In an interview with Kotaku, Xbox boss Phil Spencer said that Microsoft doesn’t need to ship future Bethesda games on PlayStation in order to recoup the $7.5 billion it spent acquiring Bethesda’s parent company, Zenimax Media, last month. Spencer also explained that the deal wasn’t specifically signed to take games away from the platform. Pure Xbox reports: “This deal was not…
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Bill Gates: ‘I Was Naive At Microsoft,’ Didn’t Realize Success Would Bring Antitrust Scrutiny
Microsoft co-founder and former CEO Bill Gates told CNBC on Wednesday morning he had been naive about the government scrutiny that comes with getting large when he was running Microsoft and said the chance of Big Tech antitrust regulation is “pretty high.” CNBC reports: “Whenever you get to be a super-valuable company, affecting the way people communicate and even political discourse…
Two SwRI experiments fly aboard Blue Origin’s new Shepard suborbital rocket
Two Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) experi-ments were aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital rocket today, which launched from Van Horn, Texas. The Box of Rocks Experiment II (BORE II) tested a new technology for magnetically attaching to and sampling asteroids. The second experi-ment evaluated a tapered liquid acquisition device (LAD) designed to safely deliver liquid propellant to a rocket engine from…
House Democrats Tackle Big Tech ‘Monopolies’
The House Judiciary Committee says Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google are monopolies — but its new plan to rein in their power won’t change anything overnight. Instead, Democratic lawmakers propose to rewrite American antitrust law in order to restructure the U.S.’s most successful and powerful industry over time. From a report: The report is a long pass down the field of…
Can we predict large solar flares?
Solar storms pose risks for society, but more accurate space weather forecasts may be coming soon. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/can-we-predict-large-solar-flares-kasano-interview…
With New Security and Free Internet Issues, What Did the TikTok Deal Really Achieve?
Though the U.S. government averted a shutdown of TikTok through a new Oracle/Walmart partnership, that leaves much bigger questions unresolved. The biggest issue may be that banning apps “defeats the original intent of the internet,” argues the New York TImes. “And that was to create a global communications network, unrestrained by national borders.” “The vision for a single, interconnected network around…
America’s Air Force Secretly Designed, Built, and Flew a Brand-New Fighter Jet
“The U.S. Air Force revealed this week that it has secretly designed, built, and tested a new prototype fighter jet,” reports Popular Mechanics:
According to Defense News, the Air Force developed the new fighter in about a year — a staggeringly short amount of time by modern standards. The Air Force first developed a virtual version of the jet, and then proceeded…
Why Goodreads is Bad For Books
After years of complaints from users, Goodreads’ reign over the world of book talk might be coming to an end. From a report: Goodreads started off the way you might think: two avid readers, in the mid-Noughties, wanting to build space online for people to track, share, and talk about books they were reading. Husband and wife Otis and Elizabeth Chandler…
How to Write an Effective Resume
In this guide, you’ll learn how to create an effective resume. You’ll learn strategies for tailoring your resume to the role you’re pursuing, and how to effectively present your skills and experience—whether you’re a new-job seeker or a mid-career professional switching to a new field. You will learn about templates and formats and understand the […]
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Elon Musk Says Tesla Will ‘One Day’ Produce ‘Super Efficient Home HVAC’ With HEPA Filtering
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Elon Musk has previously touted the “Bioweapon Defense Mode” boasted by Tesla’s vehicles, which are designed to provide excellent air quality inside the car even in the face of disastrous conditions without, thanks in part to high-efficiency HEPA air filtration. Now, Musk has said on Twitter that he hopes to one day provide…