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.....»»
Grid Studio turns old hardware like Game Boys and iPhones into art for your home
Grid Studio takes classic electronics like the Game Boy, the original iPhone and the Sega Game Gear, disassembles them, then uses the parts to build an informative diorama......»»
Peruvian gold rush turns pristine rainforests into heavily polluted mercury sinks
If you had to guess which part of the world has the highest levels of atmospheric mercury pollution, you probably wouldn't pick a patch of pristine Amazonian rainforest. Yet, that's exactly where they are......»»
Molekule adds an Air Score to its Air Pro purifier
Molekule turns on its new sensor in the Air Pro purifier that provides an easy-to-read score for your air quality......»»
Catalyst turns three monomer mixtures into diblock dialternating terpolymers in a single step
A catalyst developed at KAUST could be the key to structural diversity in polymer materials and industrial-scale polymerizations involving multiple monomers. The catalyst transforms a mixture of three monomers into well-defined, ordered diblock terpo.....»»
BetterMe turns to your psychology to help make sure your health and weight loss journey succeed.
BetterMe knows there's more to a healthy, active lifestyle than focusing on maniacal adherence to dropping every pound possible. Their process centers around holistically reaching acceptance and happiness within to help craft the body each member.....»»
Dyson Outsize Absolute+ review: the ultimate stick vac
Wondering if lasers on your vacuum are a gimmick? Turns out they're not. Find out what lasers bring to the Dyson Outsize Absolute+......»»
Microsoft Teams turns your phone into a walkie-talkie
Make your iPhone work like an old Boost Mobile phone. Enlarge (credit: Getty) One of the hallmarks of Boost Mobile prepaid phones in the early 2000s was their push-to-talk (PTT), or walkie-talkie, feature, which allowed you to.....»»
Ironing out the interiors of exoplanets
The discovery of more than 4,500 extra-solar planets has created a need for modelling their interior structure and dynamics. As it turns out, iron plays a key role......»»
Plants rely on the CLASSY gene family to diversify their epigenomes
What determines how a cell's genome is regulated to ensure proper growth and development? Turns out, the parts of the genome that are turned on or off in each cell-type or tissue play a major role in this process. Now, a team at Salk has shown that t.....»»
New sub-Jupiter-mass exoplanet detected by astronomers
An international team of astronomers reports the detection of a new sub-Jupiter-mass alien world orbiting an M-dwarf star. The newly found exoplanet, designated OGLE-2014-BLG-0319Lb, turns out to be about half as massive as Jupiter. The discovery was.....»»
Former quarry turns haven for endangered UK birds
Nature is reclaiming her territory at a quarry in the east of England that is being transformed into a vast reserve offering vital sanctuary to endangered birds......»»
Archaeological dig reveals participants in California"s Gold Rush dined on salted Atlantic cod
It turns out San Francisco has been a destination for lovers of imported delicacies since its earliest Gold Rush days......»»
Smokers gave a home to bacteria that now sicken people with cystic fibrosis
Explaining how M. abscessus was ready once CF patients started living longer. Enlarge (credit: Peter Dazeley / Getty Images) Smoking can really clog up the lungs, even for people who’ve never been near a cigarette. Turns out.....»»
Humble lizards offer surprising approach to engineering artificial lungs
When it comes to studying lungs, humans take up all the air, but it turns out scientists have a lot to learn from lizards......»»
From the oilfield to the lab: How a special microbe turns oil into gases
Microorganisms can convert oil into natural gas, i.e. methane. Until recently, it was thought that this conversion was only possible through the cooperation of different organisms. In 2019, Rafael Laso-Pérez and Gunter Wegener from the Max Planck In.....»»
The Matrix Resurrections Review: Plugged in again and loving it
The Matrix Resurrections sends Neo and Trinity back into the simulation, but finds the right balance of reverence for the past and innovative twists and turns......»»
Log4J flaw turns into pandemic with over 840,000 attacks initiated within 72 hours
Techspot reported on Log4J over the weekend after it was discovered last week. Since Friday, the open-source software's use has become a pandemic in its own right. Security firm Check Point has been monitoring the situation and, at one point, were se.....»»
Peloton turns conservative about product development for 2022, say sources
US-based online workout platform Peloton has slowed down the development of some of its new product projects for 2022, which may affect negatively its suppliers, according to industry sources......»»
Turns out that “HDMI 2.1” ports don’t need to actually support HDMI 2.1 features
HDMI 2.1 is an upgrade to HDMI 2.0, except when it isn't. Enlarge / Newer game consoles like the Xbox Series X and S support additional features on HDMI 2.1 displays, but HDMI 2.1 can mean different things depending on the product you'.....»»
Extinct megafauna prone to ancient "hunger games"
Different combinations of human hunting and climate change caused Australia's famed 'giant' species to go extinct, and now it turns out that for some species, changing food availability made things worse......»»