Vaccines don’t cause autism, but the lie won’t die. In fact, it’s getting worse.
Vaccine misinformation persists as measles cases are soaring. Enlarge / An MMR and VAR vaccine ready for a pediatric vaccination at Kaiser Permanente East Medical offices in Denver in 2015. (credit: Getty | Joe Amon) For.....»»
iFixit says new Arm Surface hardware “puts repair front and center”
Both devices make it relatively easy to get at the battery and SSD. Enlarge / Microsoft's 11th-edition Surface Pro, as exploded by iFixit. Despite adhesive holding in the screen and the fact that you need to remove the heatsink t.....»»
Win+C, Windows’ most cursed keyboard shortcut, is getting retired again
Win+C has been assigned to some of Windows' least successful features. Enlarge / A rendering of the Copilot button. (credit: Microsoft) Microsoft is all-in on its Copilot+ PC push right now, but the fact is that they'll.....»»
How to use an original Apple Pencil with a new iPad
Despite all that Apple says, you can in fact use an original Apple Pencil with the company's latest iPad Pro and iPad Air — it just takes some work. Here's what to do.With a little work, the original Apple Pencil can be used on a USB-C iPad ProAppl.....»»
When did humans start social knowledge accumulation?
Study suggests our ancestors were building on past knowledge by 600,000 years ago. Enlarge (credit: IURII BUKHTA) A key aspect of humans' evolutionary success is the fact that we don't have to learn how to do things fro.....»»
Teachers report worse pay and well-being compared to similar working population
With more working hours and lower average base pay, the well-being of U.S. teachers continues to be worse than that of similar working adults—a consistent pattern since 2021, according to a new RAND survey......»»
Don"t toss your Apple Watch away if you hard fall warning, like Steven Spielberg did
Director Steven Spielberg was giving a talk when his Apple Watch suddenly said he'd taken a hard fall. His reaction to the false alarm ended up making matters worse.Pressing the onscreen "X" will cancel any sort of false alarm on the Apple Watch.Alth.....»»
Steven Spielberg rattled by false "hard fall" Apple Watch warning
Director Steven Spielberg was giving a talk when his Apple Watch suddenly said he'd taken a hard fall. His reaction to the false alarm ended up making matters worse.Pressing the onscreen "X" will cancel any sort of false alarm on the Apple Watch.Alth.....»»
IV infusion enables editing of the cystic fibrosis gene in lung stem cells
Approach relies on lipid capsules like those in the mRNA vaccines. Enlarge (credit: DrAfter123) The development of gene editing tools, which enable the specific targeting and correction of mutations, hold the promise of.....»»
What sea salt in Antarctic snowfall reveals about bushfires worse than the Black Summer
Australia has a long history of bushfires. The 2019-2020 Black Summer was the worst in recorded history. But was that the worst it could get?.....»»
Study finds Arctic warming three-fold compared to global patterns
Global warming is an omnipresent issue, with widespread initiatives to draw down emissions and mitigate against the International Panel on Climate Change's worse-case scenario predictions of 3.2°C of warming by 2100 (relative to pre-Industrial level.....»»
Unit21 automates the check investigation process for financial institutions
Unit21 launched its advanced Check Fraud Prevention and Investigation features. This new suite of tools addresses the rising threat of check fraud, which causes increased financial losses across the banking industry each year. In fact, according to a.....»»
India"s heat wave longest ever, worse to come
India's heat wave is the longest ever to hit the country, the government's top weather expert said Monday as he warned people will face increasingly oppressive temperatures......»»
Why CISOs need to build cyber fault tolerance into their business
CISOs who elevate response and recovery to equal status with prevention are generating more value than those who adhere to outdated zero tolerance for failure mindsets, according to Gartner. “Each new cybersecurity disruption exposes the fact that.....»»
Five ways artificial intelligence can improve your dating life
Artificial intelligence is going to transform how we date. The question is: will it be for better or worse? It's already causing some real problems, especially related to "romance scams" and other fraud......»»
Potential drug targets identified in African swine fever virus enzyme study
African swine fever virus is the only mammalian infectious virus that encodes type II DNA topoisomerase and has caused serious damage to the global swine industry in recent years. Safe and effective commercial vaccines and drugs are still lacking......»»
Vaccines don’t cause autism, but the lie won’t die—in fact, it’s getting worse
Vaccine misinformation persists as measles cases are soaring. Enlarge / An MMR and VAR vaccine ready for a pediatric vaccination at Kaiser Permanente East Medical offices in Denver in 2015. (credit: Getty | Joe Amon) For.....»»
To hire the right job candidate, humans and machines should clear up this simple miscommunication
Nearly every Fortune 500 company now uses some form of artificial intelligence to help them hire the best talent by screening resumes or analyzing test performance. But these AI hiring tools are probably spitting out worse candidates than hiring mana.....»»
78% of SMBs fear cyberattacks could shut down their business
94% of SMBs have experienced at least one cyberattack, a dramatic rise from 64% in 2019, according to ConnectWise. This increase in cyberattacks is exacerbated by the fact that 76% of SMBs lack the in-house skills to properly address security issues,.....»»
Vaccines don’t cause autism, but the lie won’t die. In fact, it’s getting worse.
Vaccine misinformation persists as measles cases are soaring. Enlarge / An MMR and VAR vaccine ready for a pediatric vaccination at Kaiser Permanente East Medical offices in Denver in 2015. (credit: Getty | Joe Amon) For.....»»
What kind of bug would make machine learning suddenly 40% worse at NetHack?
One day, a roguelike-playing system just kept biffing it, for celestial reasons. Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) Members of the Legendary Computer Bugs Tribunal, honored guests, if I may have your attention? I would, hum.....»»