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Meet QDEL, the backlight-less display tech that could replace OLED in premium TVs
Interested in gadgets with premium displays? QDEL should be on your radar.
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Metafluid gives robotic gripper a soft touch
The spheres collapse under pressure, giving the fluid very unusual properties.
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Recoding Voyager 1—NASA’s interstellar explorer is finally making sense again
"We're pretty much seeing everything we had hoped for, and that's always good news.”
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Rumored new 4K Chromecast may fix long-standing storage issues
It's still $50, would have a new remote, and will hopefully not have 8GB of storage.
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You can now disable some of Fortnite’s most toxic emotes
Epic: "We want emotes to be a source of good vibes..."
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Apple’s next product event happens on May 7, and it’s probably iPads
Reports point to a new OLED iPad Pro with M3 and a big-screened iPad Air.
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Linux can finally run your car’s safety systems and driver-assistance features
Increasingly, our cars will be controlled by a small number of powerful computers.
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North Korea is evading sanctions by animating Max and Amazon shows
Thousands of exposed files on North Korean server tell the tale.
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The 2024 Porsche Macan EV has character, pace, and the right badge
The new electric Porsche Macan starts at $78,800, deliveries begin later this year.
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Daily Telescope: The ambiguously galactic duo
Hubble continues to deliver the goods.
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Concern grows as bird flu spreads further in US cows: 32 herds in 8 states
Experts say the US is not sharing as much data on the outbreak as it should.
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Meta debuts Horizon OS, with Asus, Lenovo, and Microsoft on board
Rivalry with Apple now mirrors the Android/iOS competition more than ever.
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Windows vulnerability reported by the NSA exploited to install Russian malware
Microsoft didn't disclose the in-the-wild exploits by Kremlin-backed group until now.
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High-speed imaging and AI help us understand how insect wings work
Too many muscles working too fast had made understanding insect flight challenging.
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NASA officially greenlights $3.35 billion mission to Saturn’s moon Titan
Dragonfly will push the boundaries of engineering and science as it explores Titan.
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Biden signs bill criticized as “major expansion of warrantless surveillance”
FISA renewal requires more service providers to cooperate with government.
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First real-life Pixel 9 Pro pictures leak, and it has 16GB of RAM
With 16GB of RAM, there's lot of room for Google's AI models to live in memory.
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Home Assistant has a new foundation and a goal to become a consumer brand
Can a non-profit foundation get Home Assistant to the point of Home Depot boxes?
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Apple reportedly plans M4 Mac mini for late 2024 or early 2025, skipping the M3
But this would be a faster turnaround time than we saw for the M3 or the M2.
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After 48 years, Zilog is killing the classic standalone Z80 microprocessor chip
Z80 powered game consoles, ZX Spectrum, Pac-Man, and a 1970s PC standard based on CP/M.
Paul Sutter walks us through the future of climate change—and things aren’t great
This episode of Edge of Knowledge focuses on our rapidly transforming world.
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Why a GameCube/Wii emulator may not be possible on the iOS App Store
DolphiniOS dev says barring just-in-time compilation prevents playable performance.
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Tesla cuts Full Self Driving cost by 1/3 ahead of earnings call
With the Model 2 cancelled, FSD is more important to Tesla than ever.
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The official Deadpool and Wolverine trailer is finally here, and yes, it’s awesome
Can this film revive a flagging MCU? We're gonna go with "yes."
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TikTok ready to “move to the courts” to prevent ban in US
Company points out that proposed ban would run afoul of the First Amendment.
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Explore a digitized collection of doomed Everest climber’s letters home
Collection includes three letters found on Mallory's body in 1999, preserved for 75 years.
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Secrets of the Octopus takes us inside the world of these “aliens on Earth”
Dr. Alex Schnell on the surprising things we're learning about these amazing creatures.
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The fungi in our guts can make cases of COVID worse
The immune system can get kicked into overdrive when the fungi run riot.
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War never changes: A Fallout fan’s spoiler-laden review of the new TV series
The show preserved the themes, archetypes, chronology, and more for the games.
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Why are groups of university students modifying Cadillac Lyriq EVs?
The competition provides a steady stream of experienced graduates to the auto industry.
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The GMO tooth microbe that is supposed to prevent cavities
Some experts have concerns over the safety of the genetically modified bacteria.
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Daniel Dennett, philosophical giant who championed “naturalism,” dead at 82
Part of the "New Atheist" movement, best known for work on consciousness, free will.
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It’s cutting calories—not intermittent fasting—that drops weight, study suggests
The study is small and imperfect but offers more data on how time-restricted diets work.
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CNN, record holder for shortest streaming service, wants another shot
New CNN head thinks CNN+ "was abandoned rather briskly."
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Long-lost model of the USS Enterprise returned to Roddenberry family
It showed up in an eBay listing; now Roddenberry's son wants to show it to fans.
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Cities: Skylines 2 team apologizes, makes DLC free and promises a fan summit
A "complete focus on improving the base game" will happen before more paid DLC.
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Netflix doc accused of using AI to manipulate true crime story
Producer remained vague about whether AI was used to edit photos.