Can narrowboat owners break with fossil fuels?
Narrowboat owners are under pressure to find greener ways to run their craft......»»
How Apple"s quietest quarter shouted back at Wall Street
Apple's third-quarter financial results were a significant improvement for 2024. Here's how the figures visually break down in a quarter where Apple soundly beat Wall Street's forecasts.Apple CEO Tim CookAhead of the quarterly results for the third q.....»»
How to turn off Home Switching in the iOS 17.6 Home app
Apple's update to iOS 17.6 is turning Home Switching on, when it was previously off, for some users. Here's how to turn that Home setting back off.The Home Switching option in the Home appSmart home owners may have discovered a problem with their Hom.....»»
The 50 best shows on Netflix in August 2024
The best shows on Netflix include A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, Prison Break, The Decameron, All American, Cobra Kai, Vikings: Valhalla, and more......»»
More pets relinquished to shelters due to housing insecurity
Housing policies may be becoming more pet inclusive, but housing insecurity is getting worse, finds a new study that examined the housing issues that led to owners turning their pets over to an animal shelter......»»
CDK outage fuels 86% drop in Asbury Q2 net income
Lost business and one-time costs related to the CDK Global outage contributed to an 86 percent drop in Asbury's net income, though the retailer managed to post record revenue of $4.2 billion......»»
More microbes found that break down the carbon-fluorine bonds found in some unsaturated PFAS
A team of chemical and environmental engineers at the University of California Riverside, working with colleagues from the University of California Los Angeles, has found a class of microbes that consume PFAS in the environment and sever some of the.....»»
Chemical and transportation industries could boost with new catalyst coating
Coupling electrochemical conversion of the greenhouse gas CO2 with renewable electricity sources—such as solar and wind—promises green production of high-demand chemicals and transportation fuels. Carbon dioxide coupling products such as ethylene.....»»
Researchers uncover 500 million-year-old mollusk ancestor
A team of researchers including scientists from the University of Oxford have made an astonishing discovery of a new species of mollusk that lived 500 million years ago. The new fossil, called Shishania aculeata, reveals that the most primitive mollu.....»»
Drivers love CarPlay as car infotainment systems get worse overall
CarPlay is popular with drivers, a J.D. Power study reveals, but that could be less about CarPlay, and more about how owners are so unhappy with infotainment systems provided by car makers.CarPlay in iOS 18As a means to access the services available.....»»
The Cure for Disposable Plastic Crap Is Here—and It’s Loony
Stretchy seaweed, reverse vending machines, QR-coded take-out boxes: They’re how we can break society’s absurd addiction to single-use plastics......»»
Penguin wing fossil shows importance of Zealandia in penguin evolution
Three small fossil penguin bones, collected in South Canterbury in 1987, are now shedding new light on how penguin wings have evolved. A new study, published in the Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, describes a new species of penguin that.....»»
Drivers love CarPlay as car infotainment systems get wrose
CarPlay is popular with drivers, a J.D. Power study reveals, but that could be less about CarPlay, and more about how owners are so unhappy with infotainment systems provided by car makers.CarPlay in iOS 18As a means to access the services available.....»»
Survey: Infotainment still sore spot for vehicle owners, but CarPlay remains on top
A new J.D. Power survey of vehicle owners has confirmed that infotainment systems are the worst. The only saving grace? Phone-based systems aren’t quite as bad, with Apple’s CarPlay coming out on top. more….....»»
Ohio residents can now add driver"s license, state ID to the iPhone Wallet app
Ohio officially becomes the fifth state to support driver's licenses and State IDs stored on the iPhone and Apple Watch via the Apple Wallet app.In 2020, Apple announced plans to allow iPhone owners to add their passport, driver's license, and state.....»»
The climate is changing so fast, we haven"t seen how bad extreme weather could get
Extreme weather is by definition rare on our planet. Ferocious storms, searing heat waves and biting cold snaps illustrate what the climate is capable of at its worst. However, since Earth's climate is rapidly warming, predominantly due to fossil fue.....»»
Apple expands Emergency SOS via satellite on iPhone to Japan
Introduced alongside the iPhone 14, Apple is now expanding Emergency SOS via satellite feature to Japan. Japanese iPhone owners will now be able to make … The post Apple expands Emergency SOS via satellite on iPhone to Japan appeared first on B.....»»
Ce-doped yttria transparent ceramic: A new ultraviolet-shielding material for extreme conditions
Ultraviolet (UV) radiation can break most of the chemical bonds in organic matter, and prolonged exposure to ultraviolet light can cause significant harm to humans and objects. In response, UV-shielding materials have been developed to fulfill variou.....»»
macOS 14.6 update enables multi-display support for the M3 MacBook Pro
macOS 15.1 and iOS 18.1 beta certainly took the spotlight today as these updates bring the first preview of Apple Intelligence features. However, Apple has also released macOS Sonoma 14.6 to the public, which brings an important change for owners of.....»»
How to pause Activity Rings in watchOS 11 when you need a break
While Activity Rings are a staple for fitness enthusiasts, there might be times when you need to pause them. Here's how you can do it in watchOS 11.How to pause Activity Rings in watchOS 11The Activity Rings on the Apple Watch are a great way to keep.....»»
Project 2025 Wants to Propel America Into Environmental Catastrophe
Tracking emissions, managing pollutants, responding to natural disasters—even accurately predicting the weather—would all be trampled in a wave of privatization, deregulation, and unfettered fossil-fuel exploitation......»»