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2021-08-31 10:00:00 |
Meet the Little-Known Genius Who Helped Make Pixar Possible (lien direct) |
Alvy Ray Smith helped invent computer animation as we know it-then got royally shafted by Steve Jobs. Now he's got a vision for where the pixel will take us next. |
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2021-08-30 13:00:00 |
Zoom Dysmorphia Is Following People Into the Real World (lien direct) |
Eighteen months of using front-facing cameras has distorted our self-image-and a new study reveals that the effects aren't going away easily. |
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2021-08-30 12:00:00 |
An Experimental Birth Control Attacks Sperm Like a Virus (lien direct) |
Monoclonal antibodies have been touted for their potential to fight off infections like Covid-19. Could they be used as contraceptives, too? |
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2021-08-30 12:00:00 |
Our Favorite Paper Planners for Crossing Tasks off Your List (lien direct) |
Digital tools are not always superior. We love good old-fashioned pen and paper for keeping on track. |
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2021-08-30 11:00:00 |
How to Prepare for Your Eventual Return to the Office (lien direct) |
Whether your company wants you back sooner or later, these tips will help you make the adjustment smoothly. |
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2021-08-30 11:00:00 |
The Delta Variant Is Making Covid a Pandemic of the Young (lien direct) |
Children and teens have been spared the worst of the pandemic, but without vaccines they're sitting ducks as the virus rages. What risks are they facing? |
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2021-08-30 11:00:00 |
The $150 Million Machine Keeping Moore\'s Law Alive (lien direct) |
ASML's next-generation extreme ultraviolet lithography machines achieve previously unattainable levels of precision, which means chips can keep shrinking for years to come. |
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2021-08-29 13:00:00 |
6 Things You Need to Do to Prevent Getting Hacked (lien direct) |
You are your own biggest weakness, but changing just a few of your behaviors can reduce the chances that your online accounts get breached. |
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2021-08-29 13:00:00 |
Nothing Can Eat Australia\'s Cane Toads-So They Eat Each Other (lien direct) |
The species' relentless invasion of the continent has taken a turn towards cannibalism. |
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2021-08-29 12:00:00 |
Computer Scientists Find a Key Research Algorithm\'s Limits (lien direct) |
The most widely used technique for optimizing values of a math function turns out to be a fundamentally difficult computational problem. |
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2021-08-29 11:00:00 |
How to Save Money on Your Digital Subscriptions (lien direct) |
You don't have to be tied down to multiple costly services month after month. |
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2021-08-28 14:45:51 |
California Man Stole 610,000 iCloud Photos in Search of Nudes (lien direct) |
Plus: The T-Mobile hacker, another big bad Microsoft bug, and more of the week's top security news. |
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2021-08-28 12:00:00 |
Radioactive Rat Snakes Could Help Monitor Fukushima Fallout (lien direct) |
Scientists have attached dosimeters to the reptiles so they can serve as living “bioindicators” to gauge contamination levels near the shuttered nuclear power plant. |
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2021-08-28 12:00:00 |
The Samsung Galaxy Watch4 Is Almost Android\'s Apple Watch (lien direct) |
The company's new smartwatches breathe new life into Google's Wear OS 3, and a dose of hope for the future. |
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2021-08-28 12:00:00 |
\'Prebunking\' Health Misinformation Tropes Can Stop Their Spread (lien direct) |
Preemptively familiarizing people with centuries-old anti-vaccine narratives may be more effective than retroactive fact-checking. |
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2021-08-28 11:00:00 |
17 Early Labor Day Deals on Laptops, Headlamps, and TVs (lien direct) |
Get ready for fall with the best discounts on everything from home entertainment to fitness tracking. |
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2021-08-28 11:00:00 |
Last Stop Is a Playable Love Letter to London (lien direct) |
The title's three codirectors discuss bringing their TV-show-meets-adventure-game project to life. |
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2021-08-27 22:19:19 |
Explosion in Geofence Warrants Threatens Privacy Nationwide (lien direct) |
New figures from Google show a tenfold increase in the requests from law enforcement, which target anyone who happened to be in a given location at a specified time. |
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2021-08-27 19:21:57 |
Why Florida\'s Covid Surge Is Screwing With the Water Supply (lien direct) |
More people in the hospital means more people need oxygen. But treatment plants also need the gas to purify water. |
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2021-08-27 17:46:55 |
(Déjà vu) New Vaccine Decisions, an Influx of Mandates, and More News (lien direct) |
Catch up on the most important updates from this week. |
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2021-08-27 16:00:00 |
Making Diablo II Was Pure Hell (lien direct) |
David L. Craddock's recent book about the game reveals the massive amount of development that went into it. |
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2021-08-27 13:00:00 |
Would the Free Guy Inflatable Bubble Protect a Real Person? (lien direct) |
In the movie's video game world, a whole-body airbag protects Ryan Reynolds as he falls off of a building and onto a car. Would that … work? |
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2021-08-27 13:00:00 |
The Architects of the Metaverse Need to Read the Virtual Room (lien direct) |
Plus: Ten years of Apple without Steve Jobs, thoughts on the Apple Watch, and a baby bird's worst nightmare. |
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2021-08-27 13:00:00 |
You Should Have Waited for the Official \'Spider-Man: No Way Home\' Trailer (lien direct) |
Also: The latest Matrix sequel has a title and that's all I want to know about it. |
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2021-08-27 12:00:00 |
The Joy of Walking in Games (lien direct) |
Here's what you need to know about walking simulators and the psychological benefits of how games can offer a much-needed escape. |
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2021-08-27 12:00:00 |
Can the Metaverse Thrive if It\'s Fully Owned by Facebook? (lien direct) |
This week, we step into the social network's vision of the metaverse, where reality and the simulated world become one. Kinda. |
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2021-08-27 11:00:00 |
This Rice Cooker Also Slow Cooks, But in Teensy Batches (lien direct) |
This Zojirushi's limited ability to cook large quantities of anything other than rice and grains makes it hard to justify its higher-than-average price tag. |
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2021-08-27 11:00:00 |
Titan\'s Strange Chemical World Gets Simulated in Tiny Tubes (lien direct) |
A research chemist mixed nitrogen, methane, and other molecules to recreate the conditions that might harbor life on one of Saturn's moons. |
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2021-08-26 22:20:28 |
A Bad Solar Storm Could Cause an \'Internet Apocalypse\' (lien direct) |
The undersea cables that connect much of the world would be hit especially hard by a coronal mass ejection. |
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2021-08-26 19:47:36 |
Vaccine Mandates Work-but Only If They\'re Done Right (lien direct) |
Requiring people to get their shots can stop Covid-19, but those rules have to be doable and equitable. |
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2021-08-26 18:40:00 |
Pokimane Has Done Enough-and Has So Much Left to Do (lien direct) |
The 25-year-old Twitch star has built her life into the optimal internet content machine. Now she just wants to enjoy it. |
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2021-08-26 13:00:00 |
Now Isn\'t the Time to Abandon Contact Tracing (lien direct) |
As the nation battles the Delta variant, contact tracing seems to have disappeared from the arsenal of defenses-right when it could help the most. |
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2021-08-26 12:00:00 |
Samsung\'s Galaxy Buds2 Are Perfect Everyday Earbuds (lien direct) |
These are the new standard in midrange wireless earbuds. |
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2021-08-26 11:00:00 |
The Poop About Your Gut Health and Personalized Nutrition (lien direct) |
Researchers are coming around to the idea that there isn't a one-size-fits-all diet. Some companies are going further to find out what fits you, specifically. |
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2021-08-25 22:36:09 |
The OnlyFans Porn Ban Reversal Does Not Reassure Creators (lien direct) |
Performers of sexually explicit content are relieved, but still worried about their futures on the subscription site. |
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2021-08-25 21:14:40 |
The Stealthy iPhone Hacks That Apple Still Can\'t Stop (lien direct) |
After another “zero-click” attack, security experts say it's time for more extreme measures to keep iMessage users safe. |
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2021-08-25 13:00:00 |
GM Recalls Every Chevy Bolt Ever Made Over Faulty Batteries (lien direct) |
The automaker is recalling the electric vehicle after investigating two manufacturing defects linked to car fires. |
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2021-08-25 13:00:00 |
Our Favorite High-Tech Bassinets for Cantankerous Tots (lien direct) |
We soothed, swung and strapped babies into bassinets that vibrate, move, adjust, and even react to crying. |
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2021-08-25 12:00:00 |
Social Media Algorithms Are Controlling How I Grieve (lien direct) |
What happens to a loved one's account after they pass-and how does their digital afterlife affect the ones who survive them? |
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2021-08-25 11:00:00 |
Samsung\'s Latest Folding Phones Finally Feel Ready (lien direct) |
The Galaxy Z Flip3 and Galaxy Z Fold3 are more polished than ever, and surprisingly purpose-driven. |
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2021-08-25 11:00:00 |
Afghanistan Almost Beat Polio. Now the Future Is Uncertain (lien direct) |
It's a heart-stopping moment for health officials, who reported only a single case this year-and whose campaigns may end up paused. |
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2021-08-24 19:13:34 |
A New Chip Cluster Will Make Massive AI Models Possible (lien direct) |
Cerebras says its technology can run a neural network with 120 trillion connections-a hundred times what's achievable today. |
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2021-08-24 16:55:58 |
Gavin Newsom\'s Recall Election Divides Silicon Valley\'s Elite (lien direct) |
How the tech world's unique brand of politics is shaping the fight over who governs California. |
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2021-08-24 12:00:00 |
Hackers Could Up Medication Doses Through Infusion Pump Flaws (lien direct) |
It would take a determined hacker to break into the vulnerable B. Braun products, but the impact could be devastating. |
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2021-08-24 12:00:00 |
Social Media Helped These Chefs Branch Out of the Kitchen (lien direct) |
The restaurant industry was hit hard by the pandemic, but some pros went online to share skills, recipes, and just stay connected. Here's how you can too. |
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2021-08-24 12:00:00 |
The Hisense U8G Is the Best Affordable Android TV (lien direct) |
This moderately priced TV looks great and has every app you will ever need. |
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2021-08-24 11:00:00 |
This Barnacle-Inspired Glue Seals Bleeding Organs in Seconds (lien direct) |
The paste sticks onto wet tissue firmly by repelling blood. Surgeons hope it can save time-and lives. |
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2021-08-24 11:00:00 |
How Hub Worlds Shape Video Game Design (lien direct) |
Whether players come to chat, organize activities, buy and sell items, or just to log out, hubs have a language all their own. |
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2021-08-24 10:00:00 |
Can Robots Evolve Into Machines of Loving Grace? (lien direct) |
Perhaps, if we put bots together the right way, consciousness will simply emerge. |
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2021-08-23 18:38:25 |
Would It Be Fair to Treat Vaccinated Covid Patients First? (lien direct) |
Last week, Texas health care policymakers discussed taking vaccination status into account for Covid triage. It's a larger conversation ethicists are bracing for. |
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