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Chill Your Cereal Bowl in the Fridge Overnight
Life Hacker - 29 Jul 2020 15:30
I honestly have a hard time trusting people who claim to not like breakfast cereal. It's one of those foods that has been engineered to get people to eat it--it's basically kibble for people!--and those who insist they a...
COVID-19 research: Anti-viral strategy with double effect
EurekAlert! - 29 Jul 2020 06:00
(Goethe University Frankfurt) When the SARS-CoV-2 virus penetrates human cells, it lets the human host cell produce proteins for it. One of these viral proteins, called PLpro, is essential for the replication and rapid s...
Mac OS 8 emulator brings the late '90s to your modern PC
Engadget - 29 Jul 2020 18:45
If you've ever been interested in reliving (or discovering) what using a Mac was like in the late '90s, here's your chance. Felix Rieseberg, a Slack developer, has created an app that emulates Mac OS 8, which you can dow...
Google One, Google's paid consumer storage product, makes some features free
ZDNet - 29 Jul 2020 19:00
Any Google user can now take advantage of the Google One phone backup feature, along with a new, free storage manager tool.
New Space satellite pinpoints industrial emissions of methane
ESA - 29 Jul 2020 12:40
Methane may not be as abundant in the atmosphere as carbon dioxide, but with a global warming potential many times greater than carbon dioxide, monitoring and controlling industrial emissions of this potent gas is impera...
Thermal storage units that repair themselves
Phys.org - 29 Jul 2020 20:00
In the future, paraffin wax could help to make underground thermal storage units more durable. Such systems are used, for example, to store solar energy over a longer period of time. In a new study, geologists from Marti...
Scientists Discover Source of Stonehenge's Largest Boulders
Gizmodo - 29 Jul 2020 20:00
The origin of the largest stones used to build Stonehenge has been a matter of considerable debate for centuries, but a new chemical analysis of these boulders may have finally settled the issue once and for all.
The iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro prices leak: Here's how much you'll have to pay
Pocket-lint - 29 Jul 2020 10:40
An Apple leaker has claimed that they have key details for the new iPhone 12 series including battery sizes and prices.Some of the information is no-brainer
HBO Go Will Be Killed for Real This Week
Gizmodo - 29 Jul 2020 21:40
Following the launch of its HBO Max app in May, HBO announced soon after that it would be sunsetting its Go service--the streaming app for users who subscribe to HBO through their TV or cable provider. That is happening ...
Miniature telescope demonstration focuses on sharpening view of distant objects in space
Phys.org - 29 Jul 2020 15:10
A recently deployed DARPA CubeSat seeks to demonstrate technology that could improve imaging of distant objects in space and allow powerful space telescopes to fit into small satellites. DARPA's Deformable Mirror (DeMi) ...
Apple teases new Thailand store ahead of Friday opening
AppleInsider - 29 Jul 2020 04:07
Ahead of a grand opening later this week, Apple on Tuesday offered an early look at Apple Central World, the company's second and largest retail outlet in Thailand. Located in Ratchaprasong, Bangkok, the outlet features ...
MIT and Microsoft algorithm determines correlations in vast art collections
TechRepublic - 29 Jul 2020 16:07
A team of researchers at MIT have created an algorithm to identify analogous artworks. Their work could help spur innovation in datasets, inquiry systems, and more.
MIT algorithm finds subtle connections between art pieces
Engadget - 29 Jul 2020 16:00
A new system developed by MIT researchers called "MosAIc" is finding hard-to-spot similarities between art pieces at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum. MosAIc scans an image, then uses deep netwo...
Phillips group exactly solves experimental puzzle in high temperature superconductivity
EurekAlert! - 29 Jul 2020 06:00
(University of Illinois Grainger College of Engineering) A team of theoretical physicists at the Institute for Condensed Matter Theory (ICMT) in the Department of Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign...
Snap's first diversity report shows an overwhelmingly white workforce
Engadget - 29 Jul 2020 22:00
Snap finally released its Citizen Snap Report, outlining the company's diversity, community and environmental efforts over the past year and, wow, it's easy to see why they decided to drop this information while everybod...
No toilet paper in the stall? WonderSpray's portable bidet comes to the rescue
Digital Trends - 29 Jul 2020 12:00
Get that home clean feel your behind deserves, everywhere you go
Black holes are hiding movies of the universe in their glowing rings
New Scientist - 29 Jul 2020 08:00
A faint fuzzy glow around the first black hole image last year baffled astronomers. Now we know what it contains - and it's more bizarre than we ever imagined
Move over murder hornets, the Deadpool 'assassin' fly is here - CNET
CNET - 29 Jul 2020 03:28
The Marvel universe provides inspiration for some freshly named insect species.
Coronavirus is spreading faster in this US state than all of the others
BGR - 29 Jul 2020 02:11
Most of the reporting and analysis focused on the places seeing an increase in coronavirus cases in the US right now covers the usual suspects -- states like Florida, California, and Texas. However, there's one state tha...
NASA weighs SpaceX Crew Dragon return delay over stormy splashdown sites
Slash Gear - 29 Jul 2020 22:32
NASA may delay the departure of SpaceX Crew Dragon from the International Space Station, with the fate of the mission as currently planned hinging on a potential tropical storm where the spaceship is due to splash down. ...
White House nominates four U.S. Space Force major generals for promotion
Space News - 29 Jul 2020 19:29
Maj. Gen. Stephen Whiting, Maj. Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, Maj. Gen. William Liquori and Maj. Gen. Nina M. Armagno have been nominated to receive a third star. SpaceNews
PlayStation documentary trailer shows how far games have come since 1994 - CNET
CNET - 29 Jul 2020 16:16
From Bedrooms to Billions: The PlayStation Revolution lands Sept. 7.