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The Amazon Big Spring Sale is in full swing. While not as heavy on tech deals as regular Prime Day is, there are some good Amazon deals available on tech we recommend, including a number of Apple devices. In truth, the pickings are pretty slim — and most of these discounts are not explicitly tied … Read more
If someone were to infect your Meta Quest VR headset with malware, they could trick you into seeing things in the virtual world which weren’t real, experts have warned. Academics from Cornell University recently published a paper describing the possibility of hijacking people’s VR sessions and controlling their interactions with internal applications, external servers, and … Read more
Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. The Perseverance rover drills a rock core from the edge of the ancient river delta in Jezero Crater on Mars.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA is facing some tough questions amid budget woes: where should its Mars rover Perseverance … Read more
Porn bots are more or less ingrained in the social media experience, despite platforms’ best efforts to stamp them out. We’ve grown accustomed to seeing them flooding the comments sections of memes and celebrities’ posts, and, if you have a public account, you’ve probably noticed them watching and liking your stories. But their behavior keeps … Read more
A good PC monitor is like a good pair of glasses – until you try it, you don’t realise how much you need it. That’s equally true whether you’re creating presentations for college or the board, fragging enemies across alien worlds, browsing online shopping sites, or streaming the latest blockbuster in 4K. Whatever your need, … Read more
Hello Nature readers, would you like to get this Briefing in your inbox free every day? Sign up here. Surgeons at Xijing Hospital in Xi’an, China, performed the first transplantation of a non-human liver into a human body.Credit: Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University in Xi’an China Surgeons in China say they have transplanted a … Read more
At this point in the year, new wireless Bluetooth earbuds are arriving at a constant pace. That means more options to consider, with most of them offering features like active noise cancellation (ANC), great sound and solid battery life in increasingly comfortable packages. As the new models from companies like Sony, Bose and Sennheiser pile … Read more
The Samsung Q80C is one of the best TVs on the market, giving an excellent QLED picture and plenty of gaming features in a variety of sizes, all for a competitive price. Now, it’s gotten even cheaper as part of the big online spring sale at different retailers. As part of the Amazon Spring Sale, … Read more
The front of the Simons Observatory’s Large Aperture Telescope Receiver, the largest receiver for observing the cosmic microwave background built so far.Credit: Mark Devlin/University of Pennsylvania Cosmologists are preparing to cast their sharpest-ever eyes on the early Universe. From an altitude of 5,300 metres on Cerro Toco, in northern Chile’s Atacama Desert, the Simons Observatory … Read more
Samsung announced pricing and availability details for its 2024 TV lineup on Thursday, and it’s rolled out a fairly unique deal to entice pre-orders: If you order one of its latest sets between now and April 11, it’ll throw in a bonus 65-inch 4K TV for no extra cost. The offer applies to the company’s … Read more