NASA researchers have successfully tested laser communications in space by streaming 4K video footage originating from an airplane in the sky to the International Space Station and back. The feat…
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Herman Miller now offers plant-based leather on its iconic lounge chair
The plant-based fabric, called Banbū, was developed by von Holzhausen and first launched back in 2020 as a durable alternative to both leather derived from animals and vegan leathers made…
Chrome adds new warnings and cloud scanning for suspicious downloads
Google has updated the suspicious file warnings Chrome displays for why it might have blocked a potentially suspicious or dangerous file download to hopefully give users clearer explanations. For people…
The Sonos Ace headphones are seeing their first discount at $40 off
If you’re looking to be an early-ish adopter of some fancy headphones and you like the color white, you’re in luck. The porcelain-colored Sonos Ace are on sale for $409.99…
E-commerce is driving up pollution near warehouses
The data is in, and it shows a significant rise in air pollution where e-retailers build their warehouses, and the neighborhoods hit the hardest have more people of color living…
Netflix has a new gaming boss after hiring former Epic exec
There’s a new name in charge of Netflix’s ongoing gaming efforts. As Variety reports, the streamer has hired Alain Tascan as the new president of its gaming division, after he…
Google’s next streaming player looks nothing like the Chromecast
Google is seemingly about to move on from the HDMI dongle design of all its past streaming devices in favor of a more conventional set-top box. 9to5Google has published images…
Slack introduces iPhone widgets to make work more inescapable
Today Slack introduced the first four widgets for the iOS version of its mobile app. Three of them are designed for the iPhone’s home screen, while the fourth can be…
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe says the auto industry needs to move beyond Tesla
Today, I’m talking with Rivian CEO and founder RJ Scaringe. RJ was on the show last September when we chatted at the Code Conference, but the past 10 months have…
Daylight DC-1 tablet hands-on: an Android tablet with a new kind of screen
There’s a big piece of paper in the San Francisco offices of Daylight Computer, with a list written in purple ink of all the kinds of devices the company hopes…