Some people can’t get FCC subsidy because “Street” isn’t the same as “St.”
ISPs' data must exactly match FCC's or application is rejected. A fix is on the way. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | acilo) Some broadband users who qualify for the government's new $50-per-month subsidies haven't been able to obtain the disco.....»»
Billionaire brothers Thomas and James Duff buy dealerships
Thomas and James Duff, second-generation owners of a tire-retail empire, are on Forbes' roster of the richest people in the world, each listed with $3 billion in net worth......»»
Scammers exploit tax season anxiety with AI tools
25% of Americans has lost money to online tax scams, according to McAfee. Of the people who clicked on fraudulent links from supposed tax services, 68% lost money. Among those, 29% lost more than $2,500, and 17% lost more than $10,000. Moreover, 76%.....»»
New study shows treating work like a game drives results
A study from West Virginia University engineers demonstrates that people's completion of monotonous assembly tasks improves when doing those tasks involves playing a game......»»
Mozilla’s privacy service drops a provider with ties to people-search sites
Owner of Onerep removal service launched "dozens of people-search services." Enlarge (credit: Mozilla) Mozilla's Monitor Plus, a service launched by the privacy-minded tech firm in February, notes on its pitch page that.....»»
Brazil"s Indigenous people turn to EU to save their savanna
An EU law banning deforestation-derived products comes into effect at the end of 2024, but for Brazilian Indigenous people it contains an unbearable loophole: the Cerrado, Brazil's vast wooded savanna, is excluded from its scope......»»
Why is this obscure 2022 Mel Gibson thriller so popular on Netflix right now?
A n obscure 2022 Mel Gibson thriller is massively popular on Netflix right now. Here's why people are watching it and why you should, too......»»
Food prices will climb everywhere as temperatures rise due to climate change
Climate change, and specifically rising temperatures, may cause food prices to increase by 3.2% per year, according to a new study by researchers in Germany. As climate change continues to worsen, this price inflation will mean more and more people a.....»»
We have revealed a unique time capsule of Australia"s first coastal people from 50,000 years ago
Barrow Island, located 60 kilometers off the Pilbara in Western Australia, was once a hill overlooking an expansive coast. This was the northwestern shelf of the Australian continent, now permanently submerged by the ocean......»»
Rescuers race to find trapped people as Brazil storms kill at least 20
Rescuers in boats and aircraft raced against the clock Sunday to help isolated people in Brazil's mountainous southeast after storms and heavy rains killed at least 20 people......»»
Climate change is shifting the zones where plants grow. Here"s what that could mean for your garden
With the arrival of spring in North America, many people are gravitating to the gardening and landscaping section of home improvement stores, where displays are overstocked with eye-catching seed packs and benches are filled with potted annuals and p.....»»
HomeKit Weekly: Sylvania’s low-cost HomeKit bulb makes it possible to upgrade all of your lights without taking out a HELOC
There are countless options for HomeKit native bulbs that you can buy to transform how your smart home operates completely. The problem for many people is that when you’re looking to change your entire home from traditional bulbs to HomeKit bulbs,.....»»
How to turn off Apple"s Journal "Discoverable by Others" setting that"s enabled by default
Apple's Journal app automatically opts you into sharing your location with people around you — kind of. The truth is complicated. Here's what it specifically means, and how to opt out.How to opt out of Journal's 'Discoverable by Others' featureIn D.....»»
iPhone 14 Problems: 5 Things Users Need to Know
iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 14 Pro, and iPhone 14 Pro Max users are running into a variety of issues. Some of these problems are actual bugs while others are a matter of people getting used to the latest version iOS 17 and/or their new phone. i.....»»
Why is DNA almost always a right-handed helix? Exploring the causes of chirality
Why is the heart slightly on the left side of the body for most people? Why is DNA almost always a right-handed helix? Same with alpha helices, the building blocks of proteins. Chirality, or handedness, is everywhere in biology, but the reasons can b.....»»
A new way to quantify climate change impacts: "Outdoor days"
For most people, reading about the difference between a global average temperature rise of 1.5 C versus 2 C doesn't conjure up a clear image of how their daily lives will actually be affected. So, researchers at MIT have come up with a different way.....»»
How comparison options affect stock buys
Should I invest my money with a small chance of big returns? Or is it better to pick investments that promise a series of modest returns? A psychologist from the University of Basel conducted a scientific experiment to study when people prefer certai.....»»
iPhone 15 Problems: 5 Things Users Need to Know
iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 15 Pro Max users are running into a variety of issues. Some of these problems are actual bugs and others are a matter of people getting used to iOS 17 and their new iPhones. iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Pl.....»»
Microsoft debuts major Surface overhauls that regular people can’t buy
Not the first business-exclusive Surfaces, but they're the most significant. [credit: Microsoft.....»»
Plant material on obsidian blades on Rapa Nui suggests settlers there visited South America and returned
A team of archaeologists affiliated with several institutions in Chile reports evidence that early settlers on the island of Rapa Nui sailed to South America, interacted with people living there and then returned. In their study, published in PLOS ON.....»»
Call of Duty Warzone Mobile is out to eliminate mobile gaming’s stigma
Activision believes that Call of Duty Warzone Mobile will be the shooter that changes people's minds about mobile gaming. Here's why......»»