Porsche will come out next year with an electric car based on its Mission E concept from the 2015 Frankfurt auto show.
Porsche plans 500 fast chargers in US by end of 2019
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The new frontier of doping will modify athletes’ DNA
Nick Busca is a triathlon coach, personal trainer and CNN sport and health contributor.
More than half your body is not human
More than half of your body is not human, say scientists. Human cells make up only 43% of the body’s total cell count. The rest are microscopic colonists.
These Robots Are Learning to Conduct Their Own Science Experiments
Inside a lab at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, a robot arm lifts a bottle filled with chemical reagents and carries it over a bank of test tubes, where it dispenses a precise number of drops into each one.
’90s kids rejoice! Microsoft releases the original Windows 3.0 File Manager source code
Microsoft has released the source code for the original, 1990s-era File Manager that is so familiar to all of us who were dragging and dropping on Windows 3.0. The code, which is available on Github under the MIT OSS license, will compile under Windows 10.
RSS is undead
RSS died. Whether you blame Feedburner, or Google Reader, or Digg Reader last month, or any number of other product failures over the years, the humble protocol has managed to keep on trudging along despite all evidence that it is dead, dead, dead.
iOS 12 concept shows off always on display, Lock screen complications, dark mode, and more [Video]
A new iOS 12 concept today gives us a new take on how Apple could advance its mobile operating system. A slick new video shows off design ideas for an always on display, Lock screen complications, group FaceTime calls, a system-wide dark mode and more.
Apple Hires Google’s A.I. Chief, John Giannandrea
Apple said on Tuesday that Mr. Giannandrea will run Apple’s “machine learning and A.I. strategy,” and become one of 16 executives who report directly to Apple’s chief executive, Timothy D. Cook. Now this is some news that clearly shows Apple is getting more serious about Siri.
Building your own smart mirror is surprisingly easy
Smart mirrors are straight from science fiction. They’re part of an optimistic vision of the future that imagines a world where screens and data are everywhere, ready to feed you whatever information you need at a moment’s notice.
Elon Musk just took charge of Model 3 production, saying it’s his “most critical” job right now
You can probably argue over whether it’s a good or a bad sign, but Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed on Twitter today a report in The Information that he has taken over direct control of the division that’s producing Tesla’s Model 3 electric sedan after the company failed to meet the deliver
Amazon Takes Fresh Stab at $16 Billion Housekeeping Industry
Three years ago, Amazon.com Inc. launched a marketplace to connect its customers with handymen, landscapers and housekeepers in their neighborhoods, a direct challenge to the likes of Angie’s List Inc. and Yelp Inc.
No more secrets! New mind-reading machine can translate your thoughts and display them as text INSTANTLY
Scientists have developed an astonishing mind-reading machine which can translate what you are thinking and instantly display it as text. They claim that it has an accuracy rate of 90 per cent or more and say that it works by interpreting consonants and vowels in our brains.
New IBM report predicts 5 technologies that will change the world in the next 5 years
At IBM’s inaugural THINK conference which kicks off today in Las Vegas, the company will be announcing what it describes as the world’s smallest computer.
Bridges and LIDAR
In 1999, when WAP was the future of mobile, the industry group behind SIM cards worked out a way to use the programmable space on a SIM to build a complete WAP browser.
Gurman : Apple Is Producing MicroLED Displays at Facility in Santa Clara
Right now smartphones and other gadgets essentially use off-the-shelf display technology. The Apple Watch screen is made by LG Display. Ditto for Google’s larger Pixel phone. The iPhone X, Apple’s first OLED phone, uses Samsung technology.
Succession Of Terrible Events Fails To Befall 33-Year-Old Riding Longboard To Digital Media Job
NEW YORK—A series of horrific, devastatingly injurious events failed to befall 33-year-old Flavorpill.com digital media developer Jake Reston as he confidently skated to work on his longboard, shocked witnesses reported today.
Here’s How To Actually Delete Your Social Media Accounts
Social Networks walk a fine line between being a useful tool and a crippling addiction. Whether you want your free time back, or don’t like your information scattered about on the internet, you may be considering deactivating some accounts.
Researchers turned wood into a better insulator than Styrofoam
The research lab behind the creation of see-through wood has developed a new type of material that could be used as a cheaper, stronger and more environmentally friendly insulator. They’re calling it nanowood and it insulates better than Styrofoam and silica aerogels.
Famous cryptographers’ tombstone cryptogram decrypted
This article was inspired by Elonka Dunin’s Schmoocon 2018 presentation about this fascinating topic. Dunin’s original paper, Cipher on the William and Elizebeth Friedman tombstone at Arlington National Cemetery is solved, was published in April 2017.
Massive solar storm that will slam Earth TOMORROW could knockout power supplies, damage satellites and trigger stunning auroras
The storm could knockout satellites, disrupt power supplies and spark stunning displays of the Northern Lights. It was created last week by an enormous explosion in the sun’s atmosphere known as a solar flare, and charged particles from that flare are now on their way to our planet.