How to protect your pets from wildfire smoke
The U.S. Northeast is currently smothered in smoke, as Canadian wildfires rage in what may be its worst fire year yet. This has sent air quality plummeting, with residents donning N95 masks and staying indoors in order to reduce how much of the dange.....»»
Rapid diagnostics tool deployed to monitor wheat rust in Nepal
The recent discovery of the Ug99 wheat stem rust strain in Nepal, published in the Plant Disease journal, has once again emphasized the need for vigilance to protect Nepal's third most important food crop from any large-scale outbreaks of this devast.....»»
Rain Technology protects consumers against visual hackers and snoopers at ATM terminals
Rain Technology announced ATM Switchable Privacy, designed to protect consumers against visual hackers and snoopers at ATM terminals in financial institutions, retail stores, restaurants, airports, and other public settings. ATM stats and state of th.....»»
The best VPN for multiple devices in 2024
We've found the best VPNs to protect your privacy on all your devices with enough simultaneous connections to share with friends and family......»»
Cloudera Private Link Network helps enterprises protect their data
Cloudera launched Cloudera Private Link Network to address critical data security and privacy concerns for highly regulated organizations with strict internal data security policies. Cloudera Private Link Network provides secure, private connectivity.....»»
The best free VPNs for 2024
We tried the best free VPNs that protect your personal data from hackers and advertisers at no cost and without cutting speed or features......»»
Q&A: Experts discuss ongoing atmospheric effects of San Bernardino fires on Southern California communities
Several Southern California communities, including Riverside, are being hit with smoke from the huge Line Fire in the San Bernardino Mountains, creating what the Environmental Protection Agency classifies as "very unhealthy" air quality......»»
Los Angeles wildfire explodes, engulfing homes
A wildfire in the hills near Los Angeles exploded overnight, torching dozens of homes as its footprint increased 1,000 percent by Wednesday......»»
The 7 best Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max cases for 2024
The iPhone 16 Pro Max is the iPhone to get if you want all the bells and whistles. To protect your investment, consider buying a case. Here are our favorites......»»
Wildfires around Los Angeles blanket city in smoke
Out-of-control wildfires surrounding Los Angeles continued to grow Tuesday, forcing families to evacuate and blanketing the sky with choking smoke......»»
Kids are digital natives. They have ideas to help protect children from being harmed online, says researcher
The vast expanse of internet connectivity, online media, social media platforms, gaming platforms, and new forms and uses of artificial intelligence (AI) have opened enormous opportunities for commerce and communication......»»
Gaps in online safety act need addressing to protect "revenge porn" victim-survivors
Research from the University of Liverpool, conducted in partnership with the Revenge Porn Helpline, has revealed that a significant number of websites analyzed containing non-consensual intimate images (NCIIs—colloquially known as "revenge porn") m.....»»
It"s not just hot air: Improved air quality model aids forecasters in the field
Imagine you're a NOAA weather forecaster in the field during a raging, rapidly-spreading wildfire. Your title is incident meteorologist (or IMET), and your job is to support agencies and emergency responders who fight these devastating blazes by prov.....»»
The best Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra cases in 2024: the 16 best ones
Are you the proud owner of a Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra? If so, it's important to protect it with a case. Here are our favorite S24 Ultra cases on the market......»»
Legislation to protect fish in Brazil could have opposite effect
A new law aimed at the protection of migratory fish in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands will harm thousands of local and Indigenous fishers, and puts the environment at greater risk from infrastructure development, finds a new study by a UCL researcher and.....»»
Study fills in gaps and biases in plant biodiversity data
It is hard to protect something if you don't know where it is. Yet many people who study and want to safeguard native plants are faced with this exact problem......»»
The best Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus cases in 2024: our 15 favorites
Do you have a Samsung Galaxy S24 Plus? Then you'll need to buy it a case to protect your investment. Here are some of our favorite cases......»»
Evacuations ordered as wildfire burns in foothills of national forest east of LA
Evacuations were ordered Saturday as a wildfire scorched the foothills of a national forest east of Los Angeles, amid a days-long heat wave that pushed temperatures into the triple digits across the region......»»
Bunyip birds and brolgas: How can we better protect species important to Indigenous people?
Kamilaroi Country lies in far northwest New South Wales, past Tamworth and crossing over the Queensland border. Here, the bunyip bird (Australasian bittern, Botaurus poiciloptilus), and the brolga (Grus rubicunda or burraalga in Kamilaroi) have been.....»»
Protecting just 0.7% of world"s land could help save a third of unique and endangered species
Conservation efforts directed towards just 0.7% of the world's land mass could help protect one third of the world's threatened and unique tetrapod (four-limbed vertebrate) species, new research by Imperial College London, On the Edge, and ZSL has sh.....»»
Homeland Security looks to infosec testbed to help protect ports
The department revealed ambitions to help ports develop better cyber security......»»