Author: Hunter

BMW is developing its Gen6 batteries at a factory in Landshut. | Image: BMW While other automakers rethink their plans as the global appetite for EVs slows down, BMW is vowing to stay the course. The German automaker says it still plans to offer an EV in every vehicle segment across all of its brands,… Read more

Why not, I guess? For a phone show, there’s an awful lot of cool non-phone stuff at Mobile World Congress this year. Take Lenovo’s ThinkBook Flip concept, which answers the question: “What if your laptop unfolded, and then unfolded again?” Samsung’s Display group has been apparently thinking along the same lines, because it has some… Read more

President Donald Trump has followed through on his temporarily delayed tariff threats. The US will impose a 25 percent tariff on goods imported from Mexico and Canada, while China will face an additional 10 percent tariff on top of the 10 percent tax previously enacted. On Monday, Trump dashed hopes that a deal could be… Read more

Bald head. Big muscles. Once a renowned businessman, now making a series of questionable decisions in order to obtain more political power. Weird side hobbies, some involving rockets. Perfect recipe for a Bond villain! Also a decent description of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. So maybe it’s appropriate that Amazon has struck a deal to give… Read more

They’re small, fluffy, and kind of cute, but these mice represent a milestone in de-extinction efforts, according to their creators. The animals have undergone a series of genetic tweaks that give them features similar to those of woolly mammoths—and their creation may bring scientists a step closer to resurrecting the giant animals that roamed the… Read more

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. De-extinction scientists say these gene-edited ‘woolly mice’ are a step towards woolly mammoths They’re small, fluffy and kind of cute, but these mice represent a milestone in de-extinction efforts, according to their creators.… Read more

FastAPI is a modern and high-performance compliant web framework for building APIs with Python. Read more

Disaster recovery is more than just an “IT issue.” In fact, successful recovery from cyberattacks and other disasters hinges on an approach that integrates business impact assessments (BIA), business continuity planning (BCP), and disaster recovery planning (DRP) including rigorous testing.  Without these elements, your recovery efforts could crumble under pressure. The cost of downtime: More… Read more

We plonked our butts on these electric and nonelectric toilet seats to see which cleaned best. Read more

The vehicles will be co-branded with both companies’ logos. | Image: Uber Today’s the day: Waymo’s unlikely partnership with Uber is now live in Austin, Texas. The former rivals have joined forces in the hopes of accelerating the transition to autonomous vehicles, and as of today, any Austin resident with a desire to take a… Read more