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2022-04-30 10:00:12 Starlink secures first in-flight Wi-Fi deal.

100 aircraft of the American airline JSX will be equipped with Starlink terminals for high-speed Internet transmission.

Internet from Starlink will be provided to JSX customers free of charge, the airline said. Moreover, the first aircraft with the Internet from Starlink will fly by the end of the year. Open / Comment

2022-04-28 20:00:33 Japanese designers are ready to step into a new era.

I already see these tournaments for the battles of such machines, as in the films. Open / Comment

2022-04-28 15:00:10 Robot designers clearly draw inspiration from wildlife. Open / Comment

2022-04-28 11:06:24 The European Commission approves USB Type-C as a universal charging port

The Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection of the European Parliament approved the proposal to adopt the USB Type-C interface as a universal standard for charging devices sold in the European Union.

Committee members agreed on the position on the regulation, which stipulates that all smartphones, tablets, digital cameras, headphones and headsets, portable game consoles and portable speakers sold in EU countries must share a common charging port. The exception will be small devices such as smartwatches, fitness bracelets and other gadgets that, due to their size, cannot use the USB Type-C connector. Open / Comment

2022-04-26 18:30:34 A neural network has been created that changes the lighting in photographs depending on the time of day

The technology can be tested on several prepared images by independently moving special sliders. Not only the position of the sun is taken into account, but also the shadow from the appearance of clouds. Open / Comment

2022-04-24 15:00:08 Transcend JetDrive Lite 330 expands MacBook Pro 14 and 16 (2021) storage by 1TB

Transcend has introduced a new 1TB internal storage expansion card for the new MacBook Pros shown last year. The expansion concept is simple: insert the drive into the memory card slot and you're done!

The speeds are not very impressive: 75 MB / s for writing and 95 for reading. But for storing a media library, photos, videos, or as a time capsule, it is enough.

JetDrive Lite 330 drives are already on sale. US price is $250 before taxes. Open / Comment

2022-04-24 11:13:53 Tesla has posted more than $3 billion in net income in a quarter for the first time and plans to release its own robot taxi in 2024, which will be “cheaper than a bus ticket”

Over the past two-plus years, Tesla has steadily increased sales and improved its financial position, and the last quarter was the company's 11th profitable quarter in a row (for those who keep counting). Revenue and profits are growing at a phenomenal pace. In fact, for the first quarter, Tesla earned $18.7 billion, which corresponds to an increase of 81% compared to $10.4 billion in the same period of the year ago - a new absolute record, while the consensus forecast of Wall Street analysts was $17.659 billion. exceeded $3 billion and reached $3.3 billion (or $3.7 billion if you count non-GAAP). Open / Comment

2022-04-23 16:06:00 Scientists at the Beijing Institute of Technology have created a small robot that is modeled after a rat.

The SQuRo has two degrees of freedom in each of its four legs, a system that mimics the spine of a real rat, allowing the robot to quickly bend its body and turn. Also, the roborat can straighten up after a fall, climb through narrow passages up to 9 cm in diameter, and even lift loads equal to its weight.

The authors of the project suggest that, in practice, SQuRo can be used to search for victims at natural disaster sites, as well as to survey hard-to-reach objects. Open / Comment

2022-04-22 17:00:05 In Shanghai, a drone caught fish from the pool

Video taken from a drone that caught ornamental carp from an indoor swimming pool in Shanghai. The reflection of the drone is clearly visible on the surface of the pool as it descends towards the water.

A major Chinese city is now on lockdown. Due to the abrupt transition to complete self-isolation, city residents immediately faced a number of problems - strict quarantine rules, the use of force by the security forces, censorship in social networks and a massive shortage of food. Open / Comment

2022-04-22 12:06:23 Netflix lost about $40 billion in market value

Netflix said that inflation, the situation in Ukraine and fierce competition for the first time in more than 10 years led to the loss of subscribers. At the same time, Netflix predicts deeper losses for itself, which has flourished during the pandemic.

The company said it lost 200,000 subscribers in the first quarter, although it expected to gain 2.5 million new subscribers. The suspension of the service in Russia caused severe damage, resulting in the loss of another 700,000 subscribers.

After the release of this information, Netflix shares fell by 26%, and the company lost about $ 40 billion in market value. Lagging subscriber growth is prompting Netflix to consider offering a cheaper version of the service with ads, citing the success of similar offerings from rivals HBO Max and Disney+. Open / Comment