[ad_1] Us humans know more about the surface of the Moon than we do Earth’s oceans, but there’s progress on closing that gap. The Seabed 3030 Project reports (via BBC News) that scientists have mapped 19 percent of ocean floors to contemporary standards, or a huge leap over the six percent from Seabed’s launch in […]
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Dell XPS 15 review (2020): The ideal 15-inch laptop for creatives
[ad_1] I’d wager you won’t feel so bad about losing ports when you see just how fast the XPS 15 is. Our review unit featured Intel’s eight-core i7-10875H CPU, NVIDIA’s GTX 1650 Ti, 16GB of RAM and a 1TB SSD. You can configure it all the way up to the super-speedy Core i9 with 64GB […]
TikTok users and K-pop fans say they wrecked Trump’s Tulsa rally
[ad_1] It’s unclear exactly how much of an impact these social media efforts had, since COVID-19 may have kept many at home regardless. However, Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale had clearly accepted inflated attendance numbers when he boasted of over 1 million ticket requests on June 15th, and the team had prepared an overflow section […]
After Math: A glimmer of hope
[ad_1] It’s been yet another rough stretch but we’ve made it through somehow, which is more than can be said for the thousands of AT&T employees who lost their jobs last week. But don’t despair! Though few and far between, there have been some bright sp… [ad_2] Source link
Scientists propose tethering asteroids to prevent Earth impacts
[ad_1] Many proposed anti-asteroid solutions involve knocking them off-course, which carries its own problems — what if you create a fragment that hits Earth regardless? Researchers might have a safer solution. They’ve proposed a system (spotted by Parabolic Arc) that would tether a threatening asteroid to a smaller rock, throwing off the larger body’s center […]
All Otterbox Star Wars cases are 20 percent off today only
[ad_1] Otterbox has a good reputation for keeping phones safe from scrapes, scuffs and drops. They provide a good deal of protection without turning your phone into a bulky, tactical beast. The small bumper around the screen may not look like much, but it’ll keep your phone from dropping square on its face. The Star […]
Google will shut down its AI-guided Photos printing service on June 30th
[ad_1] Google’s automated Photos printing service wasn’t long for this world — at least, not in its first incarnation. Droid Life has learned (via The Verge) that Google is shutting down the AI-guided trial service on June 30th. It didn’t say what prompted the closure in a notice to members, but it said it hoped […]
Nextdoor pulls ‘Forward to Police’ feature amid concerns over racist abuse
[ad_1] Nextdoor said in a statement that it had already cut “problematic posts” by 75 percent through changing the flow of safety posts to teach people about bias and prevent knee-jerk posting. Only 0.001 percent of posts were “related to racial profiling,” the company added, and there were efforts to lower that volume further. There […]
Google makes it easier to deregister your phone number for RCS messages
[ad_1] Google has quietly rolled out (via Android Police) a new tool that makes its much simpler to deregister the number you used for its first-party RCS-enabled Messages platform. You can already deregister your number in the Settings page of the Messages app by enabling “chat features off.” But the tool, spotted by a Reddit […]
Adobe will tell you to uninstall Flash by the end of 2020
[ad_1] It’s no secret that Adobe will end support for Flash when 2020 is over, but now it’s evident just how aggressive that cutoff will be. ZDNet reports that Adobe will prompt you to uninstall Flash “later this year” — if you don’t already know it’s time to leave the plugin behind, you will soon. […]