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How to Use AI to (Maybe) Win March Madness
Life Hacker - 16 Mar 2021 22:45
For most people, predicting the NCAA's March Madness tournament results with any degree of accuracy is a fool's errand. The single elimination tournament, comprised of 64 teams, one of which must win six straight games t...
Moderna starts COVID-19 vaccine trial in infants and young children
Live Science - 16 Mar 2021 18:05
The trial includes children in the U.S. and Canada.
SpaceX targets this summer for first Starship orbital flight
Digital Trends - 16 Mar 2021 02:50
SpaceX reportedly has a plan to send its Starship and Super Heavy rocket system on its first orbital flight by July 1, 2021.
How To Get Rid Of Old Space Station Batteries
SpaceRef - 16 Mar 2021 17:44
An external pallet packed with old nickel-hydrogen batteries is pictured shortly after mission controllers in Houston commanded the Canadarm2 robotic arm to release it into space....
94% of older adults prescribed drugs that raise risk of falling
Science Daily - 16 Mar 2021 16:06
The study found that the percentage of adults 65 and older who were prescribed a fall- risk-increasing drug climbed to 94% in 2017, a significant leap from 57% in 1999. The research also revealed that the rate of death c...
Google Nest Hub Max vs new Nest Hub: The differences explained
Pocket-lint - 16 Mar 2021 15:00
Google offers the Nest Hub Max and second generation Nest Hub, as the two devices within its smart display portfolio. The second generation Nest Hub succeeds
Apple AR motion controllers may detect fingers without covering the hand
AppleInsider - 16 Mar 2021 14:05
Apple's AR and VR systems could use wearable controllers with extending sections, allowing for the sensing of the user's fingers pressing a surface without covering the fingertips. Augmented reality and virtual reality i...
ZAnon: A Higher-Ranking Anon Sets the Record Straight
The New Yorker - 16 Mar 2021 12:00
The moon landing was faked, but it wasn't by Stanley Kubrick.
Apparently the Pentagon Is Thinking of Giving Jetpacks a Try
Gizmodo - 16 Mar 2021 02:50
If you need further proof that we are living in a literal science fiction movie right now, look no further than the fact that the U.S. Defense Department is thinking about strapping jetpacks onto its special forces cadre...
Amazon mini-games for warehouse workers reportedly expand to 20 states
Slash Gear - 16 Mar 2021 01:18
Amazon is expanding its unusual social mini-games to more of its warehouses, according to a new report, giving more employees access to the ‘gamification’ system that has proven divisive among workers. Amazon first l...
Astronomers Spotted a Black Hole Casually Gliding Through Space
Gizmodo - 16 Mar 2021 00:51
Some 230 million light-years from Earth, there's a black hole going places. These extraordinarily dense objects are usually found sitting at the center of a galaxy violently gobbling up matter, so it was a surprise when ...
Apple Oscar nominations: Wolfwalkers and Greyhound
The Loop - 16 Mar 2021 16:17
Apple: Apple today was honored with historic first Academy Award nominations for its feature films since the Apple TV+ global launch of Apple Original Films just over a year ago. The widely acclaimed "Wolfwalkers" was no...
Instagram boosts child protection tools, including age prediction
Phys.org - 16 Mar 2021 16:06
Facebook-owned Instagram unveiled technology Tuesday aimed at preventing underage children from creating accounts and blocking adults from contacting young users they don't know.
LG Gram 16 review: The lightest and longest-lasting in class
Digital Trends - 16 Mar 2021 15:00
It lags rivals in terms of performance, but the battery life makes up for it.
OK Google, help me sleep better? The new Nest Hub smart display has built-in tech to help
USA Today - 16 Mar 2021 15:00
Can a smart device help you sleep better? Google's new Nest Hub smart display uses the Soli chip's radar to monitor your sleep activity.
Big Music Needs to Be Broken Up to Save the Industry
Wired - 16 Mar 2021 15:00
A year without live music has been a disaster. So has corporate power in streaming, recording, and ticketing. Antitrust may be the only solution.
Disney+ will have more subscribers than Netflix by 2024-25
Pocket-lint - 16 Mar 2021 14:57
Disney recently announced that Disney+ had smashed through 100 million users worldwide, surpassing all original expectations for the service that launched
Instagram's new safety, privacy tools for teens includes adult-minor restrictions in DMs
USA Today - 16 Mar 2021 14:20
Instagram is seeking to protect its teen users with updated safety tools and privacy settings.
Researchers have found the strongest evidence yet of a black hole in motion
Slash Gear - 16 Mar 2021 14:14
Astronomers have long theorized that supermassive black holes could travel through space but finding data to support that theory has been difficult. Researchers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian ha...
Software Development Security Firm Argon Emerges From Stealth Mode
SecurityWeek - 16 Mar 2021 14:12
Argon, an Israel-based company that provides solutions for securing the software development process, on Tuesday announced emerging from stealth mode.
Huawei planning enforcement of 5G patent royalty fees for Apple, others
AppleInsider - 16 Mar 2021 13:51
Struggling Huawei intends to charge up to $2.50 per phone for use of its 5G patents in the next iPhone, future Samsung Galaxy, and more. Huawei As Huawei's dispute with the US continues, the Chinese manufacturer is still...
What if Planet Nine is a baby black hole?
Live Science - 16 Mar 2021 13:28
The hypothetical Planet Nine may not be a planet but rather a small black hole that might be detectable from the theoretical radiation emitted from its edge, so-called Hawking radiation.