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The Southwest Is Experiencing the Worst Drought in Over 1,200 Years - CNET
CNET - 19 Feb 2022 03:00
Nearly half of the megadrought can be attributed to human-caused climate change, a new study finds.
EU Challenges China Over Telecom Patents - CNET
CNET - 19 Feb 2022 02:40
The European Union is helping for companies in its member countries protect their telecom technology patents by legally challenging China.
Cook With Confidence: Pots, Pans, Deep Fryers and More Are Marked Down Today - CNET
CNET - 19 Feb 2022 18:28
Refresh your kitchen with new, high-performing cookware from T-Fal and get back to making the recipes you love the most.
Scientists discovered a strange new type of star that has them puzzled
BGR - 19 Feb 2022 05:19
A new study written by German astronomers outlines a new type of star we've never seen before. The new hot subdwarf star was discovered by a team of researchers led by Professor Klaus Werner from the University of Tübin...
Engineers build a lower-energy chip that can prevent hackers from extracting hidden information from a smart device
Phys.org - 19 Feb 2022 03:00
A heart attack patient, recently discharged from the hospital, is using a smartwatch to help monitor his electrocardiogram signals. The smartwatch may seem secure, but the neural network processing that health informatio...
Solar Orbiter spacecraft captures huge eruption on the sun (video)
SPACE.com - 19 Feb 2022 01:39
It's the largest solar prominence eruption ever observed in a single image, along with the full disk of the sun.
CDC Confirms Power of Anime (and Ventilation) Prevented NYC Con From Being an Omicron Superspreader
Gizmodo - 19 Feb 2022 01:00
The Center for Disease Control released a study yesterday that the 2021 Anime NYC convention was not a superspreader event, despite the attendance of one of the first known people in the U.S. to have been infected with t...
Confident, Energetic, and Powerful: Fashion Photography by Chantel Philip
The Phoblographer - 19 Feb 2022 01:00
"I definitely always stood out, and I loved it," says Chantel Philip, a photographer based on the East Coast. She spoke to us about her relationship with fashion and her journey into being a professional fashion photogra...
Brains of Cosmonauts Get 'Rewired' to Adapt to Long-Term Space Missions
Neuroscience News - 19 Feb 2022 00:57
The brain's structural connectivity alters as a result of long-duration space missions, a new study reports. The most significant changes were identified in white matter tracts, including the sensorimotor tract.
Justice Department Appoints First Director of National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team
The Hacker News - 19 Feb 2022 14:30How to watch NASA launch a cargo ship to the ISS today
Digital Trends - 19 Feb 2022 11:48
Today, Saturday February 19, NASA and Northrop Grumman will launch a resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Here's how to watch.
Webb team brings 18 dots of starlight into hexagonal formation
Phys.org - 19 Feb 2022 11:32
The James Webb Space Telescope team continues to make progress in aligning the observatory's mirrors. Engineers have completed the first stage in this process, called "Segment Image Identification." The resulting image s...
Musk donates satellite gear to reconnect Tonga
Phys.org - 19 Feb 2022 11:26
Tonga says space entrepreneur and Tesla founder Elon Musk has donated 50 satellite terminals to help the volcano-damaged Pacific island reconnect with the world.
Critical Flaw Uncovered in WordPress Backup Plugin Used by Over 3 Million Sites
The Hacker News - 19 Feb 2022 08:25Alessa Grande's Beautiful Portraits Show That Everyone Is Perfect
The Phoblographer - 19 Feb 2022 07:00
"I am an artist photographer," writes Alessa Grande in her artist bio. Hailing from Salzburg, Germany, she found inspiration to enter the world of photography from her father. After borrowing his camera, she became hooke...
Read exactly how Microsoft's $68.7 billion deal for Activision Blizzard came together
The Verge - 19 Feb 2022 05:54
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Microsoft shocked the tech and gaming world on January 18th when it announced it would acquire Activision Blizzard in a $68.7 billion deal, by far the biggest ever in gaming. Activision ...
Influencers beware: promoting the wrong crypto could mean facing a class-action lawsuit
The Verge - 19 Feb 2022 05:15
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The story of BitConnect doesn't include any rapping Forbes bloggers slash money launderers or dubiously-obtained ape JPGs, but this "pyramid-on-Ponzi" case has spawned a court ruli...
Here's what people are saying about Space Force season 2, which just hit Netflix
BGR - 19 Feb 2022 04:17
“Space is … hard” and “Nowhere to go but up” read some of the Netflix promotional language and posters tied to Space Force season 2, the satirical, half-hour workplace comedy that skewers the creation of the re...
Brydge Air MAX+ iPad wireless keyboard has a multi-touch trackpad & antimicrobial protection
The Gadget Flow - 19 Feb 2022 03:00
Transform your iPad into a laptop-like state with the Brydge Air MAX+ iPad wireless keyboard. Compatible with various iPad models, it includes a multi-touch trackpad to conveniently scroll through search engines and docu...
Hiddenite: A new AI processor for reduced computational power consumption based on a cutting-edge neural network theory
Phys.org - 19 Feb 2022 03:00
A new accelerator chip called Hiddenite that can achieve state-of-the-art accuracy in the calculation of sparse hidden neural networks with lower computational burdens has now been developed by Tokyo Tech researchers. By...
Wallet-sized device focuses terahertz energy to generate high-resolution images
Phys.org - 19 Feb 2022 03:00
Researchers have created a device that enables them to electronically steer and focus a beam of terahertz electromagnetic energy with extreme precision. This opens the door to high-resolution, real-time imaging devices t...
Credit card-sized device focuses terahertz energy to generate high-resolution images
MIT - 19 Feb 2022 03:00
The advance may enable real-time imaging devices that are smaller, cheaper, and more robust than other systems.