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.....»»
Can oil and water mix?
Common experience tells us that oil and water do not mix. Yet, it turns out that they can mix when oil is dispersed as small droplets in water. This strange behavior has long vexed scientists because there is no explanation for it. A team of EPFL and.....»»
Tom Holland Was Approached to Be In Across the Spider-Verse
Marvel Cinematic Spider-Man Tom Holland seems to really enjoy being Spider-Man. Enough that he wants to be Spider-Man in other universes too — say, like a Spider-Verse. And it turns out he was even approached for an appearance at one point.Marvel C.....»»
The NES: How it began, worked, and saved an industry
On July 15, 1983, Nintendo sold its first Famicom. Gaming hasn't been the same since. Nintendo's Family Computer, or Famicom, turns 30 today! (credit: Evan-Amos) Update, December 9, 2021: Masayuki Uemura, the lead architect.....»»
Tesla Cybertruck RV attachment hits $100M in pre-orders
An attachment for Tesla’s Cybertruck that turns the all-electric pickup into an RV has taken $100 million in pre-orders, according to the company that built it......»»
CyberLandr RV feature for Tesla’s Cybertruck hits $100M in pre-orders
An attachment for Tesla’s Cybertruck that turns the all-electric pickup into an RV has taken $100 million in pre-orders, according to the company that built it......»»
CyberLandr RV feature for Cybertruck hits $100M in pre-orders
An attachment for Tesla’s Cybertruck that turns the all-electric pickup into an RV has taken $100 million in pre-orders, according to the company that built it......»»
Hippos" constant defecating turns African pools into communal guts
Hippopotamuses can eat nearly 100 pounds of food daily—and, as a result, they fill the pools where they spend much of their lives with huge amounts of poop......»»
The World"s Relentless Demand for Chips Turns Deadly in Malaysia
Before this year, no one worried too much about the global supply chain, beyond specialists in the field. The role of developing nations like Malaysia or the Philippines warranted little attention. From a report: But the coronavirus outbreak has been.....»»
Astronomers find final missing piece of galaxy cluster collision puzzle
Astronomers have a model of how galaxy cluster collisions go through different stages, taking on various shapes. A blunt body shape turns into a sharp cone, which turns into a tongue-like shape. The first and last have been observed many times, but t.....»»
Jak And Daxter is still a brilliantly designed platformer 20 years later
Jak and Daxter turns 20 today, but it plays like nothing else from the last decade......»»
Molecular device turns infrared into visible light
Light is an electromagnetic wave: It consists of oscillating electric and magnetic fields propagating through space. Every wave is characterized by its frequency, which refers to the number of oscillations per second, measured in Hertz (Hz). Our eyes.....»»
Island turns into open-air lab for tech-savvy volcanologists
They come with eagle-eyed drones and high-precision instruments. Aided by satellites, they analyze gas emissions and the flows of molten rock. On the ground, they collect everything from the tiniest particles to "lava bombs" the size of watermelons t.....»»
Researchers identify key RNA "gatekeeper" in gene expression, pointing to possible new drug targets
An important player in the healthy development of female embryos turns out also to play a key role in regulating the behavior of chromosome loops and gene expression in both sexes, according to a new study by researchers at Massachusetts General Hosp.....»»
Chrome OS update turns Chromebooks into scanners
Chrome OS 96 boosts Chromebook cameras' capabilities. (credit: Valentina Palladino) Chromebook cameras just learned some new tricks, as Google started pushing out Chrome OS 96 on Tuesday. As detailed by a Google blog post, t.....»»
Asteroid-sample return turns up water on its rocks’ surface
A cubic meter of asteroid dust may have as much as 20 liters of water. Enlarge / Itokawa, the original source of the dust grains examined in a new study. (credit: ISAS, JAXA) About a decade ago, we were surprised to discover t.....»»
Qualcomm Has an Exclusivity Deal With Microsoft For Windows On ARM
An anonymous reader quotes a report from XDA Developers: Last week, we reported that MediaTek is planning to build a chipset for Windows on ARM. As it turns out, the Windows on ARM chipset space could be even hotter than that, because there's a reaso.....»»
Astronomers detect a black hole in NGC 1850
An international team of astronomers reports the detection of a black hole in a globular cluster known as NGC 1850. The newly found black hole is about 11 times more massive than the sun and turns out to be a part of a binary system. The finding was.....»»
Why Colleges are Giving Up on Remote Education
The president emeritus of the Great Lakes College Association writes that "nearly all colleges have re-adopted in-person education this fall, in spite of delta variant risks... "As it turns out, student enthusiasm for remote learning is mixed at be.....»»
Adorable trailer for Pixar"s "Turning Red" features a giant red panda and *NSYNC
Being a 13 year-old girl is hard enough without worrying about transforming into a giant red panda.Unfortunately for Mei (voiced by Rosalie Chiang), her ancestors' mystical connection to red pandas means that she turns into one whenever her emotions.....»»
Twitter Rolls Back AMP Support, No Longer Sends Users To AMP Pages
An anonymous reader shares a report: If you are noticing less traffic to your website's AMP pages coming from Twitter, turns out there is a reason for that: Twitter has subtly updated its AMP guidelines page on its Developer site to say support for A.....»»