Humankind is one step closer to its next lunar expedition, as NASA has awarded a contract that will see foundational exploratory kit delivered to the surface of the Moon ahead of manned missions in 2024. California’s Masten Space Systems has won the…
France’s competition authority has ordered Google to negotiate payments with publishers and news agencies to display extracts on its news, search and discovery pages. The interim ruling comes after France implemented the EU’s “Copyright Directive” la…
Microsoft might not be able to release Windows 10X and its flagship hardware, the Surface Neo, within this calendar year. According to ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Chief Product Officer Panos Panay told some of his team members that the tech gian…
At least 759 people under the age of 50, including some with no preexisting conditions, have reportedly died in the U.S.
The U.S. government has used an obscure public health law to justify one of its most aggressive border crackdowns ever.
Reynolds, a social media king before the coronavirus pandemic, continues to rule in these dark times as well.
Alabama Disavows Plan to Deny Ventilators to Covid-19 Patients With Disabilities
Posted in: Today's ChiliAlabama no longer plans to deny ventilators to people with cognitive disabilities if hospital equipment becomes scarce, according to the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Alabama’s plan, originally published in 2010, would have taken away life-saving ventilators from people with intellectual…
Top EV Racing & HyperPower’s electric dragster is the future of drag racing
Posted in: Today's ChiliIf Formula 1 has Formula E, what about drag racing? You’re looking at an all-electric drag car by Top EV Racing. Apparently, it’s powered by four newly-developed electric motors by Australian tech company HyperPower Technologies. With each motor capable of pumping out 1,000 kW or approximately 1,341 horsepower, this EV dragster has 5,346 horsepower at its disposal. The beating heart … Continue reading
While this year’s crop of new emoji is set and ready to go, the coronavirus pandemic has pushed the Unicode Consortium to delay version 14 by about six months. That means instead of debuting in March 2021, the new additions will be announced in Septe…
Epidemiologist Explains Why Contracting Coronavirus On Purpose Is A ‘Horrible Idea’
Posted in: Today's Chili“It is all about how much we just don’t know yet,” warned Dr. Greta Bauer in a new column for The New York Times.