Physicists who disproved ‘5th force’ win $3 million ‘Breakthrough’ prize
Three physicists won a $3 million Breakthrough prize for proving there is no fifth force (at least, that we know of). These Eöt-Wash researchers got their start in the mid-1980s, using a device known as a “torsion balance” to disprove claims of an undiscovered fifth force in physics. Since then, they’ve used more elaborate versions…
AMD Launches Ryzen 5000 Series Desktop Processors
Today, AMD introduced their new AMD Ryzen 5000 Series desktop processor lineup powered by the new “Zen 3” architecture. Offering up to 16 cores, 32 threads and 72 MB of cache in the top-of-the-line AMD Ryzen 9 5950X, AMD Ryzen 9 5000 series processors dominate in heavily threaded workloads and power efficiency, while the AMD…
New Jetson Nano 2GB Developer Kit Pre-Order
The NVIDIA Jetson Nano 2GB Developer Kit is designed for learning, building, and teaching AI and robotics—built for creators and priced but reasonably priced. NVIDIA JetPack gives you a head start on projects with fast and efficient AI. It includes a familiar Linux environment and offers every Jetson developer the same NVIDIA CUDA-X software and…
Modern Warfare no longer fits on a 250GB SSD
Well, this is something that will require some watching – with all the graphics, game modes etc. in new games, the storage requirements are getting crazy. Remember when the system requirements for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare recommended 175GB of free space and we thought that was a lot? What a long time ago that…
Apple catches electronics recycler illegally reselling products
Apple has sued the Canadian electronics recycling company Geep after it was caught illegally selling over 100,000 Apple devices that were supposed to be recycled. Reported by iPhone Addict (via The Logic) Apple says that Geep sold over 100,000 of its devices for a profit including iPhones, iPads, and Apple Watches that it was obligated…
Walmart Is Using Drones to Deliver COVID-19 Test Kits
The quadcopters will drop off the kits at the patient’s home. On Sept. 22, the company further expanded its experimental drone fleet to deliver at-home COVID-19 test kits. Walmart partnered with DroneUp and Quest Diagnostics to launch trials in North Las Vegas and Cheektowaga, N.Y. To qualify, patients must live in a single-family residence within…
New Amazon Scam
Some folks are getting random Amazon packages showing up at their door. He was most likely the victim of a “brushing” scam, in which a company creates an online account with a random person’s address, ships products to that address and then uses the account to post fake online reviews praising the products. The fraudsters…
California to ban all new gas-powered cars by 2035
Wow! California is going all out…they plan to ban all new gas-powered cars by 2035. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Wednesday that will ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars and other passenger vehicles in the state by 2035. The move was among a number of actions the Democratic governor announced aimed…
GM Considers Building Flying Cars
GM’s CEO said its new battery technology “opens doors” beyond conventional vehicles. General Motors Co GM.N is exploring options in the aerial taxi market, including whether to build the vehicles known colloquially as “flying cars,” as part of a push by the U.S. automaker to look for growth in related transportation markets, two people familiar…
Life on Venus possible?
Astronomers see possible hints of life in Venus’s clouds. Astronomers have found a potential sign of life high in the atmosphere of neighboring Venus: hints there may be bizarre microbes living in the sulfuric acid-laden clouds of the hothouse planet. For more, check out this Philly Inquirer story.