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Enlarge (credit: Starlink) Starlink’s median download speeds in the US dropped from 90.6Mbps to 62.5Mbps between the first and second quarters of 2022, according to Ookla speed tests. Starlink’s median upload speeds in the US dropped from 9.3Mbps to 7.2Mbps in the same timeframe. Median latency also got a little worse for Starlink’s US customers, […]
The Ferrari Purosangue SUV. Ferrari Ferrari unveiled its first-ever SUV on Tuesday: the Purosangue. Its 715-horsepower V12 engine sends it to 62 mph in just 3.3 seconds, Ferrari says. The Purosangue has unique rear-hinge doors and four seats. Ferrari is known for its low-slung, exotic sports cars. But its latest model rejects that mold for […]
Sony revealed today the games coming to PlayStation Plus in September, both to the Essential tier and to Extra and Premium tiers. The Essential tier games launch first, on September 6, while the other games launch later in the month. The free games for the Essential subscribers are Need for Speed: Heat, Granblue Fantasy: Versus, […]
(video link) If there’s one person outside of government who has stood against Facebook’s crashing wave, it’s Ashkan Soltani. Late last year, the independent privacy researcher was suddenly called to speak before the UK Parliament about Facebook’s privacy practices, simply because he happened to be in London and, in his own words, “was just a […]
Her first love was hockey. Cindy Klassen is known as one of the fastest and most decorated female speed skaters, but she started her athletic career with the goal of making Canada's first women's Olympic hockey team in 1998. Which goes to show — even for the greatest athletes, things don't always go as planned. How fast […]
New Delhi–based Shailja Mittal had hired a cab driver to take her 11-year-old daughter to school. But one day, when he didn’t show up and sent another man instead, the mother in her decided to take charge. The city routinely ranks in polls as among the most unsafe in the world for women, and a […]
The next time you rent a car, you might need to show your face instead of your ID. Hertz announced today that it is teaming with security startup Clear to introduce Fast Lane, a biometric check for car rentals. The system — which is the first of its kind for car rentals, according to the […]
YOU ARE the kamikaze,” our ski instructor Fred proclaimed with a wry smile, “you like the speed!” He was right, we had only arrived in the snowy French village of Plan-Peisey three days before, but something in me had already clicked. Streaming down my first intermediate blue run, I could hear the crunch of the […]
Canada's men's team sprint squad captured the country's first medal at the season-opening speed skating World Cup event on Sunday in Obihiro, Japan. The team of Laurent Dubreuil, Christopher Fiola, Antoine Gelinas-Beaulieu and David La Rue finished the event third in one minute, 20.98 seconds. The Dutch took gold in 1:19.780 while Norway won silver in 1:20.790. […]
Click on the video player above to watch live action from the World Cup speed skating event in Obihiro, Japan. Live coverage continues on Saturday at 1:30 a.m. ET and Sunday at 12:30 a.m. ET. Canadian stars will be in action, including Ted-Jan Bloemen and Ivanie Blondin. Let’s block ads! (Why?)
