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Billions of bugs: Meet the cicada chasers trailing Brood X - CNET
CNET - 25 Apr 2021 02:39
To find these cicada superfans, follow the insects' boisterous mating calls. It's "never-ending amazement."
Soon You May Not Have to Say 'Hey Google' to Get Your Phone's Google Assistant to Listen to You
Gizmodo - 25 Apr 2021 01:46
If you've ever wanted your Google Assistant to get moving without having to say, "hey Google," all the time, you may be getting your wish in the near future.
Fatal Apple supplier factory fire in Shanghai kills eight
AppleInsider - 25 Apr 2021 00:27
A total of eight people, including two firefighters, died at a major fire at a Shanghai factory owned by Apple supplier Casetek on Thursday. The fire at the Shanghai factory of Shengrui Electronic Technology on Thursday ...
Microbes could potentially live beneath the surface of Mars, new study suggests
Digital Trends - 25 Apr 2021 16:20
New research suggests that the area beneath Mars's surface, called the subsurface, might be potentially hospitable for life.
Why Elon Musk's first Loop is, and isn't, as silly as you think
Engadget - 25 Apr 2021 16:00Our nearest neighboring star emits record-breaking stellar flare
Digital Trends - 25 Apr 2021 15:44
Our neighboring star, Proxima Centauri, has emitted a stellar flare is 100 times more powerful than any solar flare from our sun.
Google Assistant shortcut test removes hotword for certain tasks
Slash Gear - 25 Apr 2021 14:58
Saying ‘Hey Google’ for every small thing can get annoying, but the hotword serves an important purpose: it lets the voice assistant know when you’re addressing it. For this reason, completely eliminating the hotwo...
Student loan forbearance ends in September. Here's what you can do to prepare - CNET
CNET - 25 Apr 2021 14:00
Get ready. It'll soon be time to start making those payments.
Cloud seeding hopes to help fight drought by increasing rain - CNET
CNET - 25 Apr 2021 14:00China's commercial sector finds funding and direction
Space News - 25 Apr 2021 13:39
China has experienced an explosion of commercial space companies since 2014, driven by the government opening up the space sector to private capital. SpaceNews
Proxima Centauri shoots out humongous flare, with big implications for alien life
SPACE.com - 25 Apr 2021 13:37
Scientists have detected the largest stellar flare ever recorded from Proxima Centauri. The finding changes what we know about stellar flares and the potential for alien life around red dwarfs.
Can our brains help prove the universe is conscious?
SPACE.com - 25 Apr 2021 13:26
Leading scientists have long pondered how matter gives rise to our subjective experience of reality and believe consciousness could even permeate space and time.
Why lawmakers are so interested in Apple's and Google's "rents"
Ars Technica - 25 Apr 2021 13:15
You can't understand the app store debate without some grasp of antitrust jargon.
Trump Blasts Biden for Firing Almost No One in First Hundred Days
The New Yorker - 25 Apr 2021 23:56
At the rate Biden is going, Trump said, "He's going to be looking across his desk at the same losers the entire time he's in office."
Alan Taylor to Adapt Fantasy Novel Stone Junction for Starlight Media
Gizmodo - 25 Apr 2021 23:49
How does one go from directing mobster movies to directing fantasy? Alan Taylor might have the answer.
Ingenuity takes its third flight on Mars
The Verge - 25 Apr 2021 23:36
Ingenuity lifts off from the Martian surface | NASA/JPL NASA's tiny Ingenuity helicopter made its third successful flight on Mars early Sunday, and flew higher and faster than it did even when it was being tested on Eart...
California plans to end oil extraction by 2045
Engadget - 25 Apr 2021 23:21New Trailers: Ted Lasso, Fathom, Annette, The Conjuring, and more
The Verge - 25 Apr 2021 23:14
Ted Lasso returns | Photo by SAGAwards2021 via Getty Images The Oscars are tonight and despite my best efforts I still haven't seen all the Best Picture contenders, so will hold off on making predictions (but honestly no...
U.S. military's appetite for information fueling demand for space technology
Space News - 25 Apr 2021 23:13
Demand for space-based capabilities is growing across the U.S. military, said Gen. David Thompson, vice chief of space operations of the U.S. Space Force. SpaceNews
India Cracks Down on Social Media Posts Criticizing Its Pandemic Response Amid Brutal Second Wave
Gizmodo - 25 Apr 2021 23:11
India's government reportedly ordered Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to censor dozens of posts criticizing the administration's response to the pandemic, arguing that they were misleading or could hinder emergency resp...
Twitter reportedly removes tweets critical of Indian government's COVID-19 response - CNET
CNET - 25 Apr 2021 22:36
Cases are surging in the country, with many criticizing the government's handling of the pandemic.