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@thebigk • 10mos

GoodFellows Lets Elderly Rent A Friendly Grandkid

How about paying a monthly fee to rent a grandkid who'll treat you as their own grandpa or grandma? Let's call it GaaS; and it's a reality. GoodFellows, a startup...

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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • 10mos

SpinLaunch Will Launch Satellites Without Rockets

SpinLaunch is designing a novel mechanism of launching satellites into space without rockets. SpinLaunch's Orbital Accelerator spins up the satellites inside a vacuum chamber to about 5000 mph prior to...

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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • 10mos

Tesla's Director of Autopilot Software Joins Apple

Apple's just made a key hire - Christopher "CJ" Moore, the director of Autopilot Software at Tesla since 2019. Moore will report to Stuart Bowers - who was the head...

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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • 10mos

Gmail Login To Get Difficult As Google Makes 2FA Compulsory

Google is making 2FA compulsory to login to Google accounts. Don't worry if you have no clue what 2FA means. 2FA is "Two-factor Authentication" - a more secure way to...

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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • 10mos

150 Nuclear Plants In 15 Years - China's Mega Energy Plan

China is planning to build 150 new nuclear reactors in the next 15 years with $440 billion investment. By 2025, China will surpass USA as the largest producer of nuclear...

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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • 10mos

Microsoft Loop - The New MS Office App for Collaboration

Microsoft Loop is latest addition the MS Office App suite for collaborative work. Let me explain. Let's say you've embedded a table in Outlook email; and your colleague updates it...

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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • 10mos

Mesh for Teams is Microsoft's Mixed Reality Platform for Office Meetings

Microsoft's announced "Mesh for Teams" - a new way of meeting with your colleagues in virtual, mixed-reality environments. Instead of video calls, Mesh builds up your virtual avatar that interacts...

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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • 10mos

"Little Giant" Sets New EV Land Speed Record - 568 km/h

Team Vesco and ReVolt System's 444 Little Giant has set a new land-speed record for EVs with 568 kmph top speed. The vehicle deploys two heavily modified Tesla motors powered...

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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • 10mos

ZeroAvia Is Readying Its Hydrogen Powered Airplan For First Commercial Flight

Hydrogen aviation pioneer, ZeroAvia is readying its zero-emission hydrogen powered airplane to carry 19 passengers from London to Rotterdam in 2024. The aircraft will fly entirely on hydrogen - and...

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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • 10mos

Project Kuiper : Amazon's Grand Plan To Offer Satellite Internet

Amazon's planning to put 3236 communication satellites in low-Earth orbit (LEO) in order to offer satellite Internet. The company's planning to put KuiperSat-1 and KuiperSat-2 in space by end of...

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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • 10mos

5D Optical Storage Allows Storing 500 TB Data On CD-Sized Disc

New 5D storage mechanism now allows storing 500TB of data on a CD-sized glass disc. Researchers used near-field enhancement which allows creation of nanostructures using weak light pulses to store...

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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • 10mos

US Army's 300 kW Laser Weapon Will Melt Missiles, Helicopters and Airplanes

General Atomics and Boeing have prototyped a badass 300 kW laser weapon. The prototype will produce a lethal output greater than anything fielded to date. Back in 2014, US Navy...

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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • 10mos

Making Rocket Fuel On Mars Using Microbes

The trips to Mars are currently one-way; because the size of the rockets required to ferry back the astronauts would be too big. In order to make reusable rockets, we'll...

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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • 10mos

Facebook < > Meta : Zuck Rebrands Company

Facebook Inc. is now Meta Inc. - and it's a short for "Metaverse" or multiple universe. Zuck informed that the new branding exercise is in-line with company's vision to go...

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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • 10mos

SeaWorld Abu Dhabi - World's Largest Indoor Aquarium Is Almost Ready

SeaWorld Abu Dhabi is readying the world's largest indoor aquarium. Once ready, the 183K sq.m aquarium will host thousands of marine species in its 25m liters water tanks. Attractions include...

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