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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Barely a couple of days have passed since the revelation of the infamous Pegasus spyware being used to snoop on journalists and politicians in several countries. Now, thereâs a tool from Amnesty International to check if your phone has been infected with it. Impressive and alarming all at once. TechCrunchâs Zack Whittaker has the dirt on this; youâll need to use a command line interface for now, take a backup... Read more âș
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Googleâs 2020 Pixel Buds, despite some notable flaws, are some of my favorite Bluetooth headphones â and I say that as an audiophile whoâs persnickety about sound quality. They had a balance of sound quality, features, comfort, and smarts that few headphones can match to date. Unfortunately, Google appears to have just killed them. I can only hope thatâs because thereâs an even better follow-up on the way. As noted... Read more âș
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The US and several allies have publicly blamed China for an array of âmalicious cyber activities,â including the massive attack on Microsoft Exchange email servers earlier this year. The Microsoft Exchange hack, which was identified in January, affected over a quarter of a million servers worldwide. The Biden administration said it had a âhigh degree of confidenceâ that the attack was carried out by âmalicious cyber actorsâ affiliated with the... Read more âș
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Anytime âSkynetâ is trending on social media, and there isnât a movie about a gubernatorial time-traveling robot being announced, it can only mean one thing: the mainstream saw a robot sneeze or something and everyoneâs running around in circles screaming that the sky is falling. Imagine what AI powered machines will be able to do in the next 5-10 years. Boston Dynamics machines flawlessly and soulfully dancing in rhythm. pic.twitter.com/1PHmurRo1k... Read more âș
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WhatsApp has launched a new feature that makes it easy to hop onto a call after itâs already started. The âjoinable callsâ feature should be handy for the perennially tardy. WhatsApp says it also brings the spontaneity and ease of in-person chats to group calls: Some of the best conversations happen when you least expect it. Now, if someone in your group misses a call when the phone rings, they... Read more âș
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TLDR: The CompTIA Cybersecurity Pathway Certification Prep Bundle can get students ready to become full fledged IT security professionals with CompTIA certifications to prove it. There were over 3 million unfilled cybersecurity jobs last year. While part of that was undoubtedly due to the global pandemic, that world-changing event only exacerbated a problem that has been happening for years. Companies are having a tough time finding qualified talent to tackle... Read more âș
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TLDR: The Unreal and Unity Game Development for Beginners Bundle offers six courses full of insight on creating with both of the video game industryâs biggest game engine platforms. For those who game, itâs likely your favorite creations came from work in one of two creation environments. Just like Coke and Pepsi, game design is dominated by a pair of game engine titles, Unity and Unreal. From Unity heavyweights like... Read more âș
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Exactly what happened at the beginning of the universe, 14 billion years ago, is one of the greatest mysteries in physics â thereâs no simple way to probe it. Thatâs because, in its early stages, the universe was filled with a dense plasma â a gas made out of charged particles including electrons and protons (particles that comprise the atomic nucleus alongside neutrons). Photons (particles of light) were trapped in... Read more âș
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This is adapted from Plugged In, TNWâs bi-weekly newsletter on gear and gadgets. Subscribe to it here. Pals, it hurts. Oh god, it hurts: England lost the final of the Euro 2020 championship. Yes, it might have happened over a week ago now, but some things take time to heal. On one hand, my overriding emotion remains a hearty oof⊠Live footage from how Iâve felt over the past week.... Read more âș
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Just two years after going public at a $9 billion valuation, videoconferencing giant Zoom has agreed to buy cloud call center firm Five9 for a cool $14.7 billion. The all-stock deal will allow Zoom to expand its range of services, CEO Eric Yan said in a statement on Sunday: We expect that this acquisition will help enhance Zoomâs presence with customers and allow us to accelerate our long-term growth opportunity... Read more âș
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