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?.....»»
Apple Music in India now rolling out Lossless and Spatial Audio support
A month ago, Apple released Lossless and Dolby Atmos with Spatial Audio support for Apple Music subscribers on iOS 14.6. The problem was that subscribers in India couldn’t find the option. This is changing now, as Apple had promised would be t.....»»
Goldman Sachs says Apple Card users can combine accounts even if there are active installment plans [U]
Update: According to some of our readers, it’s possible to combine Apple Card accounts even with an active installment plan. We reached out to Goldman Sachs to understand what happened to the case described below and a spokesperson s.....»»
Sexual harassment is rife in many African media workplaces
Survivors of sexual violence around the world have begun to speak out more in recent years. This has happened partly due to the #MeToo movement, which began in 2006 in the US and gained momentum through high-profile cases like Hollywood executive Har.....»»
What Ever Happened to IBM"s Watson?
After Watson triumphed on the gameshow Jeopardy in 2011, its star scientist had to convince IBM that it wasn't a magic answer box, and "explained that Watson was engineered to identify word patterns and predict correct answers for the trivia game.".....»»
What"s in wildfire smoke? A toxicologist explains its dangerous components
Something unusual happened this year in Idaho. Fire and health officials began issuing warnings about the health risks of wildfire smoke several weeks earlier than normal. With almost the entire U.S. West in drought, it was only a matter of time befo.....»»
High-ranking hyena mothers pass their social networks to their cubs
Hyenas are a highly social species, living in groups that can number more than 100. But within their clans, there is order: A specific matrilineal hierarchy governs societies in this species where females are dominant to males......»»
Humanoid Robot Keeps Getting Fired From His Jobs
Pepper, SoftBank's robot, malfunctioned during scripture readings, took breaks in exercise class and couldn't recognize the faces of family members. From a report: Having a robot read scripture to mourners seemed like a cost-effective idea to the peo.....»»
TCL NXTWear G review: The almost unwearable wearable display
I was really looking forward to using the TCL NXTWear G wearable display, but my face was not prepared for what happened when I did......»»
A Son Is Rescued at Sea. But What Happened to His Mother?
Nathan Carman went fishing with his mom. A week later, he was found on a life raft—alone. Tragic accident or murder? Ocean sensors may point to the truth......»»
How Retail Zipline’s Series A pitch deck ticked every box for Emergence Capital
"She pointed to the screen projected behind her to help us stay on the most relevant piece of information. The way she did it really made us stay with her. Like, we couldn't break eye contact." Melissa Wong spent more than a decade working.....»»
After street lights in an entire county were swapped to LEDs, light pollution got worse
"The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry"—this famous paraphrase of Scottish poet Robert Burns sometimes sums up human ingenuity. That is exactly what happened when a county in Washington State decided to replace all of its county-owned s.....»»
CNN Reports "Unprecedented Heat, Hundreds Dead" as Climate Change Hits the Northern Hemisphere
Canada's highest temperature ever recorded happened Tuesday, in the small British Columbia town of Lytton, reports CNN. But it's just part of "an unprecedented heat wave that has over a week killed hundreds of people and triggered more than 240 wildf.....»»
After China"s Crackdown on Bitcoin Mining, It"s More Profitable For Everyone Else
Bitcoin mining just became easier and more profitable, reports CNBC: The world has known for months that more than half the world's bitcoin miners would be going dark as China cracked down on mining. Now that it's happened, the bitcoin algorithm has.....»»
AMD Radeon graphics driver adds Vulkan ray tracing for Doom Eternal
AMD's hotfix driver 21.6.2 adds support for Vulkan ray tracing in Doom Eternal, plus a handful of bug fixes in MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries and Adobe Substance 3D Painter......»»
A Black Hole Feasted on a Neutron Star. 10 Days Later, It Happened Again.
In January last year, astronomers definitively observed, for the first time, a black hole swallowing a dead star, like a raven devouring roadkill. Then 10 days later, they saw the same act of scavenging happen again in a different, distant sector of.....»»
Study explores why women decide not to tell anyone about being sexually assaulted
Despite greater cultural awareness about the prevalence of sexual assault in recent years, many victims are reluctant to talk about what happened to them......»»
If the iPhone 12 Mini couldn’t revive small phones, what can?
Apple's iPhone 12 Mini was expected to lead a revival of small phones, but its poor sales means that Android phone makers are unlikely to follow suit......»»
What Happened When an Entire Town Went Full Crypto
Bloomberg Businessweek describes what happened when an anonymous donor started "seeding" the tiny El Salvadoran surfing village of El Zonte (population: 3,000) with Bitcoin, turning it into the world's biggest Bitcoin experiment. Workers now receive.....»»
Some Texans Surprised Their Smart Thermostats Are Being Raised Remotely
Slashdot reader quonset writes: With the heat wave gripping Texas, and in an effort to prevent another collapse of the power grid as happened in February during cold weather, Texas is, for the third day in a row, asking residents to conserve electric.....»»
Scientists Are Teaching Drones To Hunt Down Human Screams
If someone created a flying machine capable of tracking you down by listening for your voice, you might be creeped out. But what if you were pinned under a pile of rubble after a natural disaster and first responders couldn't locate you? Maybe then a.....»»