By Michelle Starr A solar-powered plane is preparing for a 35,000km-trip around the world without using a single drop of fossil fuel. Here’s how you can follow its journey.
Monthly Archives: January 2015
Tomorrow Daily 116: Microsoft HoloLens, a robot chef learns from YouTube and more
By Ashley Esqueda On today’s show, we debate the future of HoloLens, Microsoft’s newest augmented reality device. Also, we check out a robot who learned to cook by watching humans on YouTube, and a stunning interactive art installation in Japan.
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Microsoft sees Windows 10 as the Swiss Army Knife of computing
By Ian Sherr Can the next version of Windows be all things to all people? That’s the big question for Microsoft, and the entire computer industry.
Man Who Claimed to Be The Inventor of the Jetpack Dies
By Matt Novak
Justin Capra, a Romanian inventor who claimed to have invented the first functional jetpack, …
Google reportedly wants to sell wireless service through Sprint, T-Mobile
By Richard Nieva The move could be the next step in Google’s ever-widening ambitions to conquer the mobile world.
Google reportedly wants to sell wireless service through Sprint, T-Mobile
By Richard Nieva The move could be the next step in Google’s ever-widening ambitions to conquer the mobile world.
eBay cutting staff ahead of PayPal split
By Donna Tam The e-commerce company will cut 2,400 employees this quarter and is mulling selling off its eBay Enterprise unit ahead of the spin out of its PayPal payments service.
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How to Make Sure Amazon’s Recommendations Actually Work
By David Nield
Amazon has a lot of information about you, which it uses to try and suggest other stuff you might like (to buy). If you notice that your recommendations are frequently unhelpful, then there are some tweaks you can make inside your user account to try and improve them. Here are the screens and the settings you need to head for.
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Man, I Cannot Wait to Stream Xbox Games to My Laptop
By Eric Limer
At its big Windows 10 event today, Microsoft talked about its …
Facebook’s WhatsApp comes to desktop computers
By Richard Nieva The popular chat service makes its way to PCs, but iPhone users will have to wait.