Monthly Archives: November 2022

Noise pollution messes with beluga whales’ travel plans

Beluga whales have a keen sense of hearing, making them exceptionally sensitive to noise pollution. DepositPhotos This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. Beluga whales are incredibly sensitive to noise. Social animals that live in the Arctic,…

India metro smart cards vulnerable to ‘free top-up’ bug

India’s mass rapid transit systems — or metro, as it’s known locally — rely on commuter smart cards that are vulnerable to exploitation and allow anyone to effectively travel for free. Security researcher Nikhil Kumar Singh discovered a bug impacting Delhi Metro’s smart card system. The researcher told TechCrunch that the bug exploits the top-up…

Elon Musk has been called Putin’s ‘useful idiot.’ Here are 4 other powerful figures who have parroted Kremlin talking points.

In this July 16, 2018, file photo Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and U.S. President Donald Trump give a joint news conference at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland. Associated Press Elon Musk has recently come under fire for parroting Russian demands about the war in Ukraine. But he’s just one of several powerful men…

Meta is testing a way to mint and sell NFTs on Instagram

Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta has announced that it’s testing minting and selling NFTs on Instagram, like you can with many traditional NFT marketplaces, with a “small group of creators in the US” getting access to the feature first. The company’s also expanding Instagram’s NFT showcase feature, which it recently made available…

Aurora says it has enough cash to commercialize autonomous trucks by 2024

Autonomous vehicle technology company Aurora Innovation released its third-quarter earnings report after the bell Wednesday. The company closed out the quarter with about $1.2 billion in cash and short-term investments, which Aurora says will be enough to make it to commercial launch in mid-2024. Those statements were made just days after former competitor Argo AI…

Netflix’s ‘Mind Your Manners’ trailer teases etiquette makeovers and eating fruit with a knife and fork

Netflix has released the official trailer for upcoming reality series Mind Your Manners, giving us a glimpse at how to properly eat a banana with a knife and fork. You probably won’t ever need to eat one this way, but it’s fun to learn how. Hosted by etiquette teacher Sarah Jane Ho, Mind Your Manners…