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Precise tools are a coffee nerd’s best friends and after releasing the Opus grinder earlier this year, Fellow has returned with another product called the Tally Pro. And while it’s hard to find a kitchen scale exciting – especially one as niche as this – after trying it out for myself I’m starting to see the appeal. Like the rest of Fellow’s gadgets, the Tally features a minimalist design with a black-on-black color scheme, though I wish there was a little more matte and less glossy in certain areas to hide fingerprints.…

The ionosphere is a layer of the Earth’s upper atmosphere that is ionized by solar radiation and plays a crucial role in communication and navigation.Neural networks have significantly improved our ability to reconstruct the Earth’s atmospheric layer, making it possible to achieve much more accurate results. This has significant implications for satellite navigation, among other applications.The ionosphere, a region of geospace located between 60 and 1000 kilometers above Earth, disrupts radio signal transmission from…

One thousand years ago, according to Viking sagas, intrepid seafarers sailed west from Greenland to a coast they called Vinland. There they set up camps, harvested wild grapes, and skirmished with local people. At an archaeological site in a coastal town in Newfoundland called L’Anse aux Meadows, remnants of structures laid out like Viking longhouses and artifacts such as a bronze cloak pin and iron nails record their presence—likely the…

If you prefer an AI chatbot to go off the rails, Microsoft has a setting for you! Today, Microsoft rolled out another update to Bing chat, the company’s new AI chatbot powered by OpenAI’s ChatGPT technology. Today’s update, rather than being a change to how long a conversation you can have with the chatbot or what devices it is available on, is more focused on the type of conversation you might prefer to have with it. Now, those who have been invited to use the new version of Bing will be able to choose…

Image: 10'000 Hours/Getty ImagesMicrosoft continues to tweak the AI-powered Bing Chat by adding new features such as the abilty to respond with different 'tones'.Over the weekend Micosoft said some users are now able to choose a style for the responses from Bing that are either 'Precise', 'Balanced' or 'Creative'. An Microsoft exec tweeted a screen shot with the options which also noted 'Bing is powered by AI, so surprises and mistakes are possible," and also said: "Make sure to check the facts."Also: What is ChatGPT…

The Standard Model of particle physics is our current best-guess on what the blue-prints for matter looks like. Of all of its predictions, none are as precise as the magnetic moment of the electron.Not only is it precisely predicted, it's among the most accurately measured of any particle's properties. And while these two values are close, they don't overlap entirely, providing tantalizing hints of new physics.Getting closer to the exact value of the electron magnetic moment – simply put, how strongly an electron behaves…

A gargantuan effort by a huge international team of scientists has just given us the most precise map of the all matter in the Universe obtained to date.By combining data from two major surveys, the international collaboration has revealed where the Universe does and doesn't keep all its junk – not just the normal matter that makes up the planets, stars, dust, black holes, galaxies, but the dark matter, too: the mysterious invisible mass generating more gravity than the normal matter can account for.The resulting map,…

The Marine Optical Buoy (MOBY) is an ocean-color sensor that serves as a primary reference instrument for satellite measurements of the color of the ocean. Single-cell plants called phytoplankton contain chlorophyll that reflects the green in sunlight, which gives the ocean color. Researchers can study these measurements to better understand the planet's climate. MOBY received an upgrade as part of the Refresh project that will enable more precise and…

Rising sun viewed from the stone causeway of the solar observatory on Mount Tlaloc, Mexico. The view aligns with the rising sun on February 24, coinciding with the Mexica calendar's new year. Credit: Ben Meissner Without clocks or modern tools, ancient Mexicans watched the sun to maintain a farming calendar that precisely tracked seasons and even adjusted for leap years. …

The hours you spend watching YouTube videos are about to get a little more pleasant with the latest user interface improvements that are coming to mobile, desktop and TV. They make navigation easier and give you precise control over playback. Perhaps the most important new feature is Precise Seeking for mobile – you press and hold on the screen to see a visual timeline for the video, then you can seek forwards and back to find the precise moment you need (you can see this in action below). You can also double tap with…