Xiaomi Mi 11: The first smartphone with Snapdragon 888 coming December 28

Xiaomi Mi 11: The first smartphone with Snapdragon 888 coming December 28

Xiaomi has just announced the official date of the Chinese launch of its next flagship smartphone, the Xiaomi Mi 11. The company recently confirmed via Weibo that the new high-end smartphone will be unveiled at an event on December 28. The timing of the launch ensures that the Mi 11 becomes the first smartphone to launch with the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SoC.

NASA is testing space lasers to shoot data back to Earth

NASA is testing space lasers to shoot data back to Earth

Post Views: 97 Glenn Jackson, LCRD payload project manager, says the demo could someday help wrap internet networks around the moon and even Mars. “Currently we use radio frequency to move data and video to Earth,” Jackson says. “Laser communication increases that bandwidth and allows us to get more data to Earth from astronauts and…

17 images to count down to the James Webb Space Telescope launch

17 images to count down to the James Webb Space Telescope launch

Post Views: 155 When the US, Europe, and Canada first unveiled the plans for the James Webb Space Telescope in 1997, it sounded like a pitch from an overambitious science student. The contraption would have to schlep a 26-foot-wide mirror across the solar system, while keeping its cool around the radioactive sun. But to build…