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The 1960s and 70s were an era of grand projects from landing on the moon to Concorde and passenger hovercraft. It was a golden age of engineering when anything seemed possible, even if projects were over budget, technically ambitious and late to deliver. Long-time readers of GNC will remember I covered France's Aérotrain, a high-speed hovertrain using aero engines to propel
OnePlus has announced the OnePlus Pad 3 tablet will be launched in Europe on 5th June '25 with a somewhat early arrival at 0730 BST. Details are a little thin on the ground but the Pad 3 will be powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Mobile Platform which will certainly give it some power under the hood. As per usual,
Microsoft announced: Today, we're very excited to announce the open-source release of the Windows Subsystem for Linux. This is the result of a multiyear effort to prepare for this, and a great closure to the first ever issue raised on the Microsoft/WSL repo.
Google I/O, Google’s Biggest developer conference of the year, is nearly upon us. Scheduled for May 20 to 21 at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, !/O will showcase product announcements from across Google’s portfolio.TechCrunch reported.
Late Friday, Epic Games sent a letter to U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers accusing Apple of refusing to consider its Fortnite submission, calling it “Apple’s latest attempt to circumvent this Court’s Injunction and this Court’s authority.” 9To5Mac reported. As reported by Mark Gurman, Epic’s Fortnite submission is Apple’s latest attempt to circumvent this Court’s injunction and this Court’s authority.
Fortnite maker Epic Games announced that Apple has blocked the game’s return to iOS. Following the rejection, Fortnite is no longer available on iPhones and iPads even in the European Union, where it had previously been available to download trough the Epic Games Store, The Verge reported. “Apple has blocked our Fortnite submission so we cannot release to the US
YouTube is integrating Google's Gemini AI to place ads at the most engaging video moments, making them harder to avoid. This AI-driven tactic identifies “Peak Points” to maximize viewer retention during ad playback, indirectly pushing more users toward YouTube Premium. While ad blockers are being curbed, content creators may benefit from increased ad revenue. -Thinking of buying a Starlink? Use