After defeating Hernando de Soto, the Chickasaw took his stuff and remade it
The site offers rare evidence of interactions between de Soto and Indigenous people. Enlarge / Florida Museum archaeologist Charles Cobb holds an axe head known as a celt, one of more than 80 metal objects likely from the de Soto expedition. To.....»»
Amazon just made it easier to buy stuff through Alexa
Amazon has announced a slew of new Alexa skills that aim to make shopping through the voice assistant an easier experience......»»
All the best Amazon Prime Day 2022 deals we can find [Day 2 Update]
We've sorted through Amazon's annual garage sale to find the stuff that's worth your time. Enlarge (credit: Ars Technica) Update (07/13/22 9:00 am ET): Prime Day has paradoxically rolled into its second day of discounts, so.....»»
Astronomers are helping find elusive atoms across the universe
Astronomers at the University of Toronto have spotted some of the most elusive stuff in our universe by taking a deep look at the cosmic web, the network of filaments and knots that trace the large-scale distribution of galaxies......»»
All the best Amazon Prime Day 2022 deals we can find [Updated]
We've sorted through Amazon's annual garage sale to find the stuff that's worth your time. Enlarge (credit: Ars Technica) Update (07/12/22 12:30 pm ET): We've completed a major update to our mega-list of Prime Day deals, up.....»»
All the best Amazon Prime Day 2022 deals we can find
We've sorted through Amazon's annual garage sale to find the stuff that's worth your time. Enlarge (credit: Ars Technica) Tuesday marks the start of Amazon Prime Day, a two-day shopping event Amazon created in 2015 to bolster.....»»
9to5Mac Happy Hour 389: iCloud Shared Photo Library hands on, iOS 16 beta 3, bigger screen Apple Watch
Zac has COVID-19. But Apple has cool stuff to discuss, including hands-on with iCloud Shared Photo Library, Lockdown mode and other changes in iOS 16 beta 3, a bigger Apple Watch screen rumor and TV+ sports rumors continue to swirl. Sponsored by Mos.....»»
American Factories Are Making Stuff Again As CEOs Take Production Out of China
Long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 quotes a (paywalled) article from Bloomberg: There has been a sense in financial circles that the fever among American executives to shorten supply lines and bring production back home would prove short-lived. As soo.....»»
Prime Day is too good at making me want stuff I don"t need
Why does Amazon Prime Day inspire such wild spending?.....»»
The case is building that colliding neutron stars create magnetars
Magnetars are some of the most fascinating astronomical objects. One teaspoon of the stuff they are made out of would weigh almost one billion tons, and they have magnetic fields that are hundreds of millions of times more powerful than any magnetic.....»»
9to5Mac Happy Hour 387: iOS 16 beta 2 new features and changes, Apple + MLS streaming deal
Benjamin and Zac discuss all the features and changes in iOS 16 beta 2, as well as a grab bag of other iOS 16 stuff including a brand new video player. Plus, Apple announced a major sports deal with Major League Soccer. Sponsored by Kolide: Got Slac.....»»
Beach Cleaning Robot Sifts Lake Tahoe’s Shores
BEBOT rakes stuff out of the sand that never should've been there in the first place. The post Beach Cleaning Robot Sifts Lake Tahoe’s Shores appeared first on ExtremeTech......»»
Sony rereleases Spider-Man: No Way Home as The More Fun Stuff Version
Spider-Man: No Way Home: The More Fun Stuff Version is a real thing, as Sony decided its biggest Spider-Man movie ever needs a rerelease. After all, Sony thought it was a good idea to rerelease Morbius a few days ago and risk another round of ridicul.....»»
PACMAN M1 chip attack defeats ‘the last line of security’
A so-called PACMAN M1 chip attack created by MIT security researchers succeeded in defeating what has been described as “the last line of security” on Apple Silicon. When designing the M1 chip, Apple created various layers of security, each desi.....»»
PACMAN M1 chip attack defeats ‘the last line of security’ – but requires physical access
A so-called PACMAN M1 chip attack created by MIT security researchers succeeded in defeating what has been described as “the last line of security” on Apple Silicon. When designing the M1 chip, Apple created various layers of security, each desi.....»»
With cryo-EM, scientists determine structure of key factor in RNA quality control
In biology, getting rid of stuff can be just as important as making it. A buildup of cells, proteins, or other molecules that are no longer needed can cause problems, so living things have evolved several ways to clean house......»»
Elden Ring comes to the Game Boy in free playable demake
An Elden Ring fan has remade the acclaimed action RPG for the the Nintendo Game Boy, and released it for free......»»
Kitbashing Miniatures From Trash
Kitbashing, or making a model out of random other parts hacked together, is far from a new concept but this example is quite exquisite. The youtube Channel Bill Making Stuff is a particularly fun one that I enjoy watching, who does kitbashing all th.....»»
How Ants Inspired a New Way to Measure Snow With Space Lasers
Photons wander through snow like ants through a nest. That inspired a clever new NASA technique for measuring the fluffy stuff from orbit......»»
Cockroach Reproduction Has Taken a Strange Turn
In response to pesticides, many cockroach females have lost their taste for sweet stuff, which changes how they make the next generation of insects. From a report: When a male cockroach wants to mate with a female cockroach very much, he will scoot h.....»»
Information security gets personal: How to protect yourself and your stuff
Recapping our Ars Frontiers talk with a half-dozen information security experts. Redefining privacy at Ars Frontiers. Click here for transcript. (video link) At the Ars Frontiers event in Washington, DC, I had the privilege of moderating.....»»