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SpaceX wants to launch its spacecraft Crew Dragon with a Falcon 9 rocket in a crucial test of the IFA system (In-Flight Abort). This safety feature separates the crew kite from the Falcon 9 rocket at an early stage and transports the spaceship (and all astronauts who would be on board during a real mission) to a safe distance at …

US. Stocks and bonds are at all times highs in a relentless “merger” that seems to ignore everything you can throw at it: Iran, Hong Kong and Trump's war against China are not making a dent. It is the longest bull run in history and passed its tenth year in December. How long can this take? … And are we …

Ironlights is a new melee VR fighting game available for Oculus Quest, Rift and SteamVR this spring. The announcement corresponds to a $ 15,000 Kickstarter with which developer E McNeill is to "successfully complete the game" before launch. The game mainly supports the LAN game between two Oculus quests, so you can fight your fellow Quest owners in the same …

Hello everyone, welcome to Week in Review, where I review the week's news in depth or just share a few thoughts and discuss some of the week's more interesting stories . If you are reading this on the TechCrunch website you can get it in your inbox here and follow my tweets here . The Big Story Maybe "Cord cutting" …

Over the past two decades, sport has grown into a billion dollar industry that would make NASA jealous. Players are celebrities, tournaments fill arenas with screaming fans, and sponsors are increasingly giving real money to the esports ecosystem. Indeed, the players are like rock stars. Or are you? Esports skeptics believe that the values ​​of teams and the industry themselves …

Imagination Technologies has changed a lot in recent years. Founded in 1985, the company has developed into a true provider of intellectual property designs for both processors and graphics chips. In 2017, Apple divested Imagination regarding the licensing of its designs for mobile graphics chips. Imagination got into a legal dispute with Apple and sold the license business for MIPS …

Last Saturday, Taiwanese voters re-elected President Tsai Ing-wen to her second term after an election that divided the country into generations and ideologies. A key issue was the differences in how Tsai, a member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), and her main opponent Han Kuo-yu from the Kuomintang (KMT) of Taiwan approach tense relations with China. However, both the …

It was a long road for Mark Papermaster, chief technology officer at Advanced Micro Devices. However, the challenge of challenging Intel to develop, manufacture and deliver the world's best microprocessors is paying off. At CES 2020, the big technology fair in Las Vegas, AMD was on a victory lap. The company showed off its new Ryzen 4000 mobile processors based …

In films, television shows and books – and even in video games in which characters are designed to respond to user behavior – we do not perceive characters as beings with whom we can build mutual relationships. However, this will change in at least some cases. Interactive characters – fictional, virtual people who are capable of personalized interactions – define …

When this year's Oscar nominations were announced on Monday, Netflix received 24 nominations – most from Hollywood studios. “, Which received six (both films were nominated for the best picture). As a result, Darrell finally saw Martin Scorsese's three-and-a-half hour gangster epic – and he wasn't impressed with the results. He explains why the latest episode of the original content …