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An interview with Nvidia's senior VP of hardware engineering, Andrew Bell, on continuing to provide Shield Android TV software updates a decade after its launch (Ryan Whitwam/Ars Technica)

Ryan Whitwam / Ars Technica:
An interview with Nvidia's senior VP of hardware engineering, Andrew Bell, on continuing to provide Shield Android TV software updates a decade after its launch  —  “Selfishly a little bit, we built Shield for ourselves.”  —  It took Android devicemakers a very long time to commit to long-term update support.

Arknights: Endfield Valley IV interactive map

In this Arknights: Endfield Valley IV interactive map, you can locate all the key spots in this region from Mineral Beds to TP points

Sources: Waymo nears a $16B round, valuing it at $110B; Alphabet will contribute $12B+, with a16z, Dragoneer, Mubadala, Sequoia, and DST Global participating (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
Sources: Waymo nears a $16B round, valuing it at $110B; Alphabet will contribute $12B+, with a16z, Dragoneer, Mubadala, Sequoia, and DST Global participating  —  Google's robotaxi start-up brings in new investors amid global roll out and competition from Elon Musk's Tesla

“No more Minnesota nice, Minneapolis will strike”

It was too cold to take off my mittens and check Google Maps so I put my faith in the trickle of bundled-up people ahead of me. All of them were carrying signs and wearing whistles around their necks on top of layers and layers of winter clothing. At first there were dozens of us […]

SpaceX wants to put 1 million solar-powered data centers into orbit

SpaceX filed a request with the FCC on Friday seeking approval to put a constellation of 1 million data center satellites into orbit. While the FCC is unlikely to approve a network that expansive, SpaceX's strategy has been to request approval for unrealistically large numbers of satellites as a starting point for negotiations. The filing […]