Deep Space Nine Upscale Project (DS9UP): Technical Goals and FAQ I’ve been needing to write a sort of “mission statement” and FAQ for this project, and this seems as good a time as any. The goal of the Deep Space Nine Upscale Project (DS9UP) is to create a version of …

Wink Suddenly Demands $5 Monthly Subscription or It Will Break Your Smart Home   For years, Wink has been one of the best ways to set up and control your smart home. Rather than dealing with half a dozen different apps, you could run everything through Wink. Easy! However, the …

Liberty’s Virgin Media and Telefonica’s O2 to merge in the UK in $39B deal The regulators said “NO” when Telefonica tried to combine its O2 operations in the UK with rival carrier, Hutchison-owned Three, back in 2015. But Telefonica didn’t let go of the idea of divestment, and five years …

Raptorial Dinosaurs Did Not Hunt in Coordinated Packs, Paleontologists Say An analysis of the fossilized teeth of Deinonychus antirrhopus, a species of wolf-sized dromaeosaurid dinosaur that lived between 115 and 108 million years ago (Cretaceous period) in what is now the United States, adds to the growing evidence that this …

Jurassic Fossil Reveals Violent Squid Attack in Progress An international team of paleontologists from the University of Plymouth, the University of Kansas and the Forge Fossils has found a specimen of the squid-like cephalopod Clarkeiteuthis montefiorei preserved with the herring-like fish Dorsetichthys bechei in its two arms; the bones in …

Hunger is Main Driver of Stone Juggling in Otters, New Study Shows A team of researchers from the University of Exeter has studied potential drivers of ‘rock juggling’ in two species of otters in zoo environments. Asian small-clawed otters (Aonyx cinereus). Image credit: Neil McIntosh / CC BY 2.0. Although …

Deep, Perennial or Semi-Perennial Rivers Flowed on Early Mars While the present-day Martian surface is generally dry and cold, its sedimentary rocks contain compelling evidence for the former presence of liquid water. According to a new analysis of orbital images of 3.7-billion-year-old sedimentary layers at Izola mensa, an outcrop in …

New Google ‘Rising Retail Categories’ tool exposes fast-growing product searches During the COVID-19 lockdowns consumer behavior has changed dramatically. Needs-driven spending has largely replaced discretionary spending; online shopping — sometimes with curbside pickup — has supplanted in-store buying. And all this may soon change again, as local economies and retailers …

How to Upscale Video to 4K, 8K, and Beyond For the past three months, I’ve been working on what I’ve named the Deep Space Nine Upscale Project (DS9UP). The goal of DS9UP is to create a new, much-improved version of the show by applying modern processing techniques to the original …

Apple’s New 13-inch MacBook Pro Is the End of the Butterfly Keyboard Ding dong, the butterfly switch is dead! After five years of unpleasant typing, Apple computer users will be able to purchase any MacBook they want without fear of being stuck with the reviled and easily broken butterfly mechanism. …