Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin are working together to make Turkey a natural-gas hub. Mikhail Svetlov / Getty Images Ankara will work with Moscow to create a natural-gas hub in Turkey, Turkish President Erdoğan said. This is a week after Russia’s Putin offered to redirect natural-gas supplies to Europe via…
You can create custom a custom iPhone lock screen with widgets that surface information directly from Google’s most popular apps – Google Chrome, Google Drive, Gmail, Google News, Google Maps, and the Google app. As of October 2022, these Google apps now all offer lock screen widgets for those running iOS 16 or newer. Read:…
A compound derived from the Cordyceps fungus may have antiviral or antitumor properties. Deposit Photos The Cordyceps mushroom, an exotic fungus, grows by infecting insects with its spores. The spores use the animals’ bodies as all-you-can-eat buffets, feasting on their flesh. This parasitic relationship ends only when the spores fully grow and mature, sprouting out…
Lennart Schneider / Unsplash Yesterday, Google Research unveiled two new projects it’s been working on with a table tennis-playing robot. The Robotics team at Google taught a robot arm to play 300+ shot rallies with other people and return serves with the precision of “amateur humans.” While this might not sound that impressive given how…
Freshwater waterfowl was the lone bright spot in the new conservation study. DepositPhotos This article was originally featured on Field and Stream. Wetland conservation is paying off big time according to a new study. The 2022 U.S. State of the Birds Report is a joint research project that was undertaken by 33 science and conservation organizations and…
General Atlantic is in talks to invest about $50 million in Acko, two sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch, doubling down on its bet on the Indian insurtech at a time when most investors are treading investment opportunities carefully. The New York-headquartered growth equity investor is positioning to lead a new financing round of…
Counting down to Friday so you can count down to Saturday? Ditch the counting and embrace the comforting letter-nerdery of Wordle, which requires very little math. But if you’re struggling with today’s puzzle, we’ve got some clues and the solution, as we do every day. If you just want today’s word, you can jump straight…
Forget the old-fashioned clothes horse, and forget chucking your wet laundry on the radiator. Neither of these is a good option for drying clothes during the winter months. A tumble dryer is also out of the question if you’re trying to save money. There is a cost of living crisis on right now, after all….
Steve Jobs may have invented the three-click rule. This rule refers to how Apple’s late CEO and co-founder pushed the original iPod team to make sure that a user was always three clicks away from playing a song. I thought about this as I was creating a new Lock Screen for when I’m traveling in…
Over the past 20 years, we’ve collaborated closely with journalists from around the world to support a sustainable, independent and diverse news industry. Building on our partnership with French publishers, today we’re announcing the launch of Google News Showcase in France, with more than 65 publishers representing more than 130 publications. These include national, regional…