Month: September 2020

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…

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…

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’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…

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.

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) today announced the launch date and price details for its next-generation videogame system, PlayStation 5. On November 12, PS5 will launch in seven key markets: the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South Korea. The global rollout will continue on November 19 with launches throughout the rest of the…

No iPhone announcement, but some new watches coming. Two new Apple Watches, iPads and subscription services were introduced Tuesday in Apple’s virtual annual September product reveal announcement. Missing in action: Apple’s best-selling product, the iPhone. New editions of Apple’s flagship device have been delayed until October. For more, check out this USA Today story.

NVIDIA announced they have signed a definitive agreement to purchase Arm. We are joining arms with Arm to create the leading computing company for the age of AI. AI is the most powerful technology force of our time. Learning from data, AI supercomputers can write software no human can. Amazingly, AI software can perceive its…

The solar-powered research boat will aim to traverse the Atlantic Ocean next year with no humans on board. The solar-powered vessel is set to start trials off the south coast of England in the coming weeks and it will be officially unveiled on Sep. 16, the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower departure in 1620. After…

It’s time to secure your home network. Home networks are a major target for cybercriminals, who use innocuous smart gadgets as stepping stones to loot data from PCs and phones. Or they may co-opt these simpler devices into much larger “botnets” that can be used to wreak havoc across the internet. On average, one in…