This newly-discovered burst of radio waves, called FRB 180814.J0422+73, does not fit any known cause, leading to range-ranging speculations on its nature, ranging from simple interactions between stars, to suggestions the waves are signals from intelligent lifeforms. A burst of inspiration In 2007, the first fast radio burst (FRB) —a short-lived radio signal from space — was discovered. Since that time, researchers have found several more such events, but repeating events remained rare....

As the name might suggest, naked mole-rats buck the mammalian trend by almost completely lacking hair or fur. Living underground in complex networks of tunnels in East Africa, their thermally stable environment means that a few orientation-aiding bodily hairs and facial whiskers are all they need. Lacking evolutionary pressure to regulate their body temperature, they’re also the only known cold-blooded mammal on the planet. The way naked mole-rats mate and socially organize is more akin to certain insect species than to mammals....

Today, another revolution is afoot: the development of the so-called “super shoe,” which is driving another spike of record toppling in endurance running. The new shoe technology was introduced to road running in 2016 and track running in 2019, and since those key dates virtually all endurance running world records, from the 5,000m to the marathon, have been broken. This has divided opinion in the athletics world, with some arguing the shoes are unfair while others argue they’re just like synthetic running tracks: an inevitable technological leap for endurance runners to capitalize upon....

Specifically, the update supports imports from WhatsApp, Line, and KakaoTalk — both for individual chats and groups. To import from WhatsApp to Telegram on Android, open the conversation in the former app, tap the menu button > More > Export Chat, and select Telegram. On iOS, the process is similar, but the export function can be found by opening the Contact Info or Group Info page. Telegram cautions that apps will be imported into the current day, but the chats will retain their original timestamps, and they will be visible by all members of a conversation....

At the company’s AI day, he revealed that the car-making firm is making a prototype humanoid, and it’ll be called Tesla Bot — the internal codename of the bot will be Optimus. Shocking. Musk claimed that Tesla is “arguably the biggest robotics company” because its cars are “semi-sentient robots on wheels.” Weird flex, but okay. He added that using its experience of building these cars, with multiple sensors and batteries, the company plans to build a prototype sometime next year....

In fact, the NCAP ‘awarded’ the 2021 Renault Zoe with zero stars for safety, ironically ruining Renault Laguna’s legacy — the first car to ever receive a five-star rating. What went wrong, Renault? Since its launch in 2013, the Zoe held a five-star safety rating, so this bids the question: what has changed now? According to Michiel van Ratingen, Secretary General of Euro NCAP, the vehicle’s deficiencies are attributed to a “facelift” introduced in 2020....

✅Record and share game clips instantly ✅Get notifications when your friends hop on and party up✅Take it anywhere Download the app to buy it now: https://t.co/NL20WtXajZ pic.twitter.com/i6qJsODPZI — Backbone (@backbone) October 27, 2020 The Backbone One is an expandable snap-on controller exclusive to iPhone. To use it, you widen it up and put your phone between the grips, slotting the controller into the charge port to connect. It works on every model of iPhone newer than the 6s, and I tested it with both an iPhone 11 and an 8 Plus, and it worked perfectly with both....

While many in the tech industry have the skills and talent to provide support in situations like Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, they simply don’t have the necessary experience in these specific environments. I won’t share any examples of this, as singling specific attempts is mean-spirited. But, believe me, they are happening. Andrew Therriault — founder of Civin, a company that helps the public sector use data — stated in an intriguing Twitter thread that “amateur volunteers, however well-intentioned and skilled in their own fields, are often solving the wrong problem....

Machine learning is becoming an important tool in many industries and fields of science. But ML research and product development present several challenges that, if not addressed, can steer your project in the wrong direction. In a paper recently published on the arXiv preprint server, Michael Lones, Associate Professor in the School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, provides a list of dos and don’ts for machine learning research....

For decades, flying cars and visionary aircraft have fascinated us, with entertainment such as The Jetsons, Back to the Future, Bladerunner, and James Bond creating a fictionalized version of vehicles that can travel seamlessly on land and in the sky. But today, flying cars aren’t all cars. Instead, they diverge into a range of wildly different designs. But, it can be confusing as people often use the same names interchangeably....

It’s believed that Autopilot was engaged at the time, and local media reports that no one was in the driver’s seat. The men, one aged 59 and the other 69, were reportedly in the front and rear passenger seats of the vehicle. “[Investigators] are 100-percent certain that no one was in the driver seat driving that vehicle at the time of impact,” Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Mark Herman said....

Try doing that in the latest installment of the Call of Duty franchise. Obviously, I’m talking about my newest gaming obsession: Plants vs Zombies: The Battle for Neighborville. It’s an open-world multiplayer shooter developed by PopCap Vancouver and published by EA. If you’ve played the previous entries in the Garden Warfare franchise you (somewhat) know what to expect. It’s a fun-filled, cute game that plays out in the form of a war between plants and zombies....

DigiTimes, a paywalled Taiwanese publication that focuses on production line news, claimed that “Apple is scheduled to launch its new ‌iPad Pro‌ series around March.” If this is true — which is a big if — then it’d make sense the company would announce it at the same event. Unless Apple suddenly decides to start throwing weekly events that is. [Read: Life with the MacBook Touch Bar is awful and I hate it] I’ve written before about the importance of the budget-focused iPhone SE 2 for Apple — especially if the company is going to continue its growth and expand its services arm....

The Home Screen looks similar to the PS4’s, in that it’ll show you a list of your games and media apps in a bar at the top of your screen — thankfully they have their own separate tabs. The new UI looks a bit better than the PS4’s, especially because it looks like I’ll actually be able to see the background art of the game and/or any wallpaper I might have....

A friend of mine was complaining to me about one of his projects. At one point, I said to him, “Look, if it bothers you so much, why not just cancel it? Just leave it to someone else.” He thought about it for a few seconds and then said, “No, because the reason I’m complaining and being hesitant is that I’m scared of something. And if I’m scared of it, I need to face that....

Keep in mind that lots of the things that have been proven to run Doom are, in some capacity, computers. The McDonald’s point-of-sale machine, for example, was just a computer that’d been made with a specific purpose in mind, so it wasn’t a huge surprise when some clever devil figured out how to make it run Doom. Same goes for things like printers, cameras, and Apple watches. It’s not that I’m not impressed by them — as someone who’s only ever made Doom run on a gaming PC, I’m impressed by all of it....

In less than three decades since then, we’ve seen the establishment of the U.S. Space Force, anti-satellite weapons testing by major spacefaring nations and the rapid development of weapons that can interfere with, disrupt or destroy space assets. No wonder there are many concerns about the potential of war in space. But the belief in the inevitability of space becoming the next major battlefield runs the risk of becoming, as space law expert Steven Freeland writes, “a self-fulfilling prophecy if care and restraint is not exercised....

Headphones are practically required to be more versatile now than ever before. They need to be prepared to connect wirelessly for Bluetooth connectivity, while still allowing for more audiophile-centric wired connections. They need to have a built-in mic for use with your phone. They need to be sturdy enough to provide superior sound and survive in the outside world, while being lightweight enough that they aren’t a burden when you’re heading from place to place....

They call web development its own world. But in reality, it’s really more of an entire universe. The possibilities are virtually endless when you consider that for every web building project, there are likely about a dozen different ways to arrive at an outcome. Of course, knowing which method is most likely to help that outcome become a success is where elite coders separate themselves from the enthusiasts. Only a trained and knowledgeable web creator can make that call — but that begins with having a well-rounded skill set from which to start....

[Read: UK’s first EV-only service station is coming this summer] If you want to find out more about the unveiling of the vehicle, check out Autocar and Motoring Research’s articles. But for now, here’s the good stuff: A hyper idea for a hyper conscious future We don’t usually focus on vehicles like this at TNW, mostly because hypercars tend to be pretty bad for the environment. But the Czinger is a little different....