Toss a coin to your Witcher — “None of us will have any peace until there are no monsters left in the world.” Jennifer Ouellette – Oct 29, 2021 6:09 pm UTC The second season of Netflix’s hugely popular sci-fi/fantasy series, The Witcher, returns on December 17. It’s been two long years for fans of…
What just happened? Remember when notches were only found on phones? Not only does Apple’s new MacBook Pros come with cutouts, it appears that a smartwatch being developed by Meta, which until yesterday was known as Facebook, is building a smartwatch with a notch and front-facing camera. The image was discovered by app developer Steve…
Rumor mill: An early sample of Intel’s flagship Arc Alchemist GPU has been photographed. It’s unclear if Intel intends to sell this reference design or if they’ve made it for testing purposes, but it’s a good-looker anyhow, and an interesting insight into the development of the GPU. If you’ve been following the Arc Alchemist leaks,…
An airborne lidar survey recently revealed hundreds of long-lost Maya and Olmec ceremonial sites in southern Mexico. The 32,800-square-mile area was surveyed by the Mexican Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia, which made the data public. When University of Arizona archaeologist Takeshi Inomata and his colleagues examined the area, which spans the Olmec heartland along the…
Spider sense — Researchers are discovering surprising capabilities among a group of itsy-bitsy arachnids. Betsy Mason / Knowable – Oct 30, 2021 11:15 am UTC People tend to associate intelligence with brain size. And as a general guideline, this makes sense: more brain cells, more mental capabilities. Humans, and many of the other animals we’ve…
Max Pro — It’s remarkable what this portable machine can do. Samuel Axon – Oct 29, 2021 7:15 pm UTC Enlarge / The 2021 14-inch MacBook Pro stacked on top of the 2021 16-inch MacBook Pro.Samuel Axon (Ars Technica may earn compensation for sales from links on this post through affiliate programs.) Apple has long…
Through the looking glass: A Spanish woman lost her vision due to a rapidly progressing condition affecting her optic nerves. With the help of researchers and a small electrode implanted in her visual cortex, she has taken the first steps toward restoring her vision… without using her eyes. Berna Gomez’s world was turned upside down…
What just happened? Teenage Engineering, a Swedish company known for its wireless audio gear and synthesizers, is now expanding into the PC case market by launching the computer-1, a minimalistic mini-ITX aluminum case shipped as a build-it-yourself kit. On the outside, the computer-1 can catch anyone’s attention with its pure orange RAL 2004 powder-coated finish.…
Editor’s take: If you’re looking for an alternative to one of the major wireless providers, MVNOs and pre-paid options like Cricket are certainly worth a look. You may end up making a few sacrifices in the features department, but many find it to be a worthy trade off considering how much money you could potentially…
Enlarge / At some point, this must stop. A recent congressional hearing left us no closer to figuring out when that point will be reached. Thursday, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform held hearings on the role of oil companies in fostering our present climate crisis. The companies led by these executives have a…