SpaceX has fired up the latest prototype of its Starship Mars-colonizing spacecraft, keeping the vehicle on track for a possible test flight this weekend.
2021 Acura TLX: Elevated Style, Escalated Price
When Acura redesigned its TLX sports sedan for 2021, it emphasized the “sport” part of the equation with aggressive new styling and a resurrected Type S performance variant with a new turbo V-6 engine. When the 2021 TLX goes on sale, it’ll have a new price, too: $38,525 (including a […]
Apple MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019) laptop
Apple set out with the new 16-inch MacBook Pro 2019 to make the best pro laptop ever – and it might just have done that.
HP Spectre x360 (2020)
The HP Spectre x360 (2020) comes with new internal hardware and the same gorgeous chassis make for a top-notch 2-in-1.
Acer Nitro 5
For a budget gaming laptop, Nitro 5 could have been great, if Acer hadn’t sacrificed too much to scrimp on silicon.
Report claims a popular iOS SDK is stealing click revenue from other ad networks
The suspicious iOS SDK is used by more than 1,200 apps, with 300 million downloads/month.
Tim Cook has now led Apple for nine years
Under his leadership the company has grown from a $400 billion operation to $2 trillion corporation.
Ancient megadrought may explain civilization’s ‘missing millennia’ in Southeast Asia
A megadrought that lasted more than 1000 years may have plagued Southeast Asia 5000 years ago, setting up dramatic shifts in regional civilizations, suggests a new study of cave rocks in northern Laos. The researchers believe the drought began when the drying of the distant Sahara Desert disrupted monsoon rains […]
In reversal, Trump kills huge Alaskan gold mine. Here’s why
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today asked the Pebble Partnership to submit plans for offsetting the damage its giant proposed copper and gold mine would cause to thousands of acres of wetlands and streams in southwest Alaska’s Bristol Bay region—a hurdle that could delay and ultimately thwart federal permitting.
Coronavirus: Latest figures suggest R number is above 1.0
The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) said it “does not have confidence that R is currently below 1.0 in England”.