Do animals use physics? Let’s count the roads
Isaac Newton would never have discovered the laws of motion if he had only studied cats. Suppose you hold a belly cat and drop it out of a second story…
Quantum ‘time travel’ sensor breakthrough lets scientists collect data from the past – The roundup
Time travel, widely recognized as a staple of science fiction stories and movies, is at least theoretically possible under certain conditions. These include situations such as extremely high-speed travel through…
Real-life ‘immobile suit’: Dune-inspired spacesuit upgrade lets astronauts recycle urine into water
Credit: Warner Bros Pictures and Legendary Pictures NEW YORK - Astronauts on spacewalks are known to have to relieve themselves in their spacesuits. Not only is this uncomfortable for the…
FiiO’s new M23 digital audio player lets you listen on the go without compromise
FiiO M23 can be used with Bluetooth headphones or wired headphones with 3.5 mm and 4.4 mm jack ... [+] plugs.FiiO Digital audio players are something of an emergency in…
Let’s take your Windows PC security to the next level with these easy steps
Tired of the same old Win+L routine to lock your Windows PC? There are some alternative security features that you may not know about. From facial recognition to dynamic locking,…
Call of Duty’s new ‘Extra Crispy’ gun lets you cook, eat and turn your enemies into fried chicken, and people are blaming it all on Fortnite again – IGN
The impact of the all-conquering metauniverse battle royale Fortnite on Call of Duty — the truly competitive multiplayer video game landscape — has been a topic of long-standing debate. In…
Nvidia-powered AI startup Synthesia now lets you make multilingual video presentations using just your phone or webcam
Synthesia has launched an option to create AI-generated avatars by recording footage of yourself with a webcam or phone.SynthesisAmong the new updates Synthesia is rolling out is the ability to…
The risk of getting a malicious extension from the Chrome store is much worse than Google lets on, study finds
This week, Google offered reassurance that Chrome's extension check catches most malicious code, although it acknowledged that "as with any software, extensions can also introduce risk." Coincidentally, a trio of…
Ok, let’s write about the silly game Banana
You may have noticed that the second most played game on Steam right now is Banana, which was released in April but has seen an explosion in popularity over the past few weeks. What is a banana? This is a free idle clicker where you click on a picture of a banana to increase the numbers. If the count gets high enough, the game drops additional banana photos into your Steam inventory. In fact, it’s not even an idle clicker – just leaving the game open all day is enough to generate a slow but steady supply of those banana shots.
Preview: Tales of the Shire Lets You Live a Home Hobbit Life Set Before The Lord of the Rings
The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings are grand fantasy adventures peppered with tense action, dramatic moments, and complex characters. When it comes to video game adaptations, most try to…