NBC: "You Probably Don"t Need to Rely on a VPN Anymore"
NBC News writes: VPNs, or virtual private networks, continue to be used by millions of people as a way of masking their internet activity by encrypting their location and web traffic. But on the modern internet, most people can safely ditch them, tha.....»»
The last 12,000 years show a more complex climate history than previously thought
We rely on climate models to predict the future, but models cannot be fully tested as climate observations rarely extend back more than 150 years. Understanding the Earth's past climate history across a longer period gives us an invaluable opportunit.....»»
Apple SIM for iPad cannot be used to activate cellular plans anymore
Owners of cellular iPads are no longer able to use a supplied Apple SIM to activate a data plan for their tablet, forcing users to either use a different physical SIM or move to eSIM.Apple included an Apple SIM with its cellular iPads to allow users.....»»
Amazon Prime Early Access Sale: 28 best deals to shop now
Remember all those rumors about Amazon getting ready to host a Prime Day 2 event in October? Well, they’re not rumors anymore! Amazon has announced a brand new shopping event that’s available exclusively for Prime members. It’s a fi.....»»
Flaring allows more methane into the atmosphere than we thought
Oil and gas producers rely on flaring to limit the venting of natural gas from their facilities, but new research led by the University of Michigan shows that in the real world, this practice is far less effective than estimated—releasing five tim.....»»
Team develops method for neural net computing in water
Microprocessors in smartphones, computers, and data centers process information by manipulating electrons through solid semiconductors, but our brains have a different system. They rely on the manipulation of ions in liquid to process information......»»
Amazon Prime Early Access Sale: 26 best deals to shop now
Remember all those rumors about Amazon getting ready to host a Prime Day 2 event in October? Well, they’re not rumors anymore! Amazon has announced a brand new shopping event that’s available exclusively for Prime members. It’s a fi.....»»
65% of companies are considering adopting VPN alternatives
Despite high awareness of VPN risks, remote work forced many companies to rely more heavily on legacy access methods during the pandemic. At the same time, cybercriminals continue to take advantage of long-standing security vulnerabilities and increa.....»»
Coyotes in New York City do not need to rely on human food
Researchers in New York City have analyzed the DNA of urban coyotes and discovered that the coyotes eat a variety of native prey species and supplement this diet with human-sourced food items. The study is published in PeerJ......»»
Google wants you to know Android apps aren’t just for phones anymore
Google has released an update to the Play Store to help Android fans more easily discover and manage apps for smartwatches, smart TVs, and cars......»»
Amazon announces Prime Early Access Sale: 15 best deals to shop now
Remember all those rumors about Amazon getting ready to host a Prime Day 2 event in October? Well, they’re not rumors anymore! Amazon has announced a brand new shopping event that’s available exclusively for Prime members. It’s a fi.....»»
One in four iPhones could be made in India by 2025
Apple is reportedly planning to shift a quarter of its iPhone production to India by 2025, as the company looks to diversify its supply chain and not rely so heavily on China.Mumbai, IndiaOn top of that one in four claim, on Wednesday, JP Morgan anal.....»»
Mimicking the Earth"s crust: Examining solidification of building material candidates by cold sintering
Ceramic materials are ubiquitous in the world of construction. Building materials such as cement, bricks, tiles, or electrical insulators like porcelain are all ceramic products that we rely on in our daily lives. These ceramics are manufactured by a.....»»
Study finds potentially dangerous levels of arsenic in California prison drinking water
Ten years after the state of California recognized the human right to water, hundreds of thousands of residents still rely on drinking water that contains dangerous levels of contaminants, including the highly toxic mineral arsenic. Many of them live.....»»
Why Typhoon Merbok Was So Powerful when It Hit Alaska
Typhoon Merbok heavily damaged Alaskan communities, many of which are Indigenous and rely on subsistence hunting that residents would normally be doing right now.....»»
Chrysler 300 to end in 2023 amid plan to go all-electric by 2028
The "Big Three" American automakers don’t make many cars anymore that look like a child’s drawing of a car: Boxy sedans with gasoline fumes coming out of the tailpipe. And after this coming model year there’ll be at least one fewer,.....»»
Best Budget G-Sync Monitor 2022
If you're running an Nvidia GPU you should consider a G-Sync monitor for more fluid gaming. They can be a bit pricey, so here's our rundown of the best cheap G-Sync monitors. G-Sync gaming monitors don't have to be crazy expensive anymore. That&#.....»»
Zoom hit by brief outage
Zoom was hit by a brief outage Thursday morning, potentially disrupting some of the many users who have come to rely on it for meetings during the pandemic......»»
Mature process manufacturing demand to stay robust for automotive ICs, says McKinsey
The manufacture of automotive ICs will continue to rely mainly on mature process technologies, according to Denise Lee, senior consultant at McKinsey......»»
Instagram has finally fixed the Stories sound bug in the latest version of its iPhone app
No, it's not just you: Instagram won't stay muted anymore, even if you have your mute switch on. Here's what you can do to get Instagram to be quiet again......»»
Store-bought milkweed plants can expose monarch caterpillars to harmful pesticides
Milkweed plants purchased at retail nurseries across the United States were contaminated with pesticides harmful to monarch caterpillars that rely on milkweed, a study led by researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno found. Every plant sampled wa.....»»