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On Wednesday, Congress was treated to the unfamiliar spectacle of highly intelligent people, talking with nuance, about platform regulation. The occasion was a hearing, titled “Platform Transparency: Understanding the Impact of Social Media,” and it served as a chance for members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to consider the necessity of legislation that would require big tech platforms to make themselves available for study by qualified researchers and members of the public. One such piece of legislation, the…

Believe it or not, there was no such thing as an AMD Chromebook until 2019. Also, the first ones were sluggish, and whi;e AMD’s second stab at Chromebooks was quite a bit better, they still contained rebranded CPUs whose Zen cores were years out of date. Today, AMD is putting a better foot forward — with the new Ryzen 5000 C-Series chips, including the “first 8-core high-performance x86 processor for Chromebooks.” I mean, AMD’s still not putting its best foot forward, because these APUs will still sport last-gen AMD…

When the Apollo 15 and 17 missions returned to Earth with pieces of the Moon in 1971 and 1972, some of the samples were deliberately set aside for the future.Flash forward half a century and these samples are finally being studied.   In 2019, shortly after an upcoming Artemis mission to the Moon was announced, nine teams of researchers were selected to analyze the untouched rocks and soil brought back by the Apollo missions.Some of the vacuum-sealed samples have never been opened on Earth before. Others have been…

Steam’s monthly hardware survey is out, and it shows a rising tide for Windows 11. Nearly 20% of users have now upgraded to the new operating system, despite the fact that PCs overall are still hanging onto older Windows versions. The survey shows that 19.66% of users are now running Windows 11, a 2.22% increase from last month. That may seem like a small change, but the Windows 11 user base on Steam has nearly doubled since the start of the year. In December, only 10.55% of users had upgraded to the new OS.…

Apple Arcade is adding a surprising new kart racing game this month called Warped Kart Racers. The title mashes up characters and locations from four 20th Television animated series: King of the Hill, Family Guy, American Dad, and Solar Opposites. The new title is exclusive to Apple’s gaming service and can be played on iOS devices via touch controls or with a controller. It’s a standard kart racer taking heavy cues from the Mario Kart series. Players will race around tracks while tossing items at their opponents and…

(A) Site location (the map was generated by I.C. through QGIS v.3.16, https://qgis.org); (B) Aerial view of the site highlighting excavation areas A, B and C (source: Google Earth); (C) Copper-alloy daggers analyzed as part of the research. Specimen (1) no 1617; (2) no 2037; (3) no 175; (4) no 1707; (5) no 2041; (6) no 1798; (7) no 2035; (8) no 1683; (9) no 1321; (10) no 264. Credit: Newcastle University Analysis of Bronze…

Intel's Xe HPG Scavenger Hunt has finally concluded a year after its initial announcement. Now, two of the 300 winners have gone public with their upcoming prizes. Evan Stenger (@TheMalcore on Twitter) is one of the 100 Grand Prize winners and claimed $900 worth of products. La Frite David (@davideneco25320 on Twitter) is one of 200 winners in the first-place prize category, winning $700 worth of products. Both prizes include an unknown Arc Alchemist desktop graphics card.Back in late March of 2021, Intel kicked off a…

Tesla’s own CCS adapter was spotted charging a Model Y at over 200 kW – a first for Tesla’s elusive adapter. Is it finally going to be available? With the launch of the Model 3 and its Supercharger V3 in Europe, Tesla switched its main charging standard to CCS. The automaker ended up launching a CCS adapter for Model S and Model X owners to be able to use the growing CCS charging station networks. Tesla made the adapter – which is CCS to Type 2 (standard charge connector in Europe) – available in some markets, but…

Nike’s Go Flyease sneakers are back in stock. Normally, sneaker restocks are something you don’t expect anyone other than hypebeasts to get excited about, but it’s a bit different with Nike’s hands-free shoes. While praised for its accessible design, the $120 Go FlyEase has also been notoriously hard to find for the people who would benefit from them the most. The Go FlyEase made a splash when it was first introduced thanks to its bistable hinge. The design allows the shoe to switch between an “open” and “closed”…

Today GM finally announced the electric AWD Corvette and perhaps something that will have a wider consequence outside of car enthusiasts: GM’s Ultium platform’s “energy recovery system”. The EV tech will help boost range, help vehicles charge faster, and heat car interiors with excess heat produced by the batteries. GM president Mark Reuss shared the long-expected Corvette news on LinkedIn this morning, announcing an “electrified” Corvette coming next year (2023) followed by the vehicle we’ve all been waiting…