RIP Arecibo telescope — you’ll be missed Look around you, all you see are… well, quite a lot, actually The brainchild of Cornell University Physicist William Edwin Gordon, construction of the 305-meter (1,000-foot) dish began in a natural karst sinkhole in Puerto Rico in 1960. Development of the revolutionarytelescopecontinued for three years before work was completed. The Arecibo Telescope was constructed with a spherical dish, as opposed to the parabolic shape employed by most radio (and many optical) telescopes....

Vietnam’s appetite for the mobile lifestyle shows no sign of abating, despite soaring inflation rates and increased costs dampening consumer spending across the country. An explosive 73 percent increase in smartphone sales this year (to date) is the prime driver behind a 27 percent increase in overall mobile device sales,according to research from GfK. This increase puts the value of the country’s smartphone market at an estimated US$280 million, according to the research firm, which is a huge increase on last year’s valuation of US$168 million....

A Rivian R1T truck was sighted driving along Page Mill Road in Palo Alto, California, according to photos shared withTeslarati. Intriguingly, the car was bearing a LiDAR rig on its roof. With the upcoming launch of the R1T, it’s rather safe to assume that the company was testing its Driver+ assistance system, whichcomes standard with every Rivian vehicle. And besides, the truck was spotted in close proximity to the company’s office that develops the brand’s software and vehicle electronics....

Rivian’s amazing new warranty should be the standard for all EV brands It sets a new standard for EV makers What makes Rivian’s warranty so good? Typically, car warranties cover two things, time or miles driven, whichever comes first. It’s quite common for carmakers to offer a comprehensive three year, or 36,000 mile, warranty. If you drive more than 36,000 miles in three years, then your warranty expires. That’s what “whichever comes first” means....

Ahead of its anticipated initial public offering (IPO) on November 9, Rivian is facing a lawsuit bya former sales and marketing vice president for alleged gender discrimination, theWall Street Journalreports. The lawsuit was filed on Thursday and alleges that Laura Schwab, the former executive in question, got fired after reporting gender discrimination to the company’s HR department. In addition to that, Schwab fileda statement of claim with the American Arbitration Association (ΑΑΑ) and came forward to the publicin a blog post published on Medium....