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Sunday February 23, 2025. 02:03 PM
Vizio’s compact and stripped-down Elevate soundbar keeps the dream of affordable Dolby Atmos alive.
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'An international research collaboration led by the University of Surrey's Nuclear Physics Group has overturned the long-standing belief that the atomic nucleus of lead-208 is perfectly spherical,' reports Phys.org. They add that the discovery 'challenges fundamental...
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'An international research collaboration led by the University of Surrey's Nuclear Physics Group has overturned the long-standing belief that the atomic nucleus of lead-208 is perfectly spherical,' reports Phys.org. They add that the discovery 'challenges fundamental...
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In the late 19th century, Karl Weierstrass invented a fractal-like function that was decried as nothing less than a “deplorable evil.” In time, it would transform the foundations of mathematics.
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I'd be overjoyed if I had one of these wall climbing cat toys. Although my cat would go wild for it, I know I wouldn't be able to stop playing with it either. The toy is shaped like a lizard, is about the size of a small kitten, and has the ability to scurry up and down the...
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British tech news site The Register reported on Thursday about a new policy instituted for HP telephone support. Beginning on February 18th, all callers in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, and Italy started receiving a message that their wait time would be fifteen minutes,...
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The small Colorado company Entabeni Systems is quietly working to upend the ski industry with a business model built on handshake deals made in ski resort parking lots.
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'Amazon has long allowed you to download its ebooks to your computer,' notes PCMag.com, 'where they can serve as a backup or be transferred to other devices. 'However, that feature will end on February 26, 2025, along with the ability to transfer books from your computer to...
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TL;DR: Protect your privacy on 15 devices for life with a FaestVPN PRO lifetime subscription, only $29.97 (reg. $600) until March 2 at 11:59 p.m. PT.  Managing your privacy takes more work than it used to, but it doesn’t have to. Hackers, trackers, and all sorts of...
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While SPARC may no longer be supported by the main Illumos project, it still works and is still viable. This page brings together a variety of information regarding Illumos on SPARC, not necessarily limited to Tribblix. ↫ Tribblix website It seems running Tribblix – and...
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Remember that battery plant fire last month in Moss Landing, California? Tuesday night local firefighters 'determined that a group of lithium batteries in an area that had previously burned during the January 16 fire had smoldered and reignited,' reports SFGate. Fire Chief...
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Across the US government, workers failed to get clear guidance on whether or how to respond to an email asking what they did this week, despite Elon Musk’s claim that their jobs are at risk.
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America's Labor Department includes the fact-finding Bureau of Labor Statistics — and they recently explained how AI impacts their projections for the next 10 years. Their conclusion, writes Investopedia, was that 'tech workers might not have as much to worry about as one...
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TL;DR: Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2022 is just $27.97 instead of $499.  Coding is hard enough without clunky, outdated tools slowing you down. If you're still wrestling with an IDE that crashes when you sneeze or debugging feels like an archeological dig, it's time...
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Employees throughout the federal government have until 11:59 pm ET Monday to detail five things they accomplished in the last week.
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An anonymous reader shared this report from the Washington Post's 'Tech Brief': Last fall, reports that Kroger was considering bringing facial recognition technology into its stores sparked outcry from lawmakers and customers. They worried personalized data could be used to...
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Saturday February 22, 2025. 11:34 PM
The Washington Post looks at a new kind of battery that 'could make American EVs cheaper and safer, experts say.' If you bought an EV with a lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery, you could expect lower car payments, less fire risk and more years of use out of your car — but...
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About two weeks ago we talked about why Fedora manages its own Flatpak repository, and why that sometimes leads to problems with upstream projects. Most recently, Fedora’s own OBS Flatpak was broken, leading to legal threats from the OBS project, demanding Fedora remove any...
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TL;DR: Ditch the monthly fees and own Microsoft Office 2024 Home & Business for life—now just $159.97 (reg. $249.99) through March 30. Microsoft Office just got a major glow-up, and if you're still using an older version (or worse, paying monthly for 365), it's time to...
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This year's 'State of Rust' survey was completed by 7,310 Rust developers. DevClass note some key findings: When asked about their biggest worries for Rust's future, 45.5 percent cited 'not enough usage in the tech industry,' up from 42.5 percent last year, just ahead of the ...
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