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.....»»
Apple faces five shareholder proposals, and doesn’t like any of them
Tomorrow is the date of Apple’s annual shareholder meeting, and the company this year faces five shareholder proposals – and recommends voting against all of them. The company went as far as trying to exclude one of them, but the Securities an.....»»
White House: Use memory-safe programming languages to protect the nation
The White House is asking the technical community to switch to using memory-safe programming languages – such as Rust, Python, Swift, C#, Java, and Go – to prevent memory corruption vulnerabilities from entering the digital ecosystem. Acc.....»»
Apple"s annual shareholder meeting tackling conservative fears, China, equality, & AI
Apple's annual shareholder meeting is being held on February 28, with shareholder proposals pushing for transparency from Apple on AI and addressing concerns held by conservative politicians, but Apple advises voting "against."Shareholder meeting to.....»»
iPad mini 6 now $120 off in Friday’s best deals, Apple Pencil 2 $79, AirPods Pro 2 $180, more
All of Friday’s best deals are here as we head into the weekend, with a new all-time low on Apple’s latest iPad mini 6 taking $120 off. It comes joined by Apple Pencil 2 at $79, matching its best-ever price at Amazon in the process. And if you do.....»»
Two truths and a lie about immigration
Congressional gridlock over border security talks, controversial proposals to restrict asylum and a looming impeachment trial for the U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas paint a stark picture of a nation deeply divided on immigration......»»
The internet is obsessed: Zendaya and Timothée Chalamet match for "Dune: Part Two" promo
Zendaya and Timothée Chalamet sport matching pink and blue coveralls for 'Dune: Part Two' promo in South Korea. Zendaya and Timothée Chalamet traded in stillsuits for matching pastel coveralls to promote Dune: Part Two in South Korea. T.....»»
Black hole fashions stellar beads on a string
Astronomers have discovered one of the most powerful eruptions from a black hole ever recorded. This mega-explosion billions of years ago may help explain the formation of a striking pattern of star clusters around two massive galaxies, resembling be.....»»
Meta & Microsoft are lobbying the EU to reject Apple"s new App Store plans [u]
Ahead of Apple's proposals for third-party App Stores coming out of beta, firms including Meta and Microsoft are lobbying the EU in the hopes that it will reject the plans.The App Store is changing in EuropeApple has detailed how it proposes to follo.....»»
Deals: Apple"s M2 Pro Mac mini drops to $1,149, best price of 2024
Amazon's under-the-radar discount on the M2 Pro Mac mini shaves $150 off the high-end model, matching the lowest price we've seen in 2024. Plus, snap up savings on every other configuration with prices as low as $499.Save on Apple's Mac mini at Amazo.....»»
Ground-based lasers could accelerate spacecraft to other stars
The future of space exploration includes some rather ambitious plans to send missions farther from Earth than ever before. Beyond the current proposals for building infrastructure in cis-lunar space and sending regular crewed missions to the moon and.....»»
City Council Unwittingly Approves Pirate IPTV Scheme and Documents Everything
Mapleton, Utah, is one of the most idyllic cities imaginable. Its crime rate is 80% below average, and its council operates with complete transparency. Public meetings are streamed live on YouTube, and details of every meeting appear on the city's we.....»»
Did Eurasia"s dominant East-West axis "turn the fortunes of history"?
Guns, Germs, and Steel (1997) is Jared Diamond's Pulitzer Prize-winning effort to explain the contrasting histories of Native Americans, Africans, and aboriginal Australians vs. Europeans and Asians. One of his intriguing proposals was that Eurasian.....»»
Mathematicians finally solved Feynman’s “reverse sprinkler” problem
We might not need to "unwater" our lawns, but results could help control fluid flows. Light-scattering microparticles reveal the flow pattern for the reverse (sucking) mode of a sprinkler, showing vortices and complex f.....»»
Re-estimating China"s lake CO₂ flux considering spatiotemporal variability
The variability of lake partial carbon dioxide pressure (pCO2) introduces uncertainty into CO2 flux estimates. Knowing the variation pattern of pCO2 is important for obtaining an accurate global estimation......»»
Researchers decode key airflow pattern impacting global climate
The Hadley circulation is a key atmospheric circulation pattern in the tropics. It helps even out the temperature between the equator and the poles by moving energy and momentum toward higher latitudes. However, recent studies indicate that the Hadle.....»»
Japan government accepts it’s no longer the ’90s, stops requiring floppy disks
Government amends 34 ordinances to no longer require diskettes. Enlarge (credit: Getty) The Japanese government is finally letting go of floppy disks and CD-ROMs. It recently announced amendments to laws requiring the u.....»»
Bioinspired hydrogel pattern enhances atmospheric water harvesting via directional droplet steering
The water in the air originates from both natural and forced evaporation, with condensation being the final and crucial step in water harvesting. Condensation involves nucleation, growth, and shedding of water droplets, which are then collected......»»
We"re heading for Venus: ESA approves EnVision
ESA's next mission to Venus was officially "adopted" today by the Agency's Science Program Committee. EnVision will study Venus from its inner core to its outer atmosphere, giving important new insight into the planet's history, geological activity a.....»»
Google Maps makes it easier for you to identify food on a menu
Google Maps has received an update that will make matching photos to menu items a lot easier for users to identify. The post Google Maps makes it easier for you to identify food on a menu appeared first on Phandroid. Trying to look at a re.....»»
Humpback whales move daytime singing offshore, research reveals
Humpback whale singing dominates the marine soundscape during winter months off Maui. However, despite decades of research, many questions regarding humpback whale behavior and song remain unanswered. New research has revealed a daily pattern wherein.....»»