NASA’s Aeronautics and Space Administration has cleared up a mysterious rainbow-like optical phenomenon in a recent photograph of Mars. On Sunday, April 4, 2021, NASA released a fresh photograph of Mars taken by the Perseverance rover. Many drew attention to the unusual “rainbow” clearly visible in the picture. The snapshot...
YouTube and Facebook remain the most popular online social platforms in the United States. However, unlike YouTube, Facebook is no longer growing in popularity. These findings are contained in a report based on a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center. The share of those who use YouTube has increased...
Google has taken a long break from updating branded apps for the iOS platform. The pause was especially long with the Chrome browser. Google today released the first Chrome update for iPhone and iPad since November 2020. Chrome for iOS skipped the January (version 88) and March (version 89) updates,...
Netlist recently announced the availability and shipping of the N1962 solid state drives. These are enterprise-class drives with PCIe Gen4 x4 interface and made in U.2 (2.5 inches) frame size. In the description of the drives, the manufacturer notes “best-in-class firmware and a wide range of corporate functions.” The Netlist...
Sony will be unveiling the new Xperia phones at a special event next week. In the meantime, the manufacturer has published a couple of teaser videos that prepare fans for the announcement. During this event, smartphones Sony Xperia 1 III or Xperia 10 III should be presented, however, in the...
Thermalright has added the TA 120 EX processor system to its catalog. This cooling system is built according to the classic scheme. The construction includes a copper heat sink base. The base surface in contact with the processor cover is polished to a mirror finish. Five copper heat pipes with...
Tesla is expanding its existing California-based Harris Ranch Supercharger to become the largest in the Supercharger network. The Harris Ranch Supercharger station is located between The Bay Area and Los Angeles, which are two of the largest Tesla markets in the world. The station currently has only 18 charging stands,...
NASA’s US Aeronautics and Space Administration has published the “first weather forecast” from the Jezero crater on Mars. The Perseverance rover has, among other equipment, wind sensors, which are shown in the illustrations. They are part of the MEDA (Mars Environmental Dynamics Analyzer) kit. According to the NASA report, the...
Representatives of Facebook have finally commented on the leak of personal data of more than half a billion users of the social network of the same name from 106 countries. A company representative noted that the attackers did not receive this data now or even last year. The data was...
Huawei has published a teaser announcing new TVs. The premiere will take place tomorrow night in China, but some details are already known. Huawei will present a new line of TVs – V series, which will include four models: with screens with a diagonal of 55, 65, 75 and 85...
Chinese manufacturing giant Xiaomi unveiled the first foldable smartphone Xiaomi Mix Fold last week, which is now available for pre-order to everyone. Recall that the first batch of smartphones, which included only 22 thousand units, was offered to order immediately after the announcement, but all smartphones were sold out in...
Despite the fact that LG Electronics is leaving the smartphone market, in general, things are doing very well for the company. The South Korean giant released its preliminary report for the first quarter of 2021 and the results exceeded all expectations. Both revenues and operating income grew strongly compared to...
The Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra was the first model in the world with a large 1 / 1.12 inch Samsung GN2 image sensor, but it is clear that this sensor will not be exclusive to Xiaomi – it will be used in other models as well. And one of these...
Dispelling recent reports of declining demand from Apple for semiconductor manufacturing services, the source claims TSMC will begin shipping the Apple A15 SoC ahead of schedule. He allegedly received information about this from representatives of the supply chain. According to them, shipment should begin at the end of May. By...
Hansjörg Gemmingen, the owner of the Tesla Model S P85, purchased in 2014, continues to set new mileage records on it. This time, the car reached the mark of 1.3 million kilometers traveled. Not all commercial vehicles with an internal combustion engine are capable of such a feat, but here...
Experts from the analytical company Gartner have prepared a forecast of world spending on information technology (IT). Analysts expect these spending to reach $ 4.1 trillion this year. This forecast is in line with an 8.4% increase over last year. Gartner experts supplement their forecast with confidence that growth will...