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Study suggests energy-efficient route to capturing and converting CO2
MIT - 6 Sep 2023 20:15
The findings, based on a single electrochemical process, could help cut emissions from the hardest-to-decarbonize industries, such as steel and cement.
Do Old Macs Still Get Security Updates? What You Should Know
The Mac Observer - 6 Sep 2023 22:56
Do Old Macs Still Get Security Updates? What You Should Know Need to know if old Macs still get security updates? As someone who still sports a 2013 MacBook Pro, I know security is often on my mind. Over time, however, I...
How to Fix Visual Lookup Not Working on iPhone | Quick Guide
The Mac Observer - 6 Sep 2023 07:23
How to Fix Visual Lookup Not Working on iPhone | Quick Guide Fix Visual Look Up not working on your iPhone and iPad and identify objects like animals, plants. from your photos and learn more about them. This post How to ...
NASA's Lunar Orbiter Spots India's Historic Landing Site on the Moon
Gizmodo - 6 Sep 2023 17:55
India's Chandrayaan-3 lander was spotted on the Moon just a few days after touching down on its cratered surface near the lunar south pole.
Harry Styles is in one of Netflix's most popular movies now. Here's why you should watch it
Digital Trends - 6 Sep 2023 21:30
Harry Styles starred in one of 2022's most talked about films. It's now one of Netflix's most popular movies this week. Here's why you should watch it.
GPT-4 wins chatbot lawyer contest - but is still not as good as humans
New Scientist - 6 Sep 2023 00:06
Several AI chatbots were tested to see how well they could perform legal reasoning and tasks used by human lawyers in everyday practice - GPT-4 performed the best, but still wasn't great
Jersey Numbers and Perception: How Numbers Impact Our View of Athlete Physique
Neuroscience News - 6 Sep 2023 21:23
A new study confirms that football wide receivers wearing jersey numbers between 10 and 19 are perceived as slimmer than those wearing 80-89, even with identical body sizes. This phenomenon suggests our brains use statis...
Starfield 'Potato Mode' mod lets this year's hottest game run on a toaster
PC World - 6 Sep 2023 20:55
Starfield is the game everyone’s talking about right now. But unless you have an Xbox or a gaming PC with some pretty decent specs, you’re left out of the conversation. Or are you? If you want to run Bethesda’s lat...
This 2016 sci-fi film is one of Netflix's most popular movies now. Here's why you should watch it
Digital Trends - 6 Sep 2023 23:00
This 2016 sci-fi film starring Avengers star Jeremy Renner is one of Netflix's most popular movies now. Find out what it is and why you should watch it.
Athletes may look bigger if they wear higher numbers on their jerseys
New Scientist - 6 Sep 2023 21:00
Volunteers judged cartoon American football players to be slimmer when they had a lower number on their jersey
Three CISOs Share How to Run an Effective SOC
The Hacker News - 6 Sep 2023 13:22
The role of the CISO keeps taking center stage as a business enabler: CISOs need to navigate the complex landscape of digital threats while fostering innovation and ensuring business continuity. Three CISOs; Troy Wilkins...
Google rebrands 'android' as 'Android' to remove any doubt about its affiliations
The Register - 6 Sep 2023 08:46
'Bugdroid' goes a bit 'Village People' to become 'as dynamic as Android itself' LOGOWATCH Google may have felt that 12,000 of its workers were surplus to requirements, but the search and ads giant has clearly kept plenty...
Polestar's new electric car will have a smartphone to match
Mashable - 6 Sep 2023 14:09
Polestar plans to launch a smartphone alongside its Polestar 4 EV in China this year.
Array of piezoelectric transducers offers long-distance, low-power underwater communication
Phys.org - 6 Sep 2023 17:31
MIT researchers have demonstrated the first system for ultra-low-power underwater networking and communication, which can transmit signals across kilometer-scale distances.
The Spectrum / Disney blackout led a US Open player to pirate the US Open
The Verge - 6 Sep 2023 16:55
Photo by Sarah Stier / Getty Images Whenever there's another of these drawn-out carriage disputes between cable providers and content owners -- and they happen often -- I always say that the customers are the ones who ge...
Meatbag mishaps more menacing than malware? CISOs think so
The Register - 6 Sep 2023 15:20
Company boards, on the other hand, aren't letting cybersecurity disturb their sleep as much Chief information security officers (or CISOs) see human error as the most significant risk to data protection compared to other...
How China Demands Tech Firms Reveal Hackable Flaws in Their Products
Wired - 6 Sep 2023 15:00
Some foreign companies may be complying--potentially offering China's spies hints for hacking their customers.
Apple's iMessage gets a reprieve from EU digital gatekeeper law
AppleInsider - 6 Sep 2023 14:45
Both Apple's iMessage and Microsoft's Bing appear to have been removed from compliance with the EU's Digital Markets Act while the company's protests are investigated. The Digital Markets Act (DMA) was really created spe...
Amazon tweaks in-garage delivery option, so now you might have to pay
Digital Trends - 6 Sep 2023 08:25
Amazon's In-Garage Delivery option is currently free no matter what day you have a package delivered, but from next month that will change.
US AGs: We need law to purge the web of AI-drawn child sex abuse material
The Register - 6 Sep 2023 02:02
Deepfakes of underage girls sets off alarm bells for legal eagles The National Association of Attorneys General, the body that all US states and territories use to collaboratively address legal issues, has urged Congress...
Lawsuit Accuses Twitter of Helping Saudi Arabia Pursue Online Dissidents
Gizmodo - 6 Sep 2023 01:30
A lawsuit accuses the company formerly known as Twitter (now renamed X by Elon Musk) of helping the government of Saudi Arabia to spy on and violate the human rights of Saudi political dissidents. The legal complaint, wh...
Australia launching moon rover on NASA Artemis mission as soon as 2026
SPACE.com - 6 Sep 2023 00:00
Australia will launch its first moon rover as early as 2026, on one of NASA's Artemis missions. And you can help name the rover -- if you're an Australian resident.