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Android 12 Beta 3 for Android TV adds 4K UI and refresh rate switching
Slash Gear - 15 Jul 2021 06:07
Google just released the third beta of Android 12, taking the next version of the platform one step closer to general availability. While that announcement focused primarily on smartphones and tablets, those aren’t the...
NASA's Mars Perseverance rover snaps shots of unique rock formation in 'ancient lakebed'
Fox News - 15 Jul 2021 03:15
NASA's Mars rover Perseverance has stumbled upon a unique rock formation in an ancient lakebed, the latest reported discovery in the robot's exploration of the Red Planet.
Microbes burping methane on Mars may be right next to NASA rover
New Scientist - 15 Jul 2021 15:00
Something just a few dozen kilometres from NASA's Curiosity rover seems to be generating methane - a finding with potential implications in the continuing search for life on Mars
'Values cannot be words on a wall': PayPal CEO Dan Schulman on why corporations must end racial discrimination
USA Today - 15 Jul 2021 06:07Brain implant turns thoughts into words to help paralyzed man 'speak' again - CNET
CNET - 15 Jul 2021 04:59
The UCSF research taps a brain-computer interface to turn attempted speech into typing. It's funded by Facebook, which is shifting its own focus on neural tech.
Google foldable phone tipped again in Samsung UTG display rumor
Slash Gear - 15 Jul 2021 03:34
Samsung’s next-gen foldable phones are less than a month away from being revealed, but they might not be the only foldable phones coming soon. These foldable devices will succeed or fail depending on the material used ...
SolarWinds hackers used iOS zero-day to penetrate iPhones used by government officials
AppleInsider - 15 Jul 2021 03:17
A newly uncovered zero-day exploit impacting older versions of iOS was leveraged by Russia-backed hackers in a campaign that targeted officials of Western European governments. Outlined by Google's Threat Analysis team i...
Watch NASA's gorgeous Jupiter flyby with Vangelis soundtrack
Digital Trends - 15 Jul 2021 02:45
Check out this gorgeous video showing a flyby of Jupiter's Ganymede moon, as well as Jupiter itself, captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft.
Blue Origin donates $19 million to space nonprofits ahead of Jeff Bezos' launch
SPACE.com - 15 Jul 2021 02:20
Blue Origin's nonprofit Club for the Future is donating $1 million apiece to 19 space organizations. The money was raised by selling a seat on Blue Origin's upcoming first crewed spaceflight.
Adding logical qubits to Sycamore quantum computer reduces error rate
Phys.org - 15 Jul 2021 16:12
The Google Quantum AI team has found that adding logical qubits to the company's quantum computer reduced the logical qubit error rate exponentially. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the group describes th...
Do Those Email Confidentiality 'Disclaimers' Really Mean Anything?
Life Hacker - 15 Jul 2021 16:00
If you've ever received an email from your bank, accountant, lawyer, or doctor (or any number of other professionals), you've also likely seen a disclaimer at the bottom of the message regarding confidentiality. It may h...
Study finds physicians are widely effective messengers of Covid-19 information
MIT - 15 Jul 2021 16:00
Results suggest people of all races and political affiliations can be influenced with accurate and clear information conveyed by trusted experts, such as physicians.
Massive Tsunami From Dino-Killing Asteroid Carved 'Megaripples' Into the Ocean Floor
Gizmodo - 15 Jul 2021 15:52
The asteroid that killed off all non-avian dinosaurs made quite the splash when it hit the Yucatan Peninsula some 66 million years ago, generating a tsunami of epic proportions. Seafloor scars from this gigantic wave hav...
Bird attempts to make it harder to scoot under the influence
Mashable - 15 Jul 2021 15:00
Electric scooter company Bird is putting up a digital speed bump to keep riders from scooting under the influence. A new "checkpoint" feature in the Bird app was announced in a blog post on Thursday. Once the feature is ...
The Internet Is Mad About a Hunter Biden Art Show That Doesn't Exist
Motherboard - 15 Jul 2021 15:00
Through a series of fake news stories sp
A Coffee Shortage Is Driving Up Prices, And You Can Blame Climate Change
Motherboard - 15 Jul 2021 15:00
Record drought in Brazil, the world's largest coffee producer, is reducing crop yields and driving up the price of beans.
China's Cyberspies Targeting Southeast Asian Government Entities
The Hacker News - 15 Jul 2021 14:57
A sweeping and "highly active campaign" that originally set its sights on Myanmar has broadened its focus to strike a number of targets located in the Philippines, according to new research. Russian cybersecurity firm Ka...
Spotify is down so you can't listen to podcasts while making breakfast
Mashable - 15 Jul 2021 14:44
If your Spotify isn't doing what it's supposed to do today, you're not alone. According to Downdetector, as well as numerous complaints on Twitter, Spotify isn't working for a lot of people right now. For us at Mashable,...
New Zero-Trust API Offers Mobile Carrier Authentication to Developers
The Hacker News - 15 Jul 2021 14:43
Zero Trust is increasingly being adopted as the best strategy to maintain application security and prevent data breaches. To help achieve progress on Zero Trust, there is now a new, easy way to implement continuous user ...
World's first 3D-printed steel footbridge unveiled by robot
Phys.org - 15 Jul 2021 14:12
The bridge, which is over four years in the making and is led by Dutch company MX3D, will be a "living laboratory" in Amsterdam's city center. Using its vast network of installed sensors, Imperial College London research...
Researchers enhance cancer-fighting radiation therapy with iodine nanoparticles
Slash Gear - 15 Jul 2021 13:11
One of the most researched diseases scientists around the world are fighting to cure is cancer. Recently, researchers discovered a way to enhance radiation therapy using novel iodine nanoparticles. The team says cancer c...
Safari Zero-Day Used in Malicious LinkedIn Campaign
Threatpost - 15 Jul 2021 13:04
Researchers shed light on how attackers exploited Apple web browser vulnerabilities to target government officials in Western Europe.