I keep my PC on the floor, and you can’t convince me otherwise
Should you mount your PC on your desk or put it on the floor? What about hiding it inside a desk cupboard? They all work, but some may work better than others......»»
Apple just gave you a reason to ditch your Mac for an iPad
Apple’s WWDC show has brought a major update to iPadOS that could convince many people to switch out their Mac or PC for a new iPad. Here’s how it works......»»
Fearing Lawsuits, Factories Rush To Replace Humans With Robots in South Korea
An anonymous reader shares a report: Kim Yong-rae is the CEO of Speefox, South Korea's biggest manufacturer of capacitors, and he thinks robots are key to the company's survival. On his factory floor, free-standing machines squeal as they spit out gl.....»»
Study finds groundwater depletion causes California farmland to sink, suggests countermeasures
The floor of California's arid Central Valley is sinking as groundwater pumping for agriculture and drinking water depletes aquifers. A new remote sensing study from Stanford University shows land sinking—or subsidence—will likely continue for de.....»»
The World"s Largest Plant Is a Self-Cloning Sea Grass in Australia
In Shark Bay, off the westernmost tip of Australia, meadows of sea grass carpet the ocean floor, undulating in the current and being nibbled on by dugongs, cousins of Florida manatees. A new study revealed something unexpected about those sea grasses.....»»
Fjords may emit as much methane as all the deep oceans globally
During heavy storms, the normally stratified layers of water in ocean fjords get mixed, which leads to oxygenation of the fjord floor. But these storm events also result in a spike in methane emissions from fjords to the atmosphere......»»
Idris Elba is a genie in Three Thousand Years of Longing
George Miller's latest film, Three Thousand Years of Longing, casts Idris Elba as a djinn who may be freed, if he can convince Tilda Swinton to make a wish......»»
Mapping heat flow beneath Greenland highlights geothermal "freak zone"
In our understanding of global geothermal heat flow, Greenland and the surrounding ocean floor has effectively been a blind spot. Now, scientist have dug up all available and somewhat unavailable heat flow data, creating common ground for working wit.....»»
KEF LS60 bring wireless hi-res audio to floor-standing speakers
Floor-standing speakers are traditionally connected to a powerful amp and receiver, but KEF's LS60 Wireless are a fully independent hi-res sound system......»»
Acoustic black holes as noise traps in wooden structures
Research is currently being completed at Empa on a world-first in the sound insulation of wooden buildings. Using a physical theory from the 1990s and the tools of digitization, a research team has developed new floor elements made of solid wood pane.....»»
Cooling speeds up electrons in bacterial nanowires
The ground beneath our feet and under the ocean floor is an electrically-charged grid, the product of bacteria "exhaling" excess electrons through tiny nanowires in an environment lacking oxygen......»»
Google needs to convince us WearOS isn’t dead (again)
WearOS 3 still isn't widely available, so at Google I/O 2022 we need to see strong evidence the platform really does have some life left in it......»»
Spot’s latest robot dance highlights new features
Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot has hit the dance floor again in a new video that seeks to highlight recent improvements made to the quadruped robot......»»
6 must-see indie games we saw at PAX East 2022
PAX East returned this year with several hidden gems in tow. Feast your eyes on six of the best games on the show floor......»»
For cooperative teams, modesty leaves the best impression
People may forgo displaying luxury brands and other signals of status when they want to convince others that they will collaborate well with a team, as people who signal their wealth and social status could be perceived as uncooperative, according to.....»»
This floor lamp adds millions of new color options to your space for only $60
TL;DR: As of April 8, the Lamp Depot Minimalist LED Corner Floor Lamp is on sale for just $59.99 — that's more than 59% off its regular price of $149.Searching for an easy way you can upgrade your space without breaking the bank? The right lamp.....»»
Private astronaut brings an item of mythic proportions to space station
In a vast Florida hangar almost 20 years ago, NASA scattered debris from the Columbia Space Shuttle crash across the floor. Accident investigators bent over the burnt and mangled wreckage, trying to understand what happened.Search parties had combed.....»»
Complete your reading nook with this unique LED lamp on sale
TL;DR: You can slash 24% off the price of this Metal Mother Daughter LED Floor Lamp with Reading Light as of April 10 and get it for $39.99 instead of $52.All lamps are not created equal — especially when it comes to reading lamps. Once you hav.....»»
ASM unveils expansion in Singapore to meet demand for advanced semiconductors
ASM International has unveiled its Singapore manufacturing facility and operations hub, and the groundbreaking of a second manufacturing floor at the site......»»
When New York City Was a Wiretapper’s Dream
On February 11, 1955, an anonymous tip led two New York Police Department detectives and two New York Telephone Company investigators to an apartment on the fourth floor of a residential building at 360 East 55th Street in midtown Manhattan. In the.....»»
"Severance," protect Burt and Irving at all costs
In Episode 6 of Severance, Apple TV+'s new workplace thriller, we find star-crossed colleagues Burt (Christopher Walken) and Irving (John Turturro) standing in a mysterious plant-filled room on the severed floor of Lumon Industries. Irving just apolo.....»»