ArmSoM RK3588 AI Module7: An Open-Source Alternative to Nvidia Jetson Nano
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Meet the Swifties Campaigning for Kamala Harris
Taylor Swift enthusiasts’ experience operating stan accounts has provided them with the skills to organize—and the vice president’s campaign is getting in on the action. ⌘ Read more

The Best Cat Furniture, Scratching Posts, and Litter Boxes (2024)
Your cat needs scratching posts and litter boxes, but they don’t have to be ugly. ⌘ Read more

Researchers explore cancer susceptibility in birds
In one of the largest studies of cancer susceptibility across bird species, researchers at Arizona State University describe an intriguing relationship between reproductive rates and cancer susceptibility. ⌘ Read more

Moog Muse Review: A Machine for Musical Inspiration
This eight-voice analog synthesizer isn’t cheap, but it delivers a lot for the money. ⌘ Read more

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Google Cracks Down on Explicit Deepfakes
Newly announced measures by the search giant aim to make AI-generated, or otherwise spoofed explicit content, more difficult to discover. ⌘ Read more

‘Date Like Goblins’ Thinks Playing Games Can Fix Dating Apps
More niche dating apps hope to disrupt the dominance of giants like Tinder and Hinge. The latest encourages people to date in “goblin mode.” ⌘ Read more

Donald Trump’s Plan to Hoard Billions in Bitcoin Has Economists Stumped
The former US president has promised to establish a “national bitcoin stockpile” if he’s reelected and use it to offset inflation. But economists think the plan has little merit. ⌘ Read more

10 Best Apple AirPods Cases We’ve Tried and Tested (2024)
From a can of Spam to a mini suitcase, these are our favorite ways to disguise (and protect) Apple’s wireless earbuds and over-the-ear headphones. ⌘ Read more

How to Create Your Own Browser Extension
This DIY coding project can add useful utility to Chrome, Firefox, or your daily web browser. ⌘ Read more

How AI and satellite imaging are helping detect wildfires in Colorado before they grow
A new artificial intelligence program will help identify wildfires as small as an acre by scanning images taken by weather satellites orbiting about 22,000 miles above the Earth’s surface. ⌘ Read more

Can ChatGPT-4o Be Trusted With Your Private Data?
OpenAI’s newest model is “a data hoover on steroids,” says one expert—but there are still ways to use it while minimizing risk. ⌘ Read more

Nothing Phone (2a) Plus With AI News Widget: Specs, Prices, Availability
The company has bafflingly turned to its head of finance to be the unlikely voice of its irreverent news app—now available on all Nothing and CMF handsets, including the new Phone (2a) Plus. ⌘ Read more

The Best Sex Machines for Solo, Couple, or Long-Distance Playtime (2024)
If you’re going to invest in toys to enhance your sex life, why not go big? ⌘ Read more

Cryomodule assembly technicians rev up Jefferson Lab’s electron-beam racetrack
At the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, the underground Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) more closely resembles a racetrack than it does a racecar. As a DOE Office of Science user facility, CEBAF includes a particle accelerator that enables the research of more than 1,900 nuclear physicists worldwide. ⌘ Read more

Bright prospects for engineering quantum light
Computers benefit greatly from being connected to the internet, so we might ask: What good is a quantum computer without a quantum internet? ⌘ Read more

High-performance computing and quantum chemistry advances drug discovery
Led by University of Melbourne theoretician and HPC expert Associate Professor Giuseppe Barca, a research team has achieved the first quantum simulation of biological systems at a scale necessary to accurately model drug performance. ⌘ Read more

Newly discovered sheets of nanoscale ‘cubes’ found to be efficient catalysts
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have created sheets of transition metal chalcogenide “cubes” connected by chlorine atoms. While sheets of atoms have been widely studied, e.g. graphene, the team’s work breaks new ground by using clusters instead. The research is published in the journal Advanced Materials. ⌘ Read more

Particle Launches Tachyon SBC with AI accelerator and 5G Connectivity
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Monarch butterflies need help, and research shows a little bit of milkweed goes a long way
Monarch butterflies, with their striking orange and black wings, are some of the most recognizable butterflies in North America. But they’re in trouble. ⌘ Read more

The Affordable Connectivity Program Died—and Thousands of Households Have Already Lost Their Internet
The ACP provided affordable internet connectivity to low-income Americans. Since it expired in May, around 100,000 Charter subscribers have had to pull the plug. ⌘ Read more

Scientists discover entirely new wood type that could be highly efficient at carbon storage
Researchers undertaking an evolutionary survey of the microscopic structure of wood from some of the world’s most iconic trees and shrubs have discovered an entirely new type of wood. ⌘ Read more

The 51 Best Shows on Disney+ Right Now (August 2024)
World Eats Bread, X-Men ’97, and Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures are just a few of the shows you should be watching on Disney+ this month. ⌘ Read more

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This is pretty cool! Hurrah, and props to the Germans!

“At a Berlin trade fair for sustainability, a new gadget caught Waltraud Berg’s eye — a solar panel small enough to be easily installed on the side of a balcony and then plugged into a wall socket to feed energy produced by the sun directly into her home.”

Wear This AI Friend Around Your Neck
The latest attempt at an AI-powered wearable is an always-listening pendant. But it doesn’t help you be more productive, it just keeps you company. ⌘ Read more

A Senate Bill Would Radically Improve Voting Machine Security
This year’s Intelligence Authorization Act would mandate penetration testing for federally certified voting machines and allow independent researchers to work on exposing vulnerabilities. ⌘ Read more

The Purple Track at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games Has a Secret Ingredient
Recycled shells of mollusks native to the Mediterranean Sea were used to manufacture the synthetic floor of the athletics track, as part of the Games’ commitment to sustainability. ⌘ Read more

The 17 Best Barefoot Shoes for Running or Walking (2024)
Our favorite zero-drop, minimalist footwear will let you feel the ground beneath your feet. ⌘ Read more

Green synthesis of copper oxide nanoparticles from mangifera indica: A solution for agricultural disease management
A research team has successfully synthesized green copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO.NPs) from Mangifera indica (M. indica) leaf extract. The CuO.NPs showed potent activity against gram-positive and negative bacteria, as well as fungicidal effects on persimmon fruit pathogens. This advancement holds significant value for agriculture, offering a biocompatible and eco-friendly met … ⌘ Read more

I studied ShotSpotter in Chicago and Kansas City—here’s what people using this technology should know
Like many large cities in the U.S., Detroit’s gun violence rate has fluctuated since the COVID-19 pandemic and the unrest after the murder of George Floyd in 2020. The city’s murder rate increased nearly 20% that year, meaning the city had the second-highest violent crime rate after Memphis, Tennessee, among cities with more than 100,000 residents. ⌘ Read more

Organic nanozymes have broad applications from food and agriculture to biomedicine
Nanozymes are tiny, engineered substances that mimic the catalytic properties of natural enzymes, and they serve a variety of purposes in biomedicine, chemical engineering, and environmental applications. They are typically made from inorganic materials, including metal-based elements, which makes them unsuitable for many purposes due to their toxicity and high production costs. ⌘ Read more

The 17 Best Laptop Stands We’ve Tried and Tested (2024)
Raising your computer screen is a simple fix for healthier posture. These stands, lap desks, mats, and risers may help. ⌘ Read more

Coros Dura Solar GPS Bike Computer Review: Battery Life for Days
Coros’ debut cycling gadget has a battery life that beats all comers. ⌘ Read more

Elgato Prompter Review: No iPad Required for This Teleprompter
Elgato has built the simplest way to read from scripts while recording for YouTube. ⌘ Read more

The Untold Story of How Ridley Scott Saw ‘Star Wars’—and Ended Up Making ‘Alien’
In 1977, Ridley Scott was considering making a medieval period piece. Then he saw Star Wars and set about making two sci-fi classics, Alien and Blade Runner. ⌘ Read more

The New Gods of Weather Can Make Rain on Demand—or So They Want You to Believe
In a gold-trimmed command center on the outskirts of Abu Dhabi, scientists are seeking to wring moisture from desert skies. But will all their extravagant cloud-seeding tech—planes that sprinkle nanomaterials, lasers that scramble the atmosphere—really work at scale? ⌘ Read more

Astronomers observe eclipses of pulsar PSR J0024−7204O
Using the MeerKAT radio telescope, astronomers have observed eclipses in the radio emission of a pulsar known as PSR J0024−7204O. Results of the observational campaign, published on the preprint server arXiv, could help us better understand the nature and behavior of this pulsar. ⌘ Read more

How a Secret BJP War Room Mobilized Female Voters to Win the Indian Elections
A sophisticated effort used technology to identify women who could bring other women out to vote—and offered a glimpse of the future of campaigning in India. ⌘ Read more

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Evacuations, destruction as California’s largest fire of year rages
Throngs of firefighters were mobilized in California Monday to battle the state’s largest blaze of the year, which has prompted thousands of evacuations and already burned an area larger than the city of Los Angeles. ⌘ Read more

Belgium flexes its new locally sourced mussels
It is a popular tradition to eat mussels in Brussels but what may surprise many is that none of the mollusks visitors enjoy are locally sourced in Belgium. ⌘ Read more

Drought in Sicily threatens grain fields, animal herds
A crushing drought in Sicily has withered fields of grain, deprived livestock of pasture land and fanned a spate of wildfires, causing damage already estimated at 2.7 billion euros this year. ⌘ Read more

Lime’s New Rideshare Ebikes Are More Approachable—Throttle and All
The LimeGlider and LimeBike, currently in pilot programs, have smaller frames and wheels and are equipped with throttles. ⌘ Read more

W55RP20-EVB-PICO: Integrating W5500 TCP/IP Controller and RP2040
W55RP20-EVB-PICO: Integrating W5500 TCP/IP Controller and RP2040 ⌘ Read more

Instagram Will Let You Make Custom AI Chatbots—Even Ones Based on Yourself
Meta’s AI Studio will let users build virtual characters, with a few limitations. ⌘ Read more

The Bird Flu Threat Keeps Growing
Human cases keep ticking up, are very likely to be underreported, and offer the virus the opportunity to learn how to spread from person to person. ⌘ Read more

The Top New Features in Apple’s iOS 18 and iPadOS 18
Apple Intelligence has arrived in the iOS 18.1 developer beta, bringing features like the updated Siri and Writing Tools. Here’s how to access it, plus the top new features in iOS 18 and iPadOS 18. ⌘ Read more