Golang Approves Generics, While Python Accepts Pattern-Matching Proposals
From today's "This Week in Programming" column: Rejoice, long at last, all you Gophers, for the question of whether or not the Go programming language will adopt generics has finally, after many years of debate, been answered this week with the accep.....»»
US senators unveil bipartisan bill empowering Biden to ban TikTok and other services
A dozen US senators unveiled bipartisan legislation Tuesday expanding President Joe Biden's legal authority to ban TikTok nationwide, marking the latest in a string of congressional proposals threatening the social media platform's future in the Unit.....»»
How Octopus Arms Bypass the Brain
A secret pattern links far-flung octopus limbs.....»»
Rhythmic eating pattern preserves fruit fly muscle function under obese conditions
Obese fruit flies are the experimental subjects in a Nature Communications study of the causes of muscle function decline due to obesity. In humans, skeletal muscle plays a crucial role in metabolism, and muscle dysfunction due to human obesity can l.....»»
New spider genus named after pop band ABBA
Spiders of the family Araneidae are known for building vertical orbicular webs to catch prey. They can be easily identified by their eye pattern, the abdomen normally overlapping the carapace, and complex genitalia. The family currently has 188 gener.....»»
Researchers discover mysterious source of "heartbeat-like" radio bursts in a solar fare
A solar radio burst with a signal pattern, akin to that of a heartbeat, has been pinpointed in the Sun's atmosphere, according to a new study......»»
AI art generator vs humans – the battle is on in photo contest
After an AI-generated image won a photo contest, the organizers have upped the ante with a contest that accepts both photos and AI images......»»
What Australia learned from recent devastating floods, and how New Zealand can apply those lessons now
Australia and New Zealand have both faced a series of devastating floods triggered by climate change and the return of the La Niña weather pattern. So it makes sense that Australia has now sent disaster crews to help with the aftermath of Cyclone Ga.....»»
How does anthropogenic warming influence the record-breaking northwest Pacific marine heatwave?
A research team led by Prof. Yin Baoshu from the Institute of Oceanology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOCAS) attributed the record-breaking marine heatwave (MHW) event to global warming, atmospheric weather pattern, and El Nino Southern Oscill.....»»
31 new emoji are coming to iOS 16.4
After an update to the emoji spec in 2022, 31 new Emoji have been added to the iOS 16.4 beta.Emojis can be useful, can be controversial. and are incredibly popular. Every year, the Unicode Consortium considers proposals for new emoji and, if approved.....»»
Latest attack on PyPI users shows crooks are only getting better
The code found in the malicious packages closely resembled legit offerings. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) More than 400 malicious packages were recently uploaded to PyPI (Python Package Index), the official code reposit.....»»
FCC approves Amazon’s satellite broadband plan over SpaceX’s objections
Amazon's 3,236-satellite plan greenlit despite SpaceX seeking 578-satellite limit. Enlarge / Amazon will launch satellites using Arianespace, Blue Origin, and United Launch Alliance. (credit: Amazon) Amazon's Kuiper divi.....»»
Distortion-free structured light
An exciting prospect in modern optics is to exploit patterns of light—how the light looks in its many degrees of freedom—often referred to as "structured light." Each distinct pattern could form an encoding alphabet for optical communication, or.....»»
Apple claps back at UK regulators over cloud gaming proposals
Apple has formally responded by proposals from the UK Competition and Markets Authority to make it easier for cloud gaming services to run on iOS, as it risks "disproportionately impacting Apple's ecosystem."Cloud gaming on an iPhoneIn November, the.....»»
MediaTek, Realtek await pick-up in orders for Wi-Fi chips
Both MediaTek and Realtek Semiconductor believe that a wave of Wi-Fi 6/6E upgrades is still in progress and that basic demand has not abated. Wi-Fi chip sales can still contribute to their overall operations in 2023 if the customer purchase pattern r.....»»
Proposals but no consensus on curbing water shortages in Colorado River basin
6 of 7 states proposed downstream reductions, but California wants to avoid cuts. Enlarge / A view of the Colorado River from the Navajo Bridge in Marble Canyon, Arizona on Aug. 31, 2022. (credit: Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images).....»»
Endangered monarch butterflies face perilous storm
As devastating storms pounded California, nature lovers feared for endangered monarch butterflies that winter there as part of a seemingly magical migration pattern......»»
Amazon slashes Apple Watch Series 8 to $349 in latest round of price cuts
Amazon has issued fresh price drops on Apple Watch Series 8 styles, with prices matching record low levels on numerous GPS and GPS + Cellular models.Amazon has cut Apple Watch prices.The price cuts discount a variety of Apple Watch Series 8 styles, r.....»»
UK government promises robust crypto regulation
Proposals are being set out as scandals and tumbling values raise questions about the industry's future......»»
‘Nasty’ Geometry Breaks a Decades-Old Tiling Conjecture
Mathematicians predicted that if they imposed enough restrictions on how a shape might tile space, they could force a periodic pattern to emerge. They were wrong......»»
EU eyes more help for shrinking bee populations
The EU on Tuesday announced proposals to try to reverse an "alarming decline" in the number of bees—and other insects that pollinate the bloc's crops—including by rewarding organic farming......»»