Novatek sees revenue hit nearly 2-year low in August
Display driver IC (DDI) specialist Novatek Microelectronics has reported a lackluster performance for August, suggesting that the DDI market is still engulfed in a downward spiral......»»
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The world’s toughest race starts Saturday, and it’s delightfully hard to call this year
Setting the stage for what could be a wild ride across France. Enlarge / The peloton passing through a sunflowers field during the stage eight of the 110th Tour de France in 2023. (credit: David Ramos/Getty Images) Most.....»»
Fatal vacations: A look at the 7 tourists who have drowned in Bay County so far this year
Fatal vacations: A look at the 7 tourists who have drowned in Bay County so far this year.....»»
Nothing’s new phone will be even cheaper than the Phone 2a
Nothing confirmed recently that it won’t launch the Phone 3 flagship this year, dispelling speculation that a new flagship from the British smartphone vendor might … The post Nothing’s new phone will be even cheaper than the Phone 2.....»»
Here’s what makes AirPods Pro 2 special (and more reasons are on the way)
Apple continues to deliver updates to its best wireless earbuds: . Gen-two hardware (Lightning or USB-C) launched with impressive Active Noise Cancellation, Transparency, and more. A year later, Apple dropped a big update that added Adaptive Audio mo.....»»
Votes at 16 and decent citizenship education could create a politically aware generation
Keir Starmer has pledged that a Labor government would introduce voting for 16- and 17-year-olds in Westminster elections......»»
You’ll have 2 chances to try PlayStation’s Concord this July
PlayStation announced that its PvP shooter Concord is getting two beta periods this July ahead of its set August release......»»
Rivian reaffirms flat 2024 production of 57,000 vehicles during investor event
Rivian's stock price was falling in midday trading after the automaker projected second-quarter deliveries in the 13,000-13,300 range and mostly flat production for the year......»»
Ask an Advisor: We Have $1.25M in Retirement Savings and Need to Withdraw $50k Per Year. How Should We Invest it?
Ask an Advisor: We Have $1.25M in Retirement Savings and Need to Withdraw $50k Per Year. How Should We Invest it?.....»»
Scales helped reptiles conquer the land—when did they first evolve?
300 million-year-old tail print shows that scales evolved earlier than expected. Enlarge / Upper left: a reconstruction of Diadcetes. Below: false color images of its foot and tail prints. Right: the section of the tail that left.....»»
Wind tunnel study shows hypersonic jet engine flow can be controlled optically
What if the future of space travel were to look less like Space-X's rocket-based Starship and more like NASA's "Hyper-X," the hypersonic jet plane that, 20 years ago this year, flew faster than any other aircraft before or since?.....»»
Panama Canal agency warns water shortage "is not over"
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) said Wednesday that the famed waterway continues to face a water shortage, despite recent rains alleviating most restrictions imposed following last year's drought......»»
Evidence of Apple’s Private Cloud Compute for AI first surfaced in iOS 16.4
9to5Mac last year found evidence of a new “ComputeModule” device class hidden in the iOS 16.4 beta SDK. At the time, we speculated that it could be either a Raspberry Pi type device. It turns out that Apple’s recently announced Private Cloud Co.....»»
75% of new vulnerabilities exploited within 19 days
Last year alone, over 30,000 new vulnerabilities were published, with a new vulnerability emerging approximately every 17 minutes — averaging 600 new vulnerabilities per week, according to Skybox Security. The report highlights a critical gap in re.....»»
Critical MOVEit vulnerability puts huge swaths of the Internet at severe risk
A similar flaw last year left 1,800 networks breached. Will the latest one be as potent? Enlarge A critical vulnerability recently discovered in a widely used piece of software is putting huge swaths of the Internet at.....»»
Mac Users can now get Chat GPT for Free
It's also arriving for Windows later on. The post Mac Users can now get Chat GPT for Free appeared first on Phandroid. While OpenAI has been in the limelight over the past year (both due to good and bad publicity), the company’s infi.....»»
Ancient Hominin Lucy Wasn’t as Hairy as We Imagine
Lucy, a 3.2-million-year-old fossilized hominin, may have been much less hairy than we imagine—a perhaps shocking revelation for our modern sense of nakedness.....»»
How to Stay Safe during Lightning Storms
Each year in the U.S. lightning strikes 37 million times and kills 21 people on average. Here’s how to stay safe during lightning storms.....»»
July/August 2024: Science History from 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago
Death rays; the sawfly’s barf defense.....»»
Contributors to Scientific American’s July/August 2024 Issue
Writers, artists, photographers and researchers share the stories behind the stories.....»»
July/August 2024: Three New Books, Reviewed
A riveting quest to map the world; quantum physics in a four-act drama; climate solutions that show what we’re doing right.....»»