The British company Bullitt, responsible for manufacturing rugged phones under Caterpillar (CAT) and Motorola Defy brands, failed to restructure financially and had to fold. Former employees posted on LinkedIn the company is unable to service its debt, and everyone is currently looking for new jobs. According to WinFuture, the plans for Bullitt were to hand […]
Read MoreDon’t let their fluff fool you: Your cat was built for murder. Felines, no matter how chonky, eepy, or boopable, are remarkably adaptable obligate carnivores, down to eat just about anything that fits in their mouth. Well-intentioned (or … threatening?) gifts of dead birds, rats, and lizards are familiar to outdoor cat owners—even my shockingly […]
Read More“Stray,” an adventure game that lets players take on the role of a cat, will soon be available on the Mac. Introduced in 2022, Stray has previously been limited to Windows machines and PlayStation consoles. [embedded content] In Stray, a stray cat finds himself stuck in a walled city filled with robots and mutant bacteria. […]
Read MoreThis story originally appeared in The Guardian and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Scientist Melissa Miller was seeing something in California sea otters that she had not seen before: an unusually severe form of toxoplasmosis, which officials have confirmed has killed at least four of the animals. “We wanted to get the word […]
Read MoreWhether for work, adventure or disaster preparedness, you may need a way to communicate that doesn’t rely on the cell network. Right up until the end of last year that meant carrying a separate device – be it a satellite phone or something text oriented like the Garmin inReach Messenger. Satellite communications are now starting […]
Read MoreAs promised, the Bullitt Group has unveiled the first phone with 2-way satellite messaging. Well, two phones, actually, the Cat S75 and the Motorola defy 2. We’ll cover the Motorola in a separate post. Before we dive into the specs of Cat S75, we should explain the direct-to-satellite communication feature as that is a unique […]
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