Technology News
How to use Control Center in MacOS Big Sur
Digital Trends - 9 Aug 2020 15:00
Get quick access to your favorite MacOS settings.
Oil spill off Mauritius is visible from space
Live Science - 9 Aug 2020 13:00
The Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius is on the brink of an environmental catastrophe after a bulk carrier struck a coral reef off its coast in late July, an accident that has led to a large oil spill visible from ...
Best product designs of 2020 that simply blew our minds
The Gadget Flow - 9 Aug 2020 13:55
If you’ve been following Gadget Flow for a while, you know that design has been our focus since the beginning. We are sold on products that don’t just work well but also look good, like a palm-size garden or a keyboa...
27-inch iMac teardown shows lack of storage upgrade options
AppleInsider - 9 Aug 2020 00:17
A teardown of the 2020 27-inch iMac reveals Apple made a few changes to the internals to accommodate its removal of the mechanical hard drive, including the loss of SATA connectors, the SSD being integrated into the logi...
Amazon reportedly considering mall spaces for fulfillment centers
The Verge - 9 Aug 2020 22:53
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon has had talks with Simon Property Group about converting some of its mall spaces into fulfillment centers, The Wall Street Journal reported. The conversations started before...
Scientists are about to explore a mysterious 'blue hole' in the ocean
BGR - 9 Aug 2020 19:46
Researchers are setting out to explore one of the ocean's greatest mysteries: A type of sinkhole in the ocean floor known as a "blue hole." Blue holes are huge caverns beneath the seafloor that are carved out by some unk...
A Toddler's Fever Wouldn't Break. Doctors Figure Out the Unlikely Cause
Discover - 9 Aug 2020 19:00
A persistent fever after returning from Egypt usually means a tropical disease infection. For this toddler, it was just one of many red herrings.
Nikon cameras can now be used as webcams with new official tool
Slash Gear - 9 Aug 2020 18:30
Nikon is the latest camera company to release software that enables it cameras to function as webcams, a necessity in our new remote-working world. Camera companies began releasing this new functionality several weeks ag...
Toss or Keep?: The Great Storage-Locker Dilemma
The New Yorker - 9 Aug 2020 13:00
Tracey K. Berglund humorously illustrates the storage-unit items you should keep, toss, regift, or donate.
Change isn't a good thing for Japanese rheumatoid arthritis patients
EurekAlert! - 9 Aug 2020 06:00
(Osaka University) Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a common complication of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) that dramatically increases the risk of death. In a recent study led by Osaka University, researchers identified a ...
Twitter reportedly in talks to acquire U.S. operations of TikTok
Digital Trends - 9 Aug 2020 03:06
It's unclear if it will be able to outbid Microsoft
What the 'Legacy System Extension' Mac Message Means & What To Do About It
OS X Daily - 9 Aug 2020 02:17
If you’re using a Mac running MacOS Catalina 10.15.4 or later (including Big Sur), you might have seen a new and somewhat cryptic message pop up when your Mac is turned on, or when you use certain apps. Titled “Legac...
UV light and the coronavirus: Big Ass Fans might have a solution - CNET
CNET - 9 Aug 2020 02:00
The ceiling fan uses UV lights to kill up to 99.9% of a room's airborne pathogens in minutes. It's now being tested against the virus that causes COVID-19.
Fauci says we need to do one thing to avoid a coronavirus catastrophe this winter
BGR - 9 Aug 2020 20:57
Coronavirus transmission can be stopped and the curve can be flattened, Dr. Anthony Fauci insisted in a wide-ranging interview that Brown University hosted on YouTube. Wearing face masks, social distancing, and hand hygi...
Neutron stars of different masses can make a real mess when they collide
Universe Today - 9 Aug 2020 19:16
When neutron stars collide, they go out with a tremendous bang, fueling an explosion up to a thousand times more powerful than a supernova. But sometimes they go out with a whimper, and a recent suite of simulations is s...
Science Fiction Explores the Interconnectedness Revealed by the Coronavirus Pandemic
Singularity Hub - 9 Aug 2020 16:00
In the early days of the coronavirus outbreak, a theory widely shared on social media suggested that a science fiction text, Dean Koontz's 1981 science fiction novel, The Eyes of Darkness, had predicted the coronavirus p...
'Star Trek: Lower Decks' warps into the animated comedy frontier with 'Second Contact'
SPACE.com - 9 Aug 2020 15:49
The new animated "Star Trek" show, "The Lower Decks" gets off to a promising start on CBS All Access with the first episode "Second Contact."
Huawei says it's running out of chips for its smartphones because of US sanctions
The Verge - 9 Aug 2020 15:45
Illustration by William Joel / The Verge Huawei, the world's biggest smartphone vendor, says it's running out of processor chips because of US sanctions against the company, The Associated Press reported. And according t...
Mysterious 'fast radio burst' detected closer to Earth than ever before
SPACE.com - 9 Aug 2020 15:14
Scientists traced a fast radio burst (FRB) to a known star inside the Milky Way for the first time.
Dropped emissions during COVID-19 lockdown will do 'nothing' for climate change
SPACE.com - 9 Aug 2020 15:13
While greenhouse gas emissions plummeted as the world locked down, such dips will do "nothing" to slow climate change unless society moves away from fossil fuels, researchers have found.
You can book a weightless flight with Zero Gravity again after hiatus due to coronavirus
SPACE.com - 9 Aug 2020 15:11
Zero Gravity Corporation (Zero-G), a company that offers weightless experiences so you can floatt like an astronaut, is returning to the skies after taking a pause during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Cuba is getting a crash course in internet culture -- and it's changing everything
Digital Trends - 9 Aug 2020 15:00
Those changes have had both positive and negative effects