Sometimes people know they absolutely, positively only want webpages that mention a particular word or phrase. For example, maybe you want to find out about phone chargers but only those that support wireless charging. Fortunately, Google Search has a special operator for that: quotation marks. Put quotes around any word or phrase, such as [“wireless…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
In a search for novel forms of longevity medicine, a biotech company based in Israel says it intends to create embryo-stage versions of people in order to harvest tissues for use in transplant treatments. The company, Renewal Bio, is pursuing recent advances in stem-cell technology and artificial wombs demonstrated by Jacob Hanna, a biologist at…
Image: Respawn Entertainment Apex Legends continues to hold its players’ attention even after several years on the market, and next week, the battle royale shooter will bring things back to where they started with a new season that revisits the game’s original map. This year, the game already added two new characters (plus two more…
Going offline. | Photo: Becky O’Bryan It’s been a really stressful few years. We’ve all been living through pandemics (plural!), political upheaval, economic awfulness — you name it. And this isn’t even mentioning the normal pressure of work and family. So how do you deal? We asked the staff of The Verge to let us…
Electrifying is the first step, but guaranteeing clean electricity is the next. Unsplash In the US, buildings are a tremendous energy burden. About 70 million American homes and businesses burn fossil fuels for space heating, water heating, cooking, and other purposes, accounting for approximately 10 percent of all US greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2017. One way…
Two unannounced Warhammer video games are currently in development, adding to an already busy release schedule for the beloved franchise. While Warhammer 40,000 Darktide will be the next game set in the grimdark universe to release on PC and Xbox Series X|S, Warhammer fans will have plenty more video games to play in the next…
After a long wait, Microsoft Teams is now officially fully optimized to run on Apple SIlicon devices, the companies have revealed. The video conferencing service has been updated to provide native support for Apple-powered devices such as the M1 MacBook Pro, with the production-grade universal binary version of Teams designed to work on any Apple…
Natural gas prices have soared in Europe to record highs. NurPhoto/Getty Images Fears are growing that Russia will choke off the supply off natural gas to Europe completely. Analysts have said such a move would push an already fragile economy into a major recession. Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan are predicting a recession even if supplies…
Mark Bankston, lawyer for Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, asks Alex Jones questions about text messages during trial at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Wednesday Aug. 3, 2022. Briana Sanchez/Austin American-Statesman via AP, Pool Alex Jones’ cell phone leak includes “intimate messages” with Roger Stone, a lawyer said. The House committee probing the Capitol…
REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger A price cap on Russian oil could push Brent crude past $130 a barrel, BofA analysts said. Western leaders have touted the cap as an effective tool to combat energy inflation. But Russia could retaliate and send oil prices even higher, even if OPEC+ steps up production. A price cap on Russian oil…