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  • Opened pre-orders for the Apple Watch Series 4

    Apple began taking pre-orders for the smart watch Apple Watch Series 4. Today they became available for pre-order in the countries of the first wave of launch. Apple Watch Series 4 (GPS) available to order in 26 countries and regions, and the Apple Watch Series 4 (GPS + Cellular) — 16 countries and regions. Both…

  • In plants there is an analogue of the nervous system

    An international group of scientists during experiment have found that plants use signaling molecules, similar to those that exist in the nervous system of animals. Using these molecules the leaves of the plant can give each other “distress signals” that contains information about the dangers. Our green friends don’t have a nervous system, but they…

  • ‘Telescope Did Not See Aliens,’ Director of Mysteriously Shut Down Observatory Claims

    Photo: Samat Jain (Flickr) It has been a week since the National Solar Observatory in Sunspot, New Mexico, was shut down, evacuated, and visited by FBI agents—and the undisclosed “security issue” behind all this activity remains a mystery to the public. Theories about the true reasoning behind the shutdown range from an accidental interception of…

  • Python Programming Language Ditches ‘Master-Slave’ Terms, Pissing Off Some

    Photo: Wikimedia A quiet debate has been brewing in the coding community for years that’s forced programmers to ask if using the terms “master” and “slave” are insensitive. Now, Python, one of the most popular high-level programming languages in the world, has ditched the terminology—and not everyone is happy about it. Master/Slave is generally used…

  • Solo Colonoscopies, Cannibal Calories, and More 2018 Ig Nobel Prize Winners

    Akira Horiuchi, winner of this year’s Ig Nobel for medical education, demonstrates his self-colonoscopy technique during yesterday’s award ceremonies at Harvard University.Image: AP From workplace voodoo dolls and self-inflicted colonoscopies to cannibalistic diets and using roller coasters to pass kidney stones, here are the winners of this year’s Ig Nobel Prizes. It’s that time of…

  • House Passes Bill to Advance Quantum Science in the U.S.

    An IBM four-qubit chipImage: IBM Research (Flickr) The House of Representatives passed the National Quantum Initiative Act yesterday. When signed into law, the bill will outline a 10-year plan to push forward applications using the counterintuitive science of subatomic particles. The House bill, by congressman Lamar Smith (R-Texas), serves to “ensure the continued leadership of…

  • Maybe You Should Just Buy an Old iPhone

    Photo: Christina Warren (Gizmodo) If you missed the memo, Apple showed off new iPhones this week, but it also kept a few older models on sale—all the way back to the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, which first made their bow back in 2016. But maybe iPhone doesn’t have to be a new new…

  • Google Brings 2FA Fingerprint Support to Its Web Browser With Chrome Beta 70

    Image: Google Chrome just celebrated its 10th birthday earlier this month, and even though it’s not quite the super fast and lightweight web browser that made people fall in love with it a decade ago, Google hasn’t stopped trying to cram new features into Chrome. In the newest version of the Chrome 70 beta, Google…

  • America’s Obesity Problem Is Getting Even Worse

  • Scott Wiener Paints Ajit Pai as Telecom Shill as California Net Neutrality Fight Escalates

    California State Senator Scott WienerPhoto: Getty The feud between federal Republican officials and the architects of California’s recently passed (but as of yet unsigned) net neutrality bill intensified Friday, with State Senator Scott Wiener, the bill’s principal author, accusing the FCC of being bought and paid for by the telecom industry. Wiener, a Democrat of…