Month: July 2019
Deportation Concerns Increases Poor Sleep, Anxiety Among Youth
The advent of anti-immigration policies and rhetoric in the US after the 2016 presidential election might be taking its toll on the California’s Latinx youth health. This includes those who are citizens of the US, recommends a new research spearheaded by researchers at University of California, Berkeley. The research tracked the physical and mental health…
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Space X Creates History By Capturing Falling Payload
SpaceX accomplished a major reusability milestone for its rockets during the previous day’s Falcon Heavy liftoff. The company’s Ms. Tree boat, caught the rocket’s payload fairing near Florida’s coast during early morning hours of June 25, as per SpaceX reps. This is the first time such an event has occurred. The boat has come close…
Read MoreSpace X Likely To Go Commercial With Starship In 2021
SpaceX’s Super Heavy and Starship systems will have their 1st commercial missions by 2021, stated Jonathan Hofeller of SpaceX. He said that SpaceX was talking to around 3 telecom company customers looking for launch in 2 years. Hofeller stated that Starship and Super Heavy missions could launch around twenty metric tons into geostationary orbits or…
Read MorePier 1 Store Closures Caused by Low Sales And Poor Margins
Pier 1 imports will be closing down 57 stores by the end of the year. This closure number is up by 12 stores from what was estimated in April. The chain store deals in the sale of home decor, furniture, accessories, and other home furnishings. The Texas-based retailer is closing stores where there is no…
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Signify’s LiFi System Commits Almost 150 Mbps Internet Through LED Lights
Signify, earlier dubbed as Philips Lighting, this week rolled out one of the first commercial Light Fidelity, or LiFi, systems. LiFi transfers broadband Internet via lights, with the help of LEDs to bypass radio signals and transfer data. We have seen some experimental usage of the technology, but this is the most sensible deployment yet.…
Read MoreSidewalk Labs Reveals Its High-Tech City Proposal For Toronto
Alphabet’s smart city subsidiary, Sidewalk Labs, launched its huge plan this week to convert a slice of Toronto’s waterfront into a high-tech dream world. Clocking in at 1,524 pages and 18 Months in the making, the plan shows Alphabet’s high-stakes, first effort to understand Larry Page’s (Alphabet CEO) long-held vision of a city inside a…
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