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Incredible drone footage gets scarily close to Iceland volcano eruption - CNET
CNET - 22 Mar 2021 05:37
Hypnotic and terrifying.
Apple fined for failing to include a charger with iPhone 12
Digital Trends - 22 Mar 2021 07:15
Apple has been fined in Brazil over its decision to stop shipping a wall charger with the iPhone 12, which launched last fall.
Apple Ordered to Pay $308.5 Million for Patent Infringement of Technology Used in iTunes and App Store
Gizmodo - 22 Mar 2021 01:14
A years-old fight over the technology Apple uses in iTunes, App Store, and Apple Music has a new development. On Friday, a federal jury in Texas declared that Apple had indeed infringed a patent for a digital rights mana...
Mission to clear space junk using magnets set for launch
Digital Trends - 22 Mar 2021 05:40
A Japanese-made technology aimed at using magnets to clear low-Earth orbit of hazardous space debris is about to be put through its paces.
NFT goldrush: A roundup of the strangest nonfungible tokens - CNET
CNET - 22 Mar 2021 05:40
$400 for farts, $2.5 million for a tweet.
As more are vaccinated, it makes economic sense to gradually open the economy, study finds
Science Daily - 22 Mar 2021 23:49
Researchers conducted a data analysis that has found that as a larger portion of the population gets vaccinated against COVID-19, it becomes economically advantageous to start relaxing social distancing measures and open...
Jack Dorsey's first tweet sold as an NFT for an oddly specific $2,915,835.47
The Verge - 22 Mar 2021 20:58
Illustration by Alex Castro After it spent just over two weeks on the market, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has sold his first tweet as an NFT for the weirdly specific figure of $2,915,835.47. The winning bidder was Sina Estav...
Your Vaccination Card Will Score You Free Krispy Kreme Doughnuts All Year
Life Hacker - 22 Mar 2021 15:30
In case "not getting a deadly virus" isn't enough of a reason to offer up your arm for a couple of doses of the vaccine, Krispy Kreme wants to give you a little extra encouragement--in the form of free doughnuts all year...
Diamond color centers for nonlinear photonics
Phys.org - 22 Mar 2021 15:18
Researchers from the Department of Applied Physics at the University of Tsukuba demonstrated second-order nonlinear optical effects in diamonds by taking advantage of internal color center defects that break inversion sy...
Fitbit's new Tile tracking hook-in works with iOS and can ring your phone - CNET
CNET - 22 Mar 2021 15:00
It's the first Tile-connected wearable.
Gen Z is getting screwed by remote work, new Microsoft survey says - CNET
CNET - 22 Mar 2021 15:00
The tech giant, which surveyed more than 31,000 people across the world, found that younger people are losing out on career growth that happens in the office.
Deluge of DNA changes drives progression of fatal melanomas
Science Daily - 22 Mar 2021 14:55
Australian researchers have revealed how melanoma cells are flooded with DNA changes as this skin cancer progresses from early, treatable stages through to fatal end-stage disease.
Samsung's 2021 monitors boast USB-C power delivery and UHD resolutions
AppleInsider - 22 Mar 2021 14:51
Samsung has launched a new range of monitors for 2021, with the 12 screens across three product ranges including the 27-inch S80UA with a USB-C connection capable of recharging your MacBook Pro. Launched on Monday, the 2...
The man behind Google's 'Next Billion Users' is leaving the company
Android Central - 22 Mar 2021 13:45
Sengupta served as VP and Product Lead at Chrome OS before heading Next Billion Users. What you need to know Caesar Sengupta, the head of Google's Next Billion Users initiative is leaving the company. Along with the Next...
Apple 'surprised' by Australian app developer complaints
AppleInsider - 22 Mar 2021 13:37
Apple has told Australia's anti-competition authorities that it is "surprised" that developers have concerns about the App Store. App Store Apple is already in the midst of App Store legal disputes such as the ongoing ba...
(Why) do you think the Google Pixel's popularity is plummeting?
Android Central - 22 Mar 2021 13:04Test pilot Brian Binnie recounts his historic flight on SpaceShipOne and the future of private space travel in new book
SPACE.com - 22 Mar 2021 13:00
Brian Binne, veteran test pilot of SpaceShipOne, weighs in on flying the first commercial spacecraft and what the future of private space travel holds in his new book "The Magic and Menace of SpaceShipOne."
The mysterious core of Mars is on the large side, NASA's InSight lander data suggests
SPACE.com - 22 Mar 2021 13:00
NASA's InSight lander has spent more than a full Martian year stationed on the Red Planet, and scientists are pleased with the spacecraft's observations to date, despite the challenges Mars has posed.
Interstellar object 'Oumuamua is a pancake-shaped chunk of a Pluto-like planet
SPACE.com - 22 Mar 2021 13:00
'Oumuamua, the first known visitor from interstellar space, was likely a pancake-shaped chip off a Pluto-like world.
Why Russian scientists just deployed a giant telescope beneath Lake Baikal
SPACE.com - 22 Mar 2021 13:00
The enormous Baikal-GVD will look for the particles from 4,300 feet (1,310 meters) below the lake surface.
How to enable notification Bubbles in Samsung's One UI 3
Android Central - 22 Mar 2021 13:00
Notification Bubbles are a recent addition to Android that allows you to keep active conversations in a floating "bubble," similar to Facebook's old Chat Heads system. The implementation and setup varies from device to d...
Woman cries blood tears during menstruation in 'rare and unusual clinical case'
Live Science - 22 Mar 2021 13:00
In "a rare and unusual clinical case," doctors described a young woman whose menstrual cycle made her weep tears that were made of blood.