Doomsday Clock now 100 seconds from midnight
While the Doomsday Clock is perilously close to midnight, it is not as close as UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson recently suggested in his COP26 opening remarks......»»
The MacBook Air gets bigger with new 15-inch model
The 13-inch MacBook Air gets a price cut, too. The color options (left to right): midnight, starlight, space gray, and silver. [credit:.....»»
Apple’s iOS 17 adds better autocorrect, journaling, clock-like StandBy, and more
iPadOS 17 adds similar features, plus the iOS 16 lock screen and new widgets. Enlarge (credit: Apple) CUPERTINO, Calif.—As has long been tradition, Apple publicly announced the key features and other details of the nex.....»»
Thorium-229: How the first nuclear transition can be excited with lasers in the visible wavelength range
The thorium isotope with the mass number 229 (229Th) is highly exciting in many respects—for fundamental physics as well as for future applications, for example in the sense of a nuclear clock......»»
Could the rush for lithium near California"s Salton Sea trigger earthquakes?
Just after midnight on April 30, residents near the Salton Sea in Southern California were jolted awake by a magnitude 4.3 earthquake. Dozens of people told the U.S. Geological Survey that they felt the shaking, with a couple locals reporting it was.....»»
Hands-on: ‘Midnight Alarm’ packs powerful features that Apple’s Clock app is missing [Giveaway]
Andrew Zheng, an incoming Apple intern, found Apple’s alarm function to be missing critical features and found that most alternatives on the App Store were poorly designed, ad-ridden, and missing key features. Because of this, he created Midnight.....»»
Hands-on: McClockface for Mac brings its delightful customizable timekeeping to your big screen
McClockface arrived back in 2021 as a sharp way to bring customizable clock widgets to iPhone. Recently the app arrived on Mac and I’ve been trying it out. The library of clock faces has grown to almost two dozen and along with all the detailed cu.....»»
CERN facility takes a solid tick forward towards a nuclear clock
Atomic clocks are the world's most precise timekeepers. Based on periodic transitions between two electronic states of an atom, they can track the passage of time with a precision as high as one part in a quintillion, meaning that they won't lose or.....»»
Rimac goes 0–60 in 1.74 seconds while blowing past 22 other EV records
There's a reason other hypercar companies go to Rimac for electric powertrain tech. Enlarge / The Rimac Nevera is a $2 million electric hypercar with 1,914 hp (1.4 MW) and 1,725 lb-ft (2,339 Nm). (credit: Rimac) Move ove.....»»
How hacking your Switch can lead to better Tears of the Kingdom frame rates
Pushing RAM clock past the limit eliminates memory bottlenecks in crowded scenes. Modern Vintage Gamer shows the frame rate improvements possible by overclocking Tears of the Kingdom with a hacked Switch. For a marquee game on 6-yea.....»»
Timing is everything: New insights into floral development unveil nature"s perfect clock
The intricate process of flower development has long fascinated scientists seeking to unravel the mysteries behind nature's precision timing. In a study published in the journal The Plant Cell, a research team led by Nara Institute of Science and Tec.....»»
Reusable nappies can reduce the environmental footprint of parenting—but only if they"re used with care
Around the world, another 45 babies are born every ten seconds. Each of these babies will require nappies that need to be changed frequently. So it's understandable that new parents want to do what's best for their baby—and the planet—when it com.....»»
Anthropic’s Claude AI can now digest an entire book like The Great Gatsby in seconds
Claude's input memory grows to 75,000 words, beating GPT-4 by a wide margin. Enlarge / An AI-generated image of a robot reading a book. (credit: Benj Edwards / Stable Diffusion) On Thursday, AI company Anthropic announce.....»»
Google doubles down on its "AI" future during I/O, hitting the buzzword over 100 times
It took only 17 seconds for Google to say "AI" in its Google I/O keynote conference for the first time on Wednesday, and we stopped counting at over 100. Here are all the AI tools that it announced at the event, spanning nearly every product category.....»»
Leak of MSI UEFI signing keys stokes fears of “doomsday” supply chain attack
With no easy way to revoke compromised key, MSI is in a real pickle. Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) A ransomware intrusion on hardware manufacturer Micro-Star International, better known as MSI, is stoking concerns of d.....»»
Your voice could be your biggest vulnerability
AI technology is fueling a rise in online voice scams, with just three seconds of audio required to clone a person’s voice, according to McAfee. McAfee surveyed 7,054 people from seven countries and found that a quarter of adults had previously exp.....»»
This $12 gadget can convert your old SSD into a portable SSD in 10 seconds
A USB to SATA converter is all you need to give a new lease of life to your old solid state drive.....»»
Marvel’s Midnight Suns for Nintendo Switch canceled ahead of last-gen launch
Marvel's Midnight Suns is out on PS4 and Xbox One next week, but it's no longer coming to Nintendo Switch......»»
Flash sale drops the price of the Lenovo Smart Alarm Clock to $12
The Lenovo Smart Clock Essential is a cute and stylish smart display for your home. It's on sale at an incredibly low price at Walmart now......»»
Bang & Olufsen designed its new speaker for a long life, and inevitable death
In a category defined by waste, the Beosound A5 portable speaker is a sleek and sustainable alternative. A tool. A clock. A piece of furniture. We all have utilitarian items that have been handed down to us by our parents or grandparents—thou.....»»
Bang & Olufsen designed its new speaker for a long life, and inventible death
In a category defined by waste, the Beosound A5 portable speaker is a sleek and sustainable alternative. A tool. A clock. A piece of furniture. We all have utilitarian items that have been handed down to us by our parents or grandparents—thou.....»»