Facebook Aquila Internet Drone Crashed On Its First Test Flight: Investigation Reveals What Caused The Rough Landing
Last month, it was revealed that the National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation over Facebook's Aquila drone that crashed during its first test flight back in June. The test flight, which was held in Yuma, Arizona, saw the Aquila drone in the air for the first time. The drone is part of Facebook's ambitious plan of bringing the global population online, as Aquila is capable of beaming down internet connections from heights of more than 60,000 feet and across areas cover..>> view originalHow Microsoft and LinkedIn can make this deal work
As Microsoft officially swallows LinkedIn, it should have one goal: Make this acquisition different. The company has a track record of big buys gone south, and writedowns have topped $13 billion since 2012. The purchase of Nokia's handset unit seemed doomed from the start, but buying aQuantive, which made software for selling display ads on the web, seemed like a good idea -- yet it ended up being a costly mistake. Here's what Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella should do to keep the recently..>> view originalIt's 2016, so why is Super Mario still rescuing a cake-baking princess?
To bring Super Mario into the iPhone age, Nintendo redesigned the game to have the main character run automatically and changed the orientation of the screen to make it easier to play one-handed. However, when it comes to gender stereotypes, Nintendo ...>> view original3 Reasons AMD Stock Could Fall After Gaining 280% in 2016
Shares of Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) have soared a staggering 280% year to date. The company is still unprofitable, but investors are betting that AMD is on the verge of a historic turnaround. Polaris, AMD's mainstream-oriented GPU, launched earlier this year, producing growth in the company's core business after a long streak of disappointing results. AMD is set to re-enter the high-end GPU market next year with Vega, and its Ryzen CPU, formerly known as Zen, will look to challenge In..>> view originalHow the hot startup that stole Apple's thunder wound up in Silicon Valley's graveyard
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Uber is testing its self-driving cars in San Francisco, San Francisco and the state of California are demanding that they stop. This wouldn't normally be something for an economics column except that it's a neat example of the way in which the modern economy is so grossly over-regulated. That then has horrible knock-on effects upon innovation, thus productivity increases and so how rich the future is going to be. What is being missed here by the system of regulation is that a free market economy..>> view originalTesla Supercharger Overtime Fee Added To Curb Misuse
Well, that didn't take long. Last week, a Tesla owner tweeted that some people were parking their cars at the Tesla Supercharger facility in San Mateo and leaving them plugged in for hours while they went off to have lunch, or go shopping, or take in a ...>> view originalApple, Google, and Uber join list of tech companies refusing to build Muslim registry
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The Nintendo Entertainment System Classic Edition is said to be a replica of the first NES system from 1985, which features a built-in library of 30 retro games such as “The Legend of Zelda” and “Super Mario Bros.”(Photo: IGN/YouTube Screenshot) Nintendo Entertainment System has a similar micro console called Famicom Mini that has been released in Japan. According to reports, the Famicom preceded the Nintendo Entertainment System and was a different console in some aspects. Like Nintendo En..>> view originalVine Will Live On, But Will Be Rebranded As Vine Camera: What This Means And How You Can Prepare For It
A couple of months ago, Twitter announced that it will be shutting down Vine, the once popular six-second video service that highlighted the creativity of content creators. Twitter has now released an update on its plans for Vine. No, the company is not withdrawing its decision to shut down the app, but Twitter did reveal that Vine will still live on, one way or another. Vine To Become Vine Camera According to a Medium post by Team Vine and Twitter, the Vine app will be rebranded as Vine Camera..>> view original
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