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• Facts About SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy Rocket — Musk first announced a bigger rocket — the Falcon Heavy — in 2011. At the time, he said the rocket would carry 117,000 lbs. (53,000 kilograms) of cargo to orbit — twice the capacity of the space shuttle. Musk also predicted the first Falcon Heavy flight would come in 2013.
• Fresh off Falcon Heavy, Elon Musk launches broadband test satellites – ABC News — On Thursday, SpaceX on Thursday launched a pair of prototype satellites intended to form the basis for Starlink, a constellation of about 11,000 satellites that are designed to beam broadband internet down to Earth.
• Amazon plans to open as many as six more cashierless Amazon Go stores this year — New futuristic convenience stores could appear in Seattle and Los Angeles.
• Since October, Apple Made Around 1,600 Accidental 911 Calls — “We’ve been seeing these calls for the last four months from Apple,” said police dispatcher Jamie Hudso
• Using a laser to wirelessly charge a smartphone safely across a room — The beam charges the smartphone via a power cell mounted on the back of the phone. A narrow beam can deliver a steady 2W of power to 15 square-inch area from a distance of up to 4.3 meters, or about 14 feet.
• Kitchen Robot with Multi-Zone Cooking & Refrigeration by Suvie — Gourmet meals from fresh, raw ingredients ready when you come home; designed by former Apple engineer, appliance expert & gourmet chef.
• Google plans deeper Assistant integration with phones and wireless carriers — The other two announcements being made today will arrive throughout the year: deeper integration between the Assistant and both smartphones and carriers.

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• How Terrible Code Gets Written By sane People

2017

• Three Tech Wishes for 2017dave coming back and

Chris got 3 Echo Dots for the studio

Lots of testing has taken place. And a video about our setup:

Alexa: Amazon’s Operating System – Stratechery by Ben Thompson

The concept of an operating system is pretty straightforward: it is a piece of software that manages a computer, making said computer’s hardware resources accessible to software through a consistent set of interfaces.

Coming soon: Your Google Assistant on Android TV and more

Google soon to crush Alexa?

App Store shatters records on New Year’s Day – Apple

• $240 million in customer purchases makes January 1, 2017 the App Store’s busiest day ever
  • App developers earned $20 billion in 2016 — up 40 percent from 2015

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