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Joe Biden hits the ground running with a climate-crisis framework

November 10, 2020
President-elect Joe Biden and Vice president-elect Kamala Harris were declared the winners of the US election on Saturday, and their climate change priorities have already been published on the Biden-Harris Transition website. Biden’s ready to go We excerpt the “executive summary” here: [Biden] is working to launch a national effort aimed at creating the jobs we need to build modern…
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How to get the old Gmail, Calendar, Google Drive icons back on Android, iPhone, and Chrome

November 10, 2020
Over the past few weeks, Google has been replacing the logos and icons of some of its most beloved services, and the public reaction has been… mixed. Some people don’t care, while others absolutely hate the new icons. If you fall into the latter group, here’s how to replace Google’s new icons for Gmail, Calendar, and other apps with the older, arguably better versions on Android, iPhone…
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Elon Musk’s Boring Company to join Tesla in Austin for new tunnel project

November 10, 2020
Elon Musk’s Boring Company has announced that it is joining Tesla in Austin, Texas for a new tunnel project. It is already starting to hire. The Boring Company is already involved in several tunnel and ‘Loop’ projects in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and in Maryland. A ‘Loop’ consists of a tunnel with Tesla vehicles moving passenger autonomously at high speeds inside. Now it is adding…
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US Army floats the option of fielding high-altitude balloons

November 10, 2020
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army is now carving out a path to field high-altitude balloons to provide an additional but less expensive layer of communications, connectivity, range extension and surveillance capabilities, adding resiliency to the service’s existing architecture…
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Sony Enters the Camera Drone Wars, Announces Airpeak AI Robot Drones

November 9, 2020
Sony has announced a new project for drones in the field of AI robotics under the brand name Airpeak. The company says that through Airpeak, it will “contribute to the further evolvement and the creation of unprecedented value” through its imaging and sensing technologies. In a very short press release Sony announced Airpeak and said the goal of the project will be to support video creators…
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