On May 18, thousands of software developers in China woke up to find that their open-source code hosted on Gitee, a state-backed Chinese competitor to the international code repository platform GitHub, had been locked and hidden from public view. Later that day, Gitee released a statement explaining that the locked code was being manually reviewed, […]
Best Apple Deals of the Week: Up to $449 off Apple Products This Weekend!
If you’re looking forward to your next addition to a growing Apple ecosystem, or if you’re looking to dip your toes and experience what all the hype is about, you can save a lot of money on several Apple products this weekend, including the iPad Pro, iPad Air 5, MacBook Pro, Apple Watch Series 7, […]
Leaker Reveals Apple’s Plan for A16 Bionic, M2 Chips; Suggests Apple Won’t Use 4nm Chips
Recent speculation suggests Apple will offer a considerable performance leap with the M2 chip designed for next-generation Macs. Meanwhile, the A16 Bionic will continue using its predecessor’s manufacturing process, possibly bringing only an incremental performance upgrade. Citing a “fairly reliable (anonymous) source,” According to a series of tweets from Apple leaker ShrimpApplePro claims Apple’s chip […]
Find My App Reunites F1 Racer Sebastian Vettel with Stolen AirPods
F1 drivers chase each other down a different circuit every weekend in a bid to secure a podium finish. Ahead of this weekend’s Monaco GP, veteran F1 racer Sebastian Vettel had to engage in a chase of his own to recover his stolen belongings in Barcelona. BBC reports that Apple’s Find My network played a […]
The Download: Driverless cars’ AI plan, and stretching cells with a robotic shoulder
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The big new idea for making self-driving cars that can go anywhere Four years ago, Alex Kendall sat in a car on a small road in the British countryside and took his hands […]
The big new idea for making self-driving cars that can go anywhere
Four years ago, Alex Kendall sat in a car on a small road in the British countryside and took his hands off the wheel. The car, equipped with a few cheap cameras and a massive neural network, veered to the side. When it did, Kendall grabbed the wheel for a few seconds to correct it. […]
Watch a robotic shoulder practice twisting and stretching human cells
A robotic shoulder that stretches, presses, and twists lab-grown human tendon tissue could pave the way for more successful tissue grafts. Though the field of tissue engineering is still mostly experimental, skin cells, cartilage, and even a windpipe grown from samples of human cells have been implanted in patients so far. But growing usable human […]
Estimating impact and defining a future-ready cybersecurity strategy with brand risk calculator
Thank you for joining us on “The cloud hub: From cloud chaos to clarity.” Watch Bill Mew, digital ethics campaigner and CEO of CrisisTeam.co.uk talk to Vishal Salvi, SVP & CISO at Infosys, and Ameya Kapnadak, chief growth officer and head of consulting at Interbrand India, about why brands need to implement a well-defined, evolving […]
The Download: Locking up carbon with corn, and the path to greener steel
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Inside Charm Industrial’s big bet on corn stalks for carbon removal In recent weeks, a crew of staffers from a company called Charm Industrial have been working on the edge of Kansas corn […]
How Charm Industrial hopes to use crops to cut steel emissions
Charm Industrial has gained attention for its unusual approach to storing away carbon dioxide: converting plant matter into bio-oil that it then pumps into deep wells and salt caverns. (See related story.) But the San Francisco startup is now exploring whether that oil could be used to cut emissions from iron and steelmaking as well, […]