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Beware: Tricky phishing email targeting Twitter Blue subscribers with X rebranding confusion
9 to 5 Mac - 27 Jul 2023 22:32
Twitter's abrupt rebrand to the letter X is leaving a lot of users confused about the direction of the platform. With this comes an opportunity for cybercriminals, who are now taking advantage of the chaos with some of t...
Castlevania: Nocturne's first trailer puts Richter Belmont in the revolutionary spotlight
The Verge - 27 Jul 2023 17:00
Richter Belmont getting ready to take some vampires down. | Image: Netflix When Netflix's first Castlevania animated series drew to a close in its fourth season, the vampiric menace threatening to plunge the world into d...
Blood of Young Mice Extends Life in the Old
The New York Times - 27 Jul 2023 17:00
Infusions of youthful blood led older mice to live 6 to 9 percent longer, a new study found.
How to use FaceTime on Apple TV with Continuity Camera on iPhone
AppleInsider - 27 Jul 2023 20:17
A new feature of tvOS 17 and iOS 17 brings FaceTime video to Apple TV 4K. Here's how to get it set up, and how it works. FaceTime with an Apple TV FaceTime has been limited to devices with cameras since its inception. Ho...
Snoopy watchOS 10 faces spotted in latest beta
AppleInsider - 27 Jul 2023 13:56
The promised animated Snoopy watch faces have now appeared in the latest beta of watchOS 10, bringing both Snoopy and Woodstock to life. Among the many new features of watchOS 10, quite possibly the smallest yet definite...
Verizon and AT&T raising prices for the second time this year, here's who is impacted
9 to 5 Mac - 27 Jul 2023 22:59
In the spring of this year, we saw both Verizon and AT&T raise their prices. Now both carriers have shared that customers on legacy plans will be seeing another increase between $2.50 and $3/month per line. Here are all ...
Controlling the electro-optic response of a perovskite coupled to a phonon-resonant cavity
Phys.org - 27 Jul 2023 22:05
Electron-phonon scattering is often the primary mechanism limiting electron mobility in semiconductors. Thus, changing phonon properties can provide a way to control conductivity. Recently, there has been a growing inter...
Deep Fake Love is the cruelest Netflix reality show, and it's not even close
BGR - 27 Jul 2023 00:15
Participants sit down in a white chair, facing a giant screen. Ominously, the presenter asks if they’re ready, at which point footage of the participant’s … The post Deep Fake Love is the cruelest Netflix reality s...
The Historic Battles of "Hot Labor Summer"
The New Yorker - 27 Jul 2023 12:14
E. Tammy Kim discusses today's big stories of workers fighting back: the Hollywood strikes, the UPS tentative agreement, and the United Auto Workers' expiring contract.
We can't see dark matter, but there is an ingenious way to map it
Digital Trends - 27 Jul 2023 15:30
Dark matter isn't visible to the human eye, or even telescopes, but there is an ingenious way to map its presence across the universe.
The kilowatt's out of the bag for Tesla's V4 Supercharger
BGR - 27 Jul 2023 01:31
Well, the internet sleuths have done it again. We finally know how much power Tesla’s newest Supercharger can put out. Four months ago, Tesla’s next-generation … The post The kilowatt’s out of the bag for Tesla�...
Volkswagen profits dip as it struggles in China
Phys.org - 27 Jul 2023 10:05
Volkswagen said Thursday its profits slipped in the second quarter as it battles to regain ground in China, the German auto giant's most important market.
Two of the most underrated Zelda games are now available on Nintendo Switch Online
The Verge - 27 Jul 2023 13:04
Thank you Nintendo, now can we please have some GameCube titles? I miss playing Twilight Princess. | Image: Nintendo / Jess Weatherbed Nintendo has announced that two new retro Zelda games -- The Legend of Zelda: Oracle ...
NASA's Juno probe finds giant swirling waves in Jupiter's magnetosphere
SPACE.com - 27 Jul 2023 16:00
Data from NASA's Juno mission shows that the spacecraft routinely encounters giant swirling waves, or vortices, at the boundary between the planet's magnetic field and the solar wind.
Researchers jailbreak AI chatbots, including ChatGPT
Mashable - 27 Jul 2023 23:09
If you know the right string of seemingly random characters to add to the end of a prompt, it turns out just about any chatbot will turn evil. A report by Carnegie Mellon computer science professor Zico Kolter and doctor...
Nvidia's rumored GeForce RTX 4090 Ti now rumored to be canceled
PC World - 27 Jul 2023 20:27
Nvidia’s ferocious GeForce RTX 4090 is a fire-breathing monster of a graphics cards, delighting gamers with 24GB of VRAM, unrivaled gaming performance, and steep power requirements to feed the beast. Its $1600 price ta...
Waymo kills off autonomous trucking program
Ars Technica - 27 Jul 2023 19:33
Ride hailing will let Waymo focus on "near-term" commercial success.
Samsung Mobile Chief: Foldable Phones Are Almost as Popular as the Galaxy Note - CNET
CNET - 27 Jul 2023 01:00
The new Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Galaxy Z Fold 5 could push Samsung's foldable sales past those of its now extinct Note, T.M. Roh says in an interview with CNET.
Lionel Messi brings surge of viewers to Apple soccer streaming service
Cult of Mac - 27 Jul 2023 23:33
Apple pinned its hopes on soccer superstar Lionel Messi boosting interest in its MLS Season Pass, and the gamble is apparently paying off. (via Cult of Mac - Tech and culture through an Apple lens)
The Trip of a Lifetime: Photographing the Wild Shores of Greenland
PetaPixel - 27 Jul 2023 23:32The Sous-Vide Circulator Is a Forgetful Cook's Best Friend
Life Hacker - 27 Jul 2023 22:00
I am not what anyone would call "organized." I don't have a planner, I rarely write in the hundreds of notebooks I've accumulated over the years, and I do not meal plan, even though it would greatly benefit me to do so. ...
Two New Vulnerabilities Could Affect 40% of Ubuntu Cloud Workloads
SecurityWeek - 27 Jul 2023 15:00
Researchers discovered two vulnerabilities in the Ubuntu OverlayFS module: CVE-2023-2640 and CVE-2023-32629 (together dubbed 'GameOver(lay)'). The post Two New Vulnerabilities Could Affect 40% of Ubuntu Cloud Workloads a...