Serena Williams, who made it to the Wimbledon final a little more a week ago, again is questioning the randomness of drug testing in tennis. She tweeted Tuesday night that its that time of the day to get randomly drug tested and only test Serena. Williams spoke the day before …
Read More »Where To Cottage In Ontario
Photo: jwmuskoka on Instagram The True North is home to some of the best ski slopes, crispiest bacon, and lushest lakes in the world. As the summer humidity arrives and temperatures rise, many Canadians flock to cottages in Ontario to seek refuge from the city heat. Ontario’s cottage country …
Read More »Boeing Crew Capsule Experienced ‘Anomaly’ During Recent Engine Test
Both SpaceX and Boeing are working toward certification of their manned spacecraft for future NASA flights, but the timeline has been pushed back several times. A new announcement from Boeing could indicate another delay is coming, too. According to the aerospace firm, an “anomaly” occurred in June when it tested …
Read More »Could Life Have Once Existed on the Moon?
As locations for life go, the Moon would seem to be a non-starter — especially given what we suspect about the circumstances of its creation. “In the beginning,” our hypothetical sacred text might read, “The Earth was smashed by another planetesimal, Thea. This impact turned the surface of our hapless …
Read More »No Cook Meals for When the Power Is Out
No Cook Meals for When the Power Is Out Posted on July 24, 2018 by Audry Black Residents of the southeast US know that hurricane season is no laughing matter. These literal forces of nature can plague the region from June until the end of November depending on the year. …
Read More »Xiaomi Announces Mi A2 and A2 Lite Android One Phones
Xiaomi is one of the biggest Android device makers on the planet with phones like the Redmi Note selling in unfathomable numbers all across Asia. One of Xiaomi’s most popular phones of last year was created in partnership with Google, though. The Mi A1 led the charge for a revitalized …
Read More »Apple Can’t Handle the Heat: Severe Core i9 Throttling Found on New MacBook Pros (Update)
Update July 24 1:02 pm: Apple has identified a software bug that’s causing the CPU throttling across all new MacBook Pros and is now rolling out an OS update. Our original story is below. Apple’s new top-end MacBook Pro 15-inch, with the optional Core i9 CPU, is markedly slower than …
Read More »Shape-Shifting Hardware Lets You ‘Touch’ VR Objects in the Real World
Ever since VR headsets were invented, researchers have sought ways to do more with the hardware and create a more inclusive experience that involved a wider set of senses. We’ve seen motion controllers from both HTC and Oculus, but even these only incorporate motion and hand tracking. We say “only” …
Read More »Apple Releases Bug Fix for CPU Throttling in New MacBook Pros
Apple has identified a software bug that causes all of its recent MacBook Pros (not just the Core i9 version) to throttle back its CPU under heavy thermal loads. The problem was first found by YouTube reviewer Dave Lee, who discovered that within seconds of beginning a large Adobe Premiere …
Read More »Google Eliminated Phishing by Giving All 85,000 Employees USB Security Keys
We’ve all been trained not to give out our passwords, but online criminals are getting ever more clever. Phishing scams have effectively tricked uncountable people into compromising their online security, and one of the best ways to stop it is two-factor authentication. Even technologically savvy people can be fooled by …
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