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Microsoft's Xbox Elite Wireless Controller Series 2 Core is 15 percent off right now
Engadget - 6 Mar 2023 11:02Don't Rely on Your Pixel Watch to Wake You Up
Life Hacker - 6 Mar 2023 21:00
The best alarm clock is the one on your wrist. Smartwatches can wake you with gentle taps, rather than blaring alarms, resulting in a more peaceful morning for you and anyone else your traditional alarm might otherwise a...
Apple's dystopian drama Silo starts streaming in May
The Verge - 6 Mar 2023 17:00
Rashida Jonesin Silo. | Image: Apple Apple has another dark drama coming to its streaming service. Today, the company showed off the first teaser trailer for Silo, a dystopian series based on the novels by Hugh Howey. It...
Forget Collars--There's a Kinder Way to Track Polar Bears in the Arctic
Gizmodo - 6 Mar 2023 18:15
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What's the smallest known asteroid? What about the largest?
Live Science - 6 Mar 2023 12:00
Not all asteroids are planet-killers -- most are tiny and others are huge. So what are the largest and smallest asteroids in the solar system?
Building bits of brain in the lab will change our minds
The Register - 6 Mar 2023 11:30
Wake up and smell the cortex Opinion In Hollywood, brains in jars mean three things. Mad scientists at work, we are tampering with forces we cannot control, and something monstrous is coming. We are now making brains in ...
Critical Vulnerabilities Allow Hackers to Take Full Control of Wago PLCs
SecurityWeek - 6 Mar 2023 11:20
Wago has patched critical vulnerabilities that can allow hackers to take complete control of its programmable logic controllers (PLCs). The post Critical Vulnerabilities Allow Hackers to Take Full Control of Wago PLCs ap...
Experts Discover Flaw in U.S. Govt's Chosen Quantum-Resistant Encryption Algorithm
The Hacker News - 6 Mar 2023 10:30
A group of researchers has revealed what it says is a vulnerability in a specific implementation of CRYSTALS-Kyber, one of the encryption algorithms chosen by the U.S. government as quantum-resistant last year. The explo...
Galaxies' missing matter may be found - but now there's too much of it
New Scientist - 6 Mar 2023 10:00
Most galaxies seemed to be missing a huge proportion of the matter we expected them to have - now researchers may have found its hiding spot, but the discovery contradicts accepted models of galaxy formation
US adds Inspur - friend to Intel, IBM, Cisco and hyperscalers - to export ban list
The Register - 6 Mar 2023 02:58
Loongson, China's most advanced chipmaker and a desktop contender, also added to entity list The US Department of Commerce last week added Inspur Group to its entity list of Chinese businesses that US orgs can only work ...
The Pocket Sonar Was A Strange Game Boy Accessory That Helped You Fish
Slash Gear - 6 Mar 2023 01:12
The Game Boy, despite packing modest hardware, could be used as a small computer. One accessory that took advantage of it was a fishing sonar accessory.
Real AI Will Need Biology: Computers Powered by Human Brain Cells
Neuroscience News - 6 Mar 2023 00:35
The human brain continues to massively outperform AI technology in a range of tasks, a new study reports. Researchers outline their plans for biocomputers and organoid intelligence systems as future improvements for arti...
Police are using Facebook chat logs to prosecute abortion seekers
Mashable - 6 Mar 2023 00:04
In the immediate aftermath of the reversal of Roe v. Wade, women worried data from their period-tracking apps could be used to prosecute them for having an abortion. Now, women and people with uteruses need to consider w...
Stars Can Eat Their Planets...and Spit Them Back Out Again
Universe Today - 6 Mar 2023 21:14
As tragic as it is, engulfment of a planetary object by its stellar parent is a common scenario throughout the universe. But it doesn’t have to end in doom. A team of astrophysicists have used computer simulations to d...
All-in-One PC deal knocks $650 off Lenovo's answer to the iMac
Digital Trends - 6 Mar 2023 20:15
This all-in-one PC deal from Lenovo let's you save big on the Yoga AIO 7 AMD desktop PC with a rotatable touchscreen display.
Business Lobby Tries to Weaken Law Regulating Bias in Hiring Algorithms
Motherboard - 6 Mar 2023 18:53
As AI hiring tools get more popular, they've attracted scrutiny for potential biases--and lawsuits claiming they can discriminate on the basis of age, gender, and race.
Best Wireless Charger for 2023 - CNET
CNET - 6 Mar 2023 16:45
These are our top picks for the best wireless chargers in 2023 for phones, smartwatches and wireless earbuds.
Mortgage Rates for March 6, 2023: Rates Increased - CNET
CNET - 6 Mar 2023 16:00
Over the past week, a few major mortgage rates have crept higher. The Fed's interest rate hikes are increasing costs for prospective homebuyers.
AI is making a long-running scam even more effective
Digital Trends - 6 Mar 2023 14:05
Artificial intelligence is making it even easier for determined scammers to gain potentially huge cash payments from unsuspecting victims.
DJI Mavic 3 Enterprise series everyday commercial drones come in 2 unique models
The Gadget Flow - 6 Mar 2023 14:00
Redefine the way you’ve used commercial drones with the DJI Mavic 3 Enterprise series everyday commercial drones. They come in two unique models-the DJI Mavic 3E and the DJI Mavic 3T. This set of drones takes mapping a...
ChatGPT's API Is Here. Let the AI Gold Rush Begin
Wired - 6 Mar 2023 14:00
Businesses can now get paid for services built on the large language model, meaning chatbots are going to start appearing everywhere.
Experts Reveal Google Cloud Platform's Blind Spot for Data Exfiltration Attacks
The Hacker News - 6 Mar 2023 13:51
Malicious actors can take advantage of "insufficient" forensic visibility into Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to exfiltrate sensitive data, a new research has found. "Unfortunately, GCP does not provide the level of visibil...