“…More than 150 million Americans have access to Amazon Prime, which promises a two-day turnaround on millions of items that can be dispatched to your home with literally one click…”
Electric car costs to remain higher than traditional engines (FT)
With no iPhone to launch, Apple turns to accessories and wearables (FT)“…For every 100 iPhones sold, Apple ships 49 pairs of AirPods and 14 Apple Watches, according to estimates from Canalys…”
Kenji Ekuan, Who Gave Soy Sauce Its Graceful Curves, Dies at 85“…It took him three years and 100 prototypes to come up with a final design for his dispenser, which combined a gracefully curving form with an innovative, dripless spout…”
iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 betas bypass Google Search on iPhones and iPads with Spotlight Search…Apple posting Search Jobs
The End of the Oil Age Is Upon Us…A new report suggests that over the next 30 years, at least 80 percent of the oil industry will be wiped out
Microsoft Flight Simulator players are flying into Hurricane Laura
TV watching and online streaming surge during lockdown in UK
A Good Life Doesn’t Mean an Easy One…A new study finds that for many, ‘psychological richness’ is more valuable than simple happiness (WSJ)
Bill Gates’ nuclear venture plans reactor to complement solar, wind power boom…The 345-megawatt plants would be cooled by liquid sodium and cost about $1 billion each.
“…The cost of batteries has long been the biggest obstacle to making electric cars affordable for the masses. As a result, electric vehicles still carry a hefty price premium compared with gas engine cars. McKinsey & Co. estimates that premium at $12,000 on average…” (WSJ)
Cities will transform and survive the pandemic (FT)
DARPA Progress With ‘Ocean Of Things’ All-Seeing Eye On The High Seas
Google Has a Plan to Disrupt the College Degree…Google’s new certificate program takes only six months to complete and will be a fraction of the cost of college
Google Pixel Buds tap AI to alert users to sirens, crying babies, and barking dogs
China is building a GitHub alternative called Gitee
The machine-learning model finds SARS-COV-2 growing more infectious
With Ultralight Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, Electric Airplanes Could Finally Take Off …Oxis Energy’s design promises outstanding energy density, manufacturability, and safety
AI player creates strikingly realistic virtual tennis matches based on real players
Panasonic’s new home cubicle is a disheartening glimpse at our work-from-home future
Apple quietly acquired Israel’s Camerai, formerly Tipit, a specialist in AR and camera tech
Nvidia CEO: We are expecting a really large second half for gaming
Sweden records highest death tally in 150 years in the first half of 2020
“…The company added 175,000 warehouse workers in March and April, 125,000 of which it said in May it would keep permanently. Amazon said this week it is in the process of adding 3,500 corporate workers at offices in New York, Phoenix, San Diego, Denver, Detroit and Dallas…”
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