PGP Turns 30
prz writes: PGP just hit its 30th birthday. Before 1991, the average person had essentially no tools to communicate securely over long distances. That changed with PGP, which sparked the Crypto Wars of the 1990s. "Here we are, three decades later, an.....»»
If you got "free money" from Apple Pay and CashApp, you should check your balances
A free cash exploit involving Apple Cash and CashApp that spread on social media turns out not to be so free, with users waking up on Friday to find negative account balances.Apple PayApple Pay and CashApp along with several financial service platfor.....»»
Chrome turns 15 and is getting a big redesign
It has pastel colors, a longer menu, and not a single sharp corner. The new Google Chrome Design. It's Chrome's 15th birthday, a.....»»
Chrome Gets Makeover, Redesigned Web Store, and More for 15th Birthday
Chrome turns 15 years old this month, and to celebrate, the team is cooking up all sorts of goodies for users. When all is said and done, we’ll have a heavily updated appearance for the browser on desktop, new Search features, a redesigned Chro.....»»
Ever wonder how your body turns food into fuel? Researchers tracked atoms to find out
Inside our bodies at every moment, our cells are orchestrating a complex dance of atoms and molecules that uses energy to create, distribute and deploy the substances on which our lives depend......»»
How modern warfare turns neighborhoods into battlefields
It has been almost 12 years since I left my city. And I have never been able to return. Homs, the place I was born and grew up, has been destroyed and I, like many others, have been left in exile: left to remember how beautiful it once was. What can.....»»
Google"s search for an AI future as it turns 25
The tech giant celebrates its 25th birthday this month, but faces new threats to its dominance......»»
Two book readers recap a very non-book-ish Wheel of Time season 2 premiere
The Wheel turns, and new seasons come and pass, leaving reviews that become legend. Enlarge / A face only a darkfriend could love. (credit: Amazon Studios) Andrew Cunningham and Lee Hutchinson have spent decades of their.....»»
AI fever turns Anguilla’s “.ai” domain into a digital gold mine
Tiny island country could rake in 10% of its GDP in domain sales this year. Enlarge / Thirst for the ".ai" domain has put Anguilla on the global technology map. (credit: Getty Images) Anguilla, a tiny British island terr.....»»
Oceanic+ Dive Housing turns iPhone into an underwater camera & dive computer
After the success of its Apple Watch Ultra diving app, Huish Outdoors has followed that up with a new Oceanic+ Dive Housing to transform an iPhone into a dive computer.Oceanic+ Dive Housing for iPhoneThe Oceanic+ Dive Housing entirely envelopes your.....»»
Woman’s mystery illness turns out to be 3-inch snake parasite in her brain
It's the first time the snake parasite has been seen in a human, let alone a brain. Enlarge / Detection of Ophidascaris robertsi nematode infection in a 64-year-old woman from southeastern New South Wales, Australia. A) Magnetic.....»»
Steve Martin and Martin Short"s Conan interview turns into a hilariously brutal roast
Admittedly it's not quite as relentless as the interview the duo did with Jimmy Fallon a while back, but Steve Martin and Martin Short's interview with Conan O'Brian on his podcast wouldn't have been complete without a few trademark roasts.After open.....»»
MacWhisper audio transcription is a big time-saver, days after discovering it
I love it when a piece written by one of my colleagues alerts me to an app which then turns out to be incredibly useful, which is exactly what happened when I read Filipe’s piece about MacWhisper audio transcription. A combination of my belt-and.....»»
New "verbal treasure trove" dictionary captures nuances and uses of Shakespeare"s words
William Shakespeare used the word "dotage" to capture reduced mental ability (as in being blindly in love) rather than as a quaint term for old age, "successes" were really outcomes—one could talk of a "bad success"—and it turns out, the word "ba.....»»
Illegal logging turns Syria"s forests into "barren land"
On a riverbank in war-ravaged Syria's north, felling has reduced what was once a lush forest to dispersed trees and decimated trunks poking out from dry, crumbly soil......»»
SpaceX reportedly turns a profit after two annual losses
Elon Musk's spaceflight company turned a profit of $55 million in the first quarter of this year, according to documents obtained by a major news outlet......»»
Apple Watch bands harbor dangerous bacteria -- because no one cleans them
As it turns out, wristbands, like the one used with the Apple Watch, are the perfect breeding grounds for bacteria like Staphylococcus and E. coli. Here's why you should start disinfecting them.Apple Watch bandsIf you're like most smartwatch owners,.....»»
Canadians have highly positive views of wolves, survey finds
Who is afraid of the big bad wolf? Turns out, fewer Canadians than you might think. But that was not always the case......»»
2025 Chevrolet Bolt: rumored price, release date, design, and more
Turns out, the Chevrolet Bolt isn't dead just yet. Chevrolet has announced that it will be building a next-generation Bolt EV on the Ultium platform......»»
Indigenous voices need to lead Australia"s response to the climate crisis
Australia must address historic and contemporary systemic racism to better tackle the climate crisis, according to one of the key conclusions in a paper published in Science, in a special edition where the international publication turns its gaze on.....»»
How Wasted Food Turns into Huge Amounts of Greenhouse Gas
Here’s how food loss and waste threaten the planet at every stage, from harvest to consumption.....»»