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Review: Keychron K1 is the wireless keyboard Apple should have made
AppleInsider - 7 Dec 2020 00:04
Users familiar with the Apple Magic Keyboard will fall in love with the Keychron K1 with its slim design and comfortable typing experience. The Keychron K1v4 is a slim mechanical keyboard with a great design Keychron is ...
The DEA Abruptly Cut Off Its App Location Data Contract
Motherboard - 7 Dec 2020 16:00
The DEA cancelled its contract with Venntel, which obtains granular location data from ordinary apps and sells access to law enforcement agencies.
LG plans to outsource more of its low-end and mid-range phones
Engadget - 7 Dec 2020 19:18
LG is shaking things up in its mobile division once more. It confirmed to Reuters it will increase outsourcing of its low- and mid-range smartphones. Third-party companies will design and build more of the devices, and L...
Voyager spacecrafts have detected bursts of cosmic rays
Slash Gear - 7 Dec 2020 13:58
NASA launched Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 more than 40 years ago, and despite their age, both spacecraft are still making discoveries. A new study led by physicists from the University of Iowa has reported the first detectio...
UK's first electric-only car charging station opens for business
The Verge - 7 Dec 2020 11:47
The site is located near Braintree, in Essex. | Image: Gridserve The UK's first all-electric car charging station opened today near Braintree in Essex, marking a milestone in the country's transition away from fossil fue...
Triple threat: The first observation of three massive gauge bosons produced in proton-proton collisions
Phys.org - 7 Dec 2020 16:30
The Standard Model, the most exhaustive existing theory outlining fundamental particle interactions, predicts the existence of what are known as triboson interactions. These interactions are processes in which three-gaug...
Trump Reveals That Another Member of His Inner Circle, Rudy Giuliani, Has Covid-19 Via Tweet
Gizmodo - 7 Dec 2020 05:18
To no one's surprise, especially given the reckless behavior exhibited by President Donald Trump and those in his orbit, Rudy Giuliani, the president's infamous personal and campaign lawyer most recently known for fartin...
Warning labels reduce sugary drink consumption in university setting
Science Daily - 7 Dec 2020 21:22
A study shows that warning labels placed on sugary drinks could reduce sugar consumption in larger settings.
Useful 'fake' peptides
Science Daily - 7 Dec 2020 18:22
Some useful drugs consist of peptides acting on their protein targets. To make them more efficient and stable, scientists have found a way to replace crucial segments of the peptides with ureido units. These oligoureas, ...
Novel form of Alzheimer's protein found in spinal fluid indicates stage of the disease
Science Daily - 7 Dec 2020 16:13
Researchers have found a novel form of the Alzheimer's protein tau in the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord. This form of tau -- known as MTBR tau -- indicates what stage of Alzheimer's a person is in and track...
What happens when you pair esports with 'Gladiator' director Ridley Scott? Video game lovers may find out
USA Today - 7 Dec 2020 15:48
A big Hollywood name is getting into esports: Ridley Scott. His Ridley Scott Creative Group will begin making esports-centric gaming content.
Pixel 5 teardown redeems Google's 2020 flagship
Slash Gear - 7 Dec 2020 04:14Many Android apps still use a vulnerable Google Play Core library version
Slash Gear - 7 Dec 2020 03:42
Google has always advertised Google Play Store not only as the Android app store but also as a trustworthy and secure source of apps. That security, however, is only as strong as Google Play services itself and when the ...
Cloudflare is testing a Netlify competitor to host Jamstack sites
TechCrunch - 7 Dec 2020 20:36
Cloudflare is working on a new product called Cloudflare Pages. The new product could compete directly with Netlify and Vercel, two cloud hosting companies that let you build and deploy sites using Jamstack frameworks. P...
Synthetic llama antibodies rescue doomed proteins inside cells
Science Daily - 7 Dec 2020 20:13
Researchers created a new technology using synthetic llama antibodies to protect endangered proteins inside cells. The technology could treat dozens of diseases.
Google's Latest Pixel Feature Drop Delivers Better Battery Management and Baby Yoda
Gizmodo - 7 Dec 2020 20:00
Last week Google announced a bunch of new features coming to Android devices as a whole, and now the company has returned to provide some new software for its own phones specifically with the latest Pixel feature drop.
LG out-sourcing some phones after losing money for 5+ years
Slash Gear - 7 Dec 2020 19:00
This week LG announced that they’d be reorganizing a bit of their mobile phone business, at long last. They’ll be increasing outsourcing of designs for low end and mid-end smartphones, according to a spokesperson for...
Quick and sensitive identification of multidrug-resistant germs
Science Daily - 7 Dec 2020 18:22
Researchers have developed a sensitive testing system that allows the rapid and reliable detection of resistance in bacteria. The system is based on tiny, functionalized cantilevers that bend due to binding of sample mat...
Seventeen genetic abnormalities that cause brain aneurysms
Science Daily - 7 Dec 2020 17:21
Intracranial aneurysm is a dilation of a blood vessel forming a fragile pocket. Rupture results in extremely severe hemorrhage. Researchers have examined the genome of more than 10,000 people suffering from aneurysms. 17...
Two MIT seniors named 2021 Marshall Scholars
MIT - 7 Dec 2020 17:00
Katie Collins and Marla Odell are heading to the United Kingdom next fall for two years of graduate study.
The lightest light - the future of digital displays and brain science
Phys.org - 7 Dec 2020 16:39
A team of scientists from the University of St Andrews has developed a new way of making the most durable, lightweight and thinnest light source available so far, which could revolutionize the future of mobile technologi...
More responsive COVID-19 wastewater testing
Science Daily - 7 Dec 2020 16:12
A new wastewater testing approach capable of better detecting viral infection patterns in communities could prove a crucial step toward an informed public health response to diseases like COVID-19.