Roman "backwater" bucked Empire"s decline, archaeologists reveal
A rare roofed theater, markets, warehouses, a river port and other startling discoveries made by a Cambridge-led team of archaeologists challenge major assumptions about the decline of Roman Italy......»»
Windows kernel components can be installed to bypass defense systems
Experts reveal a way to "downgrade" a fully updated Windows 11 device, and thus reintroduce vulnerabilities......»»
Inside Former Billionaire Diddy’s Dwindling Empire: How Much Money Has He Lost
Inside Former Billionaire Diddy’s Dwindling Empire: How Much Money Has He Lost.....»»
The death of Moore’s Law is finally starting to stink
The idea of Moore's Law has been a topic of debate for years, but we're finally starting to see the decline of pure PC hardware innovation......»»
Researchers warn against weakening Clean Air Act regulations
A new commentary published in the American Journal of Public Health has found that power plants' use of air pollution control devices saved up to 9,100 lives and up to $100 billion in health costs in 2023. These estimates reveal the substantial healt.....»»
Scout Motors’ new pickup and SUV EVs will start at “under $60,000”
The Terra pickup and Traveler SUV will be built in South Carolina in 2027. Scout provided flights from Washington to Nashville and accommodation so Ars could attend the reveal. Ar.....»»
Researchers piece together 66-million-year-old dinosaur fossils found in South Dakota
The groundbreaking discovery of a 66-million-year-old dinosaur continues to reveal itself years after a piece of it was first spotted, Missouri researchers said......»»
"True hybrid" mice might reveal how new species emerge
Forty years ago, a postdoctoral researcher named James McGrath who would go on to spend more than three decades as a clinical geneticist and research scientist at Yale, made a discovery that advanced scientists' understanding of gene control and the.....»»
Mammalian fossils reveal how southern Europe"s ecosystem changed during the Pleistocene
Fossils from more than 600,000 years ago reveal how Southern Europe's animal community shifted between warm and cold climate fluctuations, according to a study published October 23, 2024 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Beniamino Mecozzi from t.....»»
Ground nesting birds declining faster than any other bird species in Europe
Ground-nesting bird populations are more likely to be in decline than any other European bird species, warns new report......»»
BMW U.S. boss bets on another record sales year despite Q3 slump
A recall-related stop-sale in the third quarter flipped BMW brand's 3.1 percent first-half sales increase into a 0.2 percent decline after nine months......»»
Evolving cloud threats: Insights and recommendations
Recently, IBM X-Force released its 2024 Cloud Threat Landscape Report. This uses incident data and insights to reveal how attackers successfully compromise organizations by leveraging adversary-in-the-middle (AITM) attacks to bypass multi-factor auth.....»»
Streaming subscription fees have been rising while content quality is dropping
Surveys show decline in customer satisfaction with what is available to stream. Subscription fees for video streaming services have been on a steady incline. But despite subscrib.....»»
Photosynthesis is under threat in an increasingly warm world, says researcher
The basis of all life on Earth is photosynthesis. So, what happens if it is disrupted? Today, advanced measurement tools can reveal how climate change is affecting plants' ability to process the energy from sunlight......»»
Attribution studies reveal increasing effects of global warming on fire dynamics and public health
Climate change is increasingly influencing fire behavior worldwide and intensifying fire smoke, endangering public health from air pollution caused by fires. These are the results of two new climate change impact attribution studies, both published i.....»»
How Cells Resist the Pressure of the Deep Sea
Cell membranes from comb jellies reveal a new kind of adaptation to the deep sea: curvy lipids that conform to an ideal shape under pressure......»»
As Fiat stalls as part of Stellantis, Italy"s Turin struggles to stave off decline
Turin's Mirafiori plant — once the symbol of Fiat's might, employing about 60,000 — has shriveled to a shadow of its former self under Stellantis ownership......»»
Saturday Citations: Brown dwarf actually brown dwarfs; the adaptability of ice-age humans; archaeologists excited
This week, researchers discovered a near-Earth microquasar that sheds new light on sources of relativistic outflows. Doctors reported finding a triphallic gentleman. And neuroscientists reported on modest cognitive boosts from short (or "acute," in c.....»»
Butterfly brains reveal the tweaks required for cognitive innovation
A species of tropical butterfly with unusually expanded brain structures displays a fascinating mosaic pattern of neural expansion linked to a cognitive innovation......»»
Ally Q3 earnings: net income up 20% despite weak auto finance quarter
Ally Financial's net income rose by more than 20 percent during the third quarter, supported in part by the tax credits it captured from a new emphasis on writing car leases. But Ally's Q3 2024 earnings were hindered by a more than 50 percent decline.....»»
First iPad mini 7 benchmarks reveal upgraded RAM and more
Apple announced a new iPad mini on Tuesday, powered by the A17 Pro chip with support for Apple Intelligence features. The first new iPad mini orders are set to arrive to customers next week, but early benchmarks have now surfaced on Geekbench. These.....»»