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Android’s earthquake warning system proved effective in the Philippines yesterday

Last month, Google rolled out the Android Earthquake Alerts System to seven more countries ahead of a global launch over the next year. The Philippines is one of those places with earthquake warnings enabled, and Android users yesterday benefited from such a heads-up. According to the US Geological Survey, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Tingloy, Philippines yesterday in the early morning…
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DefenseNews

US Army chooses competitors to design infantry fighting vehicle replacement

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army has chosen five teams to compete to design the replacement for its Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle. Point Blank Enterprises, Oshkosh Defense, BAE Systems, General Dynamics Land Systems and American Rheinmetall Vehicles will all conjure up rough digital concept designs for the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle, the Army announced July 23. The total award value…
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MobileNews

NSO’s Pegasus spyware: here’s what we know

Throughout the past week, we’ve seen story after story about a company called NSO Group, and a piece of spyware called Pegasus. Some of the stories have been shocking, with allegations that fully updated smartphones can be hacked with a single text message, and reports…
NewsSpace

NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for the Europa Clipper Mission

. NASA Awards Launch Services Contract for the Europa Clipper Mission The mission will explore whether Jupiter’s moon Europa has conditions suitable for life. NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for Earth’s first mission to conduct detailed investigations of…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Elon Musk confirms Tesla will not offer a regular steering wheel on new Model S/X

Elon Musk has confirmed that Tesla will not offer a regular steering wheel option on new Model S and Model X vehicles. When Tesla unveiled the new Model S with the “yoke” butterfly steering wheel, it was controversial. Some were worried about the actual shape of the wheel being problematic and others about the lack of drive stalk to choose the drive mode. As for the former, we thought that…
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