Mysterious signals from deep space have been used to solve one of the most enduring mysteries of the universe. ICRAR When Jean-Pierre Macquart arrived home from work one night in 2019, he was buzzing with excitement. He’d just helped solve a decades-old cosmic mystery with the help of a... Read more

In brief: The popular video-sharing social network is becoming a true competitor to YouTube and Netflix, ballooning to the same size as the latter in the US. About 60 million users spend an average of 45 minutes inside the app daily. It’s become apparent that TikTok is one of... Read more

Powered by Magnix’s motor, this Cessna “eCaravan” would be the largest electric aircraft to fly so far. Magnix Magnix isn’t trying to change aviation overnight, it just believes that any transformation has to begin somewhere. And Thursday morning, the Seattle-based manufacturer of electric motors hopes to nudge the future... Read more

In context: A couple of years after stepping down as CEO of HTC, Peter Chou founded XRSpace, a virtual reality startup. Not much was known about it until today when the conmpany announced a new VR headset and virtual world. XRSpace’s Mova headset is a standalone device similar to... Read more

At the turn of May, nearly a quarter of all British employees had been placed on the government’s furlough scheme due to the country-wide COVID-19 lockdown. With no firm exit plan in sight and with talk of a creeping recession, millions will be feeling acutely anxious about the future... Read more

The fabled “Snyder cut” of 2017’s Justice League will be released on HBO Max next year.  Warner Bros./HBO Max HBO Max, the upcoming HBO-anchored streaming service packed with extra shows and movies, launches Wednesday. And Its arrival brings a complex matrix of answers to one simple question: How much will it... Read more

In brief: The majority of serious security bugs in Chrome are due to memory safety issues. Google engineers came to that conclusion after analyzing 912 high or critical severity bugs affecting stable channel releases since 2015. Google notes in this memory safety report that Chromium’s security architecture was designed... Read more

Washington is already working on a second round of stimulus payments for US taxpayers. Angela Lang/CNET For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. On the heels of the first coronavirus stimulus checks, Washington is considering a second round of payments as part... Read more

Bottom line: Sony has made a few hardware improvements to the Xperia 1 and is hoping that the ‘mark two’ with camera technology leveraged from the company’s Alpha series, wireless charging support, a bigger battery, and the latest Snapdragon 865 SoC can cut it this time around. Despite the... Read more