An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: China’s Covid-19 health code system that strictly governs people’s movements crashed in Xi’an this week, worsening conditions in the locked-down city where the country’s worst outbreak since Wuhan has…
New Solar Shingles Can Be Nailed In Place
FangVT writes: Ars Techinca reports on GAF Energy’s new solar shingles which are designed to save on installation costs. They are not only designed to look similar to existing asphalt shingles but to be installed in much the same way, including being n…
China’s Mars Orbiter Snaps Amazing Selfies Above Red Planet
InfiniteZero shares a report from Live Science: China’s Tianwen-1 spacecraft at Mars pulled a big New Year’s surprise with stunning new images captured by a small camera that flew free of the orbiter to snap epic selfies above the Red Planet. The new i…
John Deere’s Self-Driving Tractor Lets Farmers Leave the Cab — and the Field
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Agricultural equipment maker John Deere has announced its latest piece of autonomous farming kit: a package of hardware and software that combines machine learning with the company’s GPS-powered auto-…
Psilocybin Has No Short- Or Long-Term Detrimental Effects In Healthy People
New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London, in partnership with COMPASS Pathways, has established that psilocybin can be safely administered at doses of either 10mg or 25mg to up to si…
Lawsuit Says Google Pays Apple To Keep Away From Internet Search Market
A class action lawsuit has been filed in California against Google, Apple and the CEOs of both tech giants for allegedly violating antitrust laws, according to a press release. The complaint calls for the breakup of Google and Apple into separate and i…
A Record 4.5 Million Americans Quit Their Jobs In November
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Bloomberg: A record 4.5 million Americans quit their jobs in November while openings remained elevated, highlighting persistent churn in the labor market. The increase in departures was broad across industries a…
Fire At ASML Could Worsen Global Computer Chip Shortage
ASML Holding has reported a fire at its factory in Berlin, Germany. No one was hurt and the fire was put out on Sunday night, but the incident could exacerbate the current global computer chip shortage. Here’s what ASML said about the incident: The fir…
James Webb Space Telescope: Sun Shield Fully Deployed
“On Tuesday morning, all five layers of the James Webb Space Telescope were fully locked into place,” writes Slashdot reader quonset. The BBC reports: There were many who doubted the wisdom of a design that included so many motors, gears, pulleys and c…
New Patent-Free COVID Vaccine Developed As ‘Gift To the World’
An anonymous reader quotes a report from New Atlas: A new COVID-19 vaccine, developed by researchers from the Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, is being offered patent-free to vaccine manufacturers across the world. Human trials…