Self-driving cars occupy a bit of an odd position in technology at the moment. While the topic has been fairly popular, and spawned additional interest in concepts like machine learning and AI, the actual nuts and bolts of how various companies are implementing self-driving technology are hush-hush. Marketing presentations and …
Read More »Scientists Propose Studying Hundreds of Asteroids with Nanoprobe Fleet
The solar system is rife with space rocks that never became planets, many of them orbiting between Mars and Jupiter in the asteroid belt. Scientists have been able to examine a few asteroids close up, and the OSIRIS-REx mission will soon grab a sample from one asteroid and return it …
Read More »What Happened to the Tech Job Boom?
In the 1990s, we witnessed the explosion of the PC revolution and the early days of the internet era. It spurred a stock market boom and a brief period of a federal US budget surplus. The optimism of that decade supposed whatever disruptions to existing industries – and their workers …
Read More »Apple bumps up the the over-the-air download limit for apps to 150 MB
With the release of iOS 11, Apple is making it slightly easier for iOS device owners to download larger apps over a cellular connection by increasing the download limit. Before, Apple would require users to switch to Wi-Fi to download an app over 100 MB in size, which includes many …
Read More »Target rolls out Bluetooth beacon technology in stores to power new indoor maps in its app
Target is adding an improved indoor mapping component to its mobile app, designed to help shoppers find their way through stores and locate the products they need, the retailer announced this morning, referring to the feature as a “GPS for your shopping cart.” Instead of simply showing a static map, …
Read More »You can now launch the Instagram app directly from Facebook
Facebook is making it easier for users to access their Instagram profile directly from within the Facebook app. The company confirms it’s rolling out a new addition its main navigation menu on mobile that includes a link to your Instagram account. This option appears just below the link to your …
Read More »Ladies, Here’s Why You Have to Strengthen Your Pelvic Floor
Photo: Twenty20 Sure you might have heard about glute bridges and Kegel exercises, but strengthening your pelvic floor is more than just that. Whether you’re a new mom or not, having a strong pelvic floor can help with both bladder and sexual health issues. Here’s what every woman needs to …
Read More »Hey Athlete, Thinking About Going Vegan?
Photo: Twenty20 When Matt Frazier, creator of the No Meat Athlete blog and author of The No Meat Athlete Cookbook, first went vegetarian in 2009, it was for ethical reasons and not performance-based ones. But after missing his goal of qualifying for the Boston Marathon by just 10 minutes, he turned …
Read More »Teotihuacan is Unique among Ancient Mesoamerican Cities, Archaeologist Says
Arizona State University archaeologist Michael E. Smith has conducted a comparative analysis of Teotihuacan with earlier and later Mesoamerican urban centers and proved, for the first time, the uniqueness of the ancient city. A view over the smaller pyramids on the eastern side of Plaza de la Luna from Piramide …
Read More »Giant Prehistoric Frogs Ate Small Dinosaurs, Claim Scientists
Exceptionally large individuals of Beelzebufo ampinga, an extinct species of frog that lived in Madagascar during the Late Cretaceous epoch, about 68 million years ago, were capable of eating small dinosaurs, according to an international research team led by California State Polytechnic University scientists. South American horned frog showing round …
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