Salty Sea Spray Keeps Lightning Strikes Away
Particles of sea salt in the air could stop clouds from charging up for a lightning strike.....»»
GMC Sierra EV Denali Vs Ford F-150 Lightning: Electric Truck Spec Showdown
All-electric trucks are finally nearing the mass market, and Ford's F-150 Lighting will soon have big competition from GMC's Sierra EV. Here's how they compare. All-.....»»
NASA"s Curiosity Mars rover reaches long-awaited salty region
After journeying this summer through a narrow, sand-lined pass, NASA's Curiosity Mars rover recently arrived in the "sulfate-bearing unit," a long-sought region of Mount Sharp enriched with salty minerals......»»
New $449 iPad doesn’t work with Apple Pencil 2, requires dongle to charge first-gen Pencil
In a series of press releases today, Apple announced the new iPad Pro, Apple TV 4K, and entry-level iPad. But while the new iPad gained a USB-C port in place of its Lightning port, it’s only compatible with the first-generation Apple Pencil. So wh.....»»
Apple TV’s new Siri Remote comes with USB-C, but you need to buy a cable separately [U]
Along with the new iPads, Apple also announced on Tuesday a new generation of Apple TV 4K with the A15 Bionic chip and HDR10+. It also comes with a new Siri Remote that has a USB-C port instead of Lightning. While this is certainly good news, the co.....»»
Apple drops Lightning and home button from the base iPad, announces M2 iPad Pro
Also: iPadOS 16 launches October 24. The new base iPad in silver. [credit: Apple ].....»»
Apple Siri Remote now USB-C, as death knell tolls for Lightning
The Siri Remote has gained a USB-C port alongside the Apple TV 4K upgrade, signaling the beginning of Apple's departure from Lightning.Siri Remote now uses USB-CIn addition to USB-C on the entry-level iPad, Apple snuck in a small but significant upda.....»»
New iPad requires USB-C Apple Pencil adapter for pairing & charging
Apple's new 10th generation iPadiPad comes with USB-C instead of Lightning, and that means users can't charge or pair that Apple Pencil without an adapter.The required new first-generation Apple Pencil adapterWhile the new iPad has adopted both USB-C.....»»
Daily deals Oct. 18: $150 off Mac Studio, $60 off Apple TV, up to $500 off Sony cameras, more
Tuesday's best deals include AirPods with the Lightning Case for $89.99, 54% off the Razer Viper Ultimate wireless gaming mouse, $50 off a Keurig K-Elite K-Cup coffee maker, and much more.Best Deals for October 18AppleInsider checks online stores dai.....»»
What flood survivors actually need after disaster strikes
The floods ravaging Victoria have destroyed hundreds of homes and left at least one person dead. Some rivers are not expected to peak until Monday and more wet weather may leave towns battling floodwaters again in the coming weeks......»»
Using spray drones in agriculture
It's a familiar sight for many—a ground sprayer slowly making rounds in a field, applying pesticides to row crops to give producers the best chance of protecting crops from pests and seeing high yields at harvest. These ground sprayers, with booms.....»»
Swickard Auto strikes gold out west
An expanding Swickard Auto Group entered Southern California via a majority stake purchase of John Elway's Crown Toyota in Ontario, one of the Japanese automaker's highest-volume U.S. dealerships. And the dealership's price tag also fetched near-r.....»»
mophie powerstation plus combines integrated Lightning/USB-C cables and fast charging
mophie is out with its newest portable battery today that offers a convenient experience for Apple users. With built-in Lightning and USB-C cables plus an extra USB-C port, the powerstation plus makes it seamless to juice up iPhone, iPad, AirPods, a.....»»
Mophie"s new powerstation plus will charge three devices, simultaneously
Mophie's new powerstation plus is a portable battery bank incorporating two types of built-in cables for Apple devices, and a third USB-C port.mophie powerstation plusThe powerstation plus has both a built-in Lightning and a USB-C cable to charge iPa.....»»
Fast-as-lightning 3D microprinting with two lasers
Printing objects from plastic precisely, quickly, and inexpensively is the goal of many 3D printing processes. However, speed and high resolution remain a technological challenge. A research team from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Heid.....»»
Nasal COVID vaccine blows clinical trial, flinging researchers back to the lab
The trial used the same vaccine formula as the AstraZeneca vaccine given intramuscularly. Enlarge / A man receives an H1N1 nasal flu spray vaccine at an urgent care center on October 16, 2009, in Lake Worth, Florida. (credit: Getty.....»»
iPhone 15 USB-C port “is essentially a lock,” says Gurman
An iPhone 15 USB-C port, in place of a Lightning one, is “essentially a lock,” says Mark Gurman in his latest Power On newsletter. It has been widely speculated that Apple will choose the iPhone 15 to make the switch, a year ahead of it becoming.....»»
Apple"s AirPods and Mac accessories could gain USB-C by 2024
The gradual shift of Apple's products to USB-C instead of Lightning could see a switch of connector on Mac accessories and all AirPods models by 2024, a report claims.A USB-C cable.As a connector, USB-C is growing in ubiquity, with it becoming more c.....»»
Dropping water levels and rising salinity push Great Salt Lake to brink of ecosystem collapse
Great Salt Lake is well known for being salty, but record-low water levels driven by high water usage and several years of drought may soon make it too salty for even the brine shrimp that have made it a home. The lake provides an important source of.....»»
Fixed-duration strikes can revitalize labor
"Fixed-duration" strikes—such as the three-day walkout by 15,000 nurses in mid-September—protect worker interests and impose financial and reputational costs on employers, suggesting that confrontational tactics can help unions counteract increas.....»»
Research team introduces advance in automatic forest mapping technology
How lightning travels from the sky to the ground inspired the concept behind a new algorithmic approach to digitally separate individual trees from their forests in automatic forest mapping......»»