March 13, 2019 A Chinese subway is experimenting with facial recognition to pay for fares Scanning your face on a screen to get into the subway might not be that far off in the future. In China’s tech capital,…
March 13, 2019 NASA’s upcoming Moon mission may use commercial rockets Today, in a surprising move at a Senate hearing, NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine proposed that Orion, NASA's upcoming crew vehicle, may fly aboard a…
March 13, 2019 Google Assistant adds native support for smart blinds Google Assistant now has native support for smart blinds. The update was first spotted by Android Police, which points out that although native support…
March 13, 2019 HP is recalling even more laptops for ‘fire and burn hazards’ caused by faulty batteries Some HP laptops continue to suffer from faulty batteries that may cause “fire and burn damage,” according to the US Consumer Product Safety Commission….
March 13, 2019 Where on Google Earth is Carmen Sandiego? If you're an '80s or '90s kid, you might remember searching the globe for the evil villainess Carmen Sandiego and her fleet of henchmen….
March 13, 2019 Pilots complained about autopilot issues with Boeing jets involved in two deadly crashes The airplane’s nose can tilt down suddenly during takeoff, pilots aren’t being adequately trained on the autopilot system, and the operations manual is “criminally…
March 13, 2019 Gimlet Media staff moves to unionize following Spotify deal Gimlet Media’s podcast-creation staff announced plans to unionize today, a month after the company was acquired by Spotify in a reported $230 million deal….
March 13, 2019 Insta360 Evo captures 180- and 360-degree content for VR headsets Following the powerful One X 360 camera (and some fun updates), Insta360 is now back with a rather eccentric device that aims to make…
March 13, 2019 NASA considers using a commercial rocket for upcoming trip around the Moon NASA is considering using a commercial rocket to launch its Orion crew capsule around the Moon next year, instead of the agency’s future multibillion-dollar…
March 13, 2019 Android adware had nearly 150 million Google Play downloads before being pulled More than 200 apps in the Google Play Store had malicious advertising code that could cause a phone to display ads outside the app,…