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Satechi 8-in-1 USB-C Multiport Adapter V3 with 8K Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNETZDNET's key takeawaysThe Satechi 8-in-1 USB-C Multiport Adapter V3 with 8K, a compact adapter that's absolutely brimming with powerful ports.View at AmazonWhile a couple of USB-C ports is all I need most of the time, it's nice to have access to more when you really need it. Whether that be an HDMI port, Ethernet, or an SD card reader, this 8-in-1 USB-C multiport adapter has you covered. This adapter, like everything else Satechi makes,…

 Alphabet Inc.'s Google is rolling out a new version of its powerful artificial intelligence model that it says can handle larger amounts of text and video than products made by competitors.The updated AI model, called Gemini 1.5 Pro, will be available on Thursday to cloud customers and developers so they can test its new features and eventually create new commercial applications. Google and its rivals have spent billions to ramp up their capabilities in generative AI and are keen to attract corporate clients to show…

Human cells showing cell nuclei (cyan), mitochondria (magenta), and the Coxiella burnetii protein MceF (yellow). The figure evidences the co-location of MceF with cellular mitochondria. Credit: Robson Kriiger LoterioResearchers have discovered a previously unidentified protein with antioxidant properties produced by Coxiella burnetii, a Gram-negative intracellular bacterium. This breakthrough suggests potential new treatments for autoimmune diseases and cancer.Researchers at the University of São Paulo, in collaboration…

Vertical and spatial distribution of precipitation well captured by FY-3G PMR. Credit: Dr. Peng Zhang, National Satellite Meteorological Center The skeleton structure of the FY-3G platform and the payloads onboard. (A) Front view. (B) Rear view. Measuring the amount of precipitation that falls in a specific location is simple if that location has a device designed to accurately record and transmit precipitation data. In…

Why are cars designed to be capable of going much faster than the speed limit? (Don’t tell me they’re made with the Autobahn in mind.) Andy Crosby, north WalesSend new questions to [email protected] replyBecause for mechanical reasons a car that can reach 100 is going to perform better at 70 than a car that can only reach 70. Also, an engine that can only achieve 70mph on the level may struggle on hills. I had a 1.2 Clio that needed me to anticipate hills and drop a gear so it didn’t get out of breath. My Golf…

Why are cars designed to be capable of going much faster than the speed limit? (Don’t tell me they’re made with the Autobahn in mind.) Andy Crosby, north WalesPost your answers (and new questions) below or send them to [email protected]. A selection will be published next Sunday. Why are cars designed to be capable of going much faster than the speed limit? (Don’t tell me they’re made with the Autobahn in mind.) Andy Crosby, north WalesPost your answers (and new questions) below or send them to [email protected]. A…

Malware designed to steal information from users and hijack their Google accounts is being exploited by multiple malicious groups — even after a password has been reset — according to security researchers. The exploit is reportedly aimed at Windows computers. Once the device is infected, it uses a technique used by "info stealers" to exfiltrate the login session token — assigned to a user's computer when they log in to their account — and upload it to the cybercriminal's server.According to a report published by…

Too Long; Didn't ReadThis report introduces a new family of multimodal models, Gemini, that exhibit remarkable capabilities across image, audio, video, and text understanding. The Gemini family consists of Ultra, Pro, and Nano sizes, suitable for applications ranging from complex reasoning tasks to on-device memory-constrained use-cases. Evaluation on a broad range of benchmarks shows that our most-capable Gemini Ultra model advances the state of the art in 30 of 32 of these benchmarks — notably being the first model to…

Update procedure for temporal stacking of optical images. For SAR images the procedure is identical, except there is no need to consider a cloud mask. This procedure ensures that the network always has access to the latest valid information for each location. Credit: ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2023.01.017 How much snow is there up in the mountains, and where exactly is…

What would otherwise be an uneventful period for smartphones has been sparked to life with the launch of the iQOO 12 5G in India, and for all the right reasons. The handset stands out as the first smartphone in the country to feature the cutting-edge Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC. Apart from this, the iQOO 12 promises a myriad of improvements over its predecessor, the iQOO 11 (review), across various departments, including software, cameras, display, cooling system, and more. The iQOO 12 is selling in India starting at…