MechWarrior 5: Clans couldn’t have happened without Duke Nukem Forever
Creating a MechWarrior game is complicated for reasons far beyond game development. You also need to factor in IP law, anime, and ... Duke Nukem?.....»»
Praise that slays: How complimenting a competitor can drive a firm"s revenues
Researchers from Duke University and University of Wisconsin—lwaukee published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that explores what happens when brands communicate positively toward their competitors......»»
Why Thanos couldn’t have snapped his fingers while wearing the Infinity Glove
A "Goldilocks zone" of friction produces the perfect finger snap, study finds. A snapping finger produces the highest rotational accelerations observed in humans, according to a new study. A snapping fing.....»»
How do clans work in Call of Duty: Vanguard?
If you want to start representing your own clan with friends or join up with one someone else already made, here's how clans work in Call of Duty: Vanguard......»»
Oops: Google sent Pixel users a huge, useless update
Google sent out a 1.8GB update to Pixel users for the OS they already had. Enlarge Sure, you probably have Android 12 on your Pixel phone by now, but what if you put it on there a second time? That's basically what happened.....»»
Harry says he warned Twitter boss ahead of Capitol riot
The Duke of Sussex reveals his coup warning to Jack Dorsey came a day before the 6 January unrest......»»
New tests track sources of lead contamination in urban soils and assess its risks
Duke University scientists have developed a suite of isotope-based tests that can be used to identify the origin of lead contamination in urban soils and assess the risk it poses to children who inhale or ingest contaminated dirt or dust......»»
Denuvo-Protected Games Rendered Unplayable After Domain Expires
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: Last evening the web was alive with angry players who couldn't play their games due to an unexpected error. While the situation is still not completely clear, it appears that someone allowed a do.....»»
Why did glacial cycles intensify a million years ago? Researchers find clues on the bed of the Atlantic Ocean
Something big happened to the planet about a million years ago. There was a major shift in the response of Earth's climate system to variations in our orbit around the Sun. The shift is called the Mid-Pleistocene Transition. Before the MPT, cycles be.....»»
Ancestral sequence reconstruction of avian influenza virus transmission in pigs
Researchers at the School of Public Health, LKS Faculty of Medicine of The University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), in collaboration with Duke-NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS) and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (SJCRH), retraced the natural avian-to-mam.....»»
Historical hyperthermal event sheds light on shallow-marine ecosystem collapse and recovery
Around 56 million years ago, Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), one of the most famous historical hyperthermal events, led our planet to a super greenhouse condition. It is very important for us to understand how it happened and how it affected.....»»
The best dating sites for introverts, wallflowers, and shy people
Online dating is pretty much the best thing that ever happened to introverts.Now, you can scan for a potential mate without ever leaving the comfort zone that is your home. Of course, you'll eventually need to get up and go on a date. But hey, it's b.....»»
No, Kroger won"t accept Bitcoin Cash. Fake cryptocurrency press release dupes people again.
It happened again.A fake press release fooled cryptocurrency evangelists, investors, and media outlets into believing the grocer would be accepting crypto as a form of payment at its stores.On Friday morning, headlines started popping up claiming tha.....»»
Be careful if you own an older Mac: macOS Monterey could brick your machine
MacRumors reports there are at least ten separate posts on Apple Support Communities from owners complaining that macOS Monterey has killed their computers. Some users say it happened once the OS was installed, while others report that their Mac scre.....»»
A Change to the Sound of the Voice Can Change Your Very Self-Identity
A French physician explains what happened to some of his patients -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
Roblox returns following 3-day outage, says problem had nothing to do with Chipotle giveaway
At 4 pm PST on October 28, Roblox's 200 million users, two-thirds of whom in the US are aged between 9 and 12, couldn't access the platform due to a server disruption. On Sunday, the company tweeted that it was working to resolve the situation and ha.....»»
Roblox returns following three-day outage, says problem was nothing to do with Chipotle
At 4 pm PST on October 28, Roblox's 200 million users, two-thirds of whom in the US are aged between 9 and 12, couldn't access the platform due to a server disruption. On Sunday, the company tweeted that it was working to resolve the situation and ha.....»»
Severe heatwaves on the rise
Extreme heatwaves that may have happened once every decade are in danger of becoming an annual occurrence unless steps are taken to address climate change, a study suggests......»»
Including small, sharp landscape contrasts refines weather forecasts
By leveraging a popular weather forecasting model, environmental engineers at Duke University have demonstrated that sharp contrasts in relatively small land features play an outsized role in local weather developments, which can in turn influence la.....»»
What Ever Happened to Winamp?
#TBT Launched in 1997, Winamp is a media player that supports a wide array of audio formats and was an iconic application in the heyday of MP3 music. Winamp was nearly ubiquitous, used by millions in the early 2000s......»»
Economist sheds light on "Great Resignation"
During the earliest months of the pandemic, employers couldn't downsize fast enough. Millions were laid off, executives took symbolic pay cuts and ordered wage and hiring freezes, and many economists predicted a grim year ahead for workers hoping to.....»»