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Go keyless thanks to the Ultraloq U-Bolt Pro smart deadbolt down to $150
Android Central - 24 Jun 2020 19:39
The Ultraloq U-Bolt Pro smart deadbolt is down to $149.99 through Woot. This is $30 off Amazon's current price and $20 better than Home Depot where it's currently also on sale. The Woot price is the best deal around and ...
Six Reasons Why the 100-400mm is a Great Lens for Landscape Photography
PetaPixel - 24 Jun 2020 22:25Hand and Body Pose Detection in iOS 14 Will Provide New Ways to Interact With Your iPhone Without Touching the Display
Mac Rumors - 24 Jun 2020 18:11
Starting in iOS 14 and macOS Big Sur, developers will be able to add the capability to detect human body and hand poses in photos and videos to their apps using Apple's updated Vision framework, as explained in this WWDC...
Lightning is silently killing forests - and it's going to get worse
New Scientist - 24 Jun 2020 20:00
Lightning sparks wildfires, causes pollution and destroys some of the planet's most important trees. Climate change could see its incidence - and impact - increase
First Look: See iOS 14 in Action With Home Screen Widgets, App Library, Subtle Call Alerts and More
Mac Rumors - 24 Jun 2020 00:36
Apple yesterday unveiled iOS 14, the newest version of the operating system designed for the iPhone, and we thought we'd go hands on with the new software to give MacRumors readers a sneak peek at all the features. Subsc...
Unexpected mental illnesses found in a spectrum of a rare genetic disorder
Neuroscience News - 24 Jun 2020 23:37
Fragile X syndrome patients with prematuration had a much earlier onset of neurological problems, including earlier symptoms of neurodegeneration. They also experienced emotional processing problems. Some of the most com...
Eufy Security Smart Lock Touch review: Eufy's first smart lock is a little too rough around the edges
PC World - 24 Jun 2020 12:00
A buggy fingerprint reader spoils Eufy's biggest selling point.
New Cloud Foundry command-line interface arrives
ZDNet - 24 Jun 2020 23:05
Even the most advanced clouds can still use a little shell command goodness.
Very Comfortable Camera Bag: ProMaster Jasper Medium Satchel Review
The Phoblographer - 24 Jun 2020 06:00
I'll be the first to admit that the ProMaster Jasper Medium Satchel isn't winning any awards when it comes to stylishness, but this thing is super comfortable. One of the biggest problems for many photographers has alway...
Launch of NASA's next Mars rover delayed again by 'contamination concern' on the ground
SPACE.com - 24 Jun 2020 22:36
The launch of NASA's next Mars rover has been delayed to no earlier than July 22 due to a contamination issue with ground support equipment.
Get ready to log into websites with Face ID or Touch ID
Cult of Mac - 24 Jun 2020 20:53
Safari users soon will be able to securely log into websites using Face ID and Touch ID. The new feature, which Apple is rolling out in iOS 14, iPadOS 14 and macOS Big Sur, should take away one of the most irritating thi...
How to download MacOS Big Sur
Digital Trends - 24 Jun 2020 17:37Once again, racial biases show up in AI image databases, this time turning Barack Obama white
The Register - 24 Jun 2020 16:30
Researchers used a pretrained off-the-shelf model from Nvidia A new computer vision technique that helps convert blurry photos of people into fake, realistic images has come under fire for being racially biased towards w...
Twitter Bans Journalist Organization for Linking to Leaked Secret Police Files
Gizmodo - 24 Jun 2020 04:24
Twitter confirmed on Tuesday night that it had permanently banned the account of Distributed Denial of Secrets, a journalist organization that earlier this week made accessible to the public one of the largest repositori...
Pluto and Other Kuiper Belt Objects Started Out With Water Oceans, and Have Been Slowly Freezing Solid for Billions of Years
Universe Today - 24 Jun 2020 03:10
It seems unlikely that an ocean could persist on a world that never gets closer than 30 astronomical units from the Sun. But that’s the case with Pluto. Evidence shows that it has a sub-surface ocean between 100 to 180...
Starbucks adds plant-based sausage sandwich to its summer menu
Slash Gear - 24 Jun 2020 01:33
Impossible Foods, the company best known for its plant-based Impossible Burger product, is now the supplier for Starbuck’s new plant-based sausage sandwich. This product isn’t vegan-friendly as it contains both chees...
At Least Some Penguins Benefited From Record Antarctic Sea Ice Loss
Gizmodo - 24 Jun 2020 22:05
Antarctica's sea ice has crashed in recent years. It's nothing to celebrate, but apparently some Antarctic penguins are loving it. A new study out Wednesday found that a group of Adélie penguins actually thrived during ...
Chime after chime: Apple restores iconic Mac boot sound removed in 2016
The Register - 24 Jun 2020 20:30
Triumphant F#-major to return with upcoming macOS Big Sur As the saying goes: Out with the old, in with the... old. After temporarily ditching the iconic Mac "chime" in 2016, Apple is finally bringing it back with the up...
Volcanic Eruption in Alaska May Have Sparked Political Turmoil in Ancient Rome
Gizmodo - 24 Jun 2020 17:40
An unusually powerful volcanic eruption in 43 BCE has been linked to political upheaval on the other side of the globe, including the fall of the Roman Republic and the Ptolemaic Kingdom.
How fake accounts constantly manipulate what you see on social media - and what you can do about it
Phys.org - 24 Jun 2020 16:40
Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram started out as a way to connect with friends, family and people of interest. But anyone on social media these days knows it's increasingly a divisive landscape.
Virtual Reality Has Been Boosted by Coronavirus--Here's How to Avoid It Leading Us to Dystopia
Singularity Hub - 24 Jun 2020 16:00
American R&B star John Legend is doing a major live show on Thursday June 25 to promote his new album, Bigger Love. But can he expect much of a crowd, given that many pandemic restrictions are still in place? More than l...
Will Apple Silicon kill the Hackintosh? The odds against a self-built MacOS Arm computer
ZDNet - 24 Jun 2020 14:36
Big Sur running on an Arm PC? Contrary to what you might expect, there may be life in the Hackintosh even after Apple moves to Arm.