Amid higher global temperatures, sea ice at record lows at poles
"It looks like, since the beginning of October, that for the first time we are seeing both the Arctic and Antarctic sea ice running at record low levels," said Walt Meier, a research scientist with the Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, who has tracked sea ice data going back to 1979. While record low sea ice is nothing new in the Arctic, this is a surprising turn of events for the Antarctic. Even as sea ice in the Arctic has seen a rapid and consistent declin..>> view originalYes, Apple is limiting some iPhone 7 download speeds. But you probably won't notice.
A mini firestorm erupted today over a report that Apple was purposely limiting the performance of the modem chip in the iPhone 7. Bloomberg reported that Apple was intentionally throttling the performance of the Qualcomm modem chip inside some versions of the iPhone 7, in order to make it more similar to the Intel chip it was using in some other versions of the phone. That’s true, at least according to sources I talked to. Apple supposedly did this for a simple reason: It wanted the cost savin..>> view originalZika No Longer Global 'Health Emergency,' WHO Declares
A mother holds her baby, who has microcephaly, in Recife, Brazil. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mario Tama/Getty Images A mother holds her baby, who has microcephaly, in Recife, Brazil. Mario Tama/Getty Images The World Health Organization announced Frid..>> view originalHow Trump Climate Denial Is Catalyzing the World: Q&A
Donald Trump says that the overwhelming majority of scientists could be wrong in warning about cataclysmic impacts of global warming. That puts him -- and, as of his inauguration on Jan. 20, the U.S. -- at odds with much of the world. During two weeks of meetings in Marrakech, Morocco, which wrapped up early Saturday, top officials from almost 200 countries responded to Trump by reinforcing their December Paris Agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions and warned that the president-elect could ..>> view originalGoogle reverses its 'digital death sentence' for Pixel phone resellers
Google has now lifted a controversial ban which wiped out the digital identities — meaning Gmail accounts, access to photos, voicemails and files — of those consumers who used a tax loophole to profit from reselling their Pixel smartphones. The affected people were, in fact, in violation of Google’s Terms of Service, which prohibits you from commercially reselling any device. However, Google’s disproportionate response to the violation has been described as the “21st century version of losing ..>> view original9 paid iPhone apps on sale for free for a limited time
Black Friday shopping season is officially upon us, ladies and gentlemen, and today we showed you all of the best deals currently available at Best Buy, Walmart and Amazon. You’ll save tons of cash by following along with our Black Friday 2016 coverage, but you’re still going to be spending a good amount of money this holiday season. Save a few extra bucks each day with our daily lists of paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free. DON’T MISS: 10 hidden iPhone tricks Apple never told you about ..>> view originalWith Trump, Gingrich and GOP calling the shots, NASA may go back to the moon
This July 20, 1969 photo shows astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. walking on the surface of the moon near the leg of the Lunar Module. AFP PHOTO / NASA/Getty Images NASA has struggled for decades with strategic uncertainty, and there's nothing like a partisan transition in the White House to discombobulate everyone. There will surely be a new administrator, and new ambitions, and disfavored programs, with associated budget cuts (Earth Science is a likely target). Right this minute, though, no one..>> view originalBMW and Baidu end self-driving car partnership
The announcement leaves Baidu searching for a global partner to help meet its lofty goal of making self-driving cars a reality for consumers by 2018. The tech company explained to Reuters that it's using Ford vehicles for testing now. Baidu already has ties to the US-based automaker as the two both invested in Velodyne, a company that makes LIDAR sensors that are essential for autonomous vehicle navigation. Ford also has plans to put self-driving cars on the road via a ride sharing service by 2..>> view originalFixation on Fake News Overshadows Waning Trust in Real Reporting
During the months I spent talking to partisan Facebook page operators for a magazine article this year, it became clear that while the ecosystem contained easily identifiable and intentional fabrication, it contained much, much more of something else. I recall a conversation with a fact checker about how to describe a story, posted on a pro-Trump website and promoted on a pro-Trump Facebook page — and, incidentally, copied from another pro-Trump site by overseas contractors. It tried to cast su..>> view originalWindows 10 preview pushes Command Prompt into the shadows, Paint 3D into the spotlight
Hints of what’s to come in next spring’s Windows 10 Creators Update just keep on coming. Microsoft recently released Windows 10 Insider Preview build 14971, which integrates Paint 3D, turns your browser into an e-reader, shuffles Command Prompt into the shadows, and more.First up: Edge-as-e-reader. Starting with build 14971, Microsoft says Edge will be able to display any unprotected ebook in the epub format. That’s not a hugely exciting addition for PC users (though they can use it), but f..>> view original
Sunday, November 27, 2016
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