Stampede in SoHo leaves grandmother hospitalized for her birthday
Stampede in SoHo leaves grandmother hospitalized for her birthday.....»»
Advertisers "staring into the abyss" as Apple limits ad tracking
Apple's forthcoming App Tracking Transparency privacy feature in iOS 14 leaves advertisers guessing, but sure that revenues will be hit.Users will be asked whether they want to allow ad tracking or notAs Apple reminds developers to prepare for App Tr.....»»
99 Pac-Men enter, one Pac-Man leaves in new Switch freebie Pac-Man 99
Follows Tetris 99 as an included part of paid Nintendo Switch Online memberships. Let's break down Pac-Man 99, the latest retro battle royale game on Nintendo Switch......»»
Plant, animal surfaces inspire infection-proof engineered implants
Dragonfly wings, lotus leaves, cicada wings—thanks to millennia of evolution, nature has optimized the ways these surfaces and others behave to offer antibacterial functionality......»»
An artful study of cellular development in leaves
How do we become a complex, integrated multicellular organism from a single cell?.....»»
Knotel co-founder leaves company, describes investor Newmark as ‘a stalking horse’
Earlier this year, we covered the demise of flexible workspace operator Knotel. The once high-flying startup had just announced it had filed for bankruptcy and that its assets were being acquired by investor and commercial real estate brokerage Newma.....»»
Mixed Reactions to New Nirvana Song Generated by Google"s AI
On the 27th anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death, Engadget reports: Were he still alive today, Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain would be 52 years old. Every February 20th, on the day of his birthday, fans wonder what songs he would write if he hadn't died.....»»
Krafcik leaves Waymo after 5 years as CEO
Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov will succeed John Krafcik as co-CEOs of Google's autonomous technology subsidiary......»»
The Asteroid That Killed the Dinosaurs Created the Amazon Rain Forest
Fossilized pollen and leaves reveal that the meteorite that caused the extinction of nonavian dinosaurs also reshaped South America’s plant communities to yield the planet’s largest rain... -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com.....»»
Celebrity video request site Cameo reaches unicorn status with $100M raise
Cameo, the celebrity video site you’re probably familiar with if you’ve celebrated a birthday in the last three years, announced this morning that it’s raised a $100M Series C. The round, which was led by Jonathan Turner with e.ventures, puts t.....»»
Reef degradation leaves Australian coast vulnerable to tsunami damage
The size and impact of Pacific Ocean tsunami waves on the Australian coastline are significantly reduced by healthy coral structures in the Great Barrier Reef, researchers have shown......»»
Researchers notice pattern on surface of leaves, uncover new clue about plant evolution
A doctoral student has identified a long-overlooked pattern in how plants evolved their equivalent of lungs—tiny pores on the surfaces of leaves called stomata. Using specialized imaging techniques and a plant species not often found in laboratorie.....»»
Volvo leaves U.S. dealers confused on plans
The automaker's plan to pivot to a digital-only sales model could stall in the U.S. as some retailers balk at what they see as a factory assault on the franchised dealer model......»»
How a “Switch Pro” leak may point to Nvidia’s megaton mobile-gaming plans
Op-ed: Reading the RTX tea leaves in light of recent Switch-related reports. Enlarge / Nvidia is already tied heavily to the existing Nintendo Switch, since it includes the company's Tegra X1 SoC. But recent rumors make us wonder about Nvidia's.....»»
New Alan Turing £50 note design is revealed
The banknote will enter circulation on 23 June - Alan Turing's birthday - and will be made of polymer......»»
Variances in critical protein may guide fate of those infected with SARS CoV-2
Why does COVID-19 seem to strike in such a haphazard way, sometimes sparing the 100-year-old grandmother, while killing healthy young men and women in the prime of life? A new study may offer some tentative clues. The research explores MHC-I, a criti.....»»
Stroke risk higher than expected among COVID-19 patients
Analysis of data from the American Heart Association's COVID-19 CVD Registry of more than 20,000 U.S. adults hospitalized with COVID-19 through November 2020 found that, overall, COVID-19 patients had an increased risk of stroke compared with patient.....»»
Progesterone therapy may improve COVID-19 outcomes for men, study finds
COVID-19 disproportionately affects men compared with women, raising the possibility that a hormone like progesterone may improve clinical outcomes for certain hospitalized men with the disease. New research supports this hypothesis......»»
Combination therapy may provide significant protection against lethal influenza
A significant proportion of hospitalized patients with influenza develop complications of acute respiratory distress syndrome. Investigators have found that treatment with an immune receptor blocker in combination with an antiviral agent markedly imp.....»»
How William Shatner Is Celebrating His 90th Birthday
When the Star Trek franchise was awarded a special Emmy in 2018, it was William "Captain Kirk" Shatner who'd co-delivered its acceptance speech, remembers ComicBook.com. "Thank you so much. 52 years. What a gift. We're grateful... Star Trek has endur.....»»
What early-budding trees tell us about genetics, climate change
Genes affect when trees put forth leaves in the spring. Understanding how could help scientists adapt trees to be more resilient to climate change......»»