New Jersey’s Garden Academy Enhances School Curriculum With Environmental Stewardship Posted on May 14, 2018 by Mike Strayer Sustainable gardens are a key part of Just Energy’s commitment to investing in the environment while adding value and beauty to communities. Since launching the Sustainable Gardens initiative in December 2016, the …
Read More »Trump Vows to Save Chinese Company That Evaded US Sanctions Against Iran
President Trump has announced he will act to preserve Chinese jobs by working with President Xi of China to give the Chinese smartphone manufacturer ZTE a way to stay in business. The bombshell announcement comes less than a month after the US government announced a highly unusual punishment for the …
Read More »Windows 10 April 2018 Update Isn’t Compatible With Some Intel SSDs
Ever since it launched Windows 10, Microsoft has rolled out updates in stages. First, updates roll to people in the Fast Ring of the Windows Insider program, then the Slow Ring and the Release Preview Ring. Then, when a version drops, you can typically download it directly from Microsoft’s website …
Read More »Machine Learning Works Wonders On Low-Light Images
It’s no secret that smartphone SoCs don’t scale as well as they once did, and the overall rate of performance improvement in phones and tablets has slowed dramatically. One area where companies are still delivering significant improvements, however, is cameras. While this obviously varies depending on your manufacturer, companies like …
Read More »Corsair’s New 1000D Chassis Holds 2 PCs in 1 Enclosure
When it comes to consumer chassis standards, the PC space isn’t exactly known for tremendous innovation. Apart from abortive attempts by AMD and Intel to launch new desktop board form factors (DTX and BTX, respectively), the last major new standard to debut was mini-ITX, by VIA, back in 2001. Similarly, …
Read More »Apple’s App Store redesign improved app discovery, report finds
When Apple introduced its completely redesigned App Store last fall, one of its goals was to improve app discovery by placing a larger emphasis on editorial content – including things like “app of the day” picks, lists, how-to’s and even interviews with app developers, among other things. Now, a new …
Read More »Tinder’s upcoming location-based feature seems a bit creepy
Do you want random Tinder users to see where you’ve been? Uh, no? Well, great news: an upcoming Tinder feature called Places will allow for just that. According to screenshots detailing Tinder Places uncovered by The Verge, the dating app is developing a feature that tracks your location via its …
Read More »Magyarosuchus fitosi: 180 Million-Year-Old Fossil is ‘Missing Link’ in Crocodile Evolution
Paleontologists have discovered a fossil of a 180-million-year-old crocodyliform that they say is a long-sought missing link in the evolution of some ancient crocodiles to dolphin-like creatures. An artist’s impression of Magyarosuchus fitosi. Image credit: Marton Szabo. Dubbed Magyarosuchus fitosi, the ancient crocodile lived during the Early Jurassic epoch in …
Read More »Tobacco Smoking and Alcohol Consumption are Biggest Threat to Human Welfare, New Review Says
A new review, published this month in the Addiction, the official journal of the Society for the Study of Addiction, shows that in 2015 alcohol and tobacco use between them cost the human population more than a quarter of a billion disability-adjusted life years, with illicit drugs costing a further …
Read More »NASA to Send Autonomous Helicopter to Mars
The Mars Helicopter, a technology demonstration that will travel to the Red Planet with NASA’s Mars 2020 rover, will attempt controlled flight in the thin Martian atmosphere. NASA’s Mars Helicopter. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech. “Exploring the Red Planet with NASA’s Mars Helicopter exemplifies a successful marriage of science and …
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