The pushback from legislators sympathetic to ranchers and the broader meat industry puts cultivated meat companies in a difficult situation. Major meat producers Cargill and Tyson have both invested in cultivated meat companies, while Brazil’s JBS is working on a cultivated research site in Brazil. “We see ourselves as an ‘and’ solution, not an ‘or.’ […]
Read MoreIn just four U.S. states, residents can add their driver’s license or ID to the Apple Wallet app on the iPhone and Apple Watch, providing a convenient and contactless way to display proof of identity or age at select airports, businesses, and venues. Adoption of the feature has been slow since Apple first announced it […]
Read MoreDeath is coming for the old-school gas furnace—and its killer is the humble heat pump. They’re already outselling gas furnaces in the US, and now a coalition of states has signed an agreement to supercharge the gas-to-electric transition by making it as cheap and easy as possible for their residents to switch. Nine states have […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know The Microsoft Excel World Championship took place in Las Vegas and was live streamed and televised. Andrew Ngai was able to pull a 3-peat and is on his way to becoming the Michael Jordan of Excel. For Andrew’s accomplishment he was awarded 3000 USD and a championship belt. The Microsoft […]
Read MoreShira Fishbach, a newly graduated physician, was sitting in an orientation session for her first year of medical residency when her phone started blowing up. It was June 24, 2022, and the US Supreme Court had just handed down its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, nullifying the national right to abortion and […]
Read MoreIntriguingly, this kind of decoherence will occur anywhere there is a horizon that only allows information to travel in one direction, creating the potential for causality paradoxes. The edge of the known universe, called the cosmological horizon, is another example. Or consider the “Rindler horizon,” which forms behind an observer who continuously accelerates and approaches […]
Read MoreIn 2021, Apple introduced a feature that lets residents of participating U.S. states add their driver’s license or ID to the Wallet app on the iPhone and Apple Watch, providing a convenient and contactless way to display proof of identity or age. Unfortunately, states have been slow to adopt the feature since it was first […]
Read MoreMicrosoft says it is investigating a problem with its Outlook email service after users in the United States started reporting issues when accessing, sending, or searching emails. DownDetector lists close to 2,000 incidents reported by users trying to access the platform since around 11.00 p.m. Eastern Time, with a drop in incidents reported by the […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Verizon now offers Microsoft’s Teams Phone Mobile service in the United States. Teams Phone mobile allows business users to access Teams through their phones native dialer and to use a single phone number across devices. Verizon is the first carrier to support the service in the United States and the […]
Read MoreVeronica Roth is the author of the bestselling Divergent novels, which were adapted into a series of popular films. Her new novel Poster Girl tells the story of Sonya Kantor, a young woman raised in an authoritarian society in near-future Seattle. “I wanted her to be not a typical hero figure, but to be someone […]
Read MoreEarlier this year, Apple launched a feature allowing residents of participating U.S. states to add their driver’s license or state ID to the Wallet app on the iPhone and Apple Watch, providing a convenient and contactless way to display proof of identity or age. As we wait for IDs in the Wallet app to expand […]
Read MoreTwitter today announced that Twitter Blue subscribers in the United States now have access to the edit tweet feature that has been in testing for the last month. Earlier this week, Twitter provided an edit button to Twitter Blue users in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand and promised a U.S. expansion, which has come quicker […]
Read MoreThe top five favorite emoji in the United States include 😂 (face with tears of joy), 👍 (thumbs up), ❤️ (red heart), 🤣 (rolling on the floor laughing face), and 😢 (crying face), according to Adobe’s 2022 Emoji Trend Report. Face with tears of joy, thumbs up, red heart, and crying face have been popular […]
Read MoreSamsung SDI has finished setting up its first research and development center in the USA. Located in Boston, the purpose of this new facility is to give Samsung a competitive edge in the electric vehicle battery market. This new development follows a similar announcement Samsung made earlier in the summer when SDI opened up a […]
Read MoreApple Maps now offers cycling navigation across all 50 U.S. states, allowing users to receive turn-by-turn directions while riding a bike. Apple Maps cycling directions fully covered 49 U.S. states as of July, according to Apple Maps enthusiast Justin O’Beirne, and cycling directions have since become available in Hawaii for complete nationwide coverage. Apple Maps […]
Read MoreApple has detailed which of its products are eligible for upcoming sales tax holidays in select U.S. states, including Arkansas, Florida, Massachusetts, Missouri, New Mexico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. Sales tax holidays provide a limited-time opportunity to purchase select Apple products online or in store without paying sales tax. Eligible products and […]
Read MoreFor medication abortions, sorting out federal preemption will require fresh lawsuits, which are likely to be brought in states already hostile to abortion, and—depending on their outcome—might rise to a Supreme Court that has already negated abortion rights. Legal experts worry that this could lead to findings with wider implications for federalism as a whole. […]
Read MoreSamsung began updating the carrier-locked Galaxy S21 series in the United States with a new security patch roughly one week ago. Now, it’s time for the unlocked variants to steal the spotlight. The unlocked Galaxy S21 (SM-G991U1), Galaxy S21+ (SM-G996U1), and Galaxy S21 Ultra (SM-G998U1) are now getting a new firmware update with the May […]
Read MoreA new firmware update is rolling out for the Galaxy Watch 4 in the United States. The firmware weighs a little under 100MB and carries firmware version R870XXU1FVD4. The update appears to improve security for the Galaxy Watch 4, but the changelog doesn’t mention any other changes aside from “stabilization codes for watch operation.” In […]
Read MoreThe Galaxy Note 10, one of Samsung’s last Note-branded smartphones, is getting the April 2022 security patch in the United States. The update is available for the Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10+ — carrier and unlocked variants alike. Galaxy Note 10 and Note 10+ carrier variants are getting firmware version N97xUSQS7HVCD, whereas the unlocked […]
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