A ride-along tour is underway. Photo credit: Noel Tock More than 50% of ride-sharing trips taken by surveyed drivers in California replaced more sustainable forms of transportation — such as walking, biking, carpooling and public transit — or resulted in new vehicle miles, according to a study by the University of California, Davis Institute of […]
Image credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Tokyo-Yokohama will remain the world’s largest science and technology cluster in 2024, but clusters in middle-income economies are seeing the fastest growth in the innovation sector, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization (WPO) said Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou remained in second place, while Beijing overtook […]
VERONA – Epic’s user group meeting offers thousands of attendees a themed surprise each year, so it was no surprise when founder Judy Faulkner appeared onstage at the company’s Deep Space Auditorium on Tuesday dressed as “Lady Swan,” a variation on Mother Goose and fitting into a larger narrative motif. What may have surprised the […]
VERONA – Epic’s user group meeting offers thousands of attendees a themed surprise each year, so it was no surprise when founder Judy Faulkner appeared onstage at the company’s Deep Space Auditorium on Tuesday dressed as “Lady Swan,” a variation on Mother Goose and fitting into a larger narrative motif. What may have surprised the […]
Super Potato in Tokyo has three floors crammed with Game Boy cartridges, plastic-wrapped Sega Dreamcast consoles, and old-fashioned arcade machines. US tourist David Madrigal is overjoyed after paying $200 for a “vintage” console at a busy Tokyo store that caters to booming global demand for retro gaming gear. “When I entered this store, I was […]
Epic Games finally reaches consumers directly on mobile devices. Fortnite developer Epic Games launched its own app store on Friday, allowing its users to bypass the stores operated by Apple and Google, after years of struggling to offer its games directly to smartphone users. The Epic Games Store is available to Android phone users worldwide […]
Image credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In Diplomacy, a strategy game set on the eve of World War I, success depends not on luck but on the ability to negotiate. Players, each representing the armed forces of a European superpower, spend a lot of time building trust, forging alliances and ultimately betraying their opponents in order […]
The 11th annual Day of Hope is just one week away. Volunteers will return to locations across the Central Coast on Wednesday, August 21 to sell special editions of the Santa Maria Times to benefit Mission Hope Cancer Center in Santa Maria and Arroyo Grande. The special edition features compelling stories and photos highlighting the […]
Image credit: igovar igovar from Pexels Humanoid robots have long been a staple of science fiction, but now real progress is being made. A number of new models being developed or supported by companies such as Boston Dynamics, Tesla and OpenAI can walk and move like humans, with special agility and dexterity. But the ability […]
A 777-9, the last generation of the 777 family, is seen in Everett, Washington in June 2024. Aviation experts and analysts are singing the praises of Kelly Ortberg, who is returning from early retirement on Thursday to take on the challenge of getting Boeing back on track after a series of quality and financial problems. […]
