Key magnet installed at sPHENIX detector
After years of careful planning, crews at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory installed an enormous superconducting magnet that will be the centerpiece of the sPHENIX detector. sPHENIX is an ongoing upgrade to the PHENIX ex.....»»
Oregon governor signs nation’s first right-to-repair bill that bans parts pairing
Starting in 2025, devices can't block repair parts with software pairing checks. Enlarge / Oregon's repair bill prohibits companies from implementing software locks that prohibit aftermarket or used parts from being installed in.....»»
Physicists propose new way to search for dark matter: Small-scale solution could be key to solving large-scale mystery
Ever since its discovery, dark matter has remained invisible to scientists despite the launch of multiple ultra-sensitive particle detector experiments around the world over several decades......»»
NASA selects first lunar instruments for Artemis astronaut deployment
NASA has chosen the first science instruments designed for astronauts to deploy on the surface of the moon during Artemis III. Once installed near the lunar South Pole, the three instruments will collect valuable scientific data about the lunar envir.....»»
Testing begins on sensitive neutrino detector for nonproliferation and fundamental physics
Neutrinos and antineutrinos are nearly massless particles produced in many nuclear reactions, including the fission of uranium in nuclear power plants on Earth and the fusion reactions at the core of the sun......»»
Apple to allow iOS app installs from websites, but small devs don’t qualify
To qualify, devs need an app installed by 1 million users in EU the prior year. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | NurPhoto ) Apple will let European app developers distribute iPhone and iPad applications to users directly.....»»
Never-before-seen Linux malware gets installed using 1-day exploits
Discovery means that NerbianRAT is cross-platform used by for-profit threat group. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Researchers have unearthed Linux malware that circulated in the wild for at least two years before being i.....»»
Third-party App Stores will only work for 30 days if you leave the EU
In a document spelling out the limitations of the third-party App Store process, Apple has made clear how long third-party app stores installed on an iPhone will continue to work when the user leaves the European Union.Apple updates how developers ar.....»»
Parents can block ‘unsafe’ apps from outside of the App Store from being installed, here’s how
Regain clarity with CleanMyPhone by MacPaw — the new AI-powered cleaning app that quickly identifies and removes blurred images, screenshots, and other clutter from your device. Download it now with a free trial. With iOS 17.4 in the EU, iPh.....»»
Research team designs small-scale "chemical nose"
A living organism's nose is essentially a biological molecule detector that sends neurological signals to the brain, which then decodes a particular scent. Human noses, with six million olfactory receptors, can distinguish more than one trillion scen.....»»
Study shows that the ATLAS detector can measure the flux of high-energy supernova neutrinos
High-energy neutrinos are extremely rare particles that have so far proved very difficult to detect. Fluxes of these rare particles were first detected by the IceCube Collaboration back in 2013......»»
Hugging Face, the GitHub of AI, hosted code that backdoored user devices
Malicious submissions have been a fact of life for code repositories. AI is no different. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) Code uploaded to AI developer platform Hugging Face covertly installed backdoors and other types of.....»»
GPUs just broke a 25-year-old record
Projections suggest that the installed base of GPUs will approach nearly 5 billion units by the end of 2026......»»
visionOS 1.1 includes the ability to delete most of the pre-installed apps
Apple Vision Pro users may have noticed that most pre-installed Apple apps can't be deleted, but that changes with visionOS 1.1.Delete pre-installed apps on visionOS 1.1Apple includes 15 pre-installed visionOS native apps, and only two could be delet.....»»
ESR Qi2 MagSafe Car Mount review: a practical upgrade over clamp-based car phone holders
MagSafe chargers free your iPhone from clunky holders with clamps and suction cups, making ESR's Qi2 MagSafe car charger a practical, cost-effective way to bring wireless charging to your car.ESR Qi2 Car Charger review - strong enough magnet for bump.....»»
How to revert macOS to the previous version
There are several reasons why you might want to revert to an older version of macOS than the version currently installed on a Mac. Here's how to do it.A macOS installation can be reverted to an earlier release. Apple updates macOS, the operating syst.....»»
Treating liver cancer with microrobots piloted by a magnetic field
Canadian researchers led by Montreal radiologist Gilles Soulez have developed a novel approach to treat liver tumors using magnet-guided microrobots in an MRI device......»»
Into the belly of the rover: VIPER"s final science instrument installed
A team of engineers is preparing to integrate TRIDENT—short for The Regolith Ice Drill for Exploring New Terrain—into the belly of NASA's first robotic moon rover, VIPER (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover)......»»
Windows 11 24H2 goes from “unsupported” to “unbootable” on some older PCs
New Windows version needs CPU features that became common in the late 00s. Enlarge / We've installed Windows 11 on systems as old as this Core 2 Duo Inspiron tower. As of version 24H2, the OS may no longer be bootable on these sy.....»»
Researchers develop eco-friendly "magnet" to battle microplastics
Plastic pollution is a pressing environmental issue, and University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment researchers are leading the charge with an innovative solution......»»
iPhone 15/14/13/12 Says No SIM? 8 Workable Solutions Here
It is frustrating when you want to call someone, but the No SIM Card Installed error message keeps popping up on your iPhone, causing you not to make calls! Well, aside from that, having this error on your iPhone means you can’t also receive calls.....»»