What Ever Happened to Netscape Navigator?
It was a magical time, PC sales were just booming and if you were lucky, yours would come with a modem for dial-up Internet access. You would hear the scrambling sound of your phone line connecting you to the world. Launching Netscape and staring at.....»»
How the social structures of Nazi Germany created a bystander society
In the initial post-war judicial proceedings to establish what had happened under Nazism, and to punish the perpetrators of crimes, victims' accounts were often discredited. Only in 1961, with the high-profile trial of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichman.....»»
Betelgeuse before, during and after the Great Dimming
When a prominent star in the night sky suddenly dims, it generates a lot of interest. That's what happened with the red supergiant star Betelgeuse between November 2019 and May 2020. Betelgeuse will eventually explode as a supernova. Was the dimming.....»»
What to expect from Apple"s Q1 2024 earnings report
Apple's first fiscal quarterly results will be released by the company on Thursday evening. Here's what happened in the holiday quarter, and what to expect the iPhone maker to reveal to investors.Apple CEO Tim CookApple confirmed on January 8 that it.....»»
Apple declares last MacBook Pro with an optical drive obsolete
The laptop hadn't been for sale in more than seven years. Enlarge / The 13-inch MacBook Pro from 2012. Sometimes, it's worth taking a moment to note the end of an era, even when that ending might have happened a long ti.....»»
Predicting chaotic weather systems is probability, not certainty
What happened to the scorching El Niño summer we were bracing for? Why has the east coast of Australia been drenched while the north and west gets the heat?.....»»
Why do so many people choose not to report rape?
Why do so many people choose not to report rape? Research shows that the trauma of talking about the abuse as well as owning one's own narrative of what happened can be crucial......»»
That’s never happened before: Games Done Quick video stars speedrunning dog
The Shiba Inu was trained to use a custom controller in a game meant for a robot. Peanut Butter the dog speedruns Gyromite at Awesome Games Done Quick 2024. The twice-a-year video game speedrunning and fundraising live event Games D.....»»
For All Mankind"s Happy Valley: Why a Martian city could well extend below the surface
Apple TV+'s alternate space race, "For All Mankind," imagines what would have have happened if USSR cosmonauts, and not NASA's astronauts, had been the first to land on the moon. Rather than the waning of interest in space that followed the moon land.....»»
Ancient DNA study finds Iberian lynx hybridized with Eurasian lynx over the last few thousand years
Cross-species hybridization is a more frequent phenomenon than previously thought. In the past, it happened with modern humans; it is estimated that our genome contains about 2% Neanderthal DNA......»»
The best monitor upgrades for your Mac from CES 2024
CES is known for its televisions, but monitors are also shown off at the trade show, too. These are some of the best launches that happened during the event.Dell's 2024 UltraSharp monitorsTech observers are familiar with the affinity CES has with scr.....»»
I took creatine every day for 10 days like Mark Wahlberg — here’s what happened to my body
I took creatine every day for 10 days like Mark Wahlberg — here’s what happened to my body.....»»
These L.A. residents got $1,000 a month. What happened after the cash stopped?
These L.A. residents got $1,000 a month. What happened after the cash stopped?.....»»
Reflectors in space could make solar farms on Earth work for longer every day
If you happened to be looking at the sky in Europe on a cold night on February 5, 1993, there is a chance you could have seen a dim flash of light. That flash came from a Russian space mirror experiment called Znamya-2......»»
Microsoft briefly edged out Apple as the most valuable company in the US
In intraday trading on Thursday, Apple was usurped as the most valuable company in the US for about two hours, with Microsoft temporarily taking the crown more than two years after the last time it happened.Credit: MicrosoftThe cross-over happened at.....»»
Microsoft edges out Apple as the most valuable company in the US
In intraday trading on Thursday, Apple has been usurped as the most valuable company in the US, with Microsoft taking the crown more than two years after the last time it happened.Credit: MicrosoftThe cross-over happened at about 9:50 AM ET, shortly.....»»
Apple is blocking a new HEY app, and DHH isn’t having it (again)
App Store Review is blocking another Basecamp camp, and David Heinemeier Hansson isn’t happy. It happened in 2020 with the iOS app for their Hey email service. This time, it’s the standalone Hey Calendar app that Apple says violates App Store rul.....»»
Temporary government Internet censorship was imposed almost 200 times last year
Government Internet censorship is a permanent fact of life in some countries, but there are many more countries that impose Internet blocks in response to specific events. A new report says that happened on 196 occasions last year, with hundreds of m.....»»
Everglades snake and gator tried to eat each other. They exploded. See what happened
Everglades snake and gator tried to eat each other. They exploded. See what happened.....»»
Every video game delay that happened in 2023
2023 was full of notable video game delays, including ones for titles like Alan Wake 2, Hollow Knight: Silksong, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, and more......»»
NASA asteroid sampling mission renamed OSIRIS-APEX for new journey
The former OSIRIS-REx spacecraft sets off on a journey to study asteroid Apophis and take advantage of the asteroid's 2029 flyby of Earth, the likes of which hasn't happened since the dawn of recorded history......»»