What would you do if you wound up stranded on a deserted island? Would you gather your fellow survivors around a conch shell? Shout for help? Build a hut? Or would you carve a pointy end onto a stick and...
Let’s just check this solution real quick. What about the units? On the left, tension is in units of Newtons. On the right side of the equation, F-pull is in Newtons and the denominator is unitless (mass divided by mass)....
Apple Fitness+ is getting a dose of Dolly. The iPhone maker’s relatively new subscription exercise service, which requires the use of an Apple Watch, is expanding to include outdoor walking exercises guided by celebrities, one of whom is country music...
Google is launching an initiative to provide more than $150 million to promote education and equitable distribution of coronavirus vaccines, the company announced today. It’s going to make some Google facilities — buildings, parking lots, and open spaces — available...
Google workers across the world are coming together to form a global union alliance. The newly formed coalition, called Alpha Global, is comprised of 13 different unions representing workers in 10 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, and Switzerland....
Instagram is stepping up its efforts to make the app more appealing to business owners and other individuals looking to monetize their social media activity. The Facebook-owned platform has launched a new professional dashboard that brings all its business-centric tools...
Security researchers from Zscaler's ThreatLabZ team have discovered and analyzed a new Linux-based malware family that is being used by cybercriminals to target Linux servers running enterprise apps. The cybersecurity firm has dubbed the new malware family DreamBus and it...
Just after thew New Year, we told you about a major design overhaul that is coming to Firefox. Going by the name of Proton, the refreshed look is due for general release when Firefox 89 makes and appearance in May....
A Harry Potter TV show is in the early stages of development, according to a new report. The Hollywood Reporter says that a live-action TV show is being discussed with possible writers for the HBO Max streaming service, exploring different...
Amazon Prime members can get their hands on free FIFA 21 rewards for the game’s Ultimate Team mode right now - with plenty more to come. The content drop comes as part of Prime Gaming, Amazon’s rebranded Twitch Prime service,...
To provide a safety net against most potential issues—an account hack, having no internet access, accidentally deleting messages—we'd recommend downloading messages to a desktop email client such as Microsoft Outlook or Thunderbird, and keeping them separate and untouched unless you...
On January 12, just after 8:15 am local time, computers started to malfunction at the Dalian Train Operation Depot in northeast China. The dispatcher's browsers weren't loading train schedule details. Six hours later, dispatchers also lost the ability to print...
In 1987, a giant star exploded right next to our own Milky Way galaxy. It was the brightest and closest supernova since the invention of the telescope some four centuries earlier, and just about every observatory turned to take a...
I consider myself an athlete, but I don’t engage in any particularly impressive physical feats. I am not “cut” or “swole.” My superpower is consistency. Barring the rare knee surgery or birthing the occasional child, I have worked out daily...
Kim Jong-un acted quickly. On January 22, 2020, North Korea closed its borders with China and Russia to stop a new, mysterious virus from spreading into the country. At the time, what we now know as Covid-19, had killed just...
The problems caused by Huawei's US trade ban aren't going away anytime soon, but newly leaked information gives us some idea about how the upcoming Huawei P50 and P50 Pro phones might still be able to run on Kirin 9000...
Intel has again confirmed that its Alder Lake processors for desktop PCs and laptops are on track to arrive in the second half of 2021, with a rumor also surfacing which contends that September will be the launch month. As...
Spreadsheet software Microsoft Excel is an undeniably powerful tool, but one that also creates opportunity for mishap. As the UK government and NHS found out the hard way in 2020, small spreadsheet errors can snowball rapidly, with significant real-life consequences....
Apple just pushed out the release candidate version of watchOS 7.3 beta – meaning a public launch is going to happen in the very near future – and it mentions the new Time to Walk feature coming to the Apple...
Looking to upgrade your smartphone, tablet or laptop? Keep an eye on Huawei’s online shopping festival running from January 25 to January 29. The sale comes as part of the 26th edition of the Dubai Shopping Festival wherein Chinese tech...
Picking a gaming mouse is a very personal endeavor. Everyone's hands are different, everyone's preferences and needs are different, and we all play different games. That's why we're lucky to live in the golden age of gaming mice, with major...