The Volkswagen Passat Alltrack Premium delivers on the promise found in its name.
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Prince Philip Spent His Life with Land Rovers, and This One Will Carry Him to His Funeral
The husband of Queen Elizabeth II was closely associated with the British utility vehicles, and a Land Rover he helped design will be his funeral car on April 17.
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Ground-Based Lasers Could Push Space Debris off Collision-Course Orbits
Researchers at the Australian National University (ANU) are finding new uses for the laser-based technology that sharpens telescope imagery – called adaptive optics – and it just might help mitigate the world’s growing space debris problem. Purpose-built lasers could give derelict satellites a slight ‘push’ of photons, imparting just enough […]
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DNA from cave dirt tells tale of how some Neanderthals disappeared
Estatuas cave in northern Spain was a hive of activity 105,000 years ago. Artifacts show its Neanderthal inhabitants hafted stone tools, butchered red deer, and may have made fires. They also shed, bled, and excreted subtler clues onto the cave floor: their own DNA. “You can imagine them sitting in […]
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Ferrari bumps up its first fully electric model to 2025
Chairman John Elkann confirmed it during an annual company meeting on Thursday.
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First round of hearings by Congress back a more muscular NSF
The U.S. Congress this week got its first chance to weigh in on proposals to expand the mission and massively boost the budget of the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the initial response was positive.
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Walmart is investing in self-driving development with Cruise
The retail giant’s investment pushes Cruise’s latest funding round to $2.75 billion.
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Microsoft’s acquisition of Nuance signals a trend of industry-specific acquisition
While some of the powerhouses of the past 30 years have struggled, leaders such as Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Apple have gone from strength to strength. This deal by Microsoft further shows it exerting its muscle by paying a premium for industry-specific dominance.
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Microsoft reports increase in US law enforcement data requests in 2020
US law enforcement requests for data related to consumer services was higher in 2020 than in previous years.