Science and Technolgy blog
A recent study published in American Politics Research has uncovered a significant relationship between allegations of election fraud by politicians and increased support for political violence among Republican partisans. The findings suggest that such allegations, particularly when made by political…
Enlarge / Researchers have developed soft, stretchable “jelly batteries” that could be used for wearable devices or soft robotics. (credit: University of Cambridge) Inspired by the electric shock capabilities of electric eels, scientists have developed a soft, stretchable “jelly” battery…
Enlarge / In goes the sensible characters, out goes a document for which you almost always have to adjust the sharing permissions. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) The best time to truly implement the Markdown markup language into Google…
Enlarge (credit: SOPA Images / Contributor | LightRocket) This week, Meta asked a US district court in California to toss a lawsuit filed by a professor, Ethan Zuckerman, who fears that Meta will sue him if he releases a tool…
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | Ronald Martinez) US senators want AT&T to explain why it stores massive amounts of call and text message records on a third-party analytics platform that bills itself as an “AI Data Cloud.” AT&T revealed last…
Enlarge / The CoulombFly doing its thing. (credit: Nature) On Wednesday, researchers reported that they had developed a drone they’re calling the CoulombFly, which is capable of self-powered hovering for as long as the Sun is shining. The drone, which…
Enlarge / Human Neuron, Digital Light Microscope. (Photo By BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) (credit: BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) “Language is a huge field, and we are novices in this. We know a lot about how different…
Enlarge Cisco on Wednesday disclosed a maximum-security vulnerability that allows remote threat actors with no authentication to change the password of any user, including those of administrators with accounts, on Cisco Smart Software Manager On-Prem devices. The Cisco Smart Software…
Enlarge / Get ready to repeat this ~25-second slice of Mario over and over… and over… and over. If you’ve ever seen a record-breaking video game speedrun or watched a Games Done Quick marathon, you may have entertained fantasies that…
Enlarge / The Charge 5 (pictured) has been a source of contention for Fitbit customers. (credit: Getty) Since the acquisition closed in 2021, the Google-fication of Fitbit has largely meant a reduction in features and a focus from Google on…
