Futureseek Daily Link Review; 31 December 2020

* The Year in Outer Space >>
* 2021 could be a huge year for space. Here’s what’s to come from NASA, Elon Musk, Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos. >>
* Vaccines are the latest battleground for doctors on social media >>

* Boeing 737 Max Resumes Flying U.S. Passengers After 2-Year Halt >>
* A New Story For Our Times: 2020 >>
* Apple removes app promoting private parties in pandemic >>
* Streaming got its first big test against theatrical releases this weekend, and ‘Wonder Woman’ delivered on both >>

* Amazon acquires podcast maker Wondery to boost entertainment business >>
* Amazon buys Wondery, setting itself up to compete against Spotify for podcast domination >>
* Google experiments with surfacing TikTok and Instagram videos in search >>

* Elon Musk says SpaceX will attempt to recover Super Heavy rocket by catching it with launch tower >>
* Los Angeles to offer vaccine record on iPhones >>
* Vaccinated US nurse contracts COVID-19, expert says Pfizer shot needed more time to work >>

* Startups are racing to reproduce breast milk in the lab >>
* LG will add 8K QNED TVs to its lineup in 2021 >>
* Attending CES 2021? TechCrunch wants to meet your startup >>

* 20 Things That Made the World a Better Place in 2020 >>
* This was 2020: The year of Covid-19 >>
* Argentina legalises abortion in landmark moment for women’s rights >>

* Gilligan’s Island star Dawn Wells dies of COVID-19 >>
* Deepfake queen prompts 200-plus complaints to Ofcom >>
* Morning After: Boston Dynamics’ dancing robots are back >>

* 2020 put us on the edge of a processor revolution >>
* How a Year of Antitrust Action Against Big Tech Could Carry Into 2021 >>

* Supermarket mogul poised to become new owner of Israir Airlines >>
* Jeff Bezos named Blue Origin’s new rocket-catching recovery ship after his mom, Jacklyn >>
* Elon Musk promises 3 free months of Tesla’s ‘self-driving’ software for vehicles delivered in the final days of 2020 >>
* AstraZeneca’s stock jumps after the UK authorizes emergency use of its vaccine, which it created with Oxford University >>

* British Army is testing tiny autonomous ‘bug drones’ that can fly in strong winds of 50mph and spy on enemies more than a mile away >>
* Amazon rainforest will dry out and become arid, scrubby plain by 2064 due to climate change and deforestation, scientist predicts >>
* 2021 preview: Three missions will make February 2021 the month of Mars >>

* 2020 in review: Nuclear fusion power is slowly getting closer >>
* ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ is a Massive Hit on Pirate Sites After Early HBO Premiere >>
* Skyroot successfully test fires India’s first privately-made solid rocket stage >>
* Google is shutting down Cloud Print this week >>

* Apple Watch prototype exposes the company’s ‘Ultra’ security testing program >>
* A touchless 2020 >>
* A Year After Microsoft Ended All Support for Windows 7, Millions of Users Are Still Not Upgrading >>

* A Spotify loophole allowed people to upload bootleg remixes as podcasts >>
* Intel’s Stacked Nanosheet Transistors Could Be the Next Step in Moore’s Law >>
* EU reaches an eleventh-hour deal on investment with China >>

* ESA is Working on its own Reusable Booster Stage >>
* A Beamed Sail to the Sun’s Gravity Focus >>
* Pandemic has made Delhi’s forgotten tradition of picnics cool again >>

* In just 150 words, China’s Sinopharm claims its vaccine is safe and effective >>
* Forecasting the world in 2021 >>
* Toyota C-Plus Pod is a cutesy new EV with a big mission >>

* Report: Hologram AR is the new trend for of automobile releases >>
* It is entirely plausible that you could set up Stripe in Dublin now >>
* TED2020: What if you could help decide how the government spends public funds? >>

* Wisekey launches identity blockchain for commercial and recreational drones >>
* 5G trends to watch in 2021 >>
* Carnegie Mellon built a plug-and-play private LTE network >>

* Console yourself: 5G to speed game growth in 2021 >>
* NSW, Victoria on high alert for New Year’s Eve as COVID-19 cases rise >>
* 2020 will change the way we look at robotics >>
* Detailed Samsung Galaxy S21 specs leak ahead of expected January 14th announcement >>

* How to Test SaaS Platforms >>
* Four-day week means ‘I don’t waste holidays on chores’ >>
* Here’s The Honest Trailer For The Year 2020 >>