NASA’s announcement Saturday that it won’t use a troubled Boeing capsule to return two stranded astronauts to Earth is yet another setback for the struggling company, although the financial damage is likely to be less than the reputational harm.
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Uber has been fined €290 million ($324 million) in the Netherlands for improperly sending driver data from Europe to the U.S. in violation of EU rules, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) said Monday.
Uber failed to “appropriately safeguard” its data on drivers, which the DPA said was a “serious violation” of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (
Niantic is hoping to make 3D scans go viral.
The company on Monday released Scaniverse 4, the latest version of its app that allows users to capture 3D scans of their environments or particular objects, from statues in a nearby park to a home-cooked meal. The new app version encourages users to upload photos taken in public places to a public map, where others can use them to plan vacations, reminisce about favorite spots in their hometowns, or
Although I own three Sonos speakers—Move, Roam, and Beam—I’ve been less caught up in the brouhaha the new Sonos app than a lot of other folks.
It’s not that I love the new app, which by most accounts is a buggy, unreliable, intuitive mess with fewer features than the old Sonos app it replaced, it’s just that I don’t use it all that
SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission is poised to make history this week with the first privately managed spacewalk, a risky endeavour previously undertaken only by government astronauts.
Two of the mission’s four-member crew will venture out of their Crew Dragon capsule in Earth’s orbit for a tethered spacewalk, marking the first major test of
Utah County Commissioner Amelia Powers Gardner was surprised when she saw a video of Governor Spencer Cox circulating on X. The video, which was published by the account @PsyReport on X in June, shows Cox admitting to fraudulently gathering signatures.
Powers Gardner knew at a glance the video was fake. Cox’s eyes twitch, his blinks are forced, and his skin coloration appears warped. And looking further, there was a w
The founder and CEO of the messaging service Telegram was detained at a Paris airport on an arrest warrant alleging his platform has been used for money laundering, drug trafficking and other offenses, French media reported Sunday.
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