A solar-powered airplane finished crossing the United States on Saturday, landing in New York City after flying over the Statue of Liberty during its historic bid to circle the globe, the project team said. The spindly, single-seat experimental aircraft, dubbed Solar Impulse 2, arrived at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport at about 4 a.m. local time after it took off about five hours beforehand at Lehigh Valley International Airport in Pennsylvania, the team reported on the airplane's website. Such a pleasure to land in New York! For the 14th time we celebrate sustainability," said the project's co-founder Andre Borschberg on Twitter after flying over the city and the Statue of Liberty during the 14th leg of the trip around the globe. The Swiss team flying the aircraft in a campaign to build support for clean energy technologies hopes eventually to complete its circumnavigation in Abu Dhabi, where the journey began in March 2015. The solar cr...
Intel has launched its latest range of processors, codenamed Skylake, targeting everything from high-powered gaming rigs to computers the size of a USB stick and smartphones. The "sixth generation" Core family promises improved performance, battery life and graphics-power thanks to a new microarchitecture. The chips have also been optimised to handle 4K videos better. But the US company may find it hard to convince users they need new devices. Microsoft is offering its latest operating system - Windows 10 - as a free upgrade to consumers and suggests its software should not be more taxing on processors than Windows 7 or Windows 8. In the past, many households bought new PCs when they wanted to upgrade the operating systems, but they might not do so this time round. In addition, a slowdown in China's economy and the continued weakness of many European markets could cause companies and governments to delay upgrading their kit. Even so, Intel noted that there are...