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.....»»
Stadia finally launches on LG TVs, shows off the greatness that could’ve been
Solid stuff, but it comes well after Google began winding Stadia's concept down. Enlarge / The official Stadia Controller in "clearly white." (credit: Google) In arguably the first good news for Stadia in 2021, Google's beleag.....»»
Researchers develop a world-first antibody-drug delivery system
It sounds like the stuff of science fiction: a man-made crystal that can be attached to antibodies and then supercharge them with potent drugs or imaging agents that can seek out diseased cells with the highest precision, resulting in fewer adverse e.....»»
This is the cheapest 82-inch TV Black Friday deal worth buying today
If you're shopping for new home theater stuff, this 82-inch TV Black Friday Deal is the one for you......»»
Ultrathin solar cells boost: 2D perovskite compound has the right stuff to challenge bulkier products
Rice University engineers have achieved a new benchmark in the design of atomically thin solar cells made of semiconducting perovskites, boosting their efficiency while retaining their ability to stand up to the environment......»»
Newegg Black Friday deals 2021: Best offers today
Desperate for some new computer stuff? Here are all the best Newegg Black Friday deals available today......»»
"Spider-Man: No Way Home" Trailer Remade With Footage From the 1990"s Cartoon
Long-time Slashdot reader destinyland writes: This week Marvel released an epic three-minute trailer hyping December's releases of Spider-Man: No Way Home. "It comes after the initial trailer, which focused on the movie's multiversal villains, broke.....»»
Make:cast – Innovation as a Material Practice
Making stuff, engaging in some form of material practice, is essential for students who are to become innovators, says Dr. Ann-Louise Davidson. She is an Associate Professor of Education and Concordia University Research Chair in Maker Culture in Mo.....»»
Android 12: The Ars Technica Review
Our yearly deep dive into all the interesting stuff in Google's latest OS. Enlarge Welcome to Android API level 31, aka Android 12. Google's latest OS had one of the weirdest rollouts ever. An anticlimactic source code releas.....»»
How to level up fast in Call of Duty: Vanguard
The real fun hits when you start breaking into the high ranks. To get to all the good stuff quickly, here's how to level up fast in Call of Duty: Vanguard......»»
Space startup wants to sling satellites into orbit with a huge centrifuge
SpinLaunch is using a gigantic centrifuge to shoot stuff into space. By "stuff," we mean things that can withstand the G-force created by being spun at 5,000 miles per hour (over 10,000 Gs), which is a category of stuff that does not yet include sate.....»»
Geoff Keighley And The Game Awards Are “Not Doing Any NFT Stuff”
Geoff Keighley has confirmed that The Game Awards won't be doing "Any NFT stuff" in a recent interview, as the show nears this coming December. The post Geoff Keighley And The Game Awards Are “Not Doing Any NFT Stuff” appeared first on Pl.....»»
To Make an Eco-Friendly EV Battery, Think From the Inside Out
Battery packs are designed to stuff a lot of energy into a small amount of space. Some think they should be built for recycling too......»»
Here are the best “early Black Friday” deals we’re seeing right now
Dealmaster includes new lows on Fire tablets, ANC headphones, 4K TVs, and more. Enlarge (credit: Ars Technica) It's the Dealmaster, you've probably got stuff going on, so let's jump into another roundup of the best tech deals.....»»
Securing your digital life, part one: The basics
In this first of two parts, we go over some security steps everyone should be taking. Enlarge / Artist's impression of how to keep your digital stuff safe from all kinds of threats. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) I spe.....»»
Cardboard shortages deal another blow to strained supply chains
And just in time for the holiday shopping frenzy. Enlarge First it was toilet paper. Then it was processors and other silicon. Now it’s cardboard. (And there’s a whole lot of other stuff in between.) The latest kink in th.....»»
Liveblog—All the fun stuff from Apple’s “Unleashed” event
Today's MacBook-y event gets started at 10:00 am Pacific / 1:00 pm Eastern. Enlarge / This is happening (credit: Apple) Liveblog starts in: View Liveblog We've rounded the bend in 2021 to October, and you know what that means:.....»»
MacBook Pros, an “M1X” chip, and other stuff to expect at Apple’s October event
New Macs, an "M1X" chip, and even new AirPods could all be on offer. Enlarge / Apple could be getting ready to show us the next stage of the MacBook Pro's development. Another month, another Apple event. Fresh off a Septembe.....»»
Seeking the star stuff that made us
At the 2021 Fall Meeting of the APS Division of Nuclear Physics, two independent research groups will unveil new measurements aiming to explain the birth of half the universe's elements......»»
Working to understand the changing flavors of quarks
Visible matter, or the stuff that composes the things we see, is made of particles that can be thought of much like building blocks made of more building blocks, ever decreasing in size, down to the sub-atomic level. Atoms are made of things like pro.....»»
Ultra vs. High Settings in PC Games or: Why Ultra Quality Settings are Dumb
It's time to discuss something that's been bugging me for some time: Ultra quality settings in PC games. Everyone wants to crank stuff up to the max, but what we've discovered is that Ultra settings are actually pretty dumb......»»