Another service is joining the Google graveyard, for better or worse. As the latest in a long series of Google service shutdowns, Cloud Print will be terminated in just a few short hours, meaning it will no longer be accessible for ChromeOS customers or others. From a report: Most internet users have probably never used Cloud Print a single time –…
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Google Kills Android Things, a Smart Home OS That Never Took Off
Google plans to shut down Android Things, a stripped-down version of Android designed for smart home devices. The OS never really got off the ground, so this isn’t all that much of a loss, but it is yet another entry in Google’s expansive graveyard of shut-down projects. The Verge reports: The smart home project got its start in 2015 under the…
Hundreds of graves reveal Spanish town’s secret Muslim history
An archaeological site in northeast Spain holds one of the oldest-known Muslim cemeteries in the country, with the discovery of 433 graves. Source: https://www.livescience.com/spain-graveyard-reveals-secret-muslim-history.html
Mass grave of Black victims of Tulsa race massacre possibly unearthed in Oklahoma cemetery
Excavation crews have unearthed at least 12 unmarked coffins in a Tulsa, Oklahoma graveyard that archaeologists think holds victims of the infamous 1921 race massacre in the city. Source: https://www.livescience.com/tulsa-race-massacre-victims-possibly-found.html
NASA’s Webb to examine objects in the graveyard of the solar system
Beyond the orbit of Neptune, a diverse collection of thousands of dwarf planets and other relatively small objects dwells in a region called the Kuiper Belt. These often-pristine leftovers from our solar system’s days of planet formation are called Kuiper Belt objects, or trans-Neptunian objects. NASA’s upcoming James Webb Space Telescope will examine an assortment of these icy bodies in a…
What are white dwarf stars?
White dwarfs are dead stars. A single white dwarf contains roughly the mass of our sun in a volume no bigger than our planet. Our sun will become a white dwarf someday. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/white-dwarfs-are-the-cores-of-dead-stars…
The launch and landing of China’s reusable spacecraft
Although few details are known, and no images have been released, the Chinese did apparently launch a reusable spacecraft on September 4, 2020. It appears to have deployed a satellite to orbit and then returned to Earth safely 2 days later. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/china-reusable-spacecraft-mission-sept-2020…
Amazon Stops Selling ‘Active Content’ Games in Kindle Reader’s Store
Once upon a time, you could play Scrabble on your black-and-white Kindle readers. Or chess or sudoko, or even solve New York Times Crossword Puzzles. Amazon’s Kindle Store had included 500 slick Java-based “Active Content” downloads… Electronic Arts even produced Kindle-specific versions of Monopoly, Yahtzee, and Battleship, while Amazon created original games with titles like Every Word and Pirate Stash —…
A giant mammoth graveyard was just discovered outside Mexico City
Excavators have already found the remains of about 60 mammoths and 15 pre-Hispanic indigenous people. Source: https://www.livescience.com/mammoth-graveyard-mexico-airport.html
Deformed ‘alien skulls’ unearthed in Hungary reveal secrets of Roman Empire collapse
By studying artificially deformed skulls from a graveyard dating to more than 1,000 years ago, archaeologists are piecing together clues about an ancient community’s culture. Source: https://www.livescience.com/alien-skulls-hungarian-graveyard.html