Enlarge / Matter promises to make smart home devices work with any control system you want to use, securely. This marketing image also seems to promise an intriguing future involving smart mid-century modern chairs and smart statement globes. (credit: CSA) The specification for Matter 1.0 was released on Tuesday—all 899 pages of it. More importantly,…
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Enlarge (credit: ullstein bild / Getty Images) The V-1302 John Mahn has sat at the bottom of the North Sea off Belgium for decades. The ship began its life in Germany as a 48-meter-long fishing vessel. However, during the Second World War, the Nazi Kriegsmarine requisitioned it for use as a patrol boat. On February…
Enlarge / A cluster of sensors atop the roof of the DLIVEREE. (credit: Gregory Leporati) PAHRUMP, NEVADA—You could hear Porsches, Ferraris, and Lamborghinis roaring across the desert—or, more specifically, Spring Mountain Motor Resort, a scorching-hot racetrack about 60 miles west of Las Vegas. I was driving a Porsche GT3 RS with Jamie Wall, a professional…
Crickets like this one are susceptible to mind control by various parasites. Emanuel Rodríguez, Pexels What’s the weirdest thing you learned this week? Well, whatever it is, we promise you’ll have an even weirder answer if you listen to PopSci’s hit podcast. The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week hits Apple, Anchor, and everywhere else you listen to podcasts every-other Wednesday…
Uber has officially launched its advertising division and unveiled its in-app ad experience, Journey Ads, in an attempt to drive more revenue. The company said Wednesday it will sell ad space inside its ride-hailing and Uber Eats apps, as well as in-vehicle digital ads, sponsored mails and storefront ads. Uber has historically tried to add…
Battery technology has made significant strides in recent years, but there’s one place they haven’t changed much — they’re still as stiff as a board. The era of inflexible portable power may be coming to an end, though, if Anthro Energy can bring its bendy batteries to market. It’s getting some help with that courtesy…
Last May, the Nigerian Presidency launched the Nigeria Startup Bill in collaboration with a group of Nigerian tech leaders and several government bodies to govern how startups and regulatory bodies operate and collaborate in the multi-billion-dollar tech ecosystem. Today, that bill has been signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari. This news was made known…
Earlier this week, Verizon notified an unknown number of its prepaid customers of a cyberattack that partially exposed their credit card information, as well as a wide variety of other personally identifiable information that could lead to identity theft. In a letter sent to its customers, Verizon said it recently spotted unusual activity on its…
AMD’s RDNA 3 graphics cards are debuting in November – or at least being revealed – and apparently graphics card makers are already testing the top-end chips, with some very positive findings by all accounts. This is the latest rumor – so chuck in a bagful of salt, and maybe some pepper too, for good…
Black Panther 2’s Wakandan characters will all have an opinion on who should replace T’Challa as their new superhero. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Marvel Studios’ vice president of production and development Nate Moore revealed an intriguing new tidbit about the forthcoming MCU Phase 4 film. Namely, that everyone associated with the African kingdom believes…