Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Primitive Humanlike Species Lived More Recently Than Expected and other top stories.

  • Primitive Humanlike Species Lived More Recently Than Expected

    Primitive Humanlike Species Lived More Recently Than Expected
    This is a skull of Homo naledi from the Rising Star cave system in South Africa. Wits University/John Hawks hide caption toggle caption Wits University/John Hawks This is a skull of Homo naledi from the Rising Star cave system in South Africa. Wits University/John Hawks The b..
    >> view original

  • Android O To Fix Major Security Flaw Debuted By Marshmallow

    Android O To Fix Major Security Flaw Debuted By Marshmallow
    Android O To Fix Major Security Flaw Debuted By Marshmallow Android O will eliminate a major security vulnerability of Google’s omnipresent operating system that was introduced by Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow, cyber security firm Check Point claims. The flaw that enables a wide variety of malware is connected to the SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW permission that provides apps with the ability to overlay content over other apps without specifically notifying the user that they’re writing on the screen..
    >> view original

  • Australian Fossils Hint At Where To Search For Life On Mars

    Australian Fossils Hint At Where To Search For Life On Mars
    Scientists believe the bubbles visible in the rock were once a sticky substance created by microbial activity. Courtesy of Tara Djokic hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of Tara Djokic Scientists believe the bubbles visible in the rock were once a sticky substance created by microbial activity. Cou..
    >> view original

  • Snapchat users stay loyal, but Instagram could block its growth

    Snapchat users stay loyal, but Instagram could block its growth
    U.S. millennials and Gen Zs aren’t entirely replacing their Snapchat addiction with Instagram Stories, according to a dozen studies and surveys commissioned or collected by TechCrunch. Yet the fact that 80 percent of Instagram’s users are outside the U.S. has helped propel Instagram Stories’ rapid ascent to 200 million daily active users last month, surpassing Snapchat’s 158 million users from Q4 2016. That could make it tough for Snapchat to significantly reverse its declining user growth rate..
    >> view original

  • Amazon invested millions in the startup Nucleus — then cloned its product for the new Echo

    Amazon invested millions in the startup Nucleus — then cloned its product for the new Echo
    When the investment arm of Amazon's Alexa division led a $5.6 million investment in his startup, Nucleus founder and CEO Jonathan Frankel was ecstatic. Just a year later, he's furious instead. On Tuesday, Amazon announced its latest voice-controlled ...
    >> view original

  • Dinosaur named for 'Ghostbusters' creature found in Montana 75 million years after its death

    Dinosaur named for 'Ghostbusters' creature found in Montana 75 million years after its death
    Someone call the Ghostbusters: Scientists have discovered a new species of horned, club-tailed dinosaur with a spooky resemblance to the monstrous demigod Zuul, one of the villains of the 1984 movie.The ankylosaur, described in Royal Society Open Science, could shed light on the surprising diversity of these creatures near the end of the age of dinosaurs.Zuul crurivastator’s scaly body stretched some 20 feet long, with an impressive tail that took up half that length. Its tail was lined with fo..
    >> view original

  • What to Expect at Microsoft Build

    What to Expect at Microsoft Build
    With the Surface Laptop, Surface Studio, Windows 10 Creators Update, and Cortana-powered Harmon Kardon Invoke smart speaker already out of the bag, what has Microsoft saved for its annual developer show? Fear not, there are always new Windows 10 updates on the horizon; the software giant committed to a six-month update schedule. And the company has unveiled hardware surprises at its last few press events, like the HoloLens and various Surface form factors. Here's what we might see when Build 201..
    >> view original

  • Apple acquires sleep-tracking hardware company Beddit

    Apple acquires sleep-tracking hardware company Beddit
    Apple has acquired Beddit, a Finnish company that makes sleep-tracking devices that work with apps for iOS and the Apple Watch. As first reported by CNBC, Beddit has updated the privacy section of its website to note the acquisition and confirm that ...
    >> view original

  • Minecraft on Nintendo Switch does the trick, hides most of its compromises

    Minecraft on Nintendo Switch does the trick, hides most of its compromises
    reader comments 20 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe only needed a few days to prove that good Wii U games play better—and sell better—on the Nintendo Switch. Coincidentally, the next major game for Switch seems poised to capitalize on the same idea: Minecraft, which officially goes on sale this Thursday, May 11, for $30. How big of a whoop can the zillionth port of Minecraft really be? Consider this rough VGChartz estimate for Wii U game sales worldwide. Minecraft is the only true third-party game to cra..
    >> view original

  • Baby Louie, an infant dinosaur with a checkered past, finally gets a proper name

    Baby Louie, an infant dinosaur with a checkered past, finally gets a proper name
    An illustration of the dinosaur Beibeilong on its nest. (Zhao Chuang) In 1996, National Geographic made Baby Louie into a 66-million-year-old child star. The magazine's May cover featured a model dinosaur embryo tucked within a replica egg — which, at 18 inches long, looked less like a supermarket egg than a squashed baguette. The sculptor based the model on Baby Louie, a fossilized infant dinosaur that died among unhatched siblings. The cover was striking: The top of the loaf-egg was sliced..
    >> view original

Jarred Vanderbilt suffers injury in final minute of Jordan Brand Classic .Power even series with 5-1 victory over Legends .
Police investigate motorcycle accident in Lexington .LG Electronics estimates first quarter profit surged, likely best in nearly eight years .

No comments:

Post a Comment