An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC, written by Sam Shead: German technology and engineering group Bosch, which is the world’s largest car-parts supplier, believes semiconductor supply chains in the automotive industry are no longer fit for p…
Ants Use Soil Physics To Excavate Meter-Long Tunnels That Last Decades
An anonymous reader quotes a report from New Scientist, written by Matthew Sparkes: Ant colonies can descend several meters underground, house millions of insects and last for decades, despite being made without the benefit of machinery and reinforcing…
Netflix Reveals Premiere Date, First Images For Live-Action Cowboy Bebop Series
Netflix has announced that its long-delayed, live-action adaptation of the influential and popular classic anime series Cowboy Bebop will premiere on Friday, November 19. Ars Technica reports: The streaming service also released the first images from t…
Hubble Captures a Stunning ‘Einstein Ring’ Magnifying The Depths of The Universe
Michelle Starr writes via ScienceAlert: Gravity is the weird, mysterious glue that binds the Universe together, but that’s not the limit of its charms. We can also leverage the way it warps space-time to see distant objects that would be otherwise much…
Mathematical Model Predicts Best Way To Build Muscle
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Phys.Org: Researchers have developed a mathematical model that can predict the optimum exercise regime for building muscle. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, used methods of theoretical biophysi…
Disney Fires Back Against Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow Lawsuit
Disney has filed a motion to have Scarlett Johansson’s lawsuit against the company moved to private arbitration, the latest in the ongoing saga of her complaint against the company over Black Widow’s streaming release. The Verge reports: Disney’s lawye…
The World’s Second-Largest Stablecoin Is Undergoing a Massive Change
Digital currency company Circle says it’s changing the makeup of its dollar-pegged stablecoin’s reserves to just cash and U.S. Treasury bonds. CNBC reports: Digital currency company Circle had claimed its stablecoin, USD Coin, was backed 1:1 by actual …
Apple Has Been CSAM Scanning Your iCloud Mail Since 2019
According to 9to5Mac, Apple has confirmed that it’s already been scanning iCloud Mail for Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM), and has been doing so since 2019. It has not, however, been scanning iCloud Photos or iCloud backups, which sent the internet …
First US COVID Deaths Came Earlier Than Previously Thought
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Mercury News, written by Harriet Blair Rowan: In a significant twist that could reshape our understanding of the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, death records now indicate the first COVID-related dea…
Visa Buys a CryptoPunk As It Takes First Steps Into ‘NFT Commerce’
Payments technology company Visa announced Monday that it has bought a CryptoPunk as it enters into the world of non-fungible token (NFT) commerce. The Block reports: Visa bought CryptoPunk 7610, one of 3,840 female punks, for around $150,000 last week…