Helping Alt-Meat Grow Some Muscle
In their quest to make a lab-grown steak, researchers devised a form of scaffolding made with gelatin. Helping Alt-Meat Grow Some Muscle Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreIn their quest to make a lab-grown steak, researchers devised a form of scaffolding made with gelatin. Helping Alt-Meat Grow Some Muscle Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreWith climate protests and airline strikes occurring around the world, there is more awareness than ever before for the necessity of environmental sustainability. More importantly, there is more discussion around the immense carbon footprint left by the airline industry, perhaps one of the largest contributors to climate change worldwide. The Slovenian-based Pipistrel ALPHA Electro is
Read MoreWe tried out a daring foldable phone prototype that has a 10-inch screen and bends into thirds. This new foldable phone design makes the Galaxy Fold look downright boring – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAssociated Press: How Census Bureau is working with internet platforms to fight misinformation ahead of 2020 census and guide users to its site via searches and voice assistants — CHICAGO (AP) — Worried about internet trolls and foreign powers spreading false news, census officials are preparing … How Census Bureau is working with internet platforms
Read MoreNatasha Mascarenhas / Crunchbase News: Squarespace has acquired Unfold, a templates app for creating Stories on Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat that has 9M MAUs, for an undisclosed sum — Squarespace, a build-your-own website startup, has acquired social media app Unfold, used by a slew of celebrities including Kim Kardashian West … Squarespace has acquired Unfold,
Read MoreOut in the neon-painted desert of Las Vegas, if you know where to look, you can find an old, 1980s electromechanical horse racing game called Sigma Derby. In this group game, you and several drunk strangers sit around a machine the size of a pool table and bet on tiny horses at 25 cents a
Read MoreWatch The Ocean Cleanup unveil its new automated system The Interceptor, which will be deployed to catch plastic debris in rivers before it reaches our oceans. The Ocean Cleanup expands to polluted rivers – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIn a leaked video, Sundar Pichai says it’s “definitely gotten harder” to maintain employees’ trust in management. Google grappling with trust issues, CEO Pichai says – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHer sensitive poetry was borne from a soul wracked by depression. Google Doodle celebrates Sylvia Plath, tortured American poet – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreThe president directed former Defense Secretary James Mattis to push Amazon out of the bidding for a lucrative cloud computing deal, a bio of Mattis reportedly says. Trump ordered Defense chief to 'screw Amazon' out of B contract, book reportedly says – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreGuitar amplifiers are a frequent project, and despite being little more than a simple audio amplifier on paper, they conceal a surprising quantity of variables in search of a particular sound. We’ve seen a lot of them, but never one quite like [Nate Croson]’s CRT TV guitar amplifier. The LM386 doesn’t just drive the speaker,
Read MoreThere are probably few parents who haven’t watched their kids sitting on the floor, afloat on a sea of LEGO pieces and busily creating, and thought, “If only they could make a living at that.” But time goes on and kids grow up, and parents soon sing the same refrain as the kids sit transfixed
Read MoreStress is something we all have at some point, the difference is in how we deal with it. While it’s definitely easy to let stress slow us down or even cripple us when it comes to completing tasks. This week Fast Company published a story on stress and made a few great suggestions for dealing
Read MoreElizabeth Culliford / Reuters: Facebook took down ad by a PAC, which falsely claimed Sen. Graham supports Green New Deal, says it will fact-check ads from political groups but not politicians — (Reuters) – Facebook Inc said on Saturday that it had removed an ad which falsely claimed that U.S. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham supported
Read MoreI have officially reached a point in life where traveling involves bringing a handful of liquid toilettes with me. While I was once fine with whatever shampoo and lotion options the hotel provided, now I’m a bit more particular about those things, which means I also have to be a bit more particular about how
Read MoreProprietary components are the bane of anyone who dares to try and repair their own hardware. Nonstandard sizes, lack of labeling or documentation, and unavailable spare parts are all par for the course. [Jason] was unlucky enough to have an older Dell computer with a broken, and proprietary, cooling fan on it and had to
Read MoreHalloween is just a few days away. Depending on where you live, it might even be celebrated by your city tonight. Read more… Use Alexa to Up Your Halloween Game With Spooky Tunes, Screams, and More Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreBen Dreyfuss / Mother Jones: An upcoming book by a one-time aide to former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis alleges that Trump directed Mattis to “screw Amazon” out of winning the JEDI contract — Editorial Director for Growth and Strategy — On Friday, the Pentagon awarded a massive cloud computing contract to Microsoft. An upcoming book
Read MoreCNBC: As SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son, Marcelo Claure, and Ron Fisher take over WeWork, a look at the incoming team’s disappointing performance at Sprint — – Masayoshi Son, Marcelo Claure and Ron Fisher are all on the Sprint board and are the three SoftBank executives now calling the shots at WeWork. As SoftBank's Masayoshi Son, Marcelo
Read MoreIt serves as the basis for a pilot autonomous ride-hailing service. Meet BotRide, the self-driving Hyundai Kona Electric – Roadshow Source: CNet
Read MoreIt’s about time that the cybersecurity technology that was once only available to wealthy corporations will become accessible for all. It used to be scary and thought-provoking when a resourceful hacker cracked open a hoard of user information, but the sheer number of massive hacks that happened, in 2018 alone of Equifax, Twitter, Quora, Facebook,
Read MoreDecades of post-apocalyptic Hollywood movies have taught us that once all the trappings of our civilisation have been stripped away, it’s going to be kinda cool. We’re all going to wear slightly dusty looking 1980s motorcycling gear, and we’re going to drive really cool cars. Except of course Mad Max is fantasy, and the reality
Read MoreThat’s a return to business as usual, after biochemical engineer Frances Arnold won in 2018, for chemistry, and Donna Strickland received the 2018 Nobel Prize in physics. Strickland was only the third female physicist to get a Nobel, following Marie Curie in 1903 and Maria Goeppert-Mayer 60 years later. When asked how that felt, she
Read MoreMicrosoft looks to be making Windows 10X available not just on dual-screen and foldable devices, but on clamshell laptops, as well, according to newly leaked documents. Leaked documents indicate Microsoft's Windows 10X will be coming to clamshell laptops Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreAlex Hern / The Guardian: Facebook updated fact checking guidelines in August to include ads, but some fact checkers say they learned about the change only from Zuckerberg’s testimony — Many third-party contractors learned of new policy from Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony to Congress Facebook updated fact checking guidelines in August to include ads, but some
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