“For the first time, astronomers were able to observe the death throes of a red supergiant star in real time,” writes Slashdot reader quonset from a report via CNN. “The fortuitous event came about when astronomers were first alerted in the summer of 2…
New Lava-Like Coating Can Stop Fires In Their Tracks
sciencehabit shares a report from Science.org: It takes a lot of science to stop a fire. To prevent homes and workplaces from going up in smoke, manufacturers have added flame retardants to plastic, wood, and steel building materials for decades. But s…
Google Found To Have Violated Sonos Patents, Blocking Import of Google Devices
An anonymous reader quotes a report from XDA Developers: In January of 2020, Sonos filed two lawsuits against Google, claiming that the latter stole its multiroom speaker technology and infringed on 100 patents. In September, Sonos then sued Google all…
E3 Shifts To Online-Only Event Because of Omicron Concerns
The Entertainment Software Association is shifting the Electronic Entertainment Expo to an online-only event out of concerns around the pandemic. VentureBeat reports: “Due to the ongoing health risks surrounding COVID-19 and its potential impact on the…
Snap Suing To Trademark the Word ‘Spectacles’ For Its Smart Glasses
Snap is suing the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for rejecting its application to trademark the word “spectacles” for its digital eyewear camera device. But the USPTO has maintained that “spectacles” is a generic term for smart glasses and that…
‘All My Apes Gone’: NFT Theft Victims Beg For Centralized Saviors
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: On the eve of the new year, tragedy struck in Manhattan: Chelsea art gallery owner Todd Kramer had 615 ETH (about $2.3 million) worth of NFTs, primarily Bored Apes and Mutant Apes, stolen by scammer…
Honda Clocks Are Stuck 20 Years In The Past And There Isn’t A Fix
Honda and Acura owners around the world are reporting that their clocks and calendars are getting stuck at a certain time in the year 2002. “The spread is impressive, impacting Honda and Acura models as old as 2004 and as new as 2012,” reports Jalopnik…
Apple Loses Lead Apple Silicon Designer Jeff Wilcox To Intel
Apple Silicon leader and T2 security processor developer Jeff Wilcox has left Apple to rejoin Intel and oversee architecture for all Intel System-on-a-Chip (SoC) designs. AppleInsider reports: As Apple heads to the end of its self-imposed two-year tran…
FlexBooker Discloses Data Breach, Over 3.7 Million Accounts Impacted
An anonymous reader quotes a report from BleepingComputer: Accounts of more than three million users of the U.S.-based FlexBooker appointment scheduling service have been stolen in an attack before the holidays and are now being traded on hacker forums…
Stars May Form 10 Times Faster Than Thought
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Science.org: Astronomers have long thought it takes millions of years for the seeds of stars like the Sun to come together. Clouds of mostly hydrogen gas coalesce under gravity into prestellar cores dense enough…