When Hawthorne, Calif.–based startup Epirus decided to test a new electronic weapon last winter, it filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). It wanted to test its high-power microwave device in the California desert east of Palm Springs, Calif., about three miles from a small airport and the busy I-10 interstate. The unnamed […]
When Kevin Wells’ private jet lost its GPS reception after taking off from Hayward Executive Airport in California’s Bay Area in February 2019, he whipped out his phone and starting filming the instrument panel. For a few seconds, the signals from over a dozen GPS satellites can be seen to blink away, before slowly returning […]
When Hired released its annual report on the state of software engineers in 2020, it warned that the steady upward trend in tech salaries couldn’t be counted on to continue, given the uncertainties early in the pandemic. And indeed, Hired’s 2021 State of Software Engineers Report concluded that demand, in the form of interview requests, […]
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In my experience, there are three different types of consumer drone pilots. You’ve got people for whom drones are a tool for taking pictures and video, where flying the drone is more or less just a necessary component of that. You’ve also got people who want a drone that can be used to take pictures […]
Illustration: James Provost Like many of you, for the past year I’ve led a pretty static existence living and working in my apartment. But with the rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations, I can actually think of returning to a more ambulatory way of life. Which also means that I’m thinking about mobile devices for the first […]
The FBI is still trying to identify some of the hundreds of people who launched a deadly attack on the U.S. Congress last week. “We have deployed our full investigative resources and are working closely with our federal, state, and local partners to aggressively pursue those involved in criminal activity during the events of January […]
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