Tuning transparency and opacity
Making a dark human hair transparent, or even an opaque bar of silicon: this optical "sorcery" is possible by manipulating the incident light. This new phenomenon is called "mutual extinction and transparency." Until now only existing in theory, phot.....»»
Facebook ads are suddenly doing better despite Apple advertising debacle
Since Apple’s app tracking transparency feature began, Meta has seen shaky results regarding its advertising to iOS users. Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, relies heavily on ad revenue and has seen damages from Apple’s ad cha.....»»
Legislation Seeks To Block Lengthy Gag Orders on Tech Firms After Government Surveillance
New submitter hawk writes: Government agencies would no longer be able to indefinitely conceal their secret seizure of email records under legislation introduced Tuesday that takes aim at gag orders. The Government Surveillance Transparency Act, spon.....»»
Gran Turismo 7: Best tuning settings and cars for Sport Mode
Sport Mode is the ranked multiplayer mode in Gran Turismo 7. Here are the best tuning settings for it, along with the best cars you can choose......»»
Transparency Org Releases Alleged Leak of Russian Censorship Agency
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: Transparency organization Distributed Denial of Secrets has released what it says is 800GB of data from a section of Roskomnadzor, the Russian government body responsible for censorship in the cou.....»»
Reddit Banned 2,625 Subreddits For Excessive Copyright Infringement in 2021
Reddit's latest transparency report reveals that during 2021, Reddit removed 665,898 pieces of content following copyright infringement complaints, up 104% on the previous year. Actions against "excessive" copyright infringers also increased signific.....»»
Ring my string: Building silicon nano-strings
Tightening a string, e.g. when tuning a guitar, makes it vibrate faster. But when strings are nano-sized, increased tension also reduces, or 'dilutes', the loss of the string's vibrational modes......»»
Sony LinkBuds review: Radical transparency
An ambitious attempt to create earbuds that don't block out the outside world......»»
CIA collecting bulk data on Americans without oversight, senators say
Senators demand more answers and transparency from CIA in redacted letter. Enlarge (credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) Two US senators have asked the Central Intelligence Agency to release the details of a secret bulk data co.....»»
A 29-year-old CEO is Pushing Crypto During the Super Bowl by Giving Away Millions in Bitcoin
Americans tuning in to the Super Bowl on Sunday will be inundated with ads from cryptocurrency companies, including the trading platform FTX, which plans to give away millions of dollars in bitcoin. From a report: FTX has spent heavily on sports part.....»»
Facebook will take $10 billion revenue hit in 2022 because of App Tracking Transparency
Because of intense pressure on revenue after the implementation of new data regulations and Apple privacy features, Meta will rebuild Facebook's ad infrastructure to ensure it can still deliver "high-quality personalized ads."App Tracking Transparenc.....»»
Virtual tours make pig farming more transparent
Many people would like to see better animal welfare and transparency in livestock farming. In recent years, agriculture has increasingly tried to be more open, for example by offering farm tours. Even though farm tours are well received or appreciate.....»»
ACCC wants NBN providers to reveal their true upload speeds
The ACCC says that upload speeds are “more important to consumers,” and wants more transparency from the telcos......»»
Phase-change material enables active tuning of lattice Kerker effect
The phenomenon of completely eliminated backscattering in a hypothetical magnetic sphere is called the Kerker effect. It has been generalized in nanophotonics and meta-optics, and has recently been applied to such functionalities as scattering manage.....»»
AT&T becomes ‘un-ISP’ of fiber internet with Hypergig plans
AT&T's new Hypergig broadband plans brings fiber speeds up to 5Gbps to homes and businesses with pricing transparency......»»
Someone Zoom bombed an Italian senate meeting and streamed Final Fantasy VII porn
A meeting of experts from various fields to discuss data transparency in political decision making was going well for the first 30 minutes, but that all went wrong when Giorgio Parisi, a Nobel Prize winners in physics, was introduced on the Zoom call.....»»
Apple says it never intended iOS 14 security updates to last forever [Updated]
Op-ed: Once again, Apple's lack of transparency causes security headaches. Enlarge / Apple has stopped providing security updates to iOS 14. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Update, 3:30pm: Apple has pointed us a support page, pu.....»»
Tuning the bonds of paired quantum particles to create dissipationless flow
Electrons flowing through power lines and computers inevitably encounter resistance; when they do, they lose some of their energy, which dissipates as heat. That's why laptops get hot after being used for too long and why the server farms that power.....»»
An ice-inspired lubricant improves osteoarthritis symptoms in rats
With the Winter Olympics approaching, many people will soon be tuning in to watch events that take place on ice, such as figure skating, speed skating and ice hockey. An ultrathin, super-lubricating layer of water on the ice's surface is essential fo.....»»
Microsoft Discovered New "Powerdir" macOS Vulnerability, Fixed in 12.1 Update
This morning, Microsoft's 365 Defender research team released details of a new macOS "Powerdir" vulnerability that allows an attacker to bypass transparency, consent, and control technology to gain unauthorized access to protected data. Ap.....»»
Climate change disclosures driving awareness and action among companies and investors
As some of the world's largest companies begin to embrace transparency in sharing information about their carbon footprint, new research is yielding valuable insights into the impact these environmental disclosures can have for companies, their inves.....»»