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Organ transplants can quite literally save lives, but they also come with strings attached – often including a lifetime of immunosuppression drug treatments required to keep the immune system in check, lest it reject the transplanted organ as a foreign invader.  Now scientists are reporting on three successful kidney organ transplants, carried out in children in California, without the need for immune suppression. The transplants used a new method that minimizes the risk of the new kidney getting rejected.This means…

Intel has published a page of system requirements for its newly released Arc desktop graphics cards as part of a quick start guide. The guide features a list of supported hardware configurations, but the paucity of confirmed system support is eyebrow raising – only 10th, 11th, and 12th Gen Intel Core processors are given a wholehearted thumbs up for Arc GPU support, and there is no mention of AMD processor based system support at all.(Image credit: Intel)Is Resizable BAR Essential? Yes, No, Maybe.According to the support…

Apple on Monday announced Rapid Security Response, a new security feature for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS at WWDC 2022. The upcoming updates to Apple's operating systems for iPhone, iPad and Mac computers will make it easier to install security updates with the new Rapid Security Response feature. Users will not have to wait for a full iOS, iPadOS, or macOS release, and the security updates can be installed on macOS without rebooting, according to Apple. Meanwhile, a new toggle has been spotted in the iOS 16 developer beta for…

StackCommerceThe following content is brought to you by ZDNet partners. If you buy a product featured here, we may earn an affiliate commission or other compensation.When it comes to processing power and storage, nothing fits the bill like a desktop. Unfortunately, the chip shortage has led to higher prices on new PC parts, and the increased demand certainly doesn't help. The prices are starting to fall, but if you simply need an affordable machine that'll get the job done, you might want to consider a refurbished…

Denver landlords aren’t required to tell their tenants about lead service lines, leaving some renters in the dark about the quality of water coming from their faucets. Colorado’s capital city isn’t alone. Disclosure requirements for lead pipes are a mixed bag across the country, with states and municipalities taking different approaches. Only a handful have put rules in place to inform renters about their buildings’ infrastructure, as no federal mandate specific to lead pipes exists. However, the nation was confronted…

We haven't even made it to first base yet.Are We There Yet?Humans might be smart enough to accomplish interplanetary life within the next 200 years, scientists said this week.A team of eight researchers published a new study in the preprint journal Arxiv and said humanity could become a Kardashev Type I Civilization by the year 2371.The Kardashev model was made in 1964, according to the study, to assess how close a civilization is to conquering space and interplanetary travel. It's largely based on the kinds of energy…

Though "Obi-Wan Kenobi" is very much about the title character, Darth Vader is just as important to the overall story. As a powerful Sith, feared Imperial figurehead, and Kenobi's former padawan, this only makes sense. If you'd like to know more about where he is in all facets of his life by the time of "Obi-Wan Kenobi," then the "Darth Vader" comic line by Charles Soule is just the thing for you. Released from 2017 to 2018, the run covers Vader's exploits from 19 to 12BBY, and suffice to say, things get…

Hearing loss is usually irreversible because there's no way to grow back the necessary outer and inner ear sensory cells once they've been killed off. But we may have started on the path to change, thanks to new research in mice.  Scientists have discovered a single master gene that's able to regulate whether ear hair cells into the outer or inner types required to restore hearing. That's a significant step forward in being able to actually carry this out in the lab.The master gene is called TBX2. Through experiments on…

Air India has lost its preferential access to bilateral rights that are needed to operate flights to another country, according to a circular issued by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). Air India had preferential access to bilateral rights, which are granted under air services agreements signed between two countries — as it was a government-owned national carrier.However, the Tata Group took control of Air India on January 27, after successfully winning the bid for the airline on October 8 last year.…

Sony announced Monday that the PS5’s Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) feature would begin rolling out this week, and it’s already begun to show up for some people (via HDTVTest on YouTube). If your TV supports the feature, VRR can dynamically adjust the refresh rate of the screen, which can make games feel smoother to play with less tearing and hitching. While some games will be updated to support the feature, Sony also has a toggle that will apply VRR to unsupported games. If the VRR feature is available for you, you’ll be…