Researchers in China and the US have found material in a dinosaur fossil that they claim looks like DNA. In a new paper in National Science Review, Alida Bailleul and colleagues report on their discovery of remarkably well-preserved cartilage from a Late Cretaceous dinosaur, Hypacrosaurus, from North America, dated at between 74 million and 80…
Last winter, I found myself suffering from a lack of sunshine, not realizing how lucky I was to be unfamiliar with the term “governmental quarantine.” Looking for a solution, I decided to check out virtual cycling app Zwift. I’d heard about Zwift before, but the cycling video game sounded a little ridiculous to me. Video…
Were sending away another week, filled with phone announcements for all kinds of markets and price segments. We saw two separate launches by vivo, two new Infinix phones, TCL detailed its 10 lineup that was announced back in January, and Samsung is stepping up in the 5G world of midrangers. The week began with the…
Schools are out for who knows how long. This new reality provides a unique challenge for parents who have now become full-time educators alongside their work and household responsibilities. As a parent of two primary school aged children, I fear we are about to receive a crash course in the challenges faced by teachers on…
The joint European and Russian mission to Mercury, BepiColombo, has captured a last image of Earth as it makes a final flyby of our planet. The image was taken by one of BepiColombo’s “selfie” cameras which are mounted on the Mercury Transfer Module. The three cameras take black and white images of 1024 x 1024…
With quarantine lockdowns around the world, most of our time is spent at home we work from home and then try to find ways to entertain ourselves at the end of the day. So, we dusted off old laptops, tablets and other gadgets to try and build a home office/entertainment center. And (of course)…
The bandwidth and effectiveness of global health organizations have been put to the test amidst the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). As a result, they are finding it increasingly difficult to keep up with their civil responsibility to keep the public properly informed. We, as a whole, rely on that information for guidance in…
Thousands of compromised Zoom credentials were discovered in underground forums as cybercriminals look to tap into the burgeoning remote workforce.
Jessica spends 12 hours a day on the internet managing security for web assets and loves her macha tea
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended people wear face masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but this has caused a dilemma for iPhone owners reliant on Face ID to unlock their devices. While a person is wearing a face mask for protection against the new coronavirus, the obstruction will cause the Face…
This is definitely getting pretty ridiculous at this point, but we would be lying if we said that we didnt fully anticipate the continued onslaught of OnePlus 8 and OnePlus 8 Pro leaks, prior to the April 14 unveiling event. Still, with pretty-much everything else mostly neatly cleared-up, theres no real reason not to look…
