Alex Proba"s graphic swimming pools are "a celebration of colour and pattern"
Designer Alex Proba hand-paints swimming pools with graphic murals, including the pools of two Palm Springs houses and a mural on the deck of a public pool on Manhattan's Roosevelt Island. Read more Designer Alex Proba hand-paints swimming.....»»
Amazon launches epic $229 iPad 9th Generation Black Friday deal
Amazon has issued the lowest price on record for Apple's iPad 9th Generation, now $229 with delivery dates to some zip codes before Black Friday.In celebration of the holiday week, Amazon is getting a jumpstart on Black Friday iPad deals, with the iP.....»»
M3 Ultra could have up to 80 graphics cores
Apple's M3 Ultra chip will probably have 80 graphics cores available to users, a report proposes, with what could be the last remaining M3-generation chip expected to be massively powerful.The Apple Silicon lineup in M1 and M2 established a pattern f.....»»
AirPods discounted up to 50% in India with eligible iPhone 14 purchase
India Apple Store shoppers can get up to 50% off AirPods with eligible iPhone 14 or iPhone 14 Plus purchase thanks to a Diwali celebration discount.AirPods 3 discountedApple India is offering INR 9950 off a set of AirPods 3 with Lightning or MagSafe.....»»
The European Space Agency may have a bullying problem
Ex-employees, ESA documents, and court cases point to longstanding problems. Enlarge Alex has been passionate about space exploration since her childhood. (Pseudonyms are used, and some genders are obscured throughout t.....»»
Model suggests that mammalian sperm cells have two modes of swimming
A new mathematical model predicts that mammalian sperm cells have two distinct swimming modes. This prediction opens new questions about potential connections between sperm cells' motor activity and their transitions to hyperactivation phases that ma.....»»
The brutality of this EV crash test was shocking, but both cars passed
Counting our blessings after a crash course in vehicle safety. Enlarge (credit: Mercedes-Benz) Mercedes-Benz provided flights from New York to Stuttgart, Germany, and a night in a hotel so Alex could visit the Mercedes t.....»»
Want the secret to less painful belly flops? These researchers have the answer
Anyone who's ever done a belly flop into a swimming pool knows it ends with a blunt-sounding splat, a big splash and a searing red sting. What most people don't know is why......»»
Apple AirPods Pro 2 USB-C return to record low $189.99 during Amazon"s early Black Friday sale
In celebration of the new Macs announced during last night's Apple Event, Amazon is slashing the price of AirPods Pro 2 with USB-C to $189.99, matching the lowest price on record for the popular accessory.Forget dealing with the rush of Black Friday.....»»
Underwater robot finds new circulation pattern in Antarctic ice shelf
More than merely cracks in the ice, crevasses play an important role in circulating seawater beneath Antarctic ice shelves, potentially influencing their stability, finds Cornell University-led research based on a first-of-its-kind exploration by an.....»»
Unprecedented diarrheal outbreak erupts in UK as cases spike 3x above usual
Cryptosporidium cases link to travel and swimming, but at unusually high rate. Enlarge / A sign directing people to a toilet facility during the Children's Day Parade, part of the Notting Hill Carnival celebration in west London.....»»
Scientists isolate early-warning tremor pattern in lab-made earthquakes
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have successfully isolated a pattern of lab-made "foreshock" tremors. The finding offers hope that future earthquakes could be forecast by the swarm of smaller tremors that come before them......»»
Working towards programmable matter: Unexpected behavior discovered in active particles
Investigating systems consisting of self-propelled particles—so-called active particles—is a rapidly growing area of research. In theoretical models for active particles, it is often assumed that the particles' swimming speed is always the same......»»
In China-U.S. lidar fight, national security threats are more speculation than smoking gun
A patent dispute and claims of a pattern of intellectual property theft by Chinese companies illustrate how trade tensions have creeped into this corner of automotive technology......»»
Stellantis faces Oct. 29 strike deadline with Unifor in Canada
The union said it is “looking forward” to locking in a deal that matches the pattern set by collective agreements with the other two members of the Detroit 3 while making “additional gains” on workplace issues specific to Stellantis. .....»»
Settlement talks collapse in Kenya Facebook redundancies case
Legal action by Nairobi-based workers who filtered out graphic Facebook posts will continue......»»
How to block graphic social media posts on your kids" phones
Many schools, psychologists and safety groups are urging parents to disable their children's social media apps over mounting concerns that Hamas plans to disseminate graphic videos of hostages captured in the Israel-Gaza war......»»
EU officials warn Google and YouTube about Hamas-Israel disinformation and graphic content
The European Commission sent a warning letter Friday to Google and its subsidiary YouTube over disinformation and graphic content linked to the Hamas-Israel conflict, in the European Union's latest effort to scrutinize Big Tech's handling of the war......»»
More JWST observations are finding fewer early massive galaxies
There's a common pattern in science. We develop some new process or tool that allows us to gather all kinds of data we've never had before, the data threatens to overturn all we've assumed about some long-established theory, and then the dust settles.....»»
Tracee Ellis Ross’s Pattern Beauty proves the power of a great product
The actor-turned-entrepreneur on her long and winding road to starting Pattern Beauty. Tracee Ellis Ross wants you to love your hair. That’s why, in 2019, the actor-and-producer-turned-entrepreneur founded Pattern Beauty, a Black-owned, Black.....»»
"Cuter in real life": South Korea names its twin panda "treasures"
South Korea got its first up-close look at its new pair of baby giant pandas Thursday at a name-revealing ceremony that doubled as an early celebration of the 100 days since their birth......»»