Prescribed burns encourage foul-smelling invaders
Though prescribed burns reduce wildfire threats and even improve habitat for some animals, new research shows these fires also spread stinknet, an aptly named weed currently invading superblooms across the Southwestern U.S......»»
Facebook Is Testing Pop-Up Messages Telling People To Read a Link Before They Share It
Following Twitter's lead, Facebook is trying out a new feature designed to encourage users to read a link before sharing it. TechCrunch reports: The test will reach 6% of Facebook's Android users globally in a gradual rollout that aims to encourage ".....»»
Game Developers Break Silence Around Salaries
Developers are sharing their salaries on Twitter under the hashtag #GameDevPaidMe to encourage pay transparency in their industry. Axios reports: The hashtag started circulating last year, but has returned periodically as developers fight for better.....»»
Tracking down the tiniest of forces: How T cells detect invaders
What happens on a molecular level, when our immune system detects antigens? Scientists have found out, how T cells exert tiny forces on antigens. Bonds between T cells and antigen presenting cells break, and this behavior tells the T cell whether or.....»»
Twitch UX teardown: The Anchor Effect and de-risking decisions
How does Twitch make money? And more importantly, what subtle psychology does it use to encourage viewers to spend more? Let's tear it down. Peter Ramsey Contributor Share on Twitter.....»»
The best ergonomic keyboards for 2021
If extensive typing hurts your wrists, an ergonomic keyboard can make all the difference. They offer a more natural typing position and encourage good posture......»»
AUO, Innolux optimistic about miniLED backlighting
Taiwan's top LCD makers believe Apple's adopting miniLED backlighting for the 12.9-inch iPad Pro will encourage other device vendors to follow suit, spurring demand for such applications......»»
Reliably detecting cocoa off-flavors
Musty, moldy, smoky or horse dung-like smelling cocoa is not suitable for chocolate production. As part of a larger research project, a team of scientists led by Martin Steinhaus from the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical Un.....»»
Attack of the alien invaders: Pest plants and animals leave a $1.7 trillion bill
They're one of the most damaging environmental forces on Earth. They've colonized pretty much every place humans have set foot on the planet. Yet you might not even know they exist......»»
India Bharti to develop IoT devices with Dixon
India-based Bharti Enterprises is to develop IoT and other communication devices with local EMS Dixon Technologies to capitalize on the government policy designed to encourage local production, according to a media report from India......»»
The homecoming call for Northern Ireland"s gaming industry
NI Screen and Hypixel Studios launch incentive to encourage people to work in local gaming industry......»»
Calculating Leader Leverage
My partner Chris Moody recently sent around a note on a concept he refers to as Leader Leverage. I encourage every CEO to read and consider it. His rant follows. Many of you are probably tired of hearing me rant about some form of what I often refer.....»»
GV partner Terri Burns is joining us to judge the Startup Battlefield
GV partner Terri Burns is joining us to judge the Startup Battlefield.....»»
Review: Our fave gunslinger expels her inner demons in Wynonna Earp finale
Shine on, you lovable hard-drinking, bar brawling, foul-mouthed anti-Buffy. Waverly Earp (Dominique Provost-Chalkley) is trapped in a twisted version of the Garden of Eden......»»
Researchers find link between antipsychotics and COVID-19 protection
Antipsychotics, a type of medication that is usually prescribed to treat psychotic disorders, may have a protective effect against COVID-19. That’s according to a new study from the University of Seville, which reports that people who take anti.....»»
Researcher gets $100,000 after finding Safari exploit at Pwn2Own 2021 event
The Pwn2Own 2021 event is promoted by the Zero Day Initiative as a way to encourage developers and researchers to report zero-day vulnerabilities to the affected companies instead of selling these breaches to malicious hackers. This year, systems re.....»»
Verizon issues recall on Ellipsis Jetpack mobile hotspot devices
Verizon's Ellipsis Jetpack mobile hotspots are capable of overheating, and could cause burns if handled and pose a fire risk.A Model MHS900L Ellipsis Jetpack mobile hotspotVerizon and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) have discovered.....»»
Discarded masks litter beaches worldwide, threaten sea life
To the usual list of foul trash left behind or washed up on beaches around the world, add these: masks and gloves used by people to avoid the coronavirus and then discarded on the sand......»»
Secure type: Consumers say compact logos signal product safety
Compact logos can encourage favorable brand evaluations by signaling product safety, according to a new study by researchers at Boston College's Carroll School of Management and Indian Institute of Management Udaipur, who reviewed the opinions of 17,.....»»
Daily Crunch: Tiger Global raises one of the biggest venture funds ever
Tiger Global closes a $6.65 billion fund, Facebook gives users more tools to encourage COVID vaccination and iPhone app spending continues to grow. This is your Daily Crunch for April 1, 2021. The big story: Tiger Global raises one of the biggest ven.....»»
Facebook launches profile frames that help you encourage friends to get the COVID-19 vaccine
As COVID-19 vaccines are becoming more readily available to larger groups of the U.S. population, Facebook has teamed up with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to launch new Fa.....»»