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Monday September 9, 2024. 10:41 PM
Steven Levy, writing for Wired: My first story for WIRED -- yep, 31 years ago -- looked at a group of 'crypto rebels' who were trying to pry strong encryption technology from the government-classified world and send it into the mainstream. Naturally I attempted to speak to...
An anonymous reader shares a report: It seems like Apple is already moving on from FineWoven. After introducing the FineWoven brand with a series of very bad cases and accessories last year, it appears as though Apple opted not to release new cases featuring the material for ...
Apple plans to release the next versions of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS to the general public on September 16, the company announced via its website following its iPhone-centric product event earlier today. From a report: We should also see updates for tvOS and the...
Apple announced the iPhone 16 Pro lineup at Monday's product event. The company's new flagship smartphones have slightly bigger screens across both models: 6.3 inches on the iPhone 16 Pro and 6.9 inches on the iPhone 16 Pro Max (up from 6.1 inches and 6.7 inches,...
Sharks are deserting their coral reef homes as the climate crisis continues to heat up the oceans, scientists have discovered. From a report: This is likely to harm the sharks, which are already endangered, and their absence could have serious consequences for the reefs,...
A month before its planned delivery after years of delay and cost growth, RTX's $7.6 billion ground network to control GPS satellites is still marred by problems that may further stall its acceptance by the US Space Force, congressional auditors said Monday. From a report:...
Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) cases have been reported in five U.S. states this year, including a fatal case in New Hampshire last month. The rare mosquito-borne illness, which has no known cure, kills 30-40% of those infected and often causes permanent neurological...
Abstract of a paper by Clifford Asness of quant investor AQR Capital: Market efficiency is a central issue in asset pricing and investment management, but while the level of efficiency is often debated, changes in that level are relatively absent from the discussion. I argue ...
An anonymous reader shares a report: Italy-based app company Bending Spoons, which owns Evernote and Meetup, is planning to lay off 75% of the staff of file transfer service WeTransfer, TechCrunch has learned. Bending Spoons acquired the Dutch company in July for an...
Rising temperatures are threatening the future of Napa Valley's prized cabernet sauvignon, forcing winemakers to adapt to increasingly severe heat waves. Some vineyards are experimenting with heat-tolerant grape varieties to blend with cabernet, while others are investing in ...
Amazon's Audible will begin inviting a select group of US-based audiobook narrators to train AI on their voices, the clones of which can then be used to make audiobook recordings. From a report: The effort, which kicks off next week, is designed to add more audiobooks to the ...
'Six years after sailing out of San Francisco with the ambition of developing the technology to rid the world's oceans of plastic, The Ocean Cleanup returned to San Francisco with the knowledge and know-how to relegate the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to the history books,'...
U.S. Justice Department officials 'are turning to the 3D-printing industry to help stop the proliferation of tiny pieces of plastic transforming weapons into illegal homemade machine guns,' reports the Associated Press: 'Law enforcement cannot do this alone,' [U.S. Deputy...
Workers get the right to request a four-day workweek under a new proposal by the U.K. government. But a professor of economics at the University of Leeds argues 'There remain problems, however' — starting with the fact that 'under current laws, employers can still resist the...
'The first Starships to Mars will launch in 2 years,' Elon Musk posted on X.com this weekend. Musk said the launches will happen when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens, which the science blog NextBigFuture identifies as 'about November through December 2026.' Musk...
Security engineer Bryan Hance co-founded the nonprofit Bike Index, back in 2013, reports the Los Angeles Times, 'where cyclists can register their bikes and contact information, making it easier to reunite lost or stolen bikes with their owners.' It now holds descriptions...
Alorica — which runs customer-service centers around the world — has introduced an AI translation tool that lets its representatives talk with customers in 200 different languages. But according to the Associated Press, 'Alorica isn't cutting jobs. It's still hiring...
Sunday September 8, 2024. 11:23 PM
This week after striking for over a month, videogame performers reached agreements with 80 games this week, reports the Associated Press. 'SAG-AFTRA announced the agreements with the 80 individual video games on Thursday. Performers impacted by the work stoppage can now work ...
'Solar farms could blanket millions of acres in the United States over the coming decades,' writes the New York Times. But 'the sites that capture that energy take up land that wildlife needs to survive and thrive.' 'We have to address both challenges at the same exact...
A schoolteacher using an interactive whiteboard is surprised by an alert. Their school is in 'hard lockdown.' They knew — instantly — something was about to happen, and 'got everybody into a corner,' they later told CNN. Classroom doors at the school are always locked, so...
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