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How much of your cognitive ability is shaped by your genetic inheritance compared to the environment you grow up in? A new study published in Research in Social Stratification and Mobility suggests that the transmission of cognitive ability from parents…
For the past seven months—and likely longer—an industry-wide standard that protects Windows devices from firmware infections could be bypassed using a simple technique. On Tuesday, Microsoft finally patched the vulnerability. The status of Linux systems is still unclear. Tracked as…
After months and years of rumors and official hints, Nintendo has finally pulled back the curtain on the Switch 2 with a first-look trailer (and sparse promo web site) highlighting many small changes from the old Switch. The short trailer…
Making the seventh Civilization game is a tall order. With six prior entries, each with a different flavor, it’s challenging to create a unique identity to get people to buy it while ensuring it’s familiar enough that it doesn’t drive…
Intel’s Arc B580 graphics cards have been its best-reviewed to date, maintaining the aggressive pricing of the old A-series Arc cards with fewer driver bugs, fewer weird performance outliers, and fewer caveats all around. And this appears to be translating…
Pluto may have got romantic to capture its largest moon, colliding and engaging in a passionate but icy 10 hour kiss with Charon billions of years ago.
Yesterday was Wikipedia Day, celebrating the first edit made to the online encyclopedia on January 15, 2001. It’s a tricky kind of celebration because, for many of us, every day is a Wikipedia Day. Scanning a new Wikipedia tab can…
Electric vehicle chargers are increasingly a target of vandals, often in search of copper. “Even at our headquarter site here in Campbell, in Silicon Valley, we’ve had our site vandalized twice,” said Rick Wilmer, CEO of ChargePoint. His customers are…
Since early 2024, the U.S. has logged 66 human cases of H5N1. Scientists are keeping a watchful eye on the virus’s spread as we enter a new year.
There are around 2 million pieces that make up the Alexander the Great mosaic, but where did they come from?
