“Immensely disappointing”: Nike killing app for $350 self-tying sneakers
Without updates or ability to download after August, app will become useless. Enlarge / Nike announced the Adapt BB as "a Self-Lacing Basketball Shoe" with app-controllable LEDs. (credit: Nike) In 2019, Nike got closer.....»»
Watch: Australian worker charged after ‘tying up’ Aboriginal children he found swimming in pool
Watch: Australian worker charged after ‘tying up’ Aboriginal children he found swimming in pool.....»»
Retired wrestler and ex-congressional candidate suspected in Las Vegas killing surrenders to police
Retired wrestler and ex-congressional candidate suspected in Las Vegas killing surrenders to police.....»»
Headlost; why platforms are killing the headless CMS
Headlost; why platforms are killing the headless CMS.....»»
Humanity Is Dangerously Pushing Its Ability to Tolerate Heat
Extreme heat waves are already here, and they are killing tens of thousands of people. Blasting through 2 degrees Celsius of warming means they’ll happen many times more frequently......»»
Samsung Galaxy Ring battery life revealed, and it’s disappointing
Samsung has revealed the battery life of the upcoming Galaxy Ring, and we have to say it’s a little disappointing. The post Samsung Galaxy Ring battery life revealed, and it’s disappointing appeared first on Phandroid. At MWC 2024, Sam.....»»
Chelsea vs Liverpool live stream: Can you watch Carabao Cup final for free?
While it’s been a disappointing season for Chelsea, capturing their first League Cup trophy in nearly a decade would help remove some of that sting. They’ll get a chance to do exactly that on Sunday when they take on Liverpool in the 2024.....»»
Lucid says Q4 net losses widen to $654 million, predicts stagnant production
The EV maker said its full-year 2023 net loss was $2.83 billion compared with 2022's net loss of $1.3 billion. Its stock price fell sharply after the disappointing fourth-quarter earnings report......»»
Researchers develop molecules for a new class of antibiotics that can overcome drug resistant bacteria
About a decade ago, researchers in UC Santa Barbara chemistry professor Guillermo Bazan's lab began to observe a recurring challenge in their research: Some of the compounds they were developing to harness energy from bacteria were instead killing th.....»»
XREAL (formerly Nreal) Air AR glasses are so cool but need some serious work
The XREAL (formerly Nreal) AR glasses provide an immersive external monitor experience, but the augmented reality and 3D offerings are disappointing. When I was a kid, I was given a Virtual Boy — Nintendo’s very ‘90s predecess.....»»
Video of wolf killing northern Minnesota deer becomes political fodder
A lone gray wolf bolted past a logger last week, on the edge of a clear cut forest in northern St. Louis County. The wolf ran past a giant industrial saw and leaped over felled trees in pursuit of what was either a young doe or an antlerless buck. Se.....»»
A fungal plague is killing Georgia"s bats. Scientists are fighting back
On a bright December morning, three wildlife biologists waded through knee-deep water and past scribbled graffiti into a dark drainage culvert in northeast Georgia......»»
Chile"s biggest botanical garden like "smoker"s lung" after wildfire
Once a lush oasis bursting with native and exotic plants, Chile's biggest botanical garden has been left grayed and charred after a wildfire blazed through last week, also killing a nursery manager and members of her family......»»
Biogen dumps dubious Alzheimer’s drug after profit-killing FDA scandal
The move ends a long saga that "ended up doing a lot of actual damage." Enlarge / The exterior of the headquarters of biotechnology company Biogen in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (credit: Getty | Boston Globe) Biotechnolog.....»»
The RTX 4080 Super doesn’t move the needle — and it doesn’t need to
The RTX 4080 Super comes off disappointing with basically no performance jump over the base model, but this GPU is about way more than frame rate......»»
After ditching its hybrids, GM says it needs to build more hybrids
After killing the Volt in 2019, now PHEV powertrains are back on the menu. Enlarge / This is the Voltec plug-in hybrid powertrain from GM. It combines an internal combustion engine with a lithium-ion battery pack. Most of the tim.....»»
Tesla posts underwhelming financial results for Q4 2023
Revenues only grew by 3 percent year over year, disappointing the market. Enlarge / Tesla sold 1.2 million Model Y crossovers last year. (credit: John Paraskevas/Newsday RM via Getty Images) Tesla published its financial.....»»
Is AI killing the social media star? How companies are cashing in on virtual influencers
Instagram's rising stars are a new breed of social media influencer. In fact, many of them aren't even technically human......»»
To Stop AI Killing Us All, First Regulate Deepfakes, Says Researcher Connor Leahy
AI researcher Connor Leahy says regulating deepfakes is the first step to avert AI wiping out humanity Connor Leahy remembers the time he first realized AI was going to kill us all. It was 2019, and OpenAI’s GPT-2 had just.....»»
New research analyzes state violence in India"s coal war
Police, who were deployed to block villagers from protesting a power plant on coastal wetlands in India 14 years ago, shot at protesters, killing three and injuring hundreds. Two years later on the other side of the country, a Buddhist monk was kille.....»»
Fiat taking page from Nike to build buzz with surprise releases
Fiat's new North American leader, Aamir Ahmed, plans to launch different versions of the brand's upcoming 500e EV the same way shoe companies hype up their products......»»