Places and Things

A stowaway helicopter on NASA’s Mars rover will attempt the first flight on another world When NASA’s latest Mars rover, Perseverance, launches this week, the robot will have a tiny stowaway on board: a small box-shaped helicopter. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/29/21339544/nasa-mars-helicopter-ingenuity-perseverance-rover-flight-date

Strongest Evidence Yet Shows Air Pollution Kills As California’s Camp Fire raged in 2018, soot and other pollution filled the skies. Particulate matter concentrations widely surged above 12 micrograms per cubic meter (µg/m3), pushing them into the Environmental Protection Agency’s “unhealthy” range. Continue Reading . . . https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/strongest-evidence-yet-shows-air-pollution-kills/

Sony α7S III: Hands-On & First Impressions The new and exciting features found in the Sony α7S III provide creators with limitless possibilities to create. Several had already had the opportunity to test out the α7S III in advance of its announcement and are sharing their first impressions of the camera online. Continue Reading . . . https://www.mikezpix.net/post/sony-α7s-iii-hands-on-first-impressions

Movies Anywhere is the latest service to add a viewing party feature Movies Anywhere is rolling out a new “Watch Together” viewing party feature for its movie locker apps, allowing multiple users to sync up and enjoy a film together. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/28/21345413/movies-anywhere-viewing-party-feature-watch-together-screen-pass-lending-app

Rite Aid used facial recognition in secret across hundreds of its stores Drugstore chain Rite Aid secretly deployed facial recognition software across a network of security cameras in hundreds of locations in the US, according to a new investigation from Reuters published on Tuesday. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/28/21345185/rite-aid-facial-recognition-surveillance-spying

Cuphead gets a creepy stop-motion trailer to announce surprise PS4 launch Cuphead, the hard-as-nails run-and-gun platform game, is coming to the PlayStation 4 today. Studio MDHR announced the game’s arrival on Sony’s console with a fun (and kind of creepy) stop-motion trailer featuring Cuphead and the evil King Dice. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2020/7/28/21345128/cuphead-sony-ps4-launch-stop-motion-trailer

CES will go ‘online only’ for 2021 The Consumer Technology Association has announced that CES will no longer go ahead in January 2021 as previously planned. CES is the world’s biggest consumer technology show, dominating much of the news agenda at the start of the year. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/ces-2021-las-vegas-cancelled-143036671.html