Swiss physicists pioneer laser-guided lightning control, promising advanced protection for critical infrastructure. The study demonstrates the laser's ability to steer lightning, marking a significant breakthrough.
A Denver auto theft victim took matters into her own hands after a thief stole her car in broad daylight.
Apple controls 70 percent of the American smartphone market, and the DOJ says it has used illegal conduct to maintain its "monopoly"
City dwellers can reduce mosquito habitat by removing old tires, empty buckets and other items that can collect water.
If you are in an area prone to wildfires, you may wonder what you can do to protect your home from them.
People should minimise contact with birds in areas affected by bird flu viruses, including farms and settings where live animals may be sold or slaughtered.
Spotify is best-known for being the world's most popular music streaming service but it is adding video learning courses to its app -- including photography courses. [Read More]
Media companies to combine publishing and advertising platforms to target gen Z and millennialsThe Independent will take control of BuzzFeed and HuffPost in the UK and Ireland with the intention to create “Britain’s biggest publisher network for gen Z and millennial audiences”, the publishers have said.The two media companies will combine their publishing, data and advertising platforms “to allow commercial partners to seamlessly buy across their sites”. Continue reading
The Phillies started Spring Training well enough, with a 4-2-3 record over the first 8 days. Things went downhill from there however, going 5-13-4 the rest of the way, including a particularly uninspiring finish: They finished with 9 wins, tied for the fewest in all of MLB. That was partly because they also had an ungodly number of ties, the most on record (since 2006) by a team in Florida’s Grapefruit League (and matched or beaten in ST only by the 8 posted by the 2015 Dodgers). Discussions in...
Forty years after it popularized the mouse, Apple is researching a replacement that users can tilt or take off the desk entirely to move their cursor around. Future Magic Mouse designs could include the ability to tilt in order to control further functions The mouse came into its own with the original Mac in 1984, and then Apple made trackballs the thing to have with the PowerBook range in 1991. Three years later, those were old hat, and trackpads were in. After decades of use, mice...
Almost a decade after the state took control of Holyoke public schools through a receivership model, the district is now on the path back to local control.
When I was a kid, your reality was reality. It wasn't augmented and it wasn't virtual. So, when my editor asked me to explain to a 12-year-old how to use a Meta Quest headset in cars, I was struck by the difference between what being a kid was like when I was growing up and what it must be like now. Before I go into tips and observations, let's take a minute to remind ourselves just how much our world has changed. Review: Meta Quest 3: The VR headset most people should buy in 2024When I was 12,...