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These are the plastic items that most kill marine animals
6 days ago –
How do we save whales and other marine animals from plastic in
the ocean? Our new review shows reducing plastic pollution can prevent
the deaths of beloved marine species. Over 700 marine species, including
half of the world’s cetaceans (such as whales and dolphins), all of its
sea turtles, and a...
This 27-course bundle can help you learn to code this new year for just $60
7 days ago –
TLDR: With 27 courses and over 270 hours of coursework, The
Premium Learn to Code 2021 Certification Bundle is the one-stop shop for
becoming a well-trained web developer. If you’re going to learn to play
basketball, who should you assemble as your teachers? Michael Jordan,
LeBron James and an al...
We need to make remote meetings more boring in 2021
5 days ago –
It’s been a tough year of pivoting, remote work, and
conceptualizing the ‘new normal.’ But as we enter a new year, it’s time
to take stock of how we’ve operated professionally and what we’ll take
with us into 2021. So when exactly was the last time life was good? Was
it when you were huddled up w...
Behind the wheel of the Volkswagen ID.4 crossover
5 days ago –
This article was originally published by Steve Schaefer on Clean
Fleet Report, a publication that gives its readers the information they
need to move to cars and trucks with best fuel economy, including
electric cars, fuel cells, plug-in hybrids, hybrids and advanced diesel
and gasoline engines. ...
The top 5 EVs you should be excited for in 2021
4 days ago –
This past year was slated by some to be the “year of the EV.”
Having seen a number of new electric vehicles reach the market, it’s
certainly been a very positive year for electrified cars — even despite
the global pandemic. Here at SHIFT, we think that in 10 years time —
when gasoline vehicles ar...
These 10 Mac apps on sale should get 2021 off on the right note
4 days ago –
TLDR: From productivity to organization to just creating quality
work, these 10 Mac apps, now available at an extra 20 percent off, can
take you into the new year with some new abilities. If you want to go
into 2021 with a smart, well-intentioned new mantra, consider this: save
time, save money. ...
4 days ago –
This article was written by Tiffany Hale and originally
published on Built In. Failure is more than a rite of passage when
working in technology — it’s a guarantee. The failure designers and
developers are comfortable with, however, usually falls into the cozy
iteration cycle where it’s “OK” to f...
How a tiny mutant worm is helping find a cure for a rare form of cancer
2 days ago –
When the Williamson family from Dundee lost their mother Sue to a
rare cancer named phaeochromocytoma in 2003, they didn’t realize that
further devastation was to follow. Of her four children, twins Jennie
and James discovered that they also have the faulty gene that cut short
their mother’s life...
A psychologist’s guide to changing the minds of anti-maskers
2 days ago –
While the world is eagerly waiting for COVID-19 vaccines to
bring an end to the pandemic, wearing a mask to help prevent viral
transmission has become more or less mandatory globally. Though many
people embrace mask wearing and adhere to public health advice, some
rebel and argue that wearing a m...
( Naturally I should value a psychologist's opinion over a technical evaluation. If I fall for that one, I pass The Idiot Test)
Supercomputer simulation re-enacts the birth of the Moon
3 hours ago –
The formation of the Moon billions of years ago is cloaked in
mystery. Most astronomers believe the young Earth, still cooling off
from its formation, was struck by a mars-sized body called Theia,
roughly 4.5 billion years ago. As the proto-Moon orbited Earth, it
cooled, and gathered debris from ...
You are more closely related to comb jellies than sponges, new study claims
6 hours ago –
The theory of evolution shows that all life stems from a single
root and that we are related, more or less distantly, to every other
living thing on Earth. Our closest ancestors, as Charles Darwin
recognized, are to be found among the great apes. But beyond this,
confusion over the branching patt...
( Umpteenth example of idiocy recommending we change the uncharted future )
( Often I don't. I find running subroutines reluctant to close for ReStart and Shut Down )
Tech Crunch
Google pilots a search feature that aggregates short-form videos from TikTok and Instagram
4 days ago –
Google is testing a new feature that will surface Instagram and
TikTok videos in their own dedicated carousel in the Google app for
mobile devices — a move that could help the company retain users in
search of social video entertainment from fully leaving Google’s
platform. The feature itself exp...
Apple’s lawsuit against Corellium has been partly thrown out
4 days ago –
Back in August of last year Apple filed a lawsuit against the
virtualization software company Corellium, arguing that the product
infringed its copyright and later adding claims that Corellium’s product
violates the DMCA. While the DMCA claims will still need to be settled
in court, a judge in Fl...
What’s behind this year’s boom in climate tech SPACs?
4 days ago –
There’s no denying that 2020 has been the year of the special
purpose acquisition company. Since the beginning of the year, 219 SPACs
have raised $73 billion, according to widely reported market research
from Goldman Sachs. That’s a 462% jump from 2019 and more than
traditional public offerings r...
Biteable raises $7 million Series A for its template-based online video builder
4 days ago –
Online video platform Biteable, a startup that makes it easier
to create polished and professional videos using templates and a library
of images and animations, has raised $7 million in Series A funding led
by Cloud Apps Capital Partners. The service today competes with
products from Vimeo, Canv...
For Tony Fadell, the future of startups is connected and sustainable
4 days ago –
Tony Fadell can’t stop thinking about what’s next in tech. The
man credited with creating the iPod, building the iPhone and founding
the smart-home company, Nest, had tried to retire before he started his
latest venture, Future Shape, but found that retirement didn’t really
take. So the 51-year-o...
Understanding Europe’s big push to rewrite the digital rulebook
4 days ago –
European Union lawmakers have set out the biggest update of
digital regulations for around two decades — likening it to the
introduction of traffic lights to highways to bring order to the chaos
wrought by increased mobility. Just switch cars for packets of data. The
proposals for a Digital Servi...
Fluence, the energy storage systems developer, is now worth over $1 billion after QIA investment
3 days ago –
The Qatar Investment Authority is investing $125 million into
energy storage systems integrator and power management tech developer,
Fluence, in a deal that will value the company at over $1 billion. The
joint venture between the American independent power producer, AES Corp.
and the German indus...
Imagine being blind and trying to attend a virtual event. Try that next time you stage one.
3 days ago –
How do you make a virtual event accessible for people who are
blind or visually impaired? When I started work on Sight Tech Global
back in June this year, I was confident that we would find the answer to
that question pretty quickly. With so many virtual event platforms and
online ticketing optio...
Amazon acquires podcast network Wondery
3 days ago –
Amazon just announced that it’s acquiring Wondery, the network
behind podcasts including “Dirty John” and “Dr. Death.” Wondery will
become part of Amazon Music, which added support for podcasts (including
its own original shows) in September. At the same time, the
announcement claims that “nothin...
Extra Crunch’s top 10 stories of 2020
2 days ago –
I've tried to gather a sample of stories that taught me
something new (which means this top 10 list betrays my ignorance).
After burning through $2 billion, Katerra gets a $200 million SoftBank lifeline to escape bankruptcy
2 days ago –
SoftBank Group is reportedly investing $200 million to bail out
Katerra, a startup that had hoped to remake the construction industry
with a vertically integrated approach, according to a report in The Wall
Street Journal. Katerra’s shareholders reportedly approved the new
investment on Wednesday...
After burning through $2 billion, Katerra gets a $200 million SoftBank lifeline to escape bankruptcy
2 days ago –
SoftBank Group is reportedly investing $200 million to bail
out Katerra, a startup that had hoped to remake the construction
industry with a vertically integrated approach, according to a report in
The Wall Street Journal. Katerra’s shareholders reportedly approved the
new investment on Wednesday...
How artificial intelligence will be used in 2021
2 days ago –
"We're going to start to see a lot of real value and ROI generated by AI across more and more businesses,"
This Week in Apps: Apple bans party app, China loses 39K iOS games, TikTok births a ‘Ratatousical’
12 hours ago –
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series
that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the
overall app economy. The app industry is as hot as ever, with a record
204 billion total downloads and $120 billion in global consumer spend in
2019. Not including...
Tesla delivers nearly 500,000 vehicles in 2020
12 hours ago –
Tesla delivered 499,550 vehicles in 2020, a 36% increase over
the previous year and just a few dozen short of hitting an historic and
long-awaited milestone that CEO Elon Musk has been aiming for more than
five years. Tesla reported Saturday that it produced 509,737 electric
vehicles in 2020. Tes...
Original Content podcast: ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ might be a beautiful mess, or maybe just a mess
14 hours ago –
“Wonder Woman 1984” was released on HBO Max on Christmas Day,
where it quickly divided the hosts of the Original Content podcast.
Perhaps it was predictable that Anthony — a fan of clunky-but-ambitious
superhero sequels like “The Dark Knight Rises” and “Avengers: Age of
Ultron” — enjoyed the film...
The Verge
Google inexplicably takes away wide-angle astrophotography from Pixel phones
4 days ago –
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
Pixel 5 and 4a 5G users can no longer use their ultrawide cameras to
take pictures of the stars: Google apparently removed the lens’s
astrophotography capabilities with the Google Camera 8.1 update. The
feature was a selling point of the Pixel 4...
5 days ago –
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge
This year marked the introduction of the first Macs to be powered by
Apple’s own silicon instead of Intel chips. As is evidenced by our
reviews of the M1 MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini, these
machines are incredibly powerful and offer wick...
New Samsung TVs with HDR10+ will adapt to ambient lighting
4 days ago –
It’s unclear if Samsung’s existing TVs will be updated to
support the feature. | Image: Samsung
HDR10+ Adaptive is a new feature coming to the high dynamic range
standard that’ll optimize TV picture quality based on a room’s ambient
brightness, Samsung announced today. HDR content is typi...
4 days ago –
For anyone who’s been lucky enough to spend the majority of
the pandemic working from home, the idea of escaping the room (or couch)
that’s become a makeshift office is probably a relatable one. Enter
this series of “escape rooms” built in Google Docs, that let you do just
that, inside web softwa...
Adobe Flash rides off into the sunset
2 days ago –
Adobe Flash Logo
Adobe scheduled the end of support for its famous Flash software on
December 31st, 2020, and today is the day. While Adobe won’t start
blocking Flash content until January 12th, major browsers will shut it
all down tomorrow and Microsoft will block it in most versions of ...
SolarWinds hack may be much worse than originally feared
6 hours ago –
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
The Russia-linked SolarWinds hack which targeted US government
agencies and private corporations may be even worse than officials first
realized, with some 250 federal agencies and business now believed
affected, the New York Times reported.
Micros...
SolarWinds hack may be much worse than originally feared
6 hours ago –
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
The Russia-linked SolarWinds hack which targeted US government
agencies and private corporations may be even worse than officials first
realized, with some 250 federal agencies and business now believed
affected, the New York Times reported.
Micros...
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