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Ikea's smart lights can now automatically adjust throughout the day
The Verge - 5 Dec 2024 16:36
Ikea has updated its smart home app to bring dynamic lighting to its smart lights. | Image: Ikea Ikea updated its Home smart mobile app this week with a new dynamic lighting feature that will automatically adjust the col...
NASA Flips Efficient Wing Concept for Testing
NASA Breaking news - 5 Dec 2024 01:00
Upside down can be right side up. That's what NASA researchers determined for tests of an efficient wing concept that could be part of the agency's answer to making future aircraft sustainable. Research from NASA's Advan...
You Can Now Use Uber to Harass Neighbors by Sending Carolers to Their Door
Gizmodo - 5 Dec 2024 21:25
Uber is re-upping its Christmas tree delivery service, but this year's festivities also include a door-to-door amateur chorus.
Researcher creates 30% stronger concrete using nanocrystals and nanofibers
BGR - 5 Dec 2024 02:05
Researchers at Purdue University have found a way to make concrete 30 percent stronger. Tests run against the new concrete show it is able to … The post Researcher creates 30% stronger concrete using nanocrystals and n...
Most Teens Recover From Long Covid Within Two Years
Neuroscience News - 5 Dec 2024 00:59
A large study tracking young people with long Covid found that 70% of those affected had recovered within two years, though 30% continued to experience symptoms. Researchers analyzed data from over 12,000 participants, d...
Herbicide Exposure Linked to Long-Term Brain Inflammation, Alzheimer's
Neuroscience News - 5 Dec 2024 00:43
New research reveals that glyphosate, a widely used herbicide, can cause lasting brain inflammation and accelerate Alzheimer's-like pathology in mice. Even short-term exposure resulted in persistent inflammatory markers ...
Apple wants faster RAM in the iPhone to help speed up Apple Intelligence
AppleInsider - 5 Dec 2024 17:52
Apple is working with Samsung to change how RAM is packaged for the iPhone, with the aim of widening the bandwidth to help in AI tasks. Apple Intelligence on an iPhone will benefit from faster memory While most smartphon...
James Webb spots ancient Spiderweb cluster that's 10 billion years old
Digital Trends - 5 Dec 2024 16:58
An image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows a group of galaxies called the Spiderweb protocluster, and it dates to when the universe was young.
OpenAI strikes content deal with Tom's Guide owner Future
The Verge - 5 Dec 2024 15:41
Illustration: The Verge OpenAI is partnering with Future, the publisher behind Tom's Guide, PC Gamer, TechRadar, Marie Claire, and many other websites and magazines. The deal will give ChatGPT users access to news and li...
Large language models can be squeezed onto your phone -- rather than needing 1000s of servers to run -- after breakthrough
Live Science - 5 Dec 2024 15:00
Running massive AI models locally on smartphones or laptops may be possible after a new compression algorithm trims down their size -- meaning your data never leaves your device. The catch is that it might drain your bat...
Old PC Games Will Be Playable Again Thanks to GOG's Preservation Efforts
Gizmodo - 5 Dec 2024 14:05
In an exclusive interview, GOG, with its new Good Old Games preservation label, promises to preserve out-of-print titles, even ones that publishers try to delist.
Apps Don't Work After Updating to iOS 18.1.1? Here's What to Do
The Mac Observer - 5 Dec 2024 09:12
Apps Don't Work After Updating to iOS 18.1.1? Here’s What to Do Have you noticed that some apps on your iPhone don’t work after installing iOS 18.1.1? Apparently, this is one of the biggest problems with this, at fir...
Humane wants to put the AI Pin's software inside your phone, car, and smart speaker
The Verge - 5 Dec 2024 02:09
Image: Humane Humane, which makes the not-great AI Pin, wants other companies to build AI devices and gadgets that use its CosmOS operating system, and it has released a video that appears to show that the company alread...
Liquid on Mars was not necessarily all water
MIT - 5 Dec 2024 00:25
New study proposes that some of the minerals seen on Mars today may have formed in liquid CO2 instead of water.
Save $100 on the Amazon Echo Frames, get a free Echo Spot
Android Authority - 5 Dec 2024 23:58
Save $100 on the Amazon Echo Frames and get a free Amazon Echo Spot while you're at it!
NASA further delays next Artemis missions
Space News - 5 Dec 2024 23:54
WASHINGTON -- NASA has further delayed the next two Artemis missions to the moon, pushing back the first crewed landing of the program to the middle of 2027. At a […] The post NASA further delays next Artemis missions ...
How to record your calls without breaking the law: A state-by-state guide
Android Authority - 5 Dec 2024 23:53Space Station Trajectory Data
NASA Breaking news - 5 Dec 2024 23:52
International Space Station trajectory data is now available to the public! This data, called an ephemeris, is generated by the ISS Trajectory Operations and Planning Officer (TOPO) flight controllers in the Mission Cont...
How do I Spot The Station?
NASA Breaking news - 5 Dec 2024 23:52
What does all this sighting information mean? Important: The International Space Station orbits with an inclination of 51.6 degrees. This means that, as it orbits, the farthest north and south of the Equator it will eve...
Spot the Station Frequently Asked Questions
NASA Breaking news - 5 Dec 2024 23:52
Why is the space station up there? The space station is Earth’s only microgravity laboratory. This football field-sized platform hosts a plethora of science and technology experiments that are continuously being conduc...
Gene Defect Linked Brain Size and Social Behavior in ASD, Schizophrenia
Neuroscience News - 5 Dec 2024 23:50
A new study reveals how genetic deficits, particularly in the Tbx1 gene, are linked to reduced brain volume and altered social behavior, findings relevant to autism and schizophrenia. Researchers observed smaller amygdal...
ChatGPT's $200 Pro Tier Unlocks the Full Power of o1
CNET - 5 Dec 2024 23:48
OpenAI's o1 model is its most advanced, being able to "reason."