First results are in: 2023 temperatures were stunningly warm
In the second half of the year, every month set a record. Enlarge / Month by month, 2023 stood far above the rest. (credit: C3S/ECMWF) The confused wiggles on the graph above have a simple message: Most years, even years.....»»
ISPs tell Supreme Court they don’t want to disconnect users accused of piracy
ISPs say Sony's win over Cox would force them to do "mass Internet evictions." Enlarge / The Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, DC, in May 2023. (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto) Four more large Internet s.....»»
Tracking plasma progression in a picosecond: Physicists develop ultra-fast laser method to study high-density plasmas
In a few picoseconds (trillionths of a second), a small, thin piece of copper momentarily becomes dense plasma, specifically a state called warm dense matter, warm being a relative term—the metal is nearly 200,000 degrees Fahrenheit. With the short.....»»
Hybrid Chickadees Reveal How Species Boundaries Can Shift and Blur
When different chickadee species meet, they sometimes choose each other as mates—with surprising results.....»»
Apple regains crown as sole winner of American Satisfaction Index, HP passes Samsung
In 2023, Samsung broke Apple’s 20-year streak of winning first place in the American Customer Satisfaction Index for personal computers by forcing a tie. This year Apple has returned to ruling the category while HP won second, knocking Samsung down.....»»
Open Wave-Receivers featured in ‘Living Radio Lab’ film
Living Radio Lab (2023) is a film by Francesca Oldfield that documents Shortwave Collective’s contribution to the Struer Tracks biennial of sound and listening, which took place on August 23-27, 2023 in Struer, Denmark. Shortwave Collective wrote.....»»
Surface water sampling reveals large numbers of juvenile krill undetected by conventional monitoring methods
In 2018–2019, researchers of Wageningen Marine Research joined the Japanese research vessel Kaiyo-maru (Fisheries Agency Japan; FAJ) on an Antarctic expedition to sample the upper surface waters with the Surface and Under Ice Trawl. Results showed.....»»
Google will begin labeling AI-generated images in Search
Google will begin labeling AI-generated search results in the coming months......»»
Google seeks authenticity in the age of AI with new content labeling system
C2PA system aims to give context to search results, but trust problems run deeper than AI tech. Enlarge / Under C2PA, this stock image would be labeled as a real photograph if the camera used to take it, and the toolchain for ret.....»»
Pollen affects cloud formation and precipitation patterns, researchers find
Ground-based and satellite observations in the United States show that increased pollen concentrations in spring lead to more cloud ice and more precipitation—even at temperatures between minus 15 and minus 25 degrees Celsius......»»
How to get more fuel and heat in Frostpunk 2
Fuel and heat are the keys to survival in Frostpunk 2. Here's how to get both so you can stay warm......»»
Google’s Find My Device app is copying a helpful iPhone feature
Google’s Find My Device network may soon include a crucial feature that Apple added to the iPhone in 2023......»»
Runway’s latest update is already producing mind-blowing results
The generative AI application is expanding its platform, and some people are already doing some very impressive things with it......»»
Optogenetic control reveals collective cell behavior
New research led by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) has studied the migratory movement of groups of cells using light control. The results show that there is no leader cell that directs the collective movement, as previously thou.....»»
Ads featuring interracial couples produce mixed results for brands
A new paper co-written by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign scholar who studies how authenticity and aesthetics intersect with branding found that interracial couples featured in advertisements enhanced brand outcomes relative to white couple.....»»
DirecTV and Disney end blackout, claim they will offer better channel packages
Companies promise "more flexible options" for channel and streaming packages. Enlarge / TV camera during a game between the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens on December 25, 2023 in Santa Clara, California. (credit: Getty.....»»
Lower shipping emissions may lead to higher global temperatures
Products that we depend on and use every day arrive by way of massive container ships to ports around the world. But the maritime shipping industry is also responsible for polluting the air and oceans with sulfur dioxide, which can negatively affect.....»»
Beatbot Aquasense Pro review: simple setup, spotless results
Beatbot's Aquasense Pro pool cleaner performs better and been more reliably than the competition, but comes at a steep price......»»
Astronomers detect black hole "starving" its host galaxy to death
Astronomers have used the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope to confirm that supermassive black holes can starve their host galaxies of the fuel they need to form new stars. The results are reported in the journal Nature Astronomy......»»
The skyscraper-sized tsunami that vibrated through the entire planet and no one saw
Earthquake scientists detected an unusual signal on monitoring stations used to detect seismic activity during September 2023. We saw it on sensors everywhere, from the Arctic to Antarctica......»»
iPhone 16’s A18 Pro chip outperforms the M1 chip in new benchmarks [Updated]
We got our first look at a Geekbench result from the iPhone 16 earlier this week, with somewhat disappointing results. There was a decent improvement in single core performance, but the multi-core score was abnormal. However, newer results paint a mu.....»»