Many people meet Dale Atkins for the first time on their worst days—ice climbers who are stranded and injured, skiers that have been swallowed by an avalanche. Atkins, a skilled mountaineer as well as a climatologist and former weather and avalanche forecaster, is one of the experts on Colorado’s Alpine Rescue Team that local sheriffs […]
Read MoreNext week, world leaders will head to Dubai for the Conference of the Parties—the United Nations’ annual climate meeting—to finalize the first “global stocktake,” assessing progress toward the Paris Agreement’s goals. The UN Environment Programme is not mincing words about how far from those goals nations are. Today, ahead of COP28, it is releasing a […]
Read MoreIntel is rolling out microcode updates for numerous CPUs affected by a high-severity bug. The flaw, designated CVE-2023-23583 and named Reptar by its discoverer, Tavis Ormandy, affects Intel CPUs that support the “fast short repeat move” feature introduced with the Ice Lake architecture. The “fast short repeat move” feature was developed to fix microcoding bottlenecks, […]
Read MoreHow many headlines have you seen in recent weeks that would make you think that AI tools like ChatGPT and Bing Chat are bad? I’d wager it’s at least a few. And then you go to places like Reddit. These exciting new products are a genuine revolution in the way we’ve been able to conduct […]
Read MoreAnother day, another never-before-seen malware – but this time, a standard malware removal tool won’t protect your computer against infection. There’s a fair deal of concern over the abilities of a new cross-platform malware dubbed Chaos. It’s a rapidly spreading botnet used to take over both Windows and Linux devices for crypto mining and launching […]
Read MoreAnother day, another never-before-seen malware – but this time, a standard malware removal tool won’t protect your computer against infection. There’s a fair deal of concern over the abilities of a new cross-platform malware dubbed Chaos. It’s a rapidly spreading botnet used to take over both Windows and Linux devices for crypto mining and launching […]
Read MoreAnd it’s only going to get worse. In a 2020 paper, University of Washington researchers calculated that the average number of “days spent working in unsafe conditions” due to excessive heat will likely double by mid-century, and triple by the end of it. Yet Washington is one of just four states with specific rules to […]
Read MoreFor their study, Hinz and her colleagues enlisted the help of the New Zealand customs authority. Staff used probes, which they pushed through the rubber seals of the container doors, to collect gas samples from 490 sealed containers. Hinz also gathered air samples from dozens of other containers herself, tracking how the concentrations of compounds […]
Read MoreEven though it makes some of the best cheap Android phones, Samsung continues to be the only Android OEM that gives Apple a tough time. No other manufacturer has the kind of depth in its premium lineup as Samsung does. This enables the company to effectively compete against Apple’s iPhone. For years, Apple only launched […]
Read MoreAlthough most modern-day smartphones can easily survive a dunk or two in a swimming pool/bathtub, the equation changes entirely when saltwater is thrown in the mix. Saltwater conducts electricity better than regular water, meaning that the chance of circuits getting fried is a lot higher, even with IP ratings in place. Samsung’s website plays it […]
Read MoreSource: Frontier Developments Elite Dangerous is one of the premier sci-fi space flight simulators you can currently play, and Frontier Developments has continued to build on it with regular updates and support. In May 2021, Elite Dangerous: Odyssey released on PC as the title’s most ambitious and feature-packed expansion yet, but was delayed on consoles. […]
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