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• BMW's motorsport division announces first EV based on the i4
• SpaceX's reused rockets will carry national security payloads for the first time
• Hyundai's next electric race car hints at the future of sporty road-going EVs
• Polestar will put its eco-friendly Precept car into production
• SpaceX scales back plans for Starship's first high-altitude flight
• Tesla will boost your Model Y's acceleration for $2,000
• Windows XP source code leak sheds light on Microsoft's OS history
• Hitting the Books: The invisible threat that every ISS astronaut fears
• US slaps trade restrictions on China's top chipmaker
• The Morning After: How AI shapes the world of 'Flight Simulator'
• Recommended Reading: The new Apple Watch's blood oxygen feature
• Lucid Air EV runs the quarter-mile in just 9.245 seconds

BMW's motorsport division announces first EV based on the i4 Posted: 26 Sep 2020 03:15 PM PDT BMW M, the German automaker's motorsport division, has announced that it's developing its first battery-electric car based on the upcoming i4 EV. According to CarAdvice, BMW M CEO Markus Flasch has made the revelation during a press event for Austral...

SpaceX's reused rockets will carry national security payloads for the first time Posted: 26 Sep 2020 02:45 PM PDT SpaceX has been reusing rockets for years, but they've been off-limits for some crucial launches. They'll get more use soon, however. The private spaceflight company has signed a contract with the US Space Force to reuse a Falcon 9 booster rocket for...

Hyundai's next electric race car hints at the future of sporty road-going EVs Posted: 26 Sep 2020 02:06 PM PDT Hyundai's electric sports car ambitions didn't end with a spruced-up Veloster. The automaker has unveiled an RM20e Racing Midship Sports Car that not only promises to boost its motorsport plans, but reflects the "next generation" of N performance car...

Polestar will put its eco-friendly Precept car into production Posted: 26 Sep 2020 12:51 PM PDT Polestar's Precept won't suffer the same grim fate as many concept cars. The Volvo sibling has revealed that it will turn the Precept into a production car after a strong public response. While Polestar didn't say just how the mass-produced version w...

SpaceX scales back plans for Starship's first high-altitude flight Posted: 26 Sep 2020 11:23 AM PDT You might want to dial back your expectations for the first high-altitude SpaceX Starship flight. Elon Musk now says the flight with the SN8 prototype will top out at 15km, or close to 50,000ft, instead of the 18km and 60,000ft he'd mentioned earlier...

Tesla will boost your Model Y's acceleration for $2,000 Posted: 26 Sep 2020 10:43 AM PDT How eager are you to improve the performance of your Tesla Model Y? Eager enough that you'd pay a hefty sum for what's ultimately some code changes? Now's your chance. Electrek reports that Model Y owners with Dual Motor AWD variants (but not Perform...

Windows XP source code leak sheds light on Microsoft's OS history Posted: 26 Sep 2020 10:07 AM PDT Microsoft is no stranger to Windows source code leaks, but a new incident might just provide insights into its history. Bleeping Computer and ZDNet report that a 4chan user has posted what's believed to be source code for Windows XP Service Pack 1, W...

Hitting the Books: The invisible threat that every ISS astronaut fears Posted: 26 Sep 2020 08:30 AM PDT Despite starry-eyed promises by the likes of SpaceX and Blue Origin, only a handful of humans will actually experience existence outside of Earth's atmosphere within our lifetime. The rest of us are stuck learning about life in space second hand but...

US slaps trade restrictions on China's top chipmaker Posted: 26 Sep 2020 08:27 AM PDT The US didn't waste much time blocking sales to China's largest chipmaker. According to Reuters and the Wall Street Journal, the Commerce Department has added Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) to its entity list, effectivel...

The Morning After: How AI shapes the world of 'Flight Simulator' Posted: 26 Sep 2020 07:45 AM PDT Am I having a nightmare or did Amazon really announce a security camera that flies around inside your house? I can't quite get over this being a thing that exists, but with the way things go, we'll probably have a roundup of twenty similar devices in...

Recommended Reading: The new Apple Watch's blood oxygen feature Posted: 26 Sep 2020 07:00 AM PDT The new Apple Watch says my lungs may be sick. Or perfect. It can't decide.Geoffrey A. Fowler, The Washington PostOne of the key features of the new Apple Watch Series 6 is the built-in oximeter. In theory, the component should give you an idea of yo...

Lucid Air EV runs the quarter-mile in just 9.245 seconds Posted: 26 Sep 2020 04:55 AM PDT Lucid Motors has made performance a selling point of its upcoming EV, and is directly challenging Tesla's Model S. It's already promised the Lucid Air will be capable of sub-10-second quarter mile times, and even showed a prototype's 9.9-second run d...

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