As cicadas emerge, wildlife prepare for a feast—rats included
It was June 2004, and the elephants at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore were getting awfully sick of Brood X cicadas, which had emerged en masse after 17 years underground......»»
Pixel Phones Get Surprise January Feature Drop: Here’s Everything Included
We don’t typically see Pixel Feature Drops unless we have reached time for a quarterly Android update to hit Pixel devices. As an example, we received the December Feature Drop with a big quarterly update and then immediately started testing th.....»»
Update your Apple devices, because the latest releases patched a major security flaw
Apple's latest updates to all its operating systems from macOS Sonoma to tvOS 17.3, included a fix to prevent a WebKit security vulnerability that the company says has been exploited.Researchers show how a GPU vulnerability could be exploitedAlongsid.....»»
Wildlife smoke may curb movement, sociability of woodpeckers
Human-driven climate change has helped transform many forests into kindling: A 2016 study found that greenhouse-aided warming and drought had more than doubled the area of fire-susceptible forest in the western U.S. since the mid-1980s. And of the Ca.....»»
Prepare for more upscaled classic PC game mods with new RTX Remaster beta toolkit
Release includes proprietary AI texture upscaling, "physically accurate dynamic lights" Enlarge / A sample of the RTX Remix user interface being used to develop the enhanced Portal with RTX. (credit: Nvidia) In the wani.....»»
Research maps potential risks to iconic marine wildlife
The areas used by six threatened marine megafauna species overlap with a myriad of human activities in the waters of Australia's north west, a collaborative study led by the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) has revealed......»»
New tool predicts flood risk from hurricanes in a warming climate
Coastal cities and communities will face more frequent major hurricanes with climate change in the coming years. To help prepare coastal cities against future storms, MIT scientists have developed a method to predict how much flooding a coastal commu.....»»
Beloved mountain lion dies crossing same California highway where her one of her cubs was killed
Wildlife and nature enthusiasts are grieving a famous mountain lion after it was hit by a car and killed while crossing a highway in Southern California......»»
Best Buy Drops this week: Here are the upcoming products dropping through Best Buy"s best shopping hack
The Best Buy Drops tab on the Best Buy app alerts you about high-profile products going on sale soon, upcoming limited edition releases, and more. Past Drops have included the Apple Ultra Watch 2, Shark FlexStyle, and Xbox Series X. UPDATE:.....»»
Bard Inbound for Google Messages to Help You Compose, Translate Conversations
Prepare yourselves for the arrival Bard, Google’s conversational AI, in the Google Messages app. With it, you’ll be composing messages, translating languages, and so much more. Detailed by the good people at 9to5Google, Bard has been enab.....»»
Children"s programming takes a hit as Apple TV+ lays off eight staffers
Apple TV+ has been hit with a small round of layoffs as eight people who worked in kids content were let go on Tuesday.Apple TV+The cuts included music, production, and development for children's programming. It is likely that the layoffs have come a.....»»
Study offers rare long-term analysis of techniques for creating standing dead trees for wildlife habitat
Ecologists have long known that standing dead trees, commonly referred to as snags, are an important habitat element for forest dwellers and act as a driver of biodiversity......»»
Complex green organisms emerged a billion years ago, says new research
Of all the organisms that photosynthesize, land plants have the most complex bodies. How did this morphology emerge? A team of scientists led by the University of Göttingen has taken a deep dive into the evolutionary history of morphological complex.....»»
Thales and Quantinuum strengthen protection against quantum computing attacks
Thales announced the launch of its PQC Starter Kit in collaboration with Quantinuum. This offering helps enterprises prepare for Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC). The kit provides a trusted environment for businesses to test quantum-hardened PQC-ready.....»»
WordPad out; 80Gbps USB support and other Win 11 features in testing this month
Microsoft’s next batch of Windows 11 feature updates is taking shape. Enlarge (credit: kate_sept2004 via Getty) Windows 11's big feature update in September included a long list of minor changes, plus the Copilot AI a.....»»
HomeKit Weekly: Yeelight delivers a slick lamp with an included HomeKit bulb
Yeelight is an underrated HomeKit vendor. They make a wealth of products for an extremely fair price. The company’s bulbs avoid the dreaded ‘No Response’ that many HomeKit vendors also end up with. This that’s perfect for a bedroom and consis.....»»
Novel strategy for ultrahigh density copper single atom enzymes developed for tumor therapies
A research group led by Prof. Wang Hui and Prof. Zhang Xin from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences introduced a new strategy to prepare ultrahigh density copper single-atom enzymes for tumor self-cascade catal.....»»
Unlocking GenAI’s full potential through work reinvention
To achieve the full potential of AI, organizations must reinvent work, reshape the workforce and prepare workers, according to Accenture. A new report from Accenture reveals an urgent need for business leaders to look beyond how generative AI affects.....»»
Students do better and schools are more stable when teachers get mental health support
When it comes to mental health at school, typically the focus is on helping students, especially as they emerge from the pandemic with heightened levels of anxiety, stress and emotional need. But as school officials seek to put resources toward stude.....»»
Early evolution of cicadas revealed by analyses of new fossils
To clarify the early evolutionary history of Cicadoidea fossils, the phylogenetic relationships between Mesozoic fossils and extant Cicadoidea, the macroevolution of body structure adaptations, and their relationship with environmental changes, Dr. J.....»»
Sourcepoint introduces sensitive data opt-in feature to prepare users for privacy changes
Sourcepoint has launched a sensitive data opt-in feature for its consent management platform (CMP) to help customers prepare for US privacy changes on the horizon. As of March 31, 2024, the Washington “My Health, My Data” Act will require opt-in.....»»