In 2019, when astronomers captured the first image of a black holeâs shadow â a bright orange doughnut-shaped halo created by the black holeâs intense gravity bending light around it â it was rightly hailed as a breakthrough. Now, I have joined the Event Horizon Telescope team in following up on their earlier achievement, by creating a new image showing jets of plasma being ejected from the core of a... Read more âș
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Mars ainât the kind of place to raise your kids, laments the Rocket Man in Elton Johnâs timeless classic. In fact, itâs cold as hell, but that doesnât seem to worry a new generation of space entrepreneurs intent on colonizing the âfinal frontierâ as fast as possible. Donât get me wrong. Iâm no sullen technophobe. As lockdown projects go, NASAâs landing of the Perseverance rover on the surface of the... Read more âș
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Well, you read the title. Itâs clear that the Volkswagen Group has continued to gain momentum with its electric offensive in the first half of 2021. Up to the end of June, a total of 170,939 BEV models were delivered worldwide, which works out to an increase of 165.2% compared to the same period of 2020 (64,462 units). This means that nearly thrice as many electric vehicles were sold. Interestingly,... Read more âș
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Despite the rapid increases in digital adoption and use that weâve seen since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic more than a year ago, the latest update in the Global Digital Reports series reveals that digital growth rates remain elevated as we move into the second half of 2021. DataReportalâs Digital 2021 July Global Statshot Report â published in partnership with Hootsuite and We Are Social â shows that social... Read more âș
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Getting an Apple Watch last year altered my life â especially when it came to exercise. But the more Iâve used it for this, the more a specific question has arisen: why the hell doesnât the Apple Watch workout app have a warmup mode? For the uninitiated, the in-built Workout app on the Apple Watch has a range of different sports you can select. The idea behind this is twofold.... Read more âș
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A few versions ago, Googleâs Chrome browser for Android got a feature that opened new tabs in groups. This means when you click on a link, it opens that page in a little âfolderâ â making it tough to find individual tabs while scrolling. Bless the lord: Android Police has discovered you can now turn that off. Well, if you have the current stable version 91 of Chrome that is.... Read more âș
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After months of rumors, Netflix has finally confirmed one of the biggest changes to its service yet: the streaming platform is getting into gaming. Granted, we knew this indirectly as the company confirmed it had hired a new VP of Game Development last week. But today weâve gotten even more direct confirmation. Specifically, Netflix is entering the mobile gaming space â at least to start. In a letter to investors,... Read more âș
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Rad Power Bikesâ RadRover might be the most popular ebike in the US. In fact, according to the company, itâs âNorth Americaâs best-selling ebike,â and I see the fat-tire ebike all the time when riding around town. Now the company has gone ahead and completely redesigned the bike, bringing a more premium design (and price) with the new RadRover 6 Plus. For reference, hereâs the old bike: And hereâs the... Read more âș
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While 99% of you are stuck here on Earth like a herd of disgusting millionaires â or worse, actual poor people â a bunch of billionaires have spent their summer preparing for jaunts into the inky black beyond. Honest question: who cares? I love space as much as the next person. And I think itâs amazing that humans have managed to ascend beyond the clouds and into the very stars... Read more âș
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DuckDuckGo has unveiled a new email forwarding service that strips trackers from your messages. To get the Email Protection tool, you have to sign up for a free @duck.com address. The tool will then remove hidden trackers from emails sent to this address, before forwarding them to your regular inbox. You can currently access the beta version by joining the private waiting list. To sign-up, open the DuckDuckGo app for... Read more âș
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If youâve watched any sci-fi shows or read any books about space, then you probably know that human bodies and vacuums donât mix well. Youâve probably heard that all sorts of bad things happen without atmospheric pressure constantly weighing down on your flesh, not the least of which is the fact that your body will rapidly expand to about twice its size, as your skin stretched like a balloon. Have... Read more âș
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AI has set its destructive sights on one of lifeâs greatest pleasures: visiting galleries. An Italian museum has started using AI-powered cameras to measure the âattraction valueâ of works of art. The ShareArt devices collect visual data on spectators, such as how long they look at a painting and where on the canvas their attention is focused. âThanks to simple data elaboration, an observerâs gaze can be translated into a... Read more âș
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Have you ever imagined your smartphone or tablet without a touchscreen? This could soon be the case if we run out of indium, one of the rarest minerals on Earth. Indium is used in many high-tech devices such as touch screens, smartphones, solar panels, and smart windows, in the form of indium tin oxide. This compound is optically transparent and electrically conductive â the two crucial features required for touch... Read more âș
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In March, the UK government cut its electric vehicle grant for the fourth time in ten years. Specifically, it reduced the subsidy by $700 (ÂŁ500) to $3,480 (ÂŁ2,500), and capped price eligibility at $49,000 (ÂŁ35,000) from $68,000 (ÂŁ50,000). On Monday, during an interview with Autocar, Transport Decarbonization Minister Rachel Maclean defended the governmentâs decision and hinted that the âPlug-in Grantâ might be disposed of altogether. Supporting the cut She explained... Read more âș
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TLDR: The 2021 Premium Ethical Hacking Certification Bundle is the ultimate crash course to become a cybersecurity pro â and have the certifications to prove it. The New South Wales Department of Education was the victim of a cyberattack earlier this month, forcing the state department to rally to have any hope of getting their systems back online in time for the new school term in late July. Meanwhile, as... Read more âș
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TLDR: All 10 of these drones can deliver fantastic aerial footage â and all 10 are now on sale at up to more than 60 percent off. Anybody can take a selfie. Especially while youâre out exploring on a huge summer excursion, a simple selfie is played out. Heck, your mom is probably taking selfies on social. Instead, you can completely revolutionize your photo game by taking selfies â and... Read more âș
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I used to do sales, and I found three words very helpful: âI donât know.â The internet is full of articles for salespeople offering alternatives to saying those three words, all with elaborate ways to avoid admitting ignorance. And I get it: telling someone you donât know something is hard, especially when youâre trying to convince that person to give you money. But thatâs why saying âI donât knowâ is... Read more âș
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One of the most important open questions in science is how our consciousness is established. In the 1990s, long before winning the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics for his prediction of black holes, physicist Roger Penrose teamed up with anaesthesiologist Stuart Hameroff to propose an ambitious answer. They claimed that the brainâs neuronal system forms an intricate network and that the consciousness this produces should obey the rules of quantum... Read more âș
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A new data analysis by the European Automobile Manufacturersâ Association (ACEA) found that the thereâs a risk of a âtwo-track Europeâdeveloping during the switch to electric vehicles. According to the research, the unbalanced distribution of charging points across the EU is too clear to go unnoticed. Specifically, 70% of all charging stations in the bloc are concentrated in just three countries: the Netherlands (66,665), France (45,751), and Germany (44,538). Interestingly,... Read more âș
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People, listen. I need you to stop. Thereâs no need to make fun of Appleâs MagSafe battery pack. Youâre upsetting Tim Cook. And, by proxy, me. There is NOTHING FUNNY about the new product. Is it okay to be a little surprised about the MagSafe battery pack? Of course. Especially when Apple shows us an image of a product like this: So sleek, so fancy. And then, in reality, it... Read more âș
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