There is a lot of stuff that people use every day. Some of it might stick around for a very long time. Imagine a future where people dig up old tech and wonder what it was used for. That's what some scientists are thinking about. They are looking at things like wind turbines and cell phones. These i
Google Nest has been busy making changes. They stopped making two of their older home devices. The Nest Protect, a smoke and CO alarm, and the Nest x Yale Lock, a smart lock, are no longer in production. These devices haven't seen updates in years. The Nest Protect is from 2015, and the smart lock i
The tech world is buzzing with AI features. But how will companies turn these into cash? Will they use ads, data, or subscriptions? No one knows yet. Smartphones today come packed with AI tools, but this might change. Big names like Samsung, Nothing, and Apple might start charging for these features
Human bocavirus 1, or HBoV1, is a sneaky virus that can cause a range of respiratory issues in kids and stomach troubles in adults. It belongs to the Parvoviridae family. The problem is, scientists have a hard time studying it. They need better tools to understand how it works and to develop treatme
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) dodged a bullet recently. A federal judge stepped in to stop the Trump administration from shutting it down. The judge, Amy Berman Jackson, issued a temporary order to keep the agency running while the court decides if the shutdown is legal. The CFPB
The internet has been buzzing with AI-generated art that mimics the iconic style of Studio Ghibli. This trend gained traction when even the White House X account shared such content. Recently, things took a twist when a user posted what they claimed was a cease and desist letter from Studio Ghibli.
Google has decided to stop making two of its smart home devices. This move is part of a bigger shift in the company's focus. The Nest Protect smoke and carbon monoxide detector, a device found in many homes, will no longer be produced. The Nest x Yale smart lock, which was introduced to work with th
In a single day, California faced a barrage of federal challenges. The state's approach to transgender student protections was put under the microscope. The U. S. Education Department decided to contest a significant state law designed to safeguard transgender students. This move set the tone for a
Infrared and visible light image fusion is a hot topic in computer vision. It's all about combining the strengths of both types of images to get a better overall picture. Traditional methods have had some issues. They often struggle with extracting all the important features, lose detailed textures,
Genome sequencing has made huge leaps forward. Now, some methods can map out chromosomes from end to end. However, these advanced techniques often need a lot of data from different sources. This can make the process expensive and time-consuming. The good news is that researchers are finding ways to
