MechWarrior 5: Clans couldn’t have happened without Duke Nukem Forever
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Apple Watch helps 81-year-old call 911 after falling while alone: ‘I just can’t rave enough about it’
Apple Watch rescue stories aren’t always life of death situations. Sometimes you just find yourself in a precarious situation and need a little help, which is what happened to an 81-year-old Minnesota man just three weeks after buying his first Ap.....»»
How Google alerted Californians to an earthquake before it happened
Android phones got a notification that a temblor was about to rock Silicon Valley. Enlarge (credit: Sefa Kart/Getty) Android phones around San Francisco’s Bay Area buzzed with an alert on Tuesday morning: A 4.8 magnitu.....»»
Analysis: Elon Musk owning Twitter should give everyone pause
In late May, something unusual happened at Twitter. Shareholders voted to approve two proposals to change how the company operates — and did so against Twitter's recommendations......»»
The Callisto Protocol is too violent for the Japanese ratings board
Excessive gore bars The Callisto Protocol from the Japanese market – but this has happened before......»»
"Doctor Who" star Ncuti Gatwa on playing the Doctor: "It feels really powerful"
Doctor Who's new Doctor, Ncuti Gatwa, couldn't be happier to take a spin in the TARDIS.In a discussion with President of Disney Branded Television Ayo Davis at a Disney+ event, Gatwa shared his thoughts on taking up the mantle of the legendary charac.....»»
Apple resolves outage affecting iMessage and FaceTime [U]
Update: This outage appears to have been a brief one. iMessage is coming back online for most users. Apple hasn’t yet commented on what happened. Original story below. Apple’s System Status dashboard now acknowledges the outage and says it has b.....»»
New research chronicles forest recovery after Montana"s 2017 fire season
For a researcher who studies wildfire, University of Montana graduate student Kyra Clark-Wolf couldn't have had better timing......»»
macOS 13 Ventura: The Ars Technica review
A pleasantly surprising new multitasking UI and app redesigns define macOS 13. If you asked me to tell you all the most exciting things that happened to the Mac in the last two years, I'd start with hardware, not software. The tra.....»»
Different blossoming schedules have kept these flowers from driving each other extinct
A big part of evolution is competition— when there are limited resources to go around, plants and animals have to duke it out for nutrients, mates, and places to live. That means that the flower-covered meadows of China's Hengduan mountains were an.....»»
Here"s What Happened To The Porsche 928 From "Risky Business"
The Porsche 928 from "Risky Business" is the car in which Tom Cruise first learned to drive a stick shift. The Porsche 928 from "Risky Business" is the car in which.....»»
TikTok Fires Back At Forbes After Scathing Report
TikTok responded to a recent report by Forbes that said the company reportedly has a team in China that monitors U.S. users' locations. Here's what happened. TikTok.....»»
Here"s What Happened When Google Shut Down For Just 5 Minutes
In 2013, all of Google's services -- search, YouTube, and more -- went down for five minutes and it impacted web traffic worldwide. Here's what happened. In 2013, al.....»»
Along the Missouri river banks, one turtle thrived while the other declined
Two activities—harvesting turtles for food and riverside development—in Southern Missouri sharply reduced the number of northern map turtles in one river. When that happened, a longtime competitor moved in, according to 50 years of data......»»
The Rise And Fall Of Samsung"s Galaxy Note Series
The Samsung Galaxy Note series made an indelible mark on the smartphone industry, but after nearly a decade, it was halted -- here's what happened. The Samsung Gala.....»»
This "Always Sunny In Philadelphia" Star Angrily Denounces Tesla
This "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" star recently had a majorly frustrating encounter with his Tesla Model X. Here's what happened and why he was so angry. This.....»»
A deer puppet made Megan Thee Stallion break character on "SNL"
Grammy-winning rapper Megan Thee Stallion pulled double duty as a host and musical guest on Saturday Night Live, where she partook in a classic SNL tradition: breaking character. Megan couldn't quite hold it together in one of the strangest sketches.....»»
37-year-old Amiga platform gets updates to Linux kernel, AmigaOS SDK
Amiga's big German conference also happened for the first time since COVID. Enlarge / Linux 6.0, implemented in a Fienix distribution on dedicated Amiga user xeno74's desktop. (credit: xeno74 / Hyperion Entertainment) The last.....»»
I ditched my smartwatch for a fitness tracker, and I couldn’t be happier
I bought a Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 Classic, and it's an incredible piece of tech. I'm also dropping it for a fitness tracker, and I think you should, too......»»
What happened in the The Rings of Power’s season one finale?
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Cryo-electron microscopy reveals how cold-sensing cell channels are manipulated by chemicals to induce cold sensation
A team of researchers affiliated with the Duke University School of Medicine, Lehigh University and the National Institutes of Health has revealed the molecular means by which cold-sensing channels in cells are manipulated by certain chemicals to ind.....»»