04 May 2021, 02:05 pm
Robinhood faced another outage after Dogecoin prices surged 30%, setting a new record high above 50 cents.
The cryptocurrency s price surge drove Robinhood to its second Dogecoin-related outage in 2021 alone.
Robinhood s Outage: Is the Trading Platform Ready For Cryptocurrency?
On Tuesday, May 4, Robinhood admitted to experiencing issues with its cryptocurrency trading feature while users flock to take advantage of Dogecoin s price surge.
According to DownDetector, the outage started at 9:21 a.m. ET and eased about an hour later.
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04 May 2021, 11:05 am
(Photo : Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) SAN FRANCISCO, CA - FEBRUARY 01: The Apple logo is displayed on the exterior of an Apple Store on February 1, 2018 in San Francisco, California.
Google s former AI scientist Samy Bengio finds a new job at Apple after leaving the search engine giant over ethics concern.
Bengio, who is expected to lead a new AI research team for Apple, ended his 14-year tenure after Google made a controversial decision to remove two women researchers under his ranks.
Samy Bengio s New Role at Apple
According to Reuters report on Tuesday, May 4, Bengio is expected to lead an AI research team under John Giannandrea.
04 May 2021, 12:05 pm
Disney just teased a realistic Star Wars lightsaber replica with glowing blades that actually extend and retract at will.
The lightsaber reveal comes on Star Wars Day, as part of Disney s announcement about the opening of its upcoming Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser resort in Florida, which has been delayed until 2022.
To commemorate the titular movie franchise, Star Wars Day is celebrated on May the 4th as a wordplay of the iconic phrase May the Force be with you.
Disney s Star Wars Lightsaber: How Close Is It To The Real Thing?
The lightsaber replica, created by Walt Disney Imagineering Research and Development, was first introduced at a private virtual news conference held on Apr. 8.
04 May 2021, 05:05 am
The Chinese space station s first core module, which launched on Wednesday, Apr. 28 EDT, has been spotted from Earth and will continue to be visible over the next several days.
The Tianhe-1 core module, also known as the Harmony of the Heavens, is the first of the five modules that will complete the Chinese space station slated to launch sometime in 2022.
Chinese Space Station Module Tianhe-1 s Trajectory
Tianhe-1, the 22.5-metric-ton (24.802 ton) core module, has successfully reached low Earth orbit after launching from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the island of Hainan on Wednesday, Apr. 28 at 11:23 p.m. EDT.
04 May 2021, 08:05 am
Epic Games reportedly paid developers over $11.6 million to give away their games for free to lure new users following the launch of the company s own store in December 2018.
The reveal comes as part of the Epic Games versus Apple Lawsuit, alleging the iPhone maker with antitrust practices that began on Monday, May 3.
Epic Games Store s Spending on Launch Revealed
A document surfaced in the wake of Epic Games versus Apple Lawsuit, which shows how much the video game publisher spent on free games for its store s launch.
GameDiscoverCo s Simon Carless posted a tweet on Monday, May 4, which reveals how much Epic Games Store paid developers for the 38 games given away from December 2018 to September 2019.