Science
Trump orders GM to make ventilators, claims company is “wasting time”
Enlarge / President Donald Trump speaks as Vice President Mike Pence looks on during a briefing on the coronavirus pandemic at the White House on…
New York hospitals will trial using antibodies to treat coronavirus cases
Enlarge / The machine at right can separate out blood plasma and simultaneously return red blood cells to the donor. Mikhail Tereshchenko/Getty Images reader comments…
US finally has plans for the pandemic it now leads in infections
Enlarge / Deborah Birx, coronavirus response coordinator, speaks during a Coronavirus Task Force news conference. Bloomberg/Getty Images reader comments 12 with 10 posters participating Share…
SpaceX has won a big NASA contract to fly cargo to the Moon
Enlarge / Illustration of the SpaceX Dragon XL as it is deployed from the Falcon Heavy’s second stage in high Earth orbit on its way…
2019 saw over 60 gigawatts of wind power installed
reader comments 4 with 4 posters participating Share this story On Wednesday, the Global Wind Energy Council, an industry trade organization, released its review of…
Rocket Report: NASA suspends SLS work, Astra suffers a setback
Enlarge / The Electron launch vehicle is ready to soar. reader comments 0 with 0 posters participating Share this story Welcome to Edition 2.37 of…
Who lives, who dies? Guidelines for hospitals in the time of COVID-19
Enlarge / NEW YORK, NY – MARCH 20: Doctors test hospital staff with flu-like symptoms for COVID-19 at St. Barnabas hospital on March 20, 2020,…
Tesla plans to retool solar panel factory to make Medtronic ventilators
Enlarge / Medtronic CEO Omar Ishrak. reader comments 1 with 1 posters participating Share this story Tesla is planning to retool its solar panel factory…
Gadget
MacBook Air 2020 review: The most boring Mac is among the best
reader comments 0 with 0 posters participating Share this story The 2020 Retina MacBook Air. This is the new Magic Keyboard, sans Touch Bar but…
MacBook Air teardown finds positive progress for repairability
reader comments 0 with 0 posters participating Share this story Inside the MacBook Air. It’s the same new/old keyboard design we saw in the 16-inch…
OnePlus 8 Pro will finally add wireless charging, IP68 water-resistance
Enlarge / The camera assembly of the OnePlus 8 Pro. reader comments 6 with 6 posters participating Share this story OnePlus has been regularly pumping…
OK Computer: The iPad Pro 2020 review
reader comments 0 with 0 posters participating Share this story The 12.9-inch 2020 iPad Pro with the Smart Keyboard and Magic Trackpad peripherals. Samuel Axon…
Qualcomm’s wireless earbud SoCs promise 13 hours of playback time
reader comments 6 with 6 posters participating Share this story Qualcomm is introducing a new slate of chips for truly wireless Bluetooth earbuds. You might…
The exFAT filesystem is coming to Linux—Paragon software’s not happy about it
Enlarge / Proprietary filesystem vendor Paragon Software seems to feel threatened by the pending inclusion of a Microsoft-sanctioned exFAT in the Linux 5.7 kernel. reader…
How computational power—or its absence—shaped World War naval battles
reader comments 1 with 1 posters participating Share this story Enlarge / This kind of perspective? Yeah, it’s ideal but not available to the admirals…
Apple releases macOS 10.15.4, watchOS 6.2, and iOS, iPadOS and tvOS 13.4
Enlarge / From left to right: iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max. Samuel Axon reader comments 0 with 0 posters participating Share…
Cars
Tesla plans to retool solar panel factory to make Medtronic ventilators
Enlarge / Medtronic CEO Omar Ishrak. reader comments 1 with 1 posters participating Share this story Tesla is planning to retool its solar panel factory…
Ford aims to resume production in less than three weeks despite pandemic
jetcityimage / Getty reader comments 4 with 4 posters participating Share this story A week after Ford shuttered its North American factories over coronavirus concerns,…
The V6 Genesis G70 is pretty darn great, but is that enough to sell cars?
reader comments 3 with 3 posters participating Share this story The Genesis G70 has a tough job—it has to convince buyers to look past the…
Uber driver reportedly dies from COVID-19 after picking up sick passenger
Enlarge / The Uber Technologies Inc. logo is seen on the windshield of a vehicle in New York on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018. reader comments…
At Trump’s request, Ford and GM help ventilator makers boost output
Taechit Taechamanodom reader comments 4 with 4 posters participating Share this story One of the most crucial things the United States can do to prepare…
Volvo performance spin-off Polestar starts building its new battery EV
reader comments 0 with 0 posters participating Share this story The Polestar 2 is one of 2020’s most anticipated cars. Jonathan Gitlin It’s a fastback…
Aston Martin designs a new V6 for James Bond—and the Valhalla hypercar
reader comments 0 with 0 posters participating Share this story The Aston Martin Valhalla is the third and final car to emerge from a partnership…
Don’t dismiss the 2020 Toyota Supra just because of the BMW bits
reader comments 3 with 3 posters participating Share this story The 2020 Toyota Supra will put a smile on your face, especially if you can…
As COVID-19 spreads, truckers need to keep on trucking
Enlarge / Truck stops around the US remain busy. Getty Images reader comments 0 with 0 posters participating Share this story As cities and states…
Missing live sports? There’s a lot more esport racing this weekend
Getty / Aurich Lawson / Atari reader comments 0 with 0 posters participating Share this story Many people now stuck at home are no doubt…
Tesla says it will shut down its Fremont factory—next Monday
Enlarge / Elon Musk. reader comments 0 with 0 posters participating Share this story Since Monday, Tesla has been under pressure from officials in Alameda…
Technology
>4,000 Android apps silently access your installed software
reader comments 0 with 0 posters participating Share this story More than 4,000 Google Play apps silently collect a list of all other installed apps…
Control Panel isn’t dead yet—but the System applet is looking nervous
Enlarge / We find Windows 10’s Settings dialog difficult to love. Jim Salter reader comments 7 with 7 posters participating Share this story You may…
Broadband speeds fall in dozens of big US cities during pandemic
Getty Images | imaginima reader comments 5 with 5 posters participating Share this story Home-Internet download speeds have fallen during the COVID-19 pandemic in dozens…
Charter gives techs $25 gift cards instead of hazard pay during pandemic
Enlarge / A Charter Spectrum vehicle. reader comments 3 with 3 posters participating Share this story Charter Communications is giving its cable technicians $25 restaurant…
Gaming
Review: elegiac Star Trek: Picard brings all the feels in bittersweet finale
reader comments 1 with 1 posters participating Share this story Just a retired admiral and his trusty Number One. YouTube/CBS All Access The character Picard’s…
A Twitch streamer is exposing coronavirus scams live
Enlarge / Kitboga getting ready to out some scammers on Twitch. reader comments 0 with 0 posters participating Share this story Earlier this week, live…
A crash course in virtual teaching: Real learning achieved?
reader comments 0 with 0 posters participating Share this story “Remote teaching sucks. It’s yucky and it is not the future of education.” Thus spake…
Killing Eve S3 trailer drops; new season will debut two weeks early
reader comments 1 with 1 posters participating Share this story Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer are back for a third season of Killing Eve. Good…