How to Keep Your Overburdened IT Staff from Burning Out
Burnout among IT professionals is at an all-time high. Here’s how you can hang onto your skilled IT team and keep them happy in their role......»»
Users complain that the Samsung Galaxy S24 stylus… smells bad?
Apparently the "Ultra" phone's S-Pen often smells like burning plastic. Enlarge / The Galaxy S24 line. (credit: Samsung) Electric design is a field full of varying opinions and trade-offs. Companies agonize over the phy.....»»
"I have been ground down": About 50% of Australian principals and other school leaders are thinking of quitting
Australia's school principals have collective responsibility for nearly 3 million students and staff. But who takes responsibility for them?.....»»
Research suggests natural electrical grid deep inside Earth enables many types of microbes to survive
To "breathe" in an environment without oxygen, bacteria in the ground beneath our feet depend upon a single family of proteins to transfer excess electrons (produced during the "burning" of nutrients) to electric hairs called nanowires projecting fro.....»»
Uncovering the dominant contribution of intermediate volatility compounds to biomass-burning organic aerosols
Biomass burning, including wildfires and residential heating, emits a variety of air pollutants and has a series of negative impacts on the environment......»»
The 8 best ergonomic office chairs in 2024
To keep yourself healthy while burning the midnight oil, make sure you're sitting on an ergonomic office chair......»»
Global warming may intensify the modulation of tropical cyclone genesis by summer intraseasonal oscillation
Global warming, the long-term warming of Earth's overall temperature, has greatly accelerated in the last 100 years due to human factors such as the burning of fossil fuels. Along with this trend, certain atmospheric phenomena have also changed, such.....»»
SpaceX celebrates major progress on the third flight of Starship
Starship's third launch appeared flawless, but SpaceX has more work to do on recovery. Enlarge / SpaceX's Starship soars through the sky over South Texas, powered by 33 methane-burning Raptor engines. (credit: Stephen Clark/Ars T.....»»
You Can Count on Pi
On Pi Day we answer the burning question: Is there any world in which pi does not go on forever?.....»»
How Do Heat Pumps Work?
Our in-house physics whiz explains how a heat pump can warm your home without burning fossil fuels......»»
Rampant Wildfires Are Threatening a Collapse of the Amazon Rainforest
Rainforests in South America are burning this year faster than ever before, setting the course for a collapse of the Amazon in the coming decades......»»
Researchers: Cultural burning is better for Australian soils than prescribed burning, or no burning at all
Imagine a landscape shaped by fire, not as a destructive force but as a life-giving tool. That's the reality in Australia, where Indigenous communities have long understood the intricate relationship between fire, soil and life. Cultural burning has.....»»
Genetic mutation in a quarter of all Labradors hard-wires them for obesity
New research finds around a quarter of Labrador retriever dogs face a double-whammy of feeling hungry all the time and burning fewer calories due to a genetic mutation. The results are published in the journal Science Advances......»»
Infernos rage from Texas to Australia as fire season kicks off early
After a year of deadly wildfires around the globe, the world is burning again from Texas to Australia—and in some regions, the blazes are igniting early......»»
Apple support staff warned to avoid side-loading speculation
Apple has warned its support staff to avoid talking to customers about the possibility of side-loading and third-party app storefronts arriving in non-EU countries.App Store iconApple is close to the release of iOS 17.4, which will introduce major ch.....»»
Piracy Moghul Aniwatch Rebrands to HiAnime
The massively popular anime pirate site Aniwatch has a new name. The site, which was known as Zoro.to just a year ago, just rebranded to HiAnime. The site's staff doesn't explain the latest brand switch but a recent 'dynamic+' site blocking order in.....»»
Apple’s Scrapped Car Project Means AI and Headset Bets Are More Urgent
Apple told employees Tuesday it was abandoning plans for a self-driving car and reassigned some of the staff to its AI efforts. In abandoning plans for a self-driving car, Apple Inc. is giving up on billions in potential revenue and.....»»
This new Spotify feature is like a Magic 8 Ball for music
Spotify's new Song Psychic feature hopes to answer some of life's burning questions while suggesting music as answers......»»
Satellites are burning up in the upper atmosphere—what impact could this have on the Earth"s climate?
Elon Musk's SpaceX has announced it will dispose of 100 Starlink satellites over the next six months, after it discovered a design flaw that may cause them to fail. Rather than risk posing a threat to other spacecraft, SpaceX will "de-orbit" these sa.....»»
Rivian, Lucid earnings reports tell a tale of a tough EV market
Rivian and Lucid are burning through cash. Sales are expected to be flat this year. The EV startups, along with Tesla, are trying to move downmarket for growth......»»
Support for increasing low-wage workers" compensation: The role of fixed-growth mindsets
New York City Mayor Eric Adams came in for criticism in early 2022 for suggesting that low-paid workers such as restaurant and retail staff were low-skilled and did not "have the academic skills to sit in the corner office.".....»»