Wally Funk, one of the “Mercury 13” pilots who fought to open NASA’s early astronaut program to women, will ride with Jeff Bezos on his space company’s first crewed mission out of Earth’s atmosphere later this month, the billionaire announced on Instagram Thursday. jeffbezos No one has waited longer. In 1961, Wally Funk was at […]
At one point in Windows 10’s lifetime, you could have had Internet Explorer, the legacy version of Microsoft Edge, and the new Chromium-powered Edge all installed. This trio of browsers was the perfect illustration of Microsoft’s struggles with the web over the past decade, but now that Internet Explorer is being put out to pasture in […]
Microsoft has updated its PC Health Check App to show more information about system requirements for your computer to run Windows 11, to help deal with some of the confusion that’s sprung up around compatibility for the upcoming OS. If you’ve already downloaded the app, it should auto-update when you go to run it again, […]
John McAfee, founder of the company behind McAfee Antivirus, has been found dead according to reports from Reuters, El Mundo, El País, and others. He was being held in a Barcelona prison, and the Catalan Department of Justice has stated that his death was likely caused by suicide. Lawyers for McAfee confirmed his death to Reuters and The New York Times, with […]
On Friday, Microsoft made the big announcement about the launch of Windows 11. After months of teases, hints of the number 11, and even a giant Windows 11 leak, Microsoft’s new operating system is now official. The Verge reports that the big focus for Windows 11 is a simplification of the Windows user interface, a […]
Since December, Microsoft has been offering full refunds for people who bought Cyberpunk 2077 through the Microsoft Store and had to deal with the myriad of bugs that came with it. At the time, the company said this expanded policy would be in place “until further notice.” But on Tuesday, Microsoft announced it plans to […]
Spotify has acquired Podz, a startup whose technology generates preview clips of podcasts, the streaming service has announced. Unlike other services podcasters can use to manually create clips, TechCrunch says Podz automates the process of finding key moments from episodes using machine learning trained on over 100,000 hours of audio. The acquisition is aimed at improving podcast discovery, letting […]
Everyone’s favorite digital pet – or the digital pet that still haunts you because you neglected your duties, forgot to feed it and killed the darn thing – the Tamagotchi, is being reinvented for its 25th anniversary. The new Tamagotchi Smart puts the creature into a colorful smartwatch, allowing you to strap your digital pet — and […]
Ring, makers of the widely popular home security Doorbell Cameras, are taking their technology on the road. Now you can take a look at Ring’s brand new dashcam, courtesy of The Tape Drive, which posted an image of a Ring-branded camera that looks like it’s made to fit on a car’s dashboard. Based on a support article […]
Google is launching an artificial intelligence tool that will help people to self-diagnose skin conditions and know whether they need to visit a doctor. The tech giant unveiled the plans to launch Derm Assist in Europe this year at its annual developer conference. It said 2 billion people suffered from dermatologic issues worldwide that there […]