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Over the past several days numerous publications that cover Microsoft have tallied up extended feature lists of what the ‘Mango’ update will bring to Windows Phone 7. What is interesting in reviewing these lists is that it has become very easy tonotknow what is coming, as Microsoft has dribbled out the news in small chunks over the past several months. What in fact is promised to come, and also what is strongly rumored, when taken in aggregate for the platform is nearly shocking....

The market speaks: Nikola stock down 80% since all-time high Nikola vs. Tesla: A tale of two volatile tech stocks Nikola and Tesla do share a certain bond, beyond the name Considering the seriousness of the allegations levied against Milton, it’s not exactly fair to compare Tesla, a considerably tangible brand, to Nikola, which is still working with prototypes. However, the two stocks do share a common mission leading into 2021: prove they’ve grown into their new market values....

The race to land humans on Mars looks set for a tight finish. China aims to send its first crewed mission to the red planet in 2033 — the same year that NASA has set asa target. Beijing’s plans were revealed by the head of China’s top rocket maker, Wang Xiaojun, at a space conference in Russia,Reuters reports. Wang outlined a three-step plan for the expedition. Calling all Scaleup founders! Join the Soonicorn Summit on November 28 in Amsterdam....

Yesterday was Microsoft Day around the world as the company took the final 24 hours before the start of CES and turned them into one long press event. The day was capped by a somewhat staid, but stillpowerful keynoteby Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer. Our friends over atRowFeederhad the foresight totrack the big Microsoft keywordsduring the full length of the keynote. Total tweets that were tagged with the hashtag #ces consistently flew past the 100 per minute mark during certain moments of the speech....

Today, the Facebook of dating websites,OKCupidreleased itslatest study, titled “The Mathematics of Beauty.” In the study, Christian Rudder, OKCupid’s Editorial Director analyzed the attractiveness of a woman in relation to how many messages she received. The findings? Essentially, the more men disagree about a woman’s looks, the more they like her. A super hot woman will get the most messages, followed by the lowest rated or ugliest women. The “cute” girls, the 7s, the girls most men generally agree upon and the B pluses and minuses of the world, well, they get a bit screwed, or well, don’t actually....