electrek
10h ago
5°
666 – il marchio della Spiaggia Lucciola Elettrica con un ricarico del 13 percento
The numbers 666 and 13 don’t have the best of reputations in certain circles, but Chinese car brand Nio hopes its latest Firefly hatchback will have better luck with them – offering a limited run of 666 special edition EVs at a price that’s 13% higher than usual.
9to5toys
10h ago
28°
Tested: You have to see Sharge’s impressive new metal unibody power bank with display [Launch deal]
Not all power banks are made equal. Some feature one of the most impressive designs I have ever seen with an onboard display, the ability to charge two MacBooks at once, RGB lighting, and a a pair of window cutouts in the solid metal housing to put the internal tech on display – Sharge’s new Shargeek 300 Power Bank is amazing and you should, at the very least, check this thing out while the launch deal is live. Here are some of my hands-on impressions.
spectrum.ieee
10h ago
11°
Noodling on Nuclear Engines
One day in 1982, Joseph “Rod” Canion and two colleagues from Texas Instruments sat down at the House of Pies in Houston and used a napkin to sketch out what would become Compaq’s portable PC. In 1996, Felix Zandman, founder of Vishay Intertechnology, dined at Husker Steak House in Columbus, Neb., grabbed a napkin and drafted a design for a power metal strip resistor, which became crucial to power-management components in industrial, automotive, and consumer applications....
androidcentral
11h ago
44°
I tested the Google Pixel 11, and it's a fun blend of social media and AI magic
The Pixel 11 builds on the magic of the Pixel 10, and even if it's missing some Pro features like HiLight, it gets you much of the same fun and useful AI and social media features for hundreds less than what you'd pay for a Pixel 11 Pro.
comingsoon
11h ago
38°
Charlize Theron’s John Wick-Like Action Thriller Is Headed to a New Streaming Home
Atomic Blonde, starring Charlize Theron, is set to return to streaming with a new home. The 2017 action thriller features Theron as agent Lorraine Broughton, who is sent to Berlin for a dangerous assignment. The film’s upcoming streaming move gives subscribers a new opportunity to watch the action-packed thriller. Atomic Blonde is coming to Prime […]
petapixel
12h ago
2°
The Konica IIA Is a Shining Example of Timeless Technology
Out of nowhere, a package arrived for me from an anonymous source and what was contained inside intrigued me instantly: A Konica IIA in almost perfect condition. It was a gift from a viewer hoping that I’ll give it a try.
singularityhub
12h ago
18°
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through August 29)
Every week, we scour the web for important, insightful, and fascinating stories in science and technology.
theregister
12h ago
10°
AWS mumbles about its cost-busting networking tech when it should be shouting
A lot of datacenter networks are run by absolute clowns. Not Amazon's
qz
12h ago
13°
A million Americans dropped health coverage. Now everyone else is paying for it
Health insurance costs keep rising as healthier customers exit the marketplace. A decades-old collapse pattern is repeating in real time
scientificamerican
13h ago
32°
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope could find alien Earths—but not like you think
The Roman Space Telescope will spend more than a quarter of its time staring at the Milky Way’s bulge, a star-packed central region of our galaxy that may swarm with small, rocky exoplanets