on May 17, 2019 by HeyJK

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In about five billion years, the Sun will begin to die, rapidly expanding and incinerating the Earth in its death throes. That’s not for a while, but any humans left will need to plan well in advance if they want to escape cosmic obliteration.

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Apple Accidentally Reveals Radical New iPhone Upgrade

Posted on May 17, 2019 by HeyJK

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Unimpressed by Apple’s upcoming iPhone 11 and iPhone XR2? New information directly from Apple itself has teased a red-hot new iPhone upgrade that’s worth waiting for.

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First look at Tesla’s new in-car driving visualization

Posted on May 17, 2019 by HeyJK

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Tesla is currently pushing a new software update with a revamp of its in-car driving visualization produced by its Autopilot system. Today, we get a quick first look at it with a new video. As we reported earlier this month, Tesla started pushing a new software update (2019.

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Crosby: As millennials reject family treasures, baby boomers start to ask, ‘What do we do with all this stuff?’

Posted on May 13, 2019 by HeyJK

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Every time I enter the blue-tiled bathroom off the back door of my home I think about my mom, my millennial offspring and the overflowing shelves at the local Goodwill.

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Oops! Scientists accidentally create new material that makes batteries charge much faster

Posted on May 12, 2019 by HeyJK

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Some of the most famous scientific discoveries happened by accident. From Teflon and the microwave oven to penicillin, scientists trying to solve a problem sometimes find unexpected things.

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Why the Moon Matters to Jeff Bezos

Posted on May 12, 2019 by HeyJK

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Between the shipping and handling, the web servers, the groceries, the newspapers—Jeff Bezos never stopped thinking about the moon. He was five years old when Americans walked on the lunar surface, and he remembers the grainy, black-and-white footage from that historic moment.

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Moms, Kraft will cover your Mother’s Day babysitting bill so you can do whatever the heck you want

Posted on May 9, 2019 by HeyJK

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If you forgot Mother’s Day is approaching, we’d be surprised since campaigns around the holiday are rolling in fast and furiously by way of muscular mascots, character-filled greeting cards and more.

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IHMC Atlas Autonomous Path Planning Across Narrow Terrain

Posted on May 9, 2019 by HeyJK

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Atlas humanoid robot (DRC version) walking across narrow terrain using autonomous planning. The robot senses the terrain with LIDAR and builds a map of planar regions. A path planning algorithm plans footsteps across the planar regions to a goal location, specified by an operator. The robot is curre

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Apple to Reveal New Home-Grown Apps, Software Features at WWDC

Posted on May 6, 2019 by HeyJK

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Apple Inc. is planning to unleash a slew of new apps, features and development tools at its annual software conference next month.

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SpaceX confirms its astronaut capsule was ‘destroyed’ during testing at the Space Coast

Posted on May 3, 2019 by HeyJK

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SpaceX confirmed Thursday the explosion and destruction of its astronaut capsule during a recent test, adding that the company is hopeful it can still make its goal to launch astronauts by the end of the year.

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ESPN the Magazine Will Stop Publishing Print Edition in September

Posted on May 1, 2019 by HeyJK

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ESPN told its staff Tuesday that the company’s 21-year-old magazine would print its final issue in September, as first reported by John Ourand.

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Accenture sued over website redesign so bad it Hertz: Car hire biz demands $32m+ for ‘defective’ cyber-revamp

Posted on April 30, 2019 by HeyJK

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Car rental giant Hertz is suing over a website redesign from hell. The US corporation hired monster management consultancy firm Accenture in August 2016 to completely revamp its online presence. The new site was due to go live in December 2017.

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Can you survive if you run out of air?

Posted on April 29, 2019 by HeyJK

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There was a sickening crack when the thick cable connecting Chris Lemons to the ship above him snapped. This vital umbilical cord to the world above carried power, communications, heat and air to his diving suit 100m (328ft) below the surface of the sea.

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What If an Asteroid Was Going to Hit Earth? NASA Will Make Believe This Week

Posted on April 29, 2019 by HeyJK

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What would we do if we knew an asteroid would hit Earth in 2027? That’s what NASA personnel will explore during a simulation taking place next week. The project will play out as a tabletop exercise held during the 2019 Planetary Defense Conference in College Park, Maryland.

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Millennials Tried to Kill the American Mall, But Gen Z Might Save It

Posted on April 25, 2019 by HeyJK

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Gen Z keeps confounding Corporate America. They’ve shunned beer, they want companies to take political stands and they trust Kardashians to make their makeup choices. But perhaps the biggest surprise about this new cohort of teenagers is the most unexpected of all: They love the shopping mall.

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Twitter Q1 flies past estimates with sales of $787M and EPS of $0.25, but MAUs drop to 330M

Posted on April 23, 2019 by HeyJK

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Social networking and media platform Twitter today reported its results for the first quarter of the year, and it’s a strong one. The company said that revenues came in at $787 million, up 18 percent on a year ago; with net income of $191 million and earnings per share of $0.25.

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Twitter Q1 flies past estimates with sales of $787M and EPS of $0.25, but MAUs drop to 330M

Posted on April 23, 2019 by HeyJK

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Social networking and media platform Twitter today reported its results for the first quarter of the year, and it’s a strong one. The company said that revenues came in at $787 million, up 18 percent on a year ago; with net income of $191 million and earnings per share of $0.25.

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