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Mozilla removes popular Firefox add-ons used by nearly 500 million people

Mozilla found popular add-ons were misusing a key API to prevent users from fetching updates......»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxOct 26th, 2021

Lone star state: Tracking a low-mass star as it speeds across the Milky Way

It may seem like the sun is stationary while the planets in its orbit are moving, but the sun is actually orbiting around the Milky Way galaxy at an impressive rate of about 220 kilometers per second—almost half a million miles per hour. As fast as.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

Some company heads hoped return-to-office mandates would make people quit, survey says

1,504 workers, including 504 HR managers questioned. Enlarge / RTO mandates can boost workers' professional networks, but in-office employees may also spend more time socializing than remote ones. (credit: Getty) A new.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

iOS 18 adds Apple Intelligence, customizations, and makes Android SMS nicer

Mail gets categories, Messages gets more tapbacks, and apps can now be locked. Enlarge (credit: Apple) The biggest feature in iOS 18, the one that affects the most people, was a single item in a comma-stuffed sentence by.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

Farming with a mixture of crops, animals and trees is better for the environment—evidence from Ghana and Malawi suggests

Farming just one kind of crop in a field at a time, and using a lot of chemicals, poses a risk to both people and nature. This simplified intensive agriculture often goes hand in hand with increased greenhouse gas emissions, land and water degradatio.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

What will a robot make of your résumé? The bias problem with using AI in job recruitment

The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution has begun, spreading to almost every facet of people's professional and personal lives—including job recruitment......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

Only 10% of Australia"s native plants can be bought as seed: How to make plantings more diverse

More than 52 million hectares of land across Australia is degraded. Degraded land lacks biodiversity and the natural balance of healthy ecosystems, making it unfit for wildlife or cultivation. This means we are losing the benefits that healthy ecosys.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

Elephants have names for each other like people do, new study shows

Colorado State University scientists have called elephants by their names, and the elephants called back. Wild African elephants address each other with name-like calls, a rare ability among nonhuman animals, according to a new study published in Nat.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

Siberia"s "mammoth graveyard" reveals 800-year human interactions with woolly beasts

Woolly mammoths are evocative of a bygone era, when Earth was gripped within an Ice Age. Current knowledge places early mammoth ancestors in the Pliocene (2.58–5.33 million years ago, Ma) before their populations expanded in the Pleistocene (2.58 M.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

Don"t install Apple"s new betas -- let others risk their devices

Every year Apple releases beta test versions of its newest software, and every year people lose data, time, and money to it. If you value any of those, wait.Really bricking your iPhone doesn't look this good.You may have been lucky so far, but this i.....»»

Category: appleSource:  appleinsiderRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

Flooding and landslides kill three in Vietnam"s north

Flooding and landslides in northern Vietnam have killed three people, state media said Monday, after days of heavy rain that partially submerged thousands of homes......»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

India"s heat wave longest ever, worse to come

India's heat wave is the longest ever to hit the country, the government's top weather expert said Monday as he warned people will face increasingly oppressive temperatures......»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

Astrophysicists calculate the likelihood that Earth was exposed to cold harsh interstellar clouds 2 million years ago

Around two million years ago, Earth was a very different place, with our early human ancestors living alongside saber-toothed tigers, mastodons, and enormous rodents. And, depending on where they were, they may have been cold: Earth had fallen into a.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsJun 10th, 2024

Like Netflix’s popular Hit Man? Then watch these 5 great Glen Powell movies

From Top Gun: Maverick to Anyone but You and more, these are five movies all Glen Powell fans should watch if they enjoyed the Netflix movie Hit Man......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsJun 9th, 2024

NASA considering an interstellar probe to study the heliosphere, the region of space influenced by the sun

The sun warms the Earth, making it habitable for people and animals. But that's not all it does, and it affects a much larger area of space. The heliosphere, the area of space influenced by the sun, is over a hundred times larger than the distance fr.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 8th, 2024

The sun is reaching the peak of its activity—here"s how that could cause more auroras and solar storms

Many more people around the world than normal were recently able to see the northern and southern lights overhead with the naked eye. This unusual event was triggered by a very strong solar storm, which affected the movement of the Earth's magnetic f.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsJun 8th, 2024

How much does Disney+ cost? Plans, prices, and features explained

Disney's streaming service is one of today's most popular. But how much does Disney+ cost? We've got the answers, from pricing options to how you can save......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsJun 8th, 2024

Readdle sunsets Calendars 5 to focus on freemium version of Calendars

Readdle has announced that its popular Calendars 5 app has reached the end of the road. After more than a decade of the legacy calendar app, the developer’s free/subscription-based Calendars: Planner & Organizer will take the spotlight. more….....»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsJun 7th, 2024

Ars chats with Precision, the brain-chip maker taking the road less invasive

Precision tested its BCI on 14 people so far. Two more are scheduled this month. Enlarge / Precision’s Layer 7 Cortical Interface array. (credit: Precision) Work toward brain-computer interfaces has never been more cha.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsJun 7th, 2024

Google avoids jury trial by sending $2.3 million check to US government

Google gets a bench trial after sending unexpected check to Justice Department. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Justin Sullivan ) Google has achieved its goal of avoiding a jury trial in one antitrust case after sending.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsJun 7th, 2024

People are seizing, being intubated after eating microdose chocolates

"Extreme caution" urged as at least 8 people in 4 states sickened, 6 hospitalized. Enlarge / A Diamond Shruumz chocolate bar, which come in a variety of flavors. (credit: diamondshruumz.com) Various federal and state hea.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsJun 7th, 2024