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AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su talks new Ryzen 4000 chips and out-performing Intel
The Verge - 21 Jan 2020 20:31
AMD CEO Lisa Su at CES 2020 We're still rolling out our Vergecast interviews from CES 2020 this month, and this week we have a chat with AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su. Dr. Su led AMD's press conference live at CES in Las Vegas to ...
Hands-On With Anker's Apple-Certified iPhone Camera Flash Accessory
Mac Rumors - 21 Jan 2020 23:01
Anker in December debuted a new LED flash accessory that's unique because it's the first iPhone flash option that's Apple certified with Made for iPhone approval. Anker started accepting pre-orders for the flash ea...
Google's experimental apps shame you into taming phone addiction
Engadget - 21 Jan 2020 19:14
Google is still exploring ways to help you cut back on phone use, and this time it's relying primarily on one tactic: guilt. The company has introduced the experimental Android apps Activity Bubbles, Envelope and Screen ...
The New York Water Crisis That Nobody's Talking About
Motherboard - 21 Jan 2020 17:43
For years, "forever chemicals" flowed into Newburgh's drinking water. It turns out they came from a nearby air base.
China's 500-Meter FAST Radio Telescope is Now Operational
Universe Today - 21 Jan 2020 01:08
The world’s largest and most sensitive radio telescope is officially open for business according to Xinhua, China’s official state-run media. The FAST Radio Telescope saw fist light in 2016 but has been undergoing te...
Skip pulls back the curtain on the high costs of electric scooter maintenance
The Verge - 21 Jan 2020 18:00
Skip, an electric scooter rental startup that operates in and around Washington, DC, said it would start disclosing details about the maintenance and repair requirements of its fleet of two-wheelers. The company's aim is...
BRAVE: Airport Near Davos Is Offering 'Green' Fuel for Rich People's Private Jets
Motherboard - 21 Jan 2020 19:34
It's part of an ongoing effort to make the 1 percent feel less bad about their unsustainable practices.
Updated Apple Watch app adds missing features we've waited years to see
BGR - 21 Jan 2020 03:08
NapBot advertises itself as a machine learning-powered sleep tracker app for Apple Watch and iPhone that packs a ton of features into the app, including giving users a detailed sleep history, presenting your sleeping hea...
Senators sport Apple Watches at the impeachment trial, report says - CNET
CNET - 21 Jan 2020 23:57
Phones have been banned from the trial but smart watches are still in use, according to reporters.
What Not to Cook This Week
The New Yorker - 21 Jan 2020 14:00
Max Cohn offers a humorous list of recipes and the reasons you should totally avoid cooking them.
Autism study finds later diagnoses for girls, and high rates of co-occurring disorders
Neuroscience News - 21 Jan 2020 21:57
On average, girls on the autism spectrum are diagnosed 1.5 years later than boys. Over 50% of those on the autism spectrum exhibit co-occurring mental health and medical conditions, such as ADHD and epilepsy.
To slay Google, Huawei says: "Ads aren't important to us"
Slash Gear - 21 Jan 2020 21:39
Huawei held an event in January 2020 in London to tell developers about their strategy for a post-Google smart device ecosystem. Dr. Jaime Gonzalo, Huawei’s Europe-based vice president of consumer services, spoke at th...
New species of antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in infected wound
Science Daily - 21 Jan 2020 20:33
A hitherto unknown antibiotic-resistant bacteria species, in the same family as E. coli and Salmonella spp., has been found and classified in Sweden. The proposed taxonomic name of the species -- the first of the new gen...
Source position and duration of a solar type III radio burst observed by LOFAR
Phys.org - 21 Jan 2020 16:52
Type III solar radio bursts are generated by non-thermal electron beams propagating through the solar corona and interplanetary space. In dynamic spectra, the flux of solar type III radio bursts have a time profile of ri...
Apple dropped plan for encrypting backups after FBI complained - sources
The Loop - 21 Jan 2020 16:49
Reuters: Apple Inc dropped plans to let iPhone users fully encrypt backups of their devices in the company's iCloud service after the FBI complained that the move would harm investigations, six sources familiar with the ...
Scientists study zebrafish in search of melanoma-fighting drugs
EurekAlert! - 21 Jan 2020 07:00
(Northern Arizona University) Northern Arizona University biologist Matt Salanga leads an 18-month project to find a combination of drugs to fight melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer
New policy reduces anti-psychotic medications in foster children
EurekAlert! - 21 Jan 2020 07:00
(Rutgers University) Rutgers researchers have found that a Texas strategy to reduce anti-psychotic medication for children can serve as a model for other state Medicaid programs.
Vitamin D supplementation linked to potential improvements in blood pressure in children
EurekAlert! - 21 Jan 2020 07:00
(University of Pittsburgh) Overweight and obese vitamin D-deficient children who took a relatively high dose of vitamin D every day for six months had lower blood pressure and improved insulin sensitivity than their peer...
Astronauts honor Martin Luther King, Jr. and replace ISS batteries on 3rd all-woman spacewalk
SPACE.com - 21 Jan 2020 04:30
Two astronauts completed battery replacements and honored the legacy of the late Martin Luther King, Jr. while working outside of the International Space Station on what marked the third all-woman spacewalk today (Jan. 2...
Amazon hand recognition could be the future of payments
Slash Gear - 21 Jan 2020 03:39
Plastic cards tried to make paper cash a thing of the past and phones are now trying to return the favor. All of these payment systems, however, have one thing in common. They all require you to carry something with you,...
This incoming Google Chrome feature could make image sharing easier than ever
Android Authority - 21 Jan 2020 00:08How Self-Driving Cars Can Shape Our Future
ReadWrite - 21 Jan 2020 23:00
To keep up with the pace of the changing trends of the world and its modified technological implications, presently, the self-driving cars is what humanity is looking forward to. Can these self-driving cars effectively s...