Recently, Dark Sky for Android was taken from us, all because Apple has purchased the service for exclusive use on their own devices. The Dark Sky APIs that empower the whole thing and make it the hyperlocal awesomeness that it is, are alive for now. They are scheduled to close …
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Visiting dentists is rebound despite outbreaks of coronavirus
Dentists’ offices reopen and work overtime, and teeth suppliers are optimistic things are close to back to normal after the coronavirus put the sector on ice for almost two months. Why it matters: Teeth cleaning and filling cavities, by their nature, require close contact with the vessel that spreads the …
Read More »IBM throws hat in the ring of AMD with 7-nanometer CPU
International Business Machines Corp. IBM, -0.63% appears to be moving to a slice of the 7-nanometer central processing unit market currently dominated by Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD, + 1.34% with its own chip. Last Sunday, IBM announced that it was launching its Power10 chip, a 7 nm CPU to …
Read More »‘Justice delayed’: Harird lawsuit to increase tension | News
Beirut, Lebanon – Years after the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, a large billboard was erected at a major crossroads in Beirut. It carried the smiling image of Hariri, contrasted against a black background, and the words “time for justice” in large, white letters. A ticker above …
Read More »Quantum paradox points to shaky foundations of reality | Science
Not just “philosophical mumbo-jumbo”: An experiment shows how facts can depend on the observer. Davide Bonazzi / Salzman Art By George Musser17 August 2020, 11:20 p.m. About 60 years ago, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Eugene Wigner conquered one of the many oddities of quantum mechanics in a thought experiment. He imagined …
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