SWOT could turn out to be a major improvement over measurements by previous satellites. “Instead of a ‘pencil beam’ moving along the Earth’s surface from a satellite, it’s a wide swath. It’ll provide a lot more information, a lot more spatial resolution, and hopefully better coverage up close to the coasts,” says Steve Nerem, a University… Continue reading A New NASA Satellite Will Map Earth’s Rising Seas
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The Grim Origins of an Ominous Methane Surge
That is, as we polluted less—heavy industry spun down, flights got canceled, people stopped commuting—we also produced less of the pollutant that normally breaks down methane. It’s a second unfortunate and surprising consequence of cutting pollution: Burning fossil fuels also produces aerosols that bounce some of the sun’s energy back into space, somewhat cooling the climate.… Continue reading The Grim Origins of an Ominous Methane Surge
10 Best Xbox Series X/S Games You Can Play Now (2022)
The Xbox Series X is a big console, and it’s chock-full of powerful next-gen hardware. However, it can be tricky to find games that really make the most of all that brawn. Which games are going to serve the most delicious and irresistible eye candy? We’ve tested dozens of Xbox titles on Microsoft’s latest hardware,… Continue reading 10 Best Xbox Series X/S Games You Can Play Now (2022)
Twitter Blue Explained: What Is It? How Much Does It Cost?
Twitter is ready for you to hand over some cash, whether it’s subscribing to the relaunched Twitter Blue service or buying one of the blue bird statues from its San Francisco office. Twitter Blue is one of Elon Musk’s strategies to monetize the social media company and shake up platform dynamics since his April acquisition. Not sure… Continue reading Twitter Blue Explained: What Is It? How Much Does It Cost?
A New Lawsuit Accuses Meta of Inflaming Civil War in Ethiopia
On November 3, 2021, Meareg Amare, a professor of chemistry at Bahir Dar University in Ethiopia, was gunned down outside his home. Amare, who was ethnically Tigrayan, had been targeted in a series of Facebook posts the month before, alleging that he had stolen equipment from the university, sold it, and used the proceeds to… Continue reading A New Lawsuit Accuses Meta of Inflaming Civil War in Ethiopia
Cuba Ransomware Gang Abused Microsoft Certificates to Sign Malware
Less than two weeks ago, the United States Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency and FBI released a joint advisory about the threat of ransomware attacks from a gang that calls itself “Cuba.” The group, which researchers believe is, in fact, based in Russia, has been on a rampage over the past year targeting an increasing… Continue reading Cuba Ransomware Gang Abused Microsoft Certificates to Sign Malware
Sam Bankman-Fried’s House of Cards Is Falling Down
Sam Bankman-Fried is behind bars. The controversial founder of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX was taken into custody in the Bahamas yesterday after criminal charges were filed against him by the United States Department of Justice. In a press conference today, the US attorney for the Southern District of New York said that Bankman-Fried is facing a… Continue reading Sam Bankman-Fried’s House of Cards Is Falling Down
The Real Fusion Energy Breakthrough Is Still Decades Away
Last week, inside a gold-plated drum in a Northern California lab, a group of scientists briefly recreated the physics that power the sun. Their late-night experiment involved firing 192 lasers into the capsule, which contained a peppercorn-sized pellet filled with hydrogen atoms. Some of those atoms, which ordinarily repel, were smushed together and fused, a… Continue reading The Real Fusion Energy Breakthrough Is Still Decades Away
Urbanista Phoenix Review: Clever Charging, Decent Sound
How exciting it must be to confidently declare your company’s latest product to be a “world’s first.” How enticing for your prospective customers, the promise of “endless playtime.” Let’s face it: If you can’t pique a bit of interest this way, well, consumers must be even more jaded than everyone suspected. But though you may… Continue reading Urbanista Phoenix Review: Clever Charging, Decent Sound
NASA’s Orion Moon Capsule Is Back. What Happens Next?
After circling the moon for the past three weeks, NASA’s Orion capsule splashed down under parachute yesterday morning off the coast of Mexico’s Baja California near Guadalupe Island, marking an end to the Artemis program’s first major lunar mission. Orion was then scooped up by a recovery crew and sent to port in San Diego,… Continue reading NASA’s Orion Moon Capsule Is Back. What Happens Next?