Ankylosaur was sluggish and deaf
German and Austrian scientists took a closer look at the braincase of a dinosaur from Austria. The group examined the fossil with a micro-CT and found surprising new details: it was sluggish and deaf. The respective study was recently published in th.....»»
Bizarre armoured spikes belong to oldest ankylosaur ever discovered
An unusual fossil showing a series of spikes fused to a rib has been revealed to be the remains of the oldest ankylosaur ever found and the first from the African continent......»»
The genocide of signed languages: Protecting the linguistic rights of Africa"s deaf children
Deaf rights to language, expression, literacy and education have been marginalized throughout history. And signed languages have taken second place to spoken languages. The 1880 Milan Convention, for example, gave rise to a period when deaf children.....»»
Fortnite collaborates with Balenciaga amid cultural appropriation controversy
Fortnite's newest collaboration is with high-end fashion company Balenciaga, but it may be more tone-deaf than it is fashionable......»»
Kotick apologizes for “tone deaf” response, promises action following lawsuit [Updated]
Activision Blizzard will remove "inappropriate" in-game content among other moves. Enlarge / Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick. (credit: Flickr / bobby-kotick) Original story 10:45 am EDT: Ahead of Wednesday's planned "Walkout for Equality".....»»
Kotick apologizes for “tone deaf” response, promises action following lawsuit
Activision Blizzard will remove "inappropriate" in-game content among other moves. Enlarge / Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick. (credit: Flickr / bobby-kotick) Ahead of Wednesday's planned "Walkout for Equality" among Activision Blizzard em.....»»
Facing an employee walkout, Activision Blizzard CEO says his company"s response to lawsuit was "tone deaf"
Activision Blizzard's CEO Bobby Kotick admitted that the gaming company's response to a California discrimination lawsuit was "tone deaf" amid a growing employee backlash and accusations of a "frat boy" work culture......»»
Memory channel sales in China sluggish
Memory module houses and channel distributors are less optimistic about the outlook for China's channel sales in the third quarter of 2021, despite an ongoing rally in contract market prices, according to industry sources......»»
Researchers call for shorter work week to boost productivity, lower burnout
Do you feel a bit sluggish after weekends? Would taking Friday or Monday off do the trick? Researchers from UK think tank Autonomy and the non-profit Association for Sustainability and Democracy (Alda) tend to agree in their joint report. They claim.....»»
Remarkable new insights into the pathology of Usher syndrome
Human Usher syndrome is the most common form of hereditary deaf-blindness. Researchers have now identified a novel pathomechanism leading to Usher syndrome. They have discovered that the Usher syndrome type 1G protein SANS plays a crucial role in reg.....»»
Drug relieves persistent daydreaming, fatigue, and brain sluggishness in adults with ADHD
Tests of a drug known to stimulate brain activity have shown early success in reducing symptoms of sluggish cognitive tempo in 38 men and women with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD.).....»»
Waiting for the Pixel 6
The month of June just kicked off and with a quick glance at the calendar you start to…oh good lord this is going to be a long, sluggish year. 2021 may go down as the most uninteresting tech year in some time, unless one company can deliver. I.....»»
Early adopters of Chinese vaccines see case surges; China plows ahead anyway
China is now giving 20 million doses a day despite low efficacy. Enlarge / Vials of the Sinopharm vaccine in Beijing on June 1. (credit: Getty | Xinhua News Agency) Despite a sluggish start, China is now vaccinating its people against COVID-1.....»»
Android’s Live Caption can caption any video. Here’s how to turn it on
If you're deaf or hard of hearing then the Live Caption feature in Android will be of interest. We explain how to turn on Live Caption in Android right here......»»
Novel heterostructure nanosheet boosts efficiency of lean-electrolyte lithium batteries
Lithium sulfur (Li-S) battery technology is promising for next-generation energy storage. However, lithium polysulfide shuttling, sluggish redox kinetics, and uncontrollable lithium dendrite growth limit the cycling stability......»»
How much RAM does a smartphone actually need? We asked the experts
No one wants a sluggish phone, but you’d be forgiven for wondering if 16GB of RAM is the answer. But is it really needed? How much RAM does a smartphone need?.....»»
Potential-dependent switch aids water-splitting using cobalt-oxide catalysts
Using abundant cobalt and a unique experimental approach to probe ways to speed a sluggish catalytic reaction to harvest hydrogen from water, researchers from Boston College and Yale University discovered a mechanistic switch in the oxygen evolution.....»»
TikTok adds auto captions to make videos accessible to hard of hearing and deaf
TikTok this morning announced the launch of a new feature designed to make its app accessible to people who are hard of hearing or deaf. The company is today debuting auto captions — a feature that, when enabled, will automatically transcribe t.....»»
Huawei seeks growth in internet of things as phone business suffers
Huawei’s struggles amid U.S.-China trade tensions are driving it to seek opportunities in other smart devices, setting itself up against a raft of hardware makers at home and abroad. The Chinese tech giant recorded sluggish revenue growth in 20.....»»
Magic: Legends’ beta hides an enjoyable co-op adventure behind a sluggish start
Magic: Legends leans on the IP's roots to shake up the ARPG genre, but the pros are overwhelmed by the cons......»»
Prehistoric killing machine exposed
Previously thought of as heavy, slow and sluggish, the 260-million-year-old predator, Anteosaurus, was a ferocious hunter-killer......»»