Did racism kill Jackie Robinson?
Baseball great Jackie Robinson was a living, breathing example of athleticism and apparent good health, playing four sports at UCLA and becoming the first Black man to play in major league baseball......»»
Racism Drives Environmental Inequality--But Most Americans Don"t Realize
Survey finds that most people think poverty is why pollution disproportionately affects Black people, despite evidence that racism is the major cause -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
How historical racism influences modern poverty and racial inequality
To understand modern racial inequalities, historical context is crucial. That's according to new research from Penn sociologist Regina Baker published in the American Journal of Sociology......»»
Samsung may kill the Galaxy S22 FE, but it absolutely shouldn’t
Samsung has reportedly canceled the Galaxy S22 FE, a budget flagship that could have locked horns with the Google Pixel 6a and the iPhone SE......»»
How Apple could kill CAPTCHAs with Private Access Tokens
Apple demoed technology at WWDC 2022 called Private Access Tokens — and they could potentially kill CAPTCHAs once and for all.Apple's image for Private Access TokensPrivate Access Tokens (PAT) can prove when an HTTP request is coming from a human i.....»»
Heatwaves kill animals, but new research shows the survivors don"t get off scot-free
Extreme heat waves can cause birds and mammals to die en masse. But it's more common for an animal to experience relatively mild heat stress that doesn't kill it. Our new findings suggest that unfortunately, these individuals can suffer long-term hea.....»»
Apple may finally have to kill the Lightning port
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Italy to kill 1,000 pigs in swine fever outbreak
A thousand pigs will be slaughtered after two cases of swine fever were detected on a farm in Rome's Lazio region, officials said Friday, spurring fears of a blow to the country's pork industry......»»
How Haitian migrants are treated shows the ties between racism and refugee policy
The first protected category of the United Nations refugee convention is race. The 1951 convention defines a refugee as a person who is outside their country of residence or nationality "owing to well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of r.....»»
Invasive insect that kills grapes could reach California wine region by 2027
The spotted lanternfly, an invasive insect that can kill grapevines and damage other crops, has a chance of first reaching the wine-producing counties of California in five years, according to a new analysis from North Carolina State University resea.....»»
Empirical link between fatal police violence and structural racism
A new research study from Umeå University in Sweden shows that incidents with fatal police violence in the U.S. are 66% more likely to occur in formerly "redlined" areas......»»
Microsoft Trying To Kill HDD Boot Drives By 2023, Report Says
A recent executive brief from data storage industry analyst firm Trendfocus reports that OEMs have disclosed that Microsoft is pushing them to drop HDDs as the primary storage device in pre-built Windows 11 PCs and use SSDs instead, with the current.....»»
Microsoft could finally kill HDD boot drives for good
Analysts say Microsoft is in talks with its OEM partners to transition from HDD to SSD as its main storage component by 2023......»»
Twitter reportedly will give Musk the full “firehose” of user data he demanded
Report: Twitter to give Musk the firehose after he threatened to kill merger. Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Photo by Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images) Twitter now plans to comply with Elon Musk's demand for user data that he.....»»
Apple "Passkeys" Could Finally Kill Off the Password For Good
Apple demonstrated "passkeys" at WWDC 2022, a new biometric sign-in standard that could finally kill off the password for good. TechCrunch reports: Passkeys are based on the Web Authentication API (WebAuthn), a standard that uses public-key cryptogra.....»»
Texas school shooting: How assault-style rifles and ammunition kill and maim
The recent mass shooting that killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, has sparked another round of the gun control debate......»»
Tool visualizes the public health impact of the discriminatory practice of "redlining"
The long-term, systemic consequences of structural racism can be challenging to see, quantify, and communicate. But an online tool developed by Jaime Madrigano, an associate professor in the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering at the J.....»»
Smartphones Will Kill Off the DSLR Within Three Years, Says Sony
Smartphone cameras and DSLRs have been moving in opposite directions for the past few years, and image quality from phones will finally trump that of their single-lens reflex rivals by 2024, according to Sony. From a report: As reported by Nikkei Jap.....»»
Sony believes smartphone cameras could eventually kill the need for DSLRs
Sony seems to believe that in the next few years, smartphone cameras could be good enough to kill the DSLR. The post Sony believes smartphone cameras could eventually kill the need for DSLRs first appeared on Phandroid. The cameras on our p.....»»
Smartphones will kill off the DSLR within three years says Sony
Sony has predicted that phone camera photo quality will surpass that of DSLRs by 2024 in a revealing presentation......»»
Lawsuit: Musk manipulated Twitter stock price in attempt to renegotiate sale
Investor alleges Musk posted false tweets in scheme to kill deal or renegotiate price. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | eccolo74) Elon Musk was sued by a Twitter investor who alleges that he broke the law in a scheme to drive d.....»»