Daemons and Agents could be slowing down your Mac
Hidden background apps may be slowing down your Mac. Here's how to fix that potential impact to your Mac's performance.In any UNIX-based computer system, including macOS, the operating system runs a variety of background processes to perform certain.....»»
How Putin"s Pre-War Moves Against Google and Apple Prepared His Clampdown on Free Speech
The Washington Post shares a story that hasn't been previously disclosed. "Russian agents came to the home of Google's top executive in Moscow to deliver a frightening ultimatum last September: take down an app that had drawn the ire of Russian Presi.....»»
Acoustic propulsion of nanomachines depends on their orientation
Microscopically tiny nanomachines which move like submarines with their own propulsion—for example in the human body, where they transport active agents and release them at a target: What sounds like science fiction has, over the past 20 years, bec.....»»
Samsung post-COVID-19 outward investments
With the pandemic slowing down, Korea-based manufacturer, especially Samsung, has started undertaking efforts to diversify risks as part of its Southeast Asia strategies......»»
Non-Chinese markets deploy 5G, but may slow down soon
While the establishment of 5G infrastructure, particularly base stations, in China has been slowing down in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the US-China trade tensions, 5G deployment projects in Europe, North America, Japan, and South Korea hav.....»»
OSATs slowing down wirebonding capacity expansions for 2H22
Taiwan's OSATs are slowing down their logic IC wirebonding capacity expansions as the visibility of orders for processing consumer ICs is still unclear beyond the second quarter of 2022, according to industry sources......»»
This AWS training bundle is on sale for under £25
TL;DR: The 2022 Amazon Web Services Database Bundle is on sale for £22.53, saving you 98% on list price.Companies have been migrating to Amazon Web Services (AWS) in record numbers, and AWS shows no signs of slowing its roll in 2022. In fact, i.....»»
Windows 11 adoption is slowing, but it’s not a failure yet
Windows 11 adoption doesn't seem to be gaining as much ground over Windows 10. That's not necessarily a bad thing......»»
Bad news? Send an AI. Good news? Send a human
Researchers from University of Kentucky, University of Technology Sydney, and University of Illinois-Chicago published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that examines the customer response and satisfaction implications of using AI agents versus.....»»
Facebook has successfully overhauled its business before. This time will be harder
Ahead of its 2012 initial public offering, Facebook was in trouble. Its revenue growth was slowing, expenses were surging and it was falling behind competitors in the transition to smartphones and other mobile devices......»»
As the volume of social sciences journal articles increases, academic book publication is slowing
An Academic Analytics Research Center (AARC) study published in the journal PLOS ONE has found that the social sciences are changing: In the last decade, journal article publications have increased, while the publication of books has declined. The ov.....»»
Stabilizing protein drugs with a new reversible "mixing-type" material
Protein drugs are widely used as pharmaceutical agents to treat a range of disorders. However, most of these drugs are not very stable and are only retained in the blood circulation for a limited period, which minimizes their efficacy. To resolve the.....»»
Netflix loses a quarter of its value on slowing subscriber growth
Netflix finished the quarter with 222 million paying subscribers, adding 8.3 million members during the last three months of 2021. Revenue for the quarter was $7.7 billion, up 16.0 percent compared to the same period a year earlier......»»
McAfee issues security bulletin, patches bugs that can lead to system level privileges
The bulletin identified CVE-2021-31854 and CVE-2022-0166, two high severity attack vectors that can leave any asset with McAfee ePO Agents deployed vulnerable to attack. Per the McAfee's guidance, any implementations with Agents earlier than version.....»»
Federal agents return 4,000-year-old artifacts to Iraqi government
Federal agents on Thursday returned two ancient stone artifacts to representatives of the Iraqi government at the country's consulate in Los Angeles......»»
Marine sponge cells in 3D could ramp up production of drug compounds
There are more than 9,000 species of marine sponges (Phylum Porifera) worldwide, which are a source of novel natural products. They contain promising chemical agents that may be useful in combatting cancer, COVID-19 and antibiotic-resistant Staphyloc.....»»
Taiwan IC design houses upbeat about smartphone orders in 1Q22
Unspecified Taiwan-based IC design houses have reiterated their optimism about orders for smartphones in the first quarter of 2022, in response to speculation indicating brand smartphone vendors are slowing the pace of their orders......»»
WhatsApp Ordered To Help US Agents Spy On Chinese Phones
New submitter HillNKnowlton22 writes: U.S. federal agencies have been using a 35-year-old American surveillance law to secretly track WhatsApp users with no explanation as to why and without knowing whom they are targeting. In Ohio, a just-unsealed g.....»»
Omicron Surge Shows Signs of Easing in States Hit Early by the Fast-spreading Variant
Following weeks of soaring infections, the latest Covid surge is showing signs of slowing in a handful of areas hit earliest by the omicron variant -- offering a glimmer of hope that this wave is starting to ease. From a report: The U.S. has reported.....»»
Engineered particles efficiently deliver gene editing proteins to cells in mice
Gene editing approaches promise to treat a range of diseases, but delivering editing agents to cells in animal models and humans safely and efficiently has proven challenging. Now, researchers led by a team at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard h.....»»
Rewilding the Arctic with mammals likely to be ineffective in slowing climate change impact
A new study has shed new light on why large mammals died out at the end of the ice age, suggesting their extinction was caused by a warming climate and expansion of vegetation that created unsuitable habitat for the animals. The findings, published i.....»»