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Zipline makes 1,000,000 commercial autonomous drone deliveries

19 April 2024 @ 3:16 pm

Zipline, the world’s largest autonomous delivery system, today became the first company in history to

Marble – UAV Design and Operations Engineer

19 April 2024 @ 3:00 pm

Marble develops cutting-edge UAV systems to gather real-time data about maritime environments with unprecedented speed

BRAVE1 on the Offensive: Seeking Solutions to Counter FPV & Commercial Drones

19 April 2024 @ 2:40 pm

BRAVE1 announces the search for solutions to counter FPV and commercial drones Commercial and FPV drones

Evolve Dynamics, Doodle Labs partner to deliver ultimate anti-jamming resilience in new SKY MANTIS 2 UAV

19 April 2024 @ 8:01 am

Innovative British UAS manufacturer Evolve Dynamics and leading mesh networking technology provider Doodle Labs today

RapidFlight Delivers UAS Innovation, Meeting Replicator Initiative Requirements

19 April 2024 @ 4:16 am

RapidFlight, a pioneering integrated designer and mass manufacturer of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), is working

BRINC – Awareness on Demand

18 April 2024 @ 8:12 pm

BRINC is building a new drone ecosystem purpose-built for public safety operations. Fill out the

Freefly Systems integrates Doodle Labs radios into new NDAA-compliant Astro UAS

18 April 2024 @ 8:00 pm

Freefly Systems Inc., an American corporation that designs and manufactures the world’s toughest drones, today

Red Cat Announces Agreement with Sentien Robotics UAS Hive for Land, Air and Sea Drone Swarming Operations

18 April 2024 @ 6:51 pm

 Red Cat Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: RCAT) (“Red Cat”), a drone technology company integrating robotic hardware and

FLARM and PilotAware Cooperate to Enhance Aircraft Safety Through Interoperable Solutions

18 April 2024 @ 6:42 pm

FLARM and PilotAware, leaders in Electronic Conspicuity and Situational Awareness for both powered and non-powered

Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck opens drone factory and development hub of German manufacturer Quantum Systems during delegation trip to Ukraine

18 April 2024 @ 6:38 pm

Berlin, Germany – 18 April 2024 – On the occasion of a delegation trip to Ukraine, Vice Chancellor

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Windows 11 Insider Previews: What’s in the latest build?

19 April 2024 @ 9:43 pm

The Windows 11 2023 Update has been released, but behind the scenes, Microsoft is constantly working to improve the newest version of Windows. The company frequently rolls out public preview builds to members of its Windows Insider Program, allowing them to test out — and even help shape — upcoming features. Skip to the builds The Windows Insider program is divided into four channels: The Canary Channel is where platform changes (such as major updates to the Windows kernel and new APIs) are previewed. These changes are not tied to a particular Windows release and may never ship at all. Little documentati

Chasing business and partnerships, Apple goes APAC

19 April 2024 @ 3:45 pm

While politicians who should know better waste time worrying about green bubbles, Apple continues to explore opportunities in global markets as its traditional ones become increasingly stagnant.  Apple is also seeking ways to become less exposed to America’s growing 

Microsoft reminder: Support for Office 2016 and 2019 ends next year

19 April 2024 @ 12:21 pm

Microsoft is reminding customers that support for its Office 2016 and Office 2019 suites and related productivity servers will end on Oct. 14, 2025. 

Google consolidates AI teams into DeepMind to scale capacity

19 April 2024 @ 11:29 am

Aimed at accelerating progress in AI development and responsible AI deployment, Alphabet-owned Google is consolidating its teams that are responsible for building AI models across Google Research and Google DeepMind, its CEO Sundar Pichai said Thursday in a note to its employees.  All AI “work will now sit in Google DeepMind,” Pichai specified in the note. This restructuring will “scale our capacity to deliver capable AI for our users, partners and customers,” Pichai said in the note. “This will simplify development by concentrating compute-intensive model building in one plac

Zoom offers AI-based updates to its Workplace collaboration space

18 April 2024 @ 7:38 pm

Online meeting platform Zoom this week announced updates to its meeting collaboration space Workplace, adding AI-powered capabilities that include a previously released “assistant” that offers post-meeting summaries and the ability to compose chats and email drafts.  Available through Zoom’s desktop app, the Workplace collaboration platform includes the use of its Zoom AI Companion, which it released last September.  The AI Companion, enabled in the toolbar, u

Report: Microsoft-OpenAI ownership might get conditional OK from EU regulators

18 April 2024 @ 5:24 pm

Microsoft’s $13 billion investment in OpenAI might not trigger EU antitrust restrictions since it is unlikely to be viewed as an “acquisition” in the legal sense in that jurisdiction. A report Wednesday by Reuters said this means Microsoft would likely avoid more formal investigation procedures and potential regulatory stumbling blocks as a result of its investment in the generative AI LLM provider. Reached for comment, a European Commission spokesperson said that for a transaction to be “notifiabl

Apple wants to improve the carbon offset market

18 April 2024 @ 4:53 pm

Apple has published its annual environmental report detailing its progress towards becoming completely carbon neutral by 2030. While critics will, of course, condemn the report as “greenwash,” it’s hard to identity many other big firms working quite as hard to be so transparent across the impact of their bus

Slack AI now available to all paid users

18 April 2024 @ 3:42 pm

Slack’s generative AI (genAI) features are now available to all customers on paid accounts, at a cost of $10 per user each month for those on Slack Pro and Business+ plans. The collaboration software vendor, owned by Salesforce, brought the genAI features to enterprise customers in February (pricing wasn’t publicly announced). On Thursday, Slack exten

The best Android app drawer enhancement you’ll ever make

18 April 2024 @ 10:00 am

When people ask me why I prefer Android over that (cough, cough) other mobile platform, the answer is a little complicated. Sure, I like the diversity and different options Android affords me in terms of hardware — both with the more mundane, standard sorts of choices and the cutting-edge, adventurous form possibilities. And yes, as someone who very much lives and works within Google’s ecosystem, I enjoy the tighter integration of those services and the better

11 top productivity tips for Microsoft Edge

18 April 2024 @ 10:00 am

We live and work in browsers. It’s where we spend most of our time — and it’s where we waste most of our time as well. Web browsing is slow, inefficient, and full of time-sapping annoyances. But it needn’t be that way. You can turn your browser into a lean, mean productivity machine. To do it, just follow these eight tips for Microsoft Edge (the Chromium version, not the legacy one) in Windows 10 or 11. You’ll learn how to switch between home and work profiles; put idle tabs to sleep to speed up your PC and increase battery life; use Edge’s Collection capabilities, perhaps the best productivity-enhancing browser feature of all time; and more. (Note that these tips

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European Commission to approve Apple's opening up of iPhone tap-to-pay to third parties in May

20 April 2024 @ 2:35 am

iOS 17.4 came out last month with monumental changes for iPhone owners in the EU, including the ability to use third party app stores, and pay for apps and services outside of Apple's App Store. This was made possible by force - namely, the European Digital Markets Act made Apple allow these things, otherwise they never would have happened. A similar case of a 'walled garden' impenetrable to third parties has so far been the ability to pay for stuff using the iPhone's NFC functionality, which the company restricts to only its own service, Apple Pay. That, however, will change in the EU,...

Huawei Watch Fit 3 looks just like an Apple Watch

20 April 2024 @ 12:39 am

A lot of people will consider any non-round smartwatch inspired by the Apple Watch, regardless of how close the design actually is aside from the rectangular-ish shape. And even if something is inspired by something else, it's still pretty easy to distinguish between the inspiration and the "inspired by". Huawei, however, is in a different realm with the upcoming Watch Fit 3, if the renders of the device that leaked today turn out to be accurate. It would be very hard for most people to tell this one apart from an Apple Watch from afar - and even up close, we'd wager. Huawei Watch Fit 3...

Blackview Hero 10 will be the world's cheapest foldable when it launches next month

19 April 2024 @ 10:44 pm

The nubia Flip was announced in February as the world's cheapest foldable smartphone, as it starts at just $499. It looks like its reign will be very short-lived, however, for Blackview is set to release the Hero 10 in May, and this one will cost just €399, which at the current exchange rate translates into $425. Of course pricing might differ in various regions, but it seems pretty clear that the Blackview Hero 10 will indeed be cheaper than the nubia Flip, and it's also a flip-style foldable. So it looks like we're finally reaching a place where affordable foldables are more than just a...

$99.99 Umidigi G9 5G has a 50 MP main camera, 5,000 mAh battery, and 128GB of storage

19 April 2024 @ 8:56 pm

There are good smartphones for the price, there are great smartphones for the price, and then there's the newly unveiled Umidigi G9 5G. This was just presented in Hong Kong at the 2024 Global Sources Mobile Electronics show, and it has an insane price: just $99.99. That's incredibly cheap, but the specs are actually pretty good. So let's go through them. Unsurprisingly to hit that price point, the G9 5G uses a Unisoc chipset, specifically the T765. This comes with an octa-core CPU with two Cortex-A76 cores clocked at 2.3 GHz and six Cortex-A55 cores clocked at 2.1 GHz. Umidigi...

Google Pixel 9 Pro live hands-on images leak

19 April 2024 @ 6:59 pm

Google is rumored to launch at least three smartphones in October at its annual hardware unveiling event - the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, and Pixel 9 Pro XL. Recently we heard that the Pixel Fold 2 has been renamed to Pixel 9 Pro Fold and might join these. The Pixel 9 Pro has now leaked in hands-on live images, one of which shows it next to an iPhone 15 Pro Max. If you're confused about the size difference, note that the Pixel 9 Pro XL is said to be the successor of the Pixel 8 Pro in size, while the Pixel 9 Pro should have similar dimensions to the vanilla Pixel 9, just with added Pro...

Canalys: Indian smartphone market grew handsomely in Q1 2024

19 April 2024 @ 3:55 pm

Canalys has released итс detailed report on the Indian smartphone market during the first quarter of 2024. It was a tightly contested Q1 with little separating the top 3 smartphone vendors - Samsung, Xiaomi, and vivo. The market reached 35.3 million sales, a nearly 5 million or 15% increase compared to Q1 of 2023. Samsung was the biggest vendor with 6.7 million units shipped. Xiaomi came second with 6.4 million, and vivo was third with 6.2 million. Oppo (without OnePlus) scored 3.7 million, while realme had 3.4 million. Samsung's successful Galaxy S24 launch paid dividends with...

Apple iPhone 15 Pro long-term review

19 April 2024 @ 2:56 pm

Samsung Galaxy F15 now has a version with 8GB of RAM

19 April 2024 @ 2:41 pm

Samsung launched the Galaxy F15 last month, and initially the phone came in two RAM versions, both with 128GB of storage. So far you've been able to pick between 4GB and 6GB of RAM, but starting now the F15 is also available with 8GB of RAM in India. Storage is still 128GB. This new version can be yours from Samsung authorized retailers for INR 15,999 (approximately $191 or €179 at the current exchange rates). As a launch offer you can get bank cashback or an upgrade bonus of INR 1,000 (about $11 or €11). Aside from the extra RAM, all of the other specs have remained exactly the...

Xiaomi announces HyperOS update for the Redmi Note 13 5G series in India

19 April 2024 @ 1:39 pm

Today Xiaomi has announced the rollout of HyperOS 1.0 for the Redmi Note 13 5G series in India - namely, the Redmi Note 13 5G, the Redmi Note 13 Pro 5G, and the Redmi Note 13 Pro+ 5G. These devices launched last year running Android 13 with MIUI 14 on top. HyperOS introduces "comprehensive refactoring" for optimized performance on all devices, promising smoother gameplay with better power consumption. Task scheduling is also improved, maximizing performance by distributing tasks across multiple computing units. Multiple optimizations have been applied to the in the underlying technology...

3nm Exynos 2500 tipped to be more efficient than Snapdragon 8 Gen 4

19 April 2024 @ 12:27 pm

Samsung has been struggling with power efficiency and performance in its last few Exynos platforms, but it took a large step forward with this year's SoCs. And if a new rumor is to be believed it may overtake Qualcomm's top product in 2025. The Exynos 2500 will be better than its competitor Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 both in power efficiency and raw performance, according to a post by PandaFlashPro on X (formerly Twitter), This year's Exynos 2400 can keep up with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, but apparently Samsung has found more room for improvement than its American rival. The Exynos 2500 would...

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Philosopher Daniel Dennett dead at 82

19 April 2024 @ 11:45 pm

Part of the "New Atheist" movement, best known for work on consciousness, free will.

It’s cutting calories—not intermittent fasting—that drops weight, study suggests

19 April 2024 @ 9:43 pm

The study is small and imperfect but offers more data on how time-restricted diets work.

CNN, record holder for shortest streaming service, wants another shot

19 April 2024 @ 9:28 pm

New CNN head thinks CNN+ "was abandoned rather briskly." 

Long-lost model of the USS Enterprise returned to Roddenberry family

19 April 2024 @ 9:05 pm

It showed up in an eBay listing; now Roddenberry's son wants to show it to fans.

Cities: Skylines 2 team apologizes, makes DLC free and promises a fan summit

19 April 2024 @ 7:21 pm

A "complete focus on improving the base game" will happen before more paid DLC.

Netflix doc accused of using AI to manipulate true crime story

19 April 2024 @ 7:03 pm

Producer remained vague about whether AI was used to edit photos.

Huawei phone has a pop-out camera lens, just like a point-and-shoot camera

19 April 2024 @ 6:35 pm

The retractable camera lens works like a mini point-and-shoot!

Io: New image of a lake of fire, signs of permanent volcanism

19 April 2024 @ 6:17 pm

Juno captures images of Io's violence as study says it has always been that way.

Modder packs an entire Nintendo Wii into a box the size of a pack of cards

19 April 2024 @ 5:55 pm

There's no disc drive, but there are still ports for GameCube controllers.

Roku forcing 2-factor authentication after 2 breaches of 600K accounts

19 April 2024 @ 5:09 pm

Accounts with stored payment information went for as little as $0.50 each.

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‘My child won’t have a smartphone until they are sixteen’ insists man who will definitely cave in at eleven

20 April 2024 @ 9:49 am

Unhappy man sat on his sofaA man has insisted today that his child will definitely not be allowed a smartphone until they are sixteen years old, despite the fact that he will definitely buy them a smartphone when they eleven years old, or maybe even ten.

Rishi Sunak to end ‘sick note culture’ by putting coma patients to work as draft excluders

19 April 2024 @ 1:51 pm

Coma patient put to work as draft excluderPrime Minister Rishi Sunak has outlined plans to end 'sick note culture', citing the example of coma patients who could easily take up gainful employment as draft excluders.

Aston Villa’s Emi Martinez spends evening going door-to-door in Lille telling residents to ‘Shhh’

19 April 2024 @ 11:12 am

Emi Martinez going door to door telling Lille fans to "Shhh!"Fresh from a triumphant penalty shootout against Lille in the Europa Conference League, Aston Villa goalkeeper Emi Martinez decided the local populace needed a more personal touch to truly digest their defeat.

Are you living in the Metaverse? If you didn’t opt out in your Facebook settings, you could be!

19 April 2024 @ 10:37 am

Metaverse meetingsIt has emerged that huge numbers of people could be living in deranged cyborg Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse without actually realising it.

‘It’s wokeness gone mad!’ – fury as supermarket sells genital-free gingerbread PERSON

18 April 2024 @ 10:13 am

Gingerbread menA local supermarket has become the first chain to sell gingerbread men that aren't 100% anatomically accurate, stunning fellow retailers and customers with their 'woke nonsense'.

Quickie divorces granted to couples who cite ‘irreconcilable differences’ over how to load dishwasher

18 April 2024 @ 9:27 am

Couple arguing in the kitchenNew laws that are soon to come into force could see quickie divorces granted to couples who cite an irreconcilable difference over the best way to load a dishwasher.

Tories reset their ‘days since our last sex scandal’ counter back to zero

18 April 2024 @ 9:05 am

Days since our last sex scandal Tory signAfter Tory MP Mark Menzies lost the whip for allegedly using campaign funds to pay a man he met on a dating app who then 'held him hostage' at his flat, the Conservative party has found itself back at zero days since its last sex scandal.

Liz Truss releases new book titled “If I Did It” discussing ways she would have killed the Queen

17 April 2024 @ 2:11 pm

Liz Truss releases book 'If I did it"Former Prime Minister Liz Truss has launched her literary career with a new book titled "If I Did It," in which she outlines hypothetical scenarios for the untimely demise of Queen Elizabeth II.

Inflation is coming down because of what we are doing, insists government that claimed there was nothing they could do to affect inflation when it was going up

17 April 2024 @ 1:31 pm

Rishi Sunak outside number 10According to the prime minister, Governments are solely responsible for changes to inflation, as long as those changes are in the correct direction.

Man’s cheery Facebook avatar not fooling anyone

17 April 2024 @ 1:09 pm

A man's smiling avatarA Bedfordshire man who uses a computer-generated avatar of himself on Facebook to ostensibly appear to be a cartoonish, loveable, and playful sort has admitted that he is, in fact, a grumpy git with wonky features and a low-quality complexion.

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"Wretched, Frightful, Monstrous" - How London's Iconic Landmarks Were First Reviewed

6 April 2024 @ 9:00 am

Inc. some serious shade thrown on Tower Bridge.

Stratford Market Village To Reopen - Following Shock Closure In January

5 April 2024 @ 11:23 am

"We are so glad to be back."

Charles Dickens, Dog Lover: Exhibition Explores Animal-Adoring Side Of Author

5 April 2024 @ 10:56 am

Less Bleak House, more Beak House.

"£1 For A Return Fare Since 2003": Brockwell Park's Miniature Railway

5 April 2024 @ 9:00 am

You can hire it for birthdays, too.

The London Marathon 2024: A Complete Guide To Watching And Taking Part

5 April 2024 @ 7:19 am

When, where, who and how of London's biggest run.

There Are So Many Swan Lakes Coming To London This Summer

4 April 2024 @ 1:16 pm

The Year of the Swan.

April And May Tube Strikes Called Off

4 April 2024 @ 12:47 pm

No tube strike next Monday after all.

Previously Off-Limits Areas Of Buckingham Palace To Open To The Public

4 April 2024 @ 9:54 am

Including the room behind that world-famous balcony.

Behind The Blue Doors Of Brixton's Georgian Almshouse

4 April 2024 @ 9:00 am

Free exhibition comes to Lambeth Archives.

Inside South London's Pay-What-You-Can Cafe

4 April 2024 @ 8:25 am

South Norwood Community Kitchen.

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