Though the ocean covers about 70% of earth, we humans have only mapped a quarter of its floor to a high resolution, reports CNN. Many of the world’s highest mountains aren’t visible on land — they rise up thousands of meters from the seafloor. An expedition to the Nazca Ridge, 900 miles off the coast
Read MoreThe Washington Post writes that Telegram’s “anything-goes approach” to its 950 million users “has also made it one of the internet’s largest havens for child predators, experts say….” “Durov’s critics say his public idealism masks an opportunistic business model that allows Telegram to profit from the worst the internet has to offer, including child sexual
Read MoreRemember when a door-sized panel blew off a Boeing aircraft back in January? The Seattle Times reports that the “door plug” incident “was caused by two distinct manufacturing errors by different crews” in a Boeing assembly plant in Renton, Washington last fall. (And that Boeing’s quality control system “failed to catch the faulty work.”) But
Read MoreThe Wall Street Journal reports that long Covid “has pushed around one million Americans out of the labor force, economists estimate.” More than 5% of adults in the U.S. have long Covid, and it is most prevalent among Americans in their prime working years. About 3.6 million people reported significantly modifying their activities because of
Read MoreThe new Google Pixel 9 series includes some of the most impressive and high-end Android flagships to date. This year, Google has really polished the hardware, bringing us phones that are rather delightful to hold and use. But you don’t get the Pixels just for the hardware, and many would agree that the software on
Read MoreOSOM’s former Chief Privacy Officer has filed a lawsuit against the company, specifically targeting the actions of its founder and CEO, Jason Keats. The lawsuit asks the Delaware Court of Chancery to compel OSOM Products, Inc. to grant the plaintiff access to the company’s books and records. The former CPO seeks these records to prove
Read MoreI’ve always had what could probably be described as a foolish belief in the Google Pixel series. Ever since my college roommate returned from Christmas break with a Pixel XL in its Really Blue finish, I thought Google would eventually have the best Android phone around. A bold hope, I know — Google seems to
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Google is testing a bottom bar for the in-app browser present within the Google app. The Google app uses a Chrome Custom Tab implementation to display external content. Google has also been testing a redistributed bottom bar in the Google app, so this change could bring about some consistency.
Read MoreRecent advances in countertop induction burners give home cooks more control over their meals, freeing up their minds to get creative in other ways.
Read MoreGoliath’s Power Saber, in red and green. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge It would have been a Star Wars product — but Hasbro whiffed. Continue reading…
Read MoreWicked Little Letters, Lumberjack the Monster, and Godzilla Minus One are just a few of the movies you should watch on Netflix this month.
Read MoreAmazon’s upgraded Alexa could be powered by Anthropic’s Claude instead of its own AI software. The new “Remarkable” Alexa aims to offer advanced features like personalized shopping advice, news aggregation, and enhanced home automation. While the upgraded voice assistant is expected to launch in October, Amazon may preview the new Alexa and its capabilities at
Read MorePlus: China-linked hackers infiltrate US internet providers, authorities crack down on a major piracy operation, and a ransomware gang claims attacks during the Paris Olympics.
Read MoreThe 8-bit home computers of yore that we all know and love, without exception as far as we are aware, had an off the shelf microprocessor at heart. In 1983 you were either in the Z80 camp or the 6502 camp, with only a relatively few outliers using processors with other architectures. But what if
Read MoreThe 8-bit home computers of yore that we all know and love, without exception as far as we are aware, had an off the shelf microprocessor at heart. In 1983 you were either in the Z80 camp or the 6502 camp, with only a relatively few outliers using processors with other architectures. But what if
Read MoreThe oceans have produced a rare coincidence of the Pacific and Atlantic Niñas, which will lessen the severity of the hurricane season—though 2024 still remains a highly active year.
Read MoreClimate change is threatening Earth’s biodiversity. Could frozen regions of the moon be the best place to “back up” life-forms?
Read MoreDocker and other containerization applications have changed a lot about the way that developers create new software as well as how they maintain virtual machines. Not only does containerization reduce the system resources needed for something that might otherwise be done in a virtual machine, but it standardizes the development environment for software and dramatically
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Electrek: The Biden administration has finalized a plan to expand solar on 31 million acres of federal lands in 11 western states. The proposed updated Western Solar Plan is a roadmap for Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) governance of solar energy proposals and projects on public lands. It
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Electrek: The Biden administration has finalized a plan to expand solar on 31 million acres of federal lands in 11 western states. The proposed updated Western Solar Plan is a roadmap for Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) governance of solar energy proposals and projects on public lands. It
Read MoreHere’s a novel ratchet mechanism developed by researchers that demonstrates how a single object — in this case a gear shaped like a six-pointed star — can rectify the disordered energy of its environment into one-way motion. The Feynman–Smoluchowski ratchet has alternating surface treatments on the sides of its points, accomplished by applying a thin
Read MoreCredit: Creative Finding the right desk speakers can be a daunting task, with so many options out there, many of which can be very expensive. Those looking for a good-sounding set of speakers on a tight budget will love the Creative Pebble Plus, and they are even more affordable right now. You can get these at
Read MoreCredit: Creative Finding the right desk speakers can be a daunting task, with so many options out there, many of which can be very expensive. Those looking for a good-sounding set of speakers on a tight budget will love the Creative Pebble Plus, and they are even more affordable right now. You can get these at
Read MoreDenise Prudhomme, a 60-year-old Wells Fargo employee, was found dead at her desk four days after clocking in. Apparently, nobody noticed her body because of the secluded location of her cubicle and the fact that many employees were working remotely. VICE reports: Prudhomme last scanned into her office job in Tempe, Arizona, at 7 AM
Read MoreAn anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica, written by Dan Goodin: A judge in Ohio has issued a temporary restraining order against a security researcher who presented evidence that a recent ransomware attack on the city of Columbus scooped up reams of sensitive personal information, contradicting claims made by city officials. The order,
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