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How to Create a Contact Poster in iOS 17 (2023)
Wired - 27 Oct 2023 13:00
The new feature allows you to tailor how you appear on other people's devices when contacting them.
Infiniti's sleek Vision Qe concept is a reminder of the EVs it hasn't launched
The Verge - 27 Oct 2023 02:24
Don't expect Infiniti to make an EV like this any time soon. | Image: Infiniti Infiniti is looking to launch its first electric vehicle ever: a super sporty fastback sedan based on a newly revealed concept it calls the V...
Quantum flywheel could be fashioned from super-sized charged atoms
New Scientist - 27 Oct 2023 10:00
A flywheel helps smooth the output of mechanical energy from an engine, and now there is a blueprint for making a quantum version
All the best laptops you can snag for less during Dell's Black Friday Sneak Peek
Mashable - 27 Oct 2023 17:48
For its Black Friday Sneak Peek sales event, Dell is offering some juicy discounts on 2-in-1 laptops, traditional laptops, and gaming laptops. Grab these offers while they last.
Boston Dynamics uses ChatGPT to create a robot tour guide
Digital Trends - 27 Oct 2023 04:20
Find out what happened when a team of roboticists powered a robot dog with AI to create a tour guide that talks.
Sam Bankman-Fried is going to talk himself right into jail
The Verge - 27 Oct 2023 02:28
All I am going to say is that the Fifth Amendment exists for a reason. | Photo illustration by Cath Virgina / The Verge | Photo by Bloomberg, Getty Images Somehow, the least suspicious parts of his defense are the 288 au...
Improving Email Marketing With Generative AI. How it Can Help You and Tips Before Use
ReadWrite - 27 Oct 2023 22:00
Artificial intelligence is now being talked about on every corner. AI abruptly burst into everyday life and radically changed the […] The post Improving Email Marketing With Generative AI. How it Can Help You and Tips ...
A Murdered Israeli Filmmaker's Prophetic Warning, in "The Boy"
The New Yorker - 27 Oct 2023 14:31
Yahav Winner's final work captures the dissonance of life along the Israel-Gaza border.
Inside Elon Musk's First Election Crisis--a Day After He 'Freed' the Bird
Wired - 27 Oct 2023 12:00
Less than 48 hours after Musk bought Twitter, staff was scrambling to avert a potential legal crisis.
Apple Watch import ban up to Biden administration after ITC order
AppleInsider - 27 Oct 2023 03:00
Masimo's patent lawsuit against Apple may end in an Apple Watch ban after an ITC order, but it's up to President Biden's administration and potential appeals that will follow. Apple Watch sensors Masimo filed a lawsuit w...
JWST Sees Four Exoplanets in a Single System
Universe Today - 27 Oct 2023 22:44
When the JWST activated its penetrating infrared eyes in July 2022, it faced a massive wish-list of targets compiled by an eager international astronomy community. Distant, early galaxies, nascent planets forming in dust...
How to use the new Journal in iOS 17.2 and where it needs work
AppleInsider - 27 Oct 2023 19:31Bankman-Fried takes stand, says he made 'small mistakes'
Phys.org - 27 Oct 2023 18:43
Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, took the stand at his trial on Friday and said that while he may have made mistakes he did not commit fraud or steal from customers.
Scientists demonstrate electric control of atomic spin transitions
Phys.org - 27 Oct 2023 16:06
A new study published in Nature Communications delves into the manipulation of atomic-scale spin transitions using an external voltage, shedding light on the practical implementation of spin control at the nanoscale for ...
LIGO gravitational wave detector breaks 'quantum limit' to find deep universe black hole collisions
SPACE.com - 27 Oct 2023 16:00
The sensitivity of LIGO has squeezed the quantum limit, meaning it can now detect merging black holes and neutron stars on smaller scales and at greater distances than ever before.
NASA Updates Commercial Crew Planning Manifest
NASA Breaking news - 27 Oct 2023 15:40
NASA and its industry partners Boeing and SpaceX are planning for the next set of missions to the International Space Station for the agency's Commercial Crew Program. Crew-8 NASA's SpaceX Crew-8 mission to the orbiti...
Google expands bug bounty program to include rewards for AI attack scenarios
ZDNet - 27 Oct 2023 15:20
The tech giant issued over $12 million in rewards to security researchers as part of its bug bounty program in 2022.
3D-printed reactor core makes solar fuel production more efficient
Phys.org - 27 Oct 2023 15:02
In recent years, engineers at ETH Zurich have developed the technology to produce liquid fuels from sunlight and air. In 2019, they demonstrated the entire thermochemical process chain under real conditions for the first...
Slideshow: Winners of the 2023 Nikon Small World photomicroscopy competition
DP Review - 27 Oct 2023 15:00
Nikon Small World 2023 Photomicrography Competition Photographic subjects can be all shapes and sizes, from vast landscapes to tiny animals and everything in between. But what's often overlooked - and understandably so -...
Mortgage Refinance Rates on Oct. 27, 2023: Rates Tick Higher - CNET
CNET - 27 Oct 2023 13:42
Multiple important refinance rates were higher this week. Though refinance rates change daily, experts expect rates to continue to climb.
HP Omen 16 laptop review: An affordable RTX-powered gaming laptop
PC World - 27 Oct 2023 12:30
At a glance Expert's Rating Pros Well-built and comfortable to use Performance that lasts Fast screen with great picture The price Cons Only 1080p resolution Constant fan noise Not great battery life Some bloatware Our V...
Ford hits the brakes on $12 billion in EV spending because EVs are too expensive
The Verge - 27 Oct 2023 02:16
Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images Ford is postponing $12 billion in EV factory building, including a planned battery factory in Kentucky. The reasons given were an unwillingness by customers to pay extra for its electric...