The Origin of the Blinking Cursor
Long-time Slashdot reader jimminy_cricket shares a new article from the technology site Inverse exploring the origin of blinking cursors. They trace the invention to the 1960s and electronics engineer Charles Kiesling, a naval veteran of the Korean.....»»
Some details have emerged about Blue Origin’s “Blue Ring” project
"There is a critical need for rideshare and hosting solutions for small satellites." Enlarge / Blue Origin's concept art for a New Glenn rocket launch ascending to orbit. (credit: Blue Origin) On Wednesday, the Washingto.....»»
Blue Origin is developing a space tug for its New Glenn rocket
"There is a critical need for rideshare and hosting solutions for small satellites." Enlarge / Blue Origin's concept art for a New Glenn rocket launch ascending to orbit. (credit: Blue Origin) On Wednesday, the Washingto.....»»
The best shows on Netflix right now (January 2023)
From 1899 to The Witcher: Blood Origin, Netflix adds more great shows every week! Here are the best shows on Netflix, available to stream right now......»»
Seeing low-quality previews in iCloud Photos? Here’s how to get the full-resolution media
With iCloud Photos, iPhone, iPad, and Mac users can store all their photos and videos in iCloud so that they are always kept synchronized between all devices, while also being backed up automatically. However, Apple also lets users remove the origin.....»»
Seeing low quality previews in iCloud Photos? Here’s how to get the full resolution media
With iCloud Photos, iPhone, iPad, and Mac users can store all their photos and videos in iCloud so that they are always kept synchronized between all devices, while also being backed up automatically. However, Apple also lets users remove the origin.....»»
The Witcher: Blood Origin’s ending explained
The Witcher: Blood Origin aims to answer many of The Witcher's biggest questions, and its ending has massive repercussions for the franchise going forward......»»
Scientists investigate potential regolith origin on Uranus" moon Miranda
In a recent study published in The Planetary Science Journal, a pair of researchers led by The Carl Sagan Center at the SETI Institute in California investigated the potential origin for the thick regolith deposits on Uranus' moon, Miranda. The purpo.....»»
The best gaming PCs: Dell, Origin, Lenovo, and more
Only a few select gaming PCs can make it on the list of the best gaming desktops. Here are our top picks that you can buy right now......»»
Shedding light on the origin of complex life forms
How did the complex organisms on Earth arise? This is one of the big open questions in biology. A collaboration between the working groups of Christa Schleper at the University of Vienna and Martin Pilhofer at ETH Zurich has come a step closer to the.....»»
Earth"s water is 4.5 billion years old, says new study
The origin of Earth's water has been an enduring mystery. There are different hypotheses and theories explaining how the water got here, and lots of evidence supporting them......»»
Rocket Report: Meet the Blue Origin Space Rangers; methane rocket fails in debut
No one has yet stepped forth to win the great methane rocket race. Enlarge / Image taken from the Hakuto-R spacecraft after it separated from the Falcon 9 upper stage, which can be seen at right. (credit: Canadensys/ispace).....»»
Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin writer breaks down 2022’s best ending
In an exclusive interview, Kazushige Nojima breaks down what makes Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin's ending so special......»»
Discovering a rare red spiral galaxy population from the early universe with the James Webb Space Telescope
Spiral galaxies represent one of the most spectacular features in our universe. Among them, spiral galaxies in the distant universe contain significant information about their origin and evolution. However, we have had a limited understanding of thes.....»»
Fossil discovery in storeroom cupboard shifts origin of modern lizard back 35 million years
A specimen retrieved from a cupboard in the Natural History Museum in London has shown that modern lizards originated in the Late Triassic and not the Middle Jurassic as previously thought......»»
Biology students expose exotic amphibians in the dunes
During the spring of 2021, a group of eight biology students from Leiden set out into the dunes in search of amphibians. Using DNA, they determined the geographic origin of the animals. And guess what? In many cases they discovered exotic populations.....»»
Gold from Troy, Poliochni and Ur found to have the same origin
The gold in objects from Troy, Poliochni (a settlement on the island of Lemnos which lies roughly 60 kilometers away from Troy), and Ur in Mesopotamia have the same geographic origin and were traded over great distances......»»
Smallest mobile lifeform created
The origin of all biological movements, including walking, swimming, or flying, can be traced back to cellular movements; however, little is known about how cell motility arose in evolution......»»
GM"s Cruise plans to enter "a large number of markets" in 2023
The planned launch of the Origin, designed as a purpose-built automated vehicle, "is a huge unlock" for Cruise because of its lower cost......»»
Fossil overturns more than a century of knowledge about the origin of modern birds
Fossilized fragments of a skeleton, hidden within a rock the size of a grapefruit, have helped upend one of the longest-standing assumptions about the origins of modern birds......»»
IoT device origin matters more than ever
Recently, British politicians called on the government to crack down on the use of surveillance equipment from two Chinese companies, Hikvision and Dahua, which are already blacklisted by Washington. Not only did ministers criticize the state-owned c.....»»