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Zunum Aero’s Hybrid Plane Uses a Helicopter Engine Cut Fuel Use in Half
The Washington-based startup is using a modified helicopter engine to generate power, supplementing the batteries packed in its fuselage.
When Tech Knows You Better Than You Know Yourself
Historian Yuval Noah Harari and ethicist Tristan Harris discuss the future of artificial intelligence with WIRED Editor-in-Chief Nicholas Thompson.
Asteroid lander takes pic of its shadow before it touches down – CNET
Hayabusa 2’s Mascot lander has taken the plunge to asteroid Ryugu, a “land full of wonder, mystery and danger.”
Google Voice Access app lets you navigate Android phones hands-free – CNET
It’s designed for people with disabilities, but gives everyone more accessibility options.
Google Translate now knows the difference between US and UK English and other dialects
Google Translate’s iPhone app now includes several regional options for speech input and output. This means that someone using the app to speak English, for example, isn’t stuck listening to someone in Standard American English.
As spotted by All Things How, these new regional speech inputs and outputs for Google Translate now include US, UK, Australia, and India for English; Bangladesh and India for Bengali; France and Canada for French; and Mexico and Spain for Spanish. Having the app recognize and speak in these regional pronunciations could prove to be incredibly helpful for travelers trying to be understood as not all languages are spoken the same in various parts of the world.
Google Translate is a free download from the Apple App…
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina full trailer is finally here – CNET
Sabrina Spellman is back on Netflix October 26, just in time to celebrate Halloween
The clock is ticking on Google’s smartwatch platform
Last week, I wrote about the new software update for Wear OS, Google’s smartwatch platform. I thought (and think) that it’s a good update for existing users and potentially a foundation that the company could build on to make something that’s actually competitive with both the Apple Watch or even Samsung’s Galaxy Watch.
The update “breathes new life into Wear OS smartwatches,” but the emphasis is very much on existing smartwatches. You see, I also wrote that this update does not mean that you should go out and buy a new Wear OS watch — and therein lies the problem for Google. There’s a “life support” metaphor in “breathing new life” if you want to reach for it.
Android users have perennially been waiting for the next thing to save the…
Jeff Bezos unseats Bill Gates on Forbes 400 list of richest Americans – CNET
Amazon’s CEO has a net worth of $160 billion.
Tesla Model 3 outsells Altima, Fusion, Malibu in Q3 – Roadshow
The all-electric Model 3 was America’s fifth best-selling sedan.