Mobile World Congress 2018: Hewlett Packard Enterprise in the International Space Station

NASA and HPE have partnered on a supercomputer that's gathering data for a potential Mars mission

NASA and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) are now six months into a one-year experiment taking place on the International Space Station. There, two HPE servers comprising the “Spaceborne Computer” have been met with an unending battery of information and tasks—with no traditional space hardware “hardening” before they commenced. The surface goal here is to prove that such a system can handle immense stress through its …

Simian Mobile Disco: Caught In A Wave

The song title really explains it all. Simian Mobile Disco’s latest track and music video, “Caught in a Wave,” ripples outward, ensnaring listeners and viewers. Here, the UK duo enlists the vocal talents of Hackney-based collective The Deep Throat Choir. In conjunction with the dance party visuals, it’s truly a work of splendor. The song will appear on the forthcoming LP Murmurations, out on 11 …

Nokia’s “Banana Phone” from The Matrix Returns

HMD, the producers of Nokia-branded phones these days, will revive the cinematic classic “banana phone,” better known as the Nokia 8110. The curved sliding cell phone featured in “The Matrix” and was used by Keanu Reeves’ character Neo. Now the retro device is returning in black (but with a banana yellow variation) as well. It’s quite basic, running on Smart Feature OS, but comes complete …