Lawn Mowing Simulator is for those that take grass cutting seriously
Goat Simulator felt like the peak of simulation parody when it launched in 2014, but as it turns out, that was only the tip of the iceberg. Subsequent entries in the genre including Job Simulator, PC Building Simulator and PowerWash Simulator piqued.....»»
The dark side of the American lawn
The American residential lawn is, for many, an iconic landscape and about half of homeowners in the U.S. use fertilizer to keep their yards green and lush. Some proportion of the nitrogen in this fertilizer enters the broader environment, with negati.....»»
US escalates tech battle by cutting China off from AI chips
The Biden administration is reducing the types of semiconductors that American companies will be able to sell to China, citing the desire to close loopholes in existing regulations announced last year......»»
Vast $2 billion innovation hub is eyed at NASA Ames Silicon Valley complex
A vast $2 billion innovation hub is being eyed at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, a complex that's poised to become a birthplace for cutting-edge technologies......»»
How Hop Nerds Are Saving Your Favorite Beer From Climate Change
Extreme heat and droughts are cutting into hop plants’ yields and making them less bitter. But scientists and farmers are brewing up clever solutions......»»
Study finds wildfire isn"t primary factor in invasive annual grass expansion in Great Basin
Scientists examined the assumption that wildfires are the primary factor driving the expansion of invasive annual grasses that are taking over shrubland and grassland in the U.S. Great Basin and found that annual grasses are highly competitive even i.....»»
LinkedIn is cutting more than 650 jobs
LinkedIn is laying off 668 people across its engineering, product, talent and finance teams as part of a broader restructuring, the social media platform announced Monday......»»
LinkedIn: Microsoft says 668 more jobs to go
The company, which is owned my Microsoft, is cutting about 3% of its workforce......»»
Lina Khan"s rise was heralded as an antitrust revolution. Now she has to pull it off
When the Federal Trade Commission and 17 states sued Amazon last month in a landmark antitrust case, Lina Khan, chair of the FTC, described it as a "cutting-edge" lawsuit that captures "state-of-the-art thinking" about modern monopolies in the tech i.....»»
Honda unveils electric, self-driving lawn mower
Honda, which is getting out of the gasoline-powered mower business, unveiled an electric self-driving replacement that can be controlled by a tablet or smartphone......»»
Thousands of programmable DNA-cutters found in algae, snails, and other organisms
A diverse set of species, from snails to algae to amoebas, make programmable DNA-cutting enzymes called Fanzors—and a new study from scientists at MIT's McGovern Institute for Brain Research has identified thousands of them. Fanzors are RNA-guided.....»»
France"s iPhone 12 modem power testing was radically different than the standard
A support document by Apple details how France's iPhone 12 radio power testing differed greatly from international standards, which will lead to the iOS 17.1 update cutting power to the model's modem.iPhone 12 on the edge of a recallAbout a month aft.....»»
France"s iPhone 12 model radio power testing was radically different than the standard
A support document by Apple details how France's iPhone 12 radio power testing differed greatly from international standards, which will lead to the iOS 17.1 update cutting power to the model's modem.iPhone 12 on the edge of a recallAbout a month aft.....»»
The best October Prime Day robot lawn mower deals today
Robotic lawn mowers are great if you have a large yard or don't have the time to mow, and you can grab some great Prime Day deals this October......»»
State of the world"s plants and fungi report: 3 in 4 undescribed plant species already threatened with extinction
RBG Kew's fifth State of the World's report, published today, lays out the current condition of the world's plants and fungi globally. Based on the work of 200 international researchers and covering the content of more than 25 cutting-edge scientific.....»»
Savoring the sweetness: Unraveling pineapple"s SWEET10 as a glucose transporter
Researchers from Professor Yuan Qin's group at Guangxi University have now harnessed cutting-edge AlphaFold technology to unveil the hidden secrets of sugar transporter proteins, known as SWEET (Sugars Will Eventually be Exported Transporters)......»»
Fair Play review: a cutting, messy thriller
Fair Play is an imperfect but relentlessly engaging new romantic thriller. The Alden Ehrenreich and Phoebe Dynevor-led film is streaming now on Netflix......»»
Amazon rain forest hides thousands of records of ancient Indigenous communities under its canopy, says new study
The world's most diverse forest, the Amazon, may also host more than 10,000 records of pre-Columbian earthworks (constructed prior to the arrival of Europeans), according to a new study. The new study combines cutting-edge remote sensing technology w.....»»
Optimizing continuous-variable functions with quantum annealing
Quantum annealing (QA) is a cutting-edge algorithm that leverages the unique properties of quantum computing to tackle complex combinatorial optimization problems (a class of mathematical problems dealing with discrete-variable functions)......»»
Ends tonight: Save $600 this Greenworks Robot Lawn Mower
Best Buy has a great deal on a Greenworks Optimow Robotic Lawn Mower with $600 off a great way of saving you time and effort. You only have today to get it......»»
Thunderstorms clumping together: How understanding water vapor helps scientists predict future climate change
A team of international scientists from the U.S., France, Germany, and Ethiopia recently published cutting-edge climate research on how thunderstorms can "clump" together and how that influences the Earth's climate. This led to the discovery that thi.....»»