D-Silence

A new site is in the works that could eventually produce billions of doses of a vaccine. The exec [Musk] says Tesla is working to produce a molecule printer in conjunction with German vaccine maker CureVac. Musk calls the printers “RNA microfactories” that can produce vaccines and other mRNA-based therapies by inputting a recipe. CureVac…

Intel revealed new details about Thunderbolt 4, the next-gen of its universal cable connectivity solution, delivering increased minimum performance requirements, expanded capabilities and USB4 specification compliance. For the first time, Thunderbolt 4 will offer docks with up to four Thunderbolt ports and universal cables up to 2 meters in length. Intel’s upcoming mobile PC processors,…

Amorphous boron-nitride could be the next insulator used in future generations of integrated circuits. Boron nitride has the potential to form a 2D crystalline material with an hexagonal structure. And it was in this area that researchers had been working before coming across the properties of the amorphous form of the material. For more tech…

Fraunhofer HHI (together with partners including Apple, Ericsson, Intel, Huawei, Microsoft, Qualcomm, and Sony) is celebrating the release and official adoption of the new global video coding standard H.266/Versatile Video Coding (VVC). This new standard offers improved compression, which reduces data requirements by around 50% of the bit rate relative to the previous standard H.265/High…

I don’t normally post these upcoming changes, but this looked interesting. Here is just one change Microsoft is freshening up the Start menu with a more streamlined design that removes the solid color backplates behind the logos in the apps list and applies a uniform, partially transparent background to the tiles. This design creates a…

Shortly after canceling one of its most confusing services, Google has now disabled by default an important Google Photos feature relied upon by millions of users. Google has announced that it is changing the way the Google Photos app will perform automatic backups. From now on, images saved onto your device by messaging apps will…

Yep, Creative is still around and have announced their Digital Triple-driver In-ears now come with Headphone Holography. The cream of the features crop is the critically-acclaimed Super X-Fi technology, which is incorporated through an attached in-line SXFI WIRE, which is a 40% smaller version of the already finger-sized SXFI AMP, the first-ever Super X-Fi product…

Windows 10, version 20H2 was includes a new numbering scheme and the hotly debated Edge browser powered by Chrome. We continue to learn and adjust the delivery and overall experience of the Windows Updates based on customer feedback. As a result, we will again deliver Windows 10, version 20H2 using servicing technology (like that used…

That’s pretty close in star distance. Astronomers have discovered at least two, and possibly three, planets orbiting a nearby star – a planetary system so close that a new generation of telescopes should be able to scrutinize it for potential chemical signatures of a living world, according to a report published Thursday in the journal…

Segway, while popular with police and tourists but not most of the public, will be no more. Segway, which boldly claimed its two-wheeled personal transporter would revolutionize the way people get around, is ending production of its namesake vehicle. For more, check out this USA Today story.