Daily Tech News 21 March 2023

• A satellite testbed for the IVO Quantum Drive, an inertialess drive based on Unruh radiation and the theory of quantised inertia, will launch into orbit on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on June 10. (Universe Today)
  
  Well, more specifically, it will launch in a rideshare package on a SpaceX Falcon 9. Tiny, short-lived satellites are pretty cheap to get into low-Earth orbit if you can find someone with a bit of spare room on a scheduled launch.
  
  Also - in case the 1950s sci-fi technobabble above doesn't tip you off to how unlikely this thing is to work, it's being promoted by a wireless power company that is big on renewable energy, and the whole article reads like a press release from Sam Bankman-Fried's cousin who runs a wind power startup with plans to deploy on the Moon.
  
  
  

• LG is launching its 2023 range of Gram laptops. (AnandTech)
  
  They now have OLED displays - 2880x1800 on the 14" model, and 3200x2000 on the 16". That's paired with an Intel 1360P, up to 32GB of RAM, and 1TB of SSD.
  
  The 14" model lacks the Four Essential Keys, but the 16" model has a narrow numeric keypad, which isn't perfect - it forces the keyboard off center - but is better than having to hit Fn-Ctrl-Shift-UpArrow.
  
  In fact, with Microsoft's PowerToys app you could configure the numeric keypad as a 15-key macro pad, which would be quite interesting.
  
  I'm looking more for a 14" notebook, but LG's Gram series is famously lightweight; the 16" model is lighter than my current 14" notebook.
  
  
  
• If you're looking for a four-port 2.5Gb router but you only have ten cubic inches of space the iKoolCore R1 is just what you need. (Serve the Home)
  
  Because that's what it is.
  
  
  
• Amazon is laying off another 9000 people. (The Verge)
  
  That's in addition to the 18,000 people cut late last year.
  
  But the economy is doing fine. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

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