Pentiment sent me back to dig out my old copy of The Name of the Rose, and not merely because it’s another murder-mystery – of a kind – set in and around a medieval monastery. It’s mostly because there’s a lovely passage on pens early on in Umberto Eco’s book that I wanted to remind…
We’re edging closer to Black Friday with deals ahead of the event sprouting up online, and there’s a cracking deal to be had on a pair of Sony true wireless. The Sony LinkBuds S are the Japanese brand’s midrange offering within in its true wireless series, and as part of Currys pre-Black Friday deal event,…
Picking a yellow colored wallpaper adjusts Chrome’s interface to match. | Screenshot by Jon Porter / The Verge The latest Canary build of Google Chrome includes a neat feature that automatically picks a color scheme for the browser based on the wallpaper shown when you open a new tab. The feature was first spotted by…
In the United States, claims directed to methods of treating/diagnosing human disease are patentable. On the other hand, in Japan, such claims are unpatentable. Therefore, the applicant is required to rewrite or delete the claims when a patent application (e.g., Patent Cooperation Treaty application) containing such claims enters the Japanese national phase and is examined….
Dung beetles play a key ecological role on every continent except Antarctica. Pexels This article was originally featured on The Conversation. If the TV series “Dirty Jobs” covered animals as well as humans, it would probably start with dung beetles. These hardworking critters are among the insect world’s most important recyclers. They eat and bury manure…
In a recent study, nine patients regained some limb mobility after receiving custom electric stimulator implants. NeuroRestore – Jimmy Ravier About a decade ago, a 25-year-old Oregon man named Rob Summers walked again, taking steps on a treadmill six years after a drunk driver paralyzed him from the chest down. Summers, as Popular Science reported…
Klarna is expanding into the competitive world of price comparisons, with the launch of a new tool that compares prices across thousands of retailers. The company quietly rolled out the price comparison service in the U.S. a few weeks back, and is now extending this into additional markets in Europe including The U.K. and the…
Another cell-based meat company is poised to have its meat products introduced in restaurants. Vow’s first product brand, Morsel, which was created from its cultured meat technology, will go into Singapore restaurants by the end of this year. Singapore was the first nation to approve cultured meat products for sale, with Eat Just being one…
If you regularly use more than one phone, and you’re a WhatsApp user, you’re probably not happy with the fact that you cannot use the same account on multiple devices. This might change soon. According to WABetaInfo, WhatsApp is rolling out a feature called “companion mode” to some beta users, allowing them to set up…
The British monarchy has gone through a massive change in recent months, with the death of Queen Elizabeth II leading to a new head of state, her son King Charles III. But these changes have also led to renewed attention and scrutiny regarding the monarchy’s role and history. During the latest episode of Last Week…