How to use the new mail merge in Pages
Apple should not have taken eight years to reintroduce mail merge to Pages, but now it's back. Here's how to make the most of the new feature.Even if you used to know how to use mail merge in Pages, it's been close to a decade since the app would let.....»»
Did rapid spin delay 2017 collapse of neutron stars into black hole?
When two neutron stars spiral into one another and merge to form a black hole—an event recorded in 2017 by gravitational wave detectors and telescopes worldwide—does it immediately become a black hole? Or does it take a while to spin down before.....»»
Sci-fi author dethrones Pebble for title of most-funded Kickstarter campaign
Epic fantasy and sci-fi writer Brandon Sanderson launched a Kickstarter campaign for four new “secret novels” written over the past two years. Each book is about 400 pages long and is being offered in your choice of digital e-book, digital audiob.....»»
Yahoo closes email service in China as it lowers curtain on the country
Yahoo Mail is no longer available in China due to compliance concerns surrounding the country's new data protection law......»»
Meta says it"s shut down a pro-Russian disinformation network, warns of a social media hacking operation
Facebook's parent Meta said Monday it has caught dozens of fake, pro-Russian accounts, groups and pages across its platforms trying to spread anti-Ukrainian propaganda as the war in Ukraine continues to rage......»»
USPS Finalizes Plans To Buy Gas-Powered Delivery Fleet, Defying the EPA and White House
echo123 shares a report from the Washington Post: The U.S. Postal Service finalized plans Wednesday to purchase up to 148,000 gasoline-powered mail delivery trucks (Warning: paywalled; alternative source), defying Biden administration officials' obje.....»»
USPS sticks with decision to buy inefficient 8.6 mpg trucks
The USPS rejected all criticism from the EPA and White House. Enlarge / The Next Gen Delivery Vehicle looks adorably goofy, but the vast majority of these new mail trucks will belch almost exactly as much carbon dioxide into the air as.....»»
How to merge layers in Photoshop
Layers are an essential component of editing on Photoshop. Here's how to merge layers in Photoshop to better organize your image elements......»»
Unimicron to merge with SiP substrate specialist
Unimicron Technology has announced plans to merge with Subtron Technology, which specializes in SiP substrates, looking to integrate resources to expand product portfolios and seize growing business opportunities from niche-type substrates......»»
Day of discovery: 7 Earth-size planets
Newspapers around the world printed the discovery on their front pages: Astronomers had found that a red dwarf star called TRAPPIST-1 was home to a close-knit family of seven Earth-size planets. NASA announced the system Feb. 22, 2017......»»
Superfluids provide new insight into turbulence
Eddies in an exotic liquid known as a superfluid merge to form large vortices, analogous to how cyclones form in the turbulent atmosphere......»»
Facebook takes the "news" out of News Feed, figuratively speaking
When Facebook launched in 2004, it was essentially a directory of profile pages. Users would navigate from page to page to check out what was new on the Walls of their friends. Everything changed in September 2006 with the introduction of the News Fe.....»»
TikTok"s ban on misogyny and misgendering attempts to clean up For You Pages
TikTok has long prohibited hate-speech and violence on its social video platform, but a recent update is getting more specific about what can and can't be posted on videos.The China-based tech firm ByteDance, which created and owns TikTok, updated it.....»»
Big Tech Sold Out on Its Promise of an Open Internet
An anonymous reader shares a report: 2021 was a bad PR year for Big Tech. Lawmakers, advocates, and scholars filled pages of books and held hours of hearing exalting what they viewed as an industry being strangled by a handful of players using anti-c.....»»
Watch Samsung unveil the Galaxy S22 series right here at 10am ET / 7am PT
Samsung is livestreaming the event on several platforms: YouTube, which we’ve embedded above, its Newsroom pages, and on the company’s official TikTok and Twitter accounts. You can also watch it on Facebook, Reddit, Twitch, and Amazon Live. It’.....»»
USPS under fire for new mail truck’s dire fuel economy
The new US Postal Service fleet would be less efficient than a Hummer H1, and barely more frugal than the aging outgoing vehicles, the EPA has warned, throwing an EV roadblock into the multi-billion revamp of how Americans’ mail is delivered. T.....»»
Next-gen USPS mail trucks are only capable of 8.6 mpg, EPA says
It's claimed the USPS did not consider environmental impacts as required by law. Enlarge / The proposed replacement USPS mail truck got a lot of attention for its odd looks, but the real crime is a pathetic 8.6 mpg fuel efficiency—ba.....»»
A new anthology tells erotic stories by 27 "anonymous" writers
Within the pages of Anonymous Sex, 27 writers have congregated to tell tales of the erotic. Readers, however, won't know which writer penned which story. Aside from an alphabetical list of author names, there's no other real indication of identity. A.....»»
Amazon operations manager who stole $273K worth of PC components pleads guilty to mail fraud
According to the Department of Justice, from June 2020 to September 2021, Wright used his position as an operations manager at Amazon’s warehouse in Charlotte, North Carolina, to ship merchandise including processors, hard drives and video cards to.....»»
Amazon Warehouse Manager Pleads Guilty To Stealing $273K of Computer Parts
A Charlotte, North Carolina man has pleaded guilty to charges of mail fraud after stealing and reselling merchandise from an Amazon warehouse, the Department of Justice said in a news release. The Verge reports: Between June 2020 and September 2021,.....»»
Ask Slashdot: Do You Test Your Web pages With Microsoft Edge?
`Long-time Slashdot reader shanen writes: If you're doing any web page programming for money, then I'm pretty sure you're paid to support Edge, too. Probably even required to test it. So this question is really directed to the relative amateur progra.....»»