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The Valley of the Kings near Luxor in Egypt is dominated by the pyramid-shaped Al-Quran peak. Image: Nikater    The Valley of the Kings (or VK) on the west bank of the Nile outside Luxor (Thebes in antiquity) is one of the world's most important archaeological sites. Along with the rest of the Theban Necropolis, it has been a World Heritage Site since 1979. The desert valley is home to 65 rock-cut tombs, including KV62 -- better known as the resting place of Tutankhamun (c. 1342 - c. 1325 BC), which was famously discovered by Howard Carter in 1922. To preserve the tombs and ensure the safety of the tourists who visit them, it's essential to know about the geology of the region -- and in particular the stability of the limestone cliffs that surround the valley, which experiences sporadic heavy rainfall, plus the occasional earthquake. In volume one of The Tomb of Tut•Ankh•Amen (1923), Carter describes a near-miss with a storm in the early days of his excavation: Image...

Microsoft Releases 'Awesome' Xbox Specs Microsoft whetted interest for its Xbox Series X product offering on Monday with the disclosure of some amazing specs for its cutting edge gaming console. Xbox Head Phil Spencer spilled the accompanying subtleties: A custom processor dependent on AMD's Zen 2 RDNA design, which conveys multiple times the preparing intensity of the Xbox One and offers engineers 12 teraflops of GPU execution - double the presentation of an Xbox One X; Streamlined Variable Rate Shading, which permits designers to utilize the full intensity of the Series X all the more productively by permitting them to organize singular impacts on explicit game characters or natural items without lost picture quality; and Equipment quickened DirectX Raytracing, which Microsoft says is a first for comfort gaming, to make consistent with life lighting, precise reflections, and sensible acoustics continuously. "It's truly going to be a kick in the jea...

Amazon on Monday announced it will now offer its cashierless store technology, called “Just Walk Out,” to other retailers. The technology uses a combination of cameras, sensors, computer vision techniques, and deep learning to allow customers to shop, then leave the store without waiting in line to pay. This is the same technology that today powers the Amazon Go cashierless convenience stores and Amazon’s newly launched Amazon Go Grocery store in Seattle.  Reuters first reported the news just ahead of Amazon’s official announcement, adding also that Amazon says it has signed “several” deals with initial customers interested in using Just Walk Out in their own stores. Amazon did not say who those customers are, however. Amazon has also now launched a website detailing how Just Walk Outworks, and answering several questions about this new business line. The website says that other retailers have expressed interest in the tech for years, which is why it decided to start offer...

The Valley of the Kings near Luxor in Egypt is dominated by the pyramid-shaped Al-Quran peak. Image: Nikater    The Valley of the Kings (or VK) on the west bank of the Nile outside Luxor (Thebes in antiquity) is one of the world's most important archaeological sites. Along with the rest of the Theban Necropolis, it has been a World Heritage Site since 1979. The desert valley is home to 65 rock-cut tombs, including KV62 -- better known as the resting place of Tutankhamun (c. 1342 - c. 1325 BC), which was famously discovered by Howard Carter in 1922. To preserve the tombs and ensure the safety of the tourists who visit them, it's essential to know about the geology of the region -- and in particular the stability of the limestone cliffs that surround the valley, which experiences sporadic heavy rainfall, plus the occasional earthquake. In volume one of The Tomb of Tut•Ankh•Amen (1923), Carter describes a near-miss with a storm in the early days of his excavation: Image...

Microsoft Releases 'Awesome' Xbox Specs Microsoft whetted interest for its Xbox Series X product offering on Monday with the disclosure of some amazing specs for its cutting edge gaming console. Xbox Head Phil Spencer spilled the accompanying subtleties: A custom processor dependent on AMD's Zen 2 RDNA design, which conveys multiple times the preparing intensity of the Xbox One and offers engineers 12 teraflops of GPU execution - double the presentation of an Xbox One X; Streamlined Variable Rate Shading, which permits designers to utilize the full intensity of the Series X all the more productively by permitting them to organize singular impacts on explicit game characters or natural items without lost picture quality; and Equipment quickened DirectX Raytracing, which Microsoft says is a first for comfort gaming, to make consistent with life lighting, precise reflections, and sensible acoustics continuously. "It's truly going to be a kick in the jea...

Amazon on Monday announced it will now offer its cashierless store technology, called “Just Walk Out,” to other retailers. The technology uses a combination of cameras, sensors, computer vision techniques, and deep learning to allow customers to shop, then leave the store without waiting in line to pay. This is the same technology that today powers the Amazon Go cashierless convenience stores and Amazon’s newly launched Amazon Go Grocery store in Seattle.  Reuters first reported the news just ahead of Amazon’s official announcement, adding also that Amazon says it has signed “several” deals with initial customers interested in using Just Walk Out in their own stores. Amazon did not say who those customers are, however. Amazon has also now launched a website detailing how Just Walk Outworks, and answering several questions about this new business line. The website says that other retailers have expressed interest in the tech for years, which is why it decided to start offer...

Getting an Autonomous Car Technology Right I have an electric vehicle, the Jaguar I-Pace. Like a great deal of non-Tesla electric vehicle proprietors, I've been trusting endeavors by Electrify America and others to multiply chargers would remove the agony of owning an electric. That hasn't been occurring. I'm the mediator for the Jaguar I-Pace discussion, and I follow different U.S. discussions on the vehicle. Input on the sending is terrible. Just Tesla drivers seem, by all accounts, to be ready to drive their autos dependably over a long separation. Indeed, even the new Porsche Taycan - which a significant number of us thought would be a Tesla executioner - isn't progressing admirably. One of the main vehicles burst into flames and almost torched a house. You may review that a comparative issue with an electric bicycle nearly cost me my home and put that organization bankrupt. The self-governing vehicle endeavors aren't looking much better. It is turning o...