Overwatch esports will live on as the Overwatch Champions Series
Image: Blizzard We are, as the kids say, so friggin’ back. In November, the Overwatch League announced its end after six seasons. At the time, Overwatch League associate PR manager…
Microsoft Teams is making it easier to control your webcam and audio during meetings
Image: Microsoft Microsoft is finally giving Teams users an easier way to control audio and video features during meetings. The software giant has started testing easily accessible tools for switching…
Chrome can now organize your tab bar for you
Enlarge (credit: Google) You there! Reader! Be honest: How many tabs do you have open right now? Is your tab bar an unsalvageable mess with so many tabs you can…
Novel camera system lets us see the world through eyes of birds and bees
A new camera system and software package allows researchers and filmmakers to capture animal-view videos. Credit: Vasas et al., 2024. A new camera system and software package allows researchers and…
Urban agriculture’s carbon footprint can be worse than that of large farms
Enlarge (credit: Bruce Yuanyue Bi) A few years back, the Internet was abuzz with the idea of vertical farms running down the sides of urban towers, with the idea that…
iOS 17.3 adds multiple features originally planned for iOS 17
Enlarge / The iPhone 15 Pro. (credit: Samuel Axon) Apple yesterday released iOS and iPadOS 17.3 as well as watchOS 10.3, tvOS 17.3, and macOS Sonoma 14.3 for all supported…
Scientists Coax Bacteria Into Making Exotic Proteins Not Found in Nature
Nature has a set recipe for making proteins. Triplets of DNA letters translate into 20 molecules called amino acids. These basic building blocks are then variously strung together into the…
Blue Origin New Glenn Has Two Stages Joined for the First Time
The first and second stages of Blue Origin New Glenn’s test vehicle mate for the first time, enabling us to exercise our tooling and stage interfaces in preparation for our…
New Superconductor With Highest Critical Current for Its Type of Superconductor
A research team from Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), discovered a new superconducting material called (InSe2)xNbSe2, which possesses a unique lattice structure. The superconducting…
Megalodon Was NOT a Big Great White Shark
A new study shows the Megalodon, a gigantic shark that went extinct 3.6 million years ago, was more slender than earlier studies suggested. This finding changes scientists’ understanding of Megalodon…