Cellular service is coming to New York’s subway tunnels. This week, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced it was embarking on a 10-year project to wire all 418 miles of underground track underneath the city with wireless connectivity. Tra…
Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols has died
Actress Nichelle Nichols, best known for her role as Nyota Uhura in Star Trek: The Original Series, has died. Nichols’ son Kyle Johnson shared the news on Sunday. “I regret to inform you that a great light in the firmament no longer shines for us as it…
Debris from an out-of-control Chinese rocket fell over the Indian Ocean
After carrying the latest piece of the country’s Tiangong space station to orbit on July 24th, a Chinese Long March 5B rocket reentered Earth’s atmosphere on Saturday, creating a dazzling (albeit somewhat unsettling) display as it crashed down in the I…
BMW recalls 83 iX and i4 EVs over battery fire concerns
BMW is recalling 83 iX and i4 vehicles after investigating multiple battery fire incidents involving the two EVs. In an advisory spotted by Autoblog, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration warns owners of select iX xDrive 50, iX M60, i4 eDr…
Hitting the Books: How Moderna dialed-in its vaccine to fight COVID’s variants
The national news cycle may have largely moved on from coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic — despite, as of this writing, infections being on the rise and more than 300 deaths tallied daily from the disease. But that certainly doesn’t diminish the unprec…
The 2021 Apple TV 4K drops to $120 at Amazon
If you missed the chance to buy the Apple TV 4K when it was $59 off a few weeks ago, now is your opportunity to purchase it at that price again. Amazon has discounted the 32GB model to $120, making it only $10 more than it was during Prime Day. That’s …
印尼政府以未能遵守通訊法新規為由，封鎖 Steam、PayPal 等網站
據路透社報導，印尼在部份網路服務未能趕在 7 月 29 日的截止日前登記後，已經將這些網路服務封禁。被影響的網站包括了 PayPal、Steam、Epic Game 和 Yahoo 等。
Samsung 的「維修模式」可以在送修時保留你的資料
Samsung 現在在韓國推出了一個名為「維修模式」的新功能，啟動時，你的個資、照片、訊息與帳戶都會被隱藏起來，而 app 也只看得到出廠時預載的那些。
Twitter 將 Blue 訂閱服務的月費提高到 5 美元
Twitter 原本月費 3 美元的 Blue 訂閱服務，現在要漲價到 5 美元了。在寄出給現有訂戶的一封電郵中，Twitter 表示所有的新訂戶都將以 5 美元收費，但舊訂戶則可以繼續享受 3 美元的「早鳥價」到 10 月。…
Indonesia blocks Steam, PayPal and other services over missed regulatory deadline
Indonesia is blocking residents from accessing various online platforms after those services failed to comply with a July 29th regulatory deadline, reports Reuters (via The Verge). Among the affected platforms are PayPal, Steam and Yahoo (owned by Enga…