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The Yellowstone supervolcano destroyed an ecosystem but saved it for us
Enlarge / Interior view of the Rhino Barn. Exposed fossil skeletons left in-situ for research and public viewing. (credit: Rick E. Otto, University of Nebraska State Museum) Death was everywhere....
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Alaska’s top-heavy glaciers are approaching an irreversible tipping point
Enlarge / Taku Glacier is one of many that begin in the Juneau Icefield. (credit: Mauricio Handler / Getty Images) The melting of one of North America’s largest ice fields has accelerated and could...
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NASA snaps images of an asteroid large enough to have a moon of its own
Initially discovered in 2011 by the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey in Tucson as it passed by, this giant space boulder is estimated to be around a mile wide. But this time it flew past close enough to...
View ArticleMicrosoft confirms Windows 11’s Copilot+ PCs with Snapdragon have some...
Microsoft has confirmed that Copilot+ PCs with Snapdragon X (ARM) chips still have certain limitations, but are the current limitations a big deal? Not anymore. While Windows 11 24H2 does make a...
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A record 10 billion passwords were just posted to a popular hacking forum
Last week, a user going by the handle “ObamaCare” posted what cybersecurity experts believe to be the largest compilation of passwords ever posted to a hacking forum. The file, titled rockyou2024.txt,...
View ArticleNICGIGA S100-0800T Review The Cheap Unmanaged 8-port 10Gbase-T Switch
In our NICGIGA S100-0800T review, we see how this $222 unmanaged 8-port 10Gbase-T switch delivers 10GbE speeds so cheaply The post NICGIGA S100-0800T Review The Cheap Unmanaged 8-port 10Gbase-T Switch...
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Upcoming Apple iPad models hinted in code leak, including a new iPad Mini and...
Recently discovered backend code has possibly revealed several upcoming iPad models from Apple, even though it recently introduced the iPad Pro 2024, which sports the cutting-edge M4 chip, and two...
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Cloudflare Blocks Pirate Sites After Web Sheriff Filed Laundry List of...
Retelling a few funny stories about the early antics of Web Sheriff might be quite fun. At least until the realization that was around sixteen years ago when the internet wasn’t facing a serious...
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Breakthrough 2D quantum cooling system is colder than space
“If you think of a laptop in a cold office, the laptop will still heat up as it operates, causing the temperature of the room to increase as well,” said Gabriele Pasquale, a PhD student on the LANES...
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Massive car dealer ransom attack is mostly over after 2 weeks of work-arounds
Enlarge / Vehicles for sale at an AutoNation Honda dealership in Fremont, California, US, on Monday, June 24, 2024. (credit: Getty Images) After “cyber incidents” on June 19 and 20 took down CDK...
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First-year Eton College students must trade their smartphones for...
Eton College, one of the most prestigious boarding schools in the world, is set to ban smartphones for its incoming first-year students. The school, which houses and educates boys aged 13 to 18, will...
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Photoshop alternative, Affinity Photo, now offers a 6-month trial
Affinity Photo, one of the best alternatives to Adobe Photoshop, now offers a six-month trial period you can download and use, along with the complete Affinity Suite. Recently acquired by Canva,...
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“Immensely disappointing”: Nike killing app for $350 self-tying sneakers
Enlarge / Nike announced the Adapt BB as “a Self-Lacing Basketball Shoe” with app-controllable LEDs. (credit: Nike) In 2019, Nike got closer than ever to its dreams of popularizing self-tying sneakers...
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Politicians turn to AirTags to track stolen lawn signs
John Dittmore, who is running in a Republican primary for a seat on the Brevard County Commission in Florida, purchased some AirTags after several of his campaign signs vanished. He put up a...
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Report: Apple approves Epic Games Store on iOS in Europe
Enlarge / Epic Games founder and CEO Tim Sweeney. (credit: Epic Games) It’s been a whirlwind journey of stops and starts, but AppleInsider reports the Epic Game Store for iOS in the European Union has...
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New Asus beta BIOS adds support for Windows RGB controls
A new Asus beta BIOS was recently uncovered that introduces support for Windows 11’s native RGB controls in recent motherboard models. The feature makes configuring or deactivating lighting on hardware...
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After two rejections, Apple approves Epic Games Store app for iOS
Enlarge / Epic Games founder and CEO Tim Sweeney. (credit: Epic Games) It’s been a whirlwind journey of stops and starts, but AppleInsider reports the Epic Game Store for iOS in the European Union has...
View ArticleThe Samsung BM1743 is a 61.44TB Today with a 122.88TB Drive Possible
The Samsung BM1743 is a 61.44TB NVMe SSD today, with a future 122.88TB drive apparently on the way joining the industry trend of large SSDs The post The Samsung BM1743 is a 61.44TB Today with a...
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Google to provide a four-year support period for Linux kernel releases used...
Google recently updated official documentation on Android Common Kernels (ACK) with new support lifetime pledges and refreshed end-of-life (EOL) dates for currently supported kernels. ACKs are the main...
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Why every quantum computer will need a powerful classical computer
Enlarge / A single logical qubit is built from a large collection of hardware qubits. (credit: at digit) One of the more striking things about quantum computing is that the field, despite not having...
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