Sapphires, a form of the mineral corundum, were once believed to be protection against snakes. Source: https://earthsky.org/human-world/september-birthstone-sapphire…
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Social Media Stress Can Lead To Social Media Addiction, Study Finds
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ScienceDaily: Social networking sites (SNS) such as Facebook and Instagram are known to cause stress in users, known as technostress from social media. However, when faced with such stress, instead of switching off or using them less, people are moving from one aspect of the social media platforms to another — escaping the causes…
Google Will Shut Down Google Hire In 2020
Google Hire is the latest Google service on the chopping block. The job application tracking system was launched two years ago “in an effort to simplify the hiring process, with a workflow that integrated things like searching for applicants, scheduling interviews, and providing feedback about potential hires into Google’s G Suite,” reports TechCrunch. “It was built mostly for small to medium…
Before dawn, Orion the Hunter
By late August and early September, the constellation Orion is rising in the hours after midnight and is well up by dawn. It’ll continue to rise earlier … and earlier. Source: https://earthsky.org/tonight/orion-well-up-before-dawn-in-september…
Amazon, Microsoft Are ‘Putting World At Risk of Killer AI,’ Says Study
oxide7 shares a report from International Business Times: Amazon, Microsoft and Intel are among leading tech companies putting the world at risk through killer robot development, according to a report that surveyed major players from the sector about their stance on lethal autonomous weapons. Dutch NGO Pax ranked 50 companies by three criteria: whether they were developing technology that could be…
California High School In Silicon Valley Is Locking Up Students’ Cellphones
San Mateo High School administrators have instituted a new policy to lock up students’ cellphones. “Each school day, nearly 1,700 students place their devices in a Yondr pouch that closes with a proprietary lock,” reports NBC News. “School administrators unlock them at the end of the day.” The goal is to help students focus on the teacher and other students. From…
Tech Companies Challenge ‘Open Office’ Trend With Pods
Open floor plans create “a minefield of distractions,” writes CNBC. But now they’re being countered by a new trend that one office interior company’s owner says “started with tech companies and the need for privacy.” They’re called “office pods…” They provide a quiet space for employees to conduct important phone calls, focus on their work or take a quick break. “We…
Intel Patches Three High-Severity Vulnerabilities
Intel’s latest patches “stomped out three high-severity vulnerabilities and five medium-severity flaws,” reports Threatpost: One of the more serious vulnerabilities exist in the Intel Processor Identification Utility for Windows, free software that users can install on their Windows machines to identify the actual specification of their processors. The flaw (CVE-2019-11163) has a score of 8.2 out of 10 on the CVSS…
7 Ways To Prepare Wheat Without a Grinder
A lot of times people just getting started with their food storage have a big hang-up about wheat and how to use it. We are told to store hundreds of pounds of this food that we never actually cook with in our daily meal prep. For a long time we decided we wouldn’t store any…Continue Reading
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Anime Studio, Khara, Is Planning To Use Open-Source Blender Software
The Japanese anime studio, Khara, is moving to Blender, the the open-source 3D creation software. “It’ll begin partially using the software for its current development ‘EVANGELION:3.0+1.0’ but will make the full switch once that project is finished,” reports Neowin. “The current project is expected to end in June next year, so after that point, its employees will start using Blender for…