After spending about 27 hours with Samsung’s new rebooted Galaxy Fold, TechCrunch’s Brian Heater noticed something unusual: “a brightly colored, amorphous blob […] nestled between the lock screen’s flapping butterfly wings.” While it’s nowhere near as severe as the blacked out screens many reviewers of the first wave of units experienced, “it’s not a great look, considering that it wasn’t dropped…
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Giving nature human rights could be the best way to protect the planet
Rivers, lakes and forests around the world are being recognised as if they were legal persons. It sounds strange, but could it effectively protect the planet? Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24332492-800-giving-nature-human-rights-could-be-the-best-way-to-protect-the-planet/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Apple Will Manufacture Its New Mac Pro In Texas
Apple has confirmed Monday that it will manufacture the redesigned Mac Pro in Texas. The company said it will assemble the workstation at the same Austin, Texas plant that has produced the cylindrical Mac Pro since 2013. The reason for the move: exemptions from Trump’s China tariffs for “certain necessary components” in the system. Engadget reports: Apple had received 10 out…
No, asteroid 2007 FT3 won’t hit Earth in October
Why is the internet so chock-full of stories about asteroids on a collision course with Earth? At this rate, we should have been obliterated many times over already. Here comes the newest scare story: asteroid 2007 FT3. No, it won’t hit us, either. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/asteroid-2007-ft3-wont-hit-earth-october-2019…
Drivers May Choose Electric Car Alert Sounds, US Proposal Says
The NHTSA is now proposing drivers be able to select an electric-car alert sound at speeds under 18.6 mph. “NHTSA wants the public’s opinion ‘on whether there should be a limit to the number of compliant sounds that a manufacturer can install in a vehicle and what that limit should be,'” adds CNET. From the report: As of this month, automakers…
Word of the week: Electromagnetic spectrum
The electromagnetic spectrum describes all the wavelengths of light, both seen and unseen. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/what-is-the-electromagnetic-spectrum…
Squirrels Listen To Birds’ Conversations As Signal of Safety
According to a new study published in the journal PLoS ONE, the “chatter” from multiple bird species can be a useful cue to squirrels and other animals that there is no imminent threat in the area. Phys.Org reports: To test this hypothesis, the researchers observed the behavior of 54 wild Eastern gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) in public parks and residential areas…
‘Why the Amazon Basics Keyboard Is My Favorite Keyboard’
Full stack developer and teacher, Nick Janetakis, says the Amazon Basics keyboard is one of his favorite general purpose/programming keyboards. “It hits all the major points that make a keyboard good and it also happens to be only $14,” he writes. From his blog post: Quiet as Possible: I have one freelance client (ahem Ryan!) who has really loud mechanical key…
Why the Amazon is burning: 4 reasons
Nearly 40,000 fires are incinerating Brazil’s Amazon rainforest. Apocalyptic as this sounds, science suggests it’s not too late to save the Amazon. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/amazon-rainforest-fires-burning-4-reasons-why…
Apple Contractors Were Each Listening To 1,000 Siri Recordings a Day, Says Report
According to The Verge, citing a report from the Irish Examiner, Apple used human contractors to listen to an arduous 1,000 Siri recordings every day to help make the digital assistant better at giving you what you want. Some of those recordings included personal data and snippets of conversations, one contractor says. An anonymous reader shares the report: Apple’s Siri assistant…