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Tech Hacks

Stop Android from slowing down apps to save battery

Keep your essential apps running as normal.

Screenshot of Walmart Land metaverse setting in Roblox video game
Internet

Welcome to Walmart Land, the retail giant’s attempt at entering the metaverse

This week, Walmart announced two Roblox regions to explore.

meta's AI text to video generator
AI

Meta is pivoting to video with its new AI generator

Make-A-Video takes its best shot at making a short clip around prompts like "a dog wearing a superhero outfit with red cape flying through the sky.”

New cars sold in New York state must be zero-emissions by 2035
Electric Vehicles

New cars sold in New York state must be zero-emissions by 2035

The decision comes about a month after a similar mandate was announced by California.

Hurricane Ian Category 1 Carolina coast satellite image
Ocean

Hurricane Ian surges back and heads for the Carolinas

Florida and Cuba are still reeling from the hurricane's damages; South Carolina is in a state of emergency.

An AI called Dragonfly is helping design faster-charging batteries
Electric Vehicles

An AI called Dragonfly is helping design faster-charging batteries

A robotics system called Clio is key, too.

The moon rises above NASA's space center in Florida.
Moons

The moon’s microscopic glass beads tell the story of asteroids hitting Earth

Some spheres of lunar glass may have formed at the same time an asteroid killed Earth's dinos.

Bitcoin is so energy-intensive some companies are locating mining sites on oil wells.
Climate Change

Bitcoin’s steep environmental costs go beyond its hunger for energy

Bitcoin's climate impact rivals that of beef or crude oil, according to a new analysis.

Melting sea ice is acidifying the Arctic Ocean
Ocean

Melting sea ice is acidifying the Arctic Ocean

More carbon in the air means more acid in the seas.

Plastic trash on a beach.
Science

Recycling one of the planet’s trickiest plastics just got a little easier

The commonly used plastic, polyethylene, can take hundreds of years to decompose.

Amazon associate on laptop in breakroom
Internet

Amazon to offer instant pay to workers and more loans to sellers

Amazon joins Walmart in a retailer race to enter the personal banking market.

Man holding iphone 6 showing Vkontakte app
Social Media

Apple removes VKontakte, Russia’s largest social network, from the App Store

VK apps offer food services, online payments, and email for millions of Russians.

Category 4 Hurricane Ian hits Florida, bringing historic storm surge
Global Warming

Category 4 Hurricane Ian hits Florida, bringing historic storm surge

Dangerous conditions will continue as the storm moves north.

depiction of dna as library bookshelves
DARPA

Can these government efforts crack the code for DNA storage?

The intelligence community is funding research into storing our ever-expanding troves of data in DNA. Their efforts could change how everything from our photos to Google searches get saved.

Hurricane Ian flooding in Fort Myers, Forida, seen from above
Weather

What hurricane categories mean, and why we use them

Does the Saffir-Simpson scale hold up to the intense hurricanes we see today?

In the depths of this Idaho lake, the US Navy is testing out its submarine tech
Navy

In the depths of this Idaho lake, the US Navy is testing out its submarine tech

Lake Pend Oreille is 1,158 feet deep and has long provided the military a freshwater spot for research on submersible design.

Backlit screen of smartphone home page displaying apps
Social Media

App privacy depends a lot on where you were when you downloaded it

An app downloaded in the US isn't necessarily the same as an app downloaded elsewhere.

person walking dog
Robots

To make better social robots, these scientists are looking to dogs

Psychologists and social scientists are studying the way dogs and humans bond to build better interactive robots.

Ring Nation television show promotional logo
Internet

Amazon’s Ring Nation quietly premieres on cable TV in 35 states

'Ring Nation' is finally here, and you probably missed the big unveil.

See a spiral galaxy’s haunting ‘skeleton’ in a chilly new space telescope image
Space Telescope

See a spiral galaxy’s haunting ‘skeleton’ in a chilly new space telescope image

Spiral galaxy IC 5332 is more than 29 million light years away from Earth.