Elon Musk is nothing if not ambitious, especially when it comes to the future of space. At a startup festival in Hong Kong on Tuesday, the SpaceX CEO said that he’ll be announcing plans for a Mars-bound spacecraft later this year, and claimed that he plans to send humans to the planet within the next decade.… Continue reading Elon Musk wants to have humans on Mars within a decade
Month: January 2016
SpaceX declared MIT the winner of today’s Hyperloop competition
Thousands of engineers from colleges and high schools from across the world gathered at Texas A&M University in College Station on Saturday to compete for a chance to test their pod designs on Elon Musk’s own Hyperloop test track later this year. MIT’s team was awarded the top prize, but twenty-two teams will be testing their pod designs… Continue reading SpaceX declared MIT the winner of today’s Hyperloop competition
Apple has hundreds of people working on a secret virtual reality device
During the company’s quarterly earnings report on Tuesday, CEO Tim Cook hinted that Apple might be interested in virtual reality, and when you pair that hint with last week’s report that the company has hired one of the most-prominent virtual reality researchers in the world, it’s pretty clear that Apple has some plans for the emerging virtual… Continue reading Apple has hundreds of people working on a secret virtual reality device
A mere 5% of developers are working on a Wii U game at the moment
I think it’s safe to say that the Wii U is more or less dead at this point, and if the fact that Nintendo is already preparing to release the console’s successor wasn’t enough of an indication, maybe the fact that a measly 5% of game developers are working on a Wii U game at… Continue reading A mere 5% of developers are working on a Wii U game at the moment
Google is testing solar-powered drones that deliver 5G internet
I’m sure we’ve all heard about Google’s plan to create a system of delivery drones by now, but deliveries aren’t the only thing Google wants to use drones for. According to a report from the Guardian on Friday, the company is working on a secret project by the name of SkyBender, which involves using solar-powered drones… Continue reading Google is testing solar-powered drones that deliver 5G internet
Facebook and Instagram have banned person-to-person gun sales
I didn’t know that Facebook and Instagram were popular mediums for person-to-person gun sales until just recently, and the only reason I even found out in the first place is because Facebook announced on Friday that both of the services have started cracking down on such sales. That isn’t to say that Facebook is making an anti-gun statement… Continue reading Facebook and Instagram have banned person-to-person gun sales
Apple might be interested in releasing its own original content
Amazon and Netflix have proven that original content is the way to go, but no other company has been able to match the quality and quantity of original content that those two have. This is because Hulu is the only premium video-streaming service that even comes close to matching Amazon Prime and Netflix, and it’s still… Continue reading Apple might be interested in releasing its own original content
Not even Windows 10 was enough to save Windows Phone
Windows Phone has never been even remotely popular, but Microsoft has remained steadfast in its support for the platform. The company’s dedication was supposed to be rewarded with the introduction of Window 10, which Microsoft hoped would boost the platform’s popularity enough that it could be considered a serious competitor to Android and iOS, but that… Continue reading Not even Windows 10 was enough to save Windows Phone
Facebook might be interested in entering the ride-sharing market
Uber is currently the undisputed leader of the ride-sharing market, but that’s mainly because no major companies have really entered the market themselves, they’ve simply been pouring funding into Uber’s numerous competitors, which are all startups. If a company like Facebook or Google were to enter the market, however, Uber would have a significantly harder time… Continue reading Facebook might be interested in entering the ride-sharing market
The man behind Apple’s A-series processors has joined Tesla
You know those advanced A-series processors that Apple’s always talking about, the ones that power the majority of its mobile devices? Well, they were all designed by a man named Jim Keller, who’s one of the most-respected people in the world of microprocessors. With that in mind, I’m sure you can imagine why it’s such a… Continue reading The man behind Apple’s A-series processors has joined Tesla