What Ever Happened to ICQ?
ICQ, short for the phrase "I Seek You," laid the groundwork for standalone instant messaging clients when it arrived in November 1996. Think about how long ago that was... Windows 95 was barely a year old, Nintendo had just introduced the N64, and th.....»»
Massive gathering of fin whales observed by cruise ship passengers in Antarctica
Passengers and crew aboard the National Geographic cruise ship Endurance as it sailed parts of Antarctica got more than expected last year when the ship happened to pass through a huge group of whales foraging together......»»
The Mandalorian season 3: everything you need to know
A lot happened between seasons of The Mandalorian, so here's what you need to know for season 3......»»
So-called "safe" pesticides have surprisingly ill effects
Health Canada is currently reviewing regulations for pesticides in Canada, and three UBC researchers say regulators might want to consider what happened in Japan......»»
Scandinavian designers wanted to take environmental action 50 years ago, but little has happened so far
According to Professor Kjetil Fallan, design is an inevitable part of the environmental problem, but also part of the solution. He believes that design history provides important insight on how to fight the environmental crisis......»»
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania end credits scenes: What happened to Kang?
Want to know what happened in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania's end credits scenes? Digital Trends has all the spoilers on Kang's fate and the MCU's future......»»
European summer droughts since 2015 most severe in centuries, but multi-year droughts also happened in the past
The 2015–2018 summer droughts have been exceptional in large parts of Western and Central Europe over the last 400 years, in terms of the magnitude of drought conditions. This indicates an influence of man-made global warming. However, multi-year d.....»»
How a single-gene change led to a new species of monkeyflower
Monkeyflowers glow in a rich assortment of colors, from yellow to pink to deep red-orange. But about 5 million years ago, some of them lost their yellow. In the Feb. 10 issue of Science, UConn botanists explain what happened genetically to jettison t.....»»
Apple recognizes union of UK Apple Store workers, agrees to negotiate pay and conditions
A “historic” agreement has seen Apple recognize a union of UK Apple Store workers, some three months after staff voted in favor of unionizing. It happened just one day after the company appointed its first ever Chief People Officer. Apple has si.....»»
Twitter outage: what happened, when will service be restored, and more
Twitter outage: what happened, when will service be restored, and more.....»»
Chat AI tech will eventually make Siri smarter, but not anytime soon [Opinion]
Chat AI tech is without a doubt the most exciting thing to have happened in the world of technology for quite some time – providing answers to questions, writing essays, generating working code, or even passing an MBA exam through a conversational.....»»
How the world of the end-Triassic extinction was similar to today—and how it differed
Past environmental crises let us reverse-engineer how our planet works. Enlarge (credit: Victor Leshyk) The end-Triassic extinction, which happened 201 million years ago, was Earth’s third most severe extinction event.....»»
Apple stock on wild ride after earnings
Apple's stock saw an immediate and sharp decline as the company reported earnings that didn't live up to Wall Street's expectations, but as Tim Cook talked about it a strange recovery happened.Apple's stock rebounds after hours despite missThe stock.....»»
Mistaken fossil rewrites history of Indian subcontinent for second time
In 2020, amid the first pandemic lockdowns, a scientific conference scheduled to take place in India never happened......»»
Viewpoint: How to prevent what happened to Tyre Nichols from happening in the future
In the wake of the beating death of Tyre Nichols earlier this month, some experts have questioned whether police officers are even needed in responding to routine traffic stops......»»
iPhone 14 Crash Detection helped rapid police response to crash that left victims unconscious
The iPhone 14 Crash Detection feature has been credited with helping bring about a rapid police response to a pickup truck crash in the early hours of the morning, which left one or more occupants unconscious. The crash happened on the island state.....»»
Two spacecraft worked together to learn about Venus’ magnetic field
A pair of spacecraft happened to be passing by Venus on their way somewhere else, but they managed to grab some bonus data about the planet......»»
Every video game delay that has happened in 2023 so far
From Skull and Bones to The Day Before, here's our ongoing list of every game delayed in 2023......»»
Nearly 50-meter laser experiment sets record in University of Maryland hallway
It's not at every university that laser pulses powerful enough to burn paper and skin are sent blazing down a hallway. But that's what happened in UMD's Energy Research Facility, an unremarkable looking building on the northeast corner of campus. If.....»»
Nearly 50-meter laser experiment sets record in university hallway
It's not at every university that laser pulses powerful enough to burn paper and skin are sent blazing down a hallway. But that's what happened in UMD's Energy Research Facility, an unremarkable looking building on the northeast corner of campus. If.....»»
China"s population is now inexorably shrinking
China's National Bureau of Statistics has confirmed what researchers such as myself have long suspected—that 2022 was the year China's population turned down, the first time that has happened since the great famine brought on by Chinese leader Mao.....»»