Lyrid meteor shower peaks April 22
Amateur skywatchers will want to be looking to the sky in the coming days, with the Lyrid meteor shower peaking on the morning of Thursday, April 22. Interestingly, that’s also Earth Day. The meteor shower ends the four months of no meteors tha.....»»
Minimum wage increases are important, but workers deserve more
This fall, several provinces across Canada are scheduled to increase their minimum wages. These provincial adjustments follow the federal government's decision to raise the federal minimum wage to $17.30 back in April......»»
Uncovering microplastic dynamics and patterns in coastal habitats
Microplastics have raised concerns among scientists and the public in recent years due to their widespread presence and associated health risks. They have been found in every corner of the planet, from mountain peaks to the deep sea, and in the diets.....»»
Astronaut captures a meteor exploding in the atmosphere over Earth
An incredible new video taken by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station shows a meteor exploding as it hits the planet's atmosphere......»»
Slow Horses season 4 starts streaming today
The first episode of Slow Horses season four is now available to watch on Apple TV+. The spy series, headed by Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb, began in April 2022 and has been rolling out new season at a rapid clip. It has risen in popularity ever s.....»»
Bird flu reaches cows in California, the country’s largest milk producer
The highly pathogenic strain has now spread to 197 herds in 14 states. Enlarge / A cow grazes in a field at a dairy farm on April 26, 2024, in Petaluma, California. (credit: Getty | Justin Sullivan) The outbreak of H5N1.....»»
JP Clausen brings auto, tech experience to GM manufacturing
JP Clausen, who previously worked for Tesla, Google and Lego, joined GM in April to succeed the retiring Gerald Johnson executive vice president of global manufacturing and sustainability......»»
Texas judge decides Texas is a perfectly good venue for X to sue Media Matters
Judge says Musk critic "targeted" advertisers in Texas, denies motion to dismiss. Enlarge / Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at Tesla's "Cyber Rodeo" on April 7, 2022, in Austin, Texas. (credit: Getty Images | AFP/Suzanne Cordeiro).....»»
Observatory reveals key evidence of cosmic ray acceleration limit in W51 for first time
The Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) officially released the precise measurements of high-energy gamma radiation from the W51 complex, confirming it as a cosmic-ray accelerator boosting particles up to so-called ultra-high energies.....»»
How to prioritize data privacy in core customer-facing systems
Evolving global data privacy regulations are keeping marketers on their toes. In April 2024, the American Privacy Rights Act (APRA) was introduced in the Senate. The proposed bill would create a federal consumer privacy framework akin to the GDPR, wh.....»»
Threads testing new option for temporary 24 hour posts
Meta began experimenting with an option for auto-archiving posts back in April, but the feature never came to fruition in that form. However, the company has now confirmed that they’re experimenting with a new ephemeral post format, where users can.....»»
COVID shot now or later? Just getting it at all is great, officials respond.
As the summer wave peaks, officials are prepping for the coming winter wave. Enlarge / A 13-year-old celebrates getting the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Hartford, Connecticut, on May 13, 2021. (credit: Getty | JOSEPH PRE.....»»
Volvo Trucks picks Monterrey for $700 million Mexico assembly plant
Volvo AB said in April that it aimed to build a plant in Mexico to supply the group's Volvo Trucks and Mack Trucks businesses in the U.S. and Canada as well as Mack Trucks in Mexico and Latin America. .....»»
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves launches in April with some key features
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves is coming next April, and it boasts key features like rollback netcode......»»
Facing “financial crisis,” Russia on pace for lowest launch total in 6 decades
"This forces us to build a new economy in severe conditions." Enlarge / A Soyuz 2.1b rocket booster with a Frigate upper stage block, the Meteor-M 2-1 meteorological satellite, and 18 small satellites launched from the Vostochny.....»»
Sonos contemplates bringing back its old app amid hardware headwind and layoffs
Sonos has had a tough time since it launched a brand-new app in April that was met with instant and harsh criticism from customers. While the company has a plan to fix the new app, Sonos leadership is considering the possibility of relaunching its ol.....»»
Current attacks, targets, and other threat landscape trends
In this Help Net Security video, Kendall McKay, Strategic Lead, Cyber Threat Intelligence at Cisco Talos, discusses the trends that Cisco Talos incident response observed in incident response engagements from Q2 2024, which covers April to June. Whil.....»»
Framework Laptop 13 reviewed, again: Meteor Lake meh, Linux upgrades good
Intel's latest chips often fall behind Ryzen, or even older Intel CPUs. Enlarge / The ever-evolving Framework Laptop 13 is back again, this time with some Linux-friendly upgrades and Intel's new Meteor Lake-based Core Ultra CPUs.....»»
"Killer robots" are becoming a real threat in Africa
The use of drones in the Sahel, a region of Africa that has been plagued by violence driven by jihadist insurgency for much of the past decade, has become a real problem. In April, for example, Al Qaeda's affiliate in the Sahel, Jama'at Nusrat al Isl.....»»
The universe on display: The powerful instruments that allow us to observe the cosmos
Starting today, the Earth will be passing through a meteor shower. But in astronomy, the human eye is very much a limited tool. But increasingly powerful instruments are allowing us to peer ever deeper into the cosmos and ever further back in time, s.....»»
How to see the stunning Perseid meteor shower this weekend
This weekend will see the peak of one of the most spectacular meteor showers of the year: the Perseids......»»