Month: April 2020

The FCC  has finally gotten around to updating its 15-year-old orbital debris rules, adding new requirements and streamlining the approval process. With hundreds of satellites going up every year into increasingly crowded orbits, these rules are more important than ever. In stating the necessity for mitigating the accumulation of orbital debris, the FCC noted that while some … Continue reading FCC updates orbital debris rules for the first time since 2004 Continue Reading →

Image Credits: Svetlana Lukienko / Icon8 (opens in a new window)/ Shutterstock(opens in a new window) Leaked images obtained by TechCrunch reveal that Google  considered and designed a feature that would let people donate money to websites to help support news publishers, bloggers and musicians. But Google scrapped the idea and chose not to build out the product, despite these … Continue reading Google ditched tipping feature for donating money to sites Continue Reading →

Image Credits: Cameron Davidson Representatives from the government and the utility managing the power of Los Angeles are proposing a sweeping infrastructure package worth roughly $150 billion centered on the broad electrification of transportation and industry. Drafted by the Los Angeles-based public-private Transportation Electrification Partnership, a collaboration between the Office of Mayor Eric Garcetti, Southern California Edison, … Continue reading An LA-led, public-private partnership pitches a $150B green infrastructure package to Congress Continue Reading →

New, original programming plays a bigger part in Netflix’s appeal than rival platforms like Disney+. While coronavirus has brought Hollywood to a halt, Netflix has enjoyed record success. But will the streaming giant’s well-stocked slate of future shows be enough to maintain that growth? Netflix announced this week that it has finished filming the majority … Continue reading Netflix Says Its Subscribers Won’t Run Out of Content This Year Continue Reading →

Image Credits: Mason Trinca for The Washington Post / Getty Images Tesla  has added Hiromichi Mizuno as a new member to its board of directors and audit committee — the former chief investment officer of Japan’s $1.5 trillion pension fund and a longtime opponent of common market practices like short selling. With Mizuno’s appointment the Tesla board now has 10 members, … Continue reading Tesla’s newest board member has a long stance against short selling Continue Reading →