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Scientists have discovered that audio recordings of healthy coral reefs may help attract free-swimming coral larvae to damaged ones. The finding could be a major step toward preserving the world's coral reefs, an estimated 25% of which have died out in the last 30 years.Although the reef structures formed by coral polyps are immobile, the polyps themselves swim through the water while still in their larval state. Eventually, when they find a place they like, they latch onto a rock or other hard surface and start secreting…

The timeline of Jonathan Majors’ legal issues stem back to March 2023, when he was arrested on charges of assault and harassment in relation to an outing involving former girlfriend Grace Jabbari. He eventually went on trial for said allegations, and a verdict in Majors' case was ultimately decided upon this past December. He was ultimately found guilty on two counts, and his sentencing is set for April 8, 2024. With less than one month left until his sentencing, some may have assumed that Majors would be laying low and…

Nearly five decades after the importation of enslaved people was abolished by US Congress in 1807, the last slaver’s ship came from west Africa to dock in Mobile, Alabama, in defiance of the law. Around 100 of those enslaved people’s descendants still live in Africatown, a neighbourhood north of the city. This compilation sets this community’s songs, stories and memories against industrial sounds that shudder around their 21st-century lives.In charge are Italian-Rwandan filmmaker Marilena Umuhoza Delli and her husband,…

A Microsoft engineer is sounding alarms about offensive and harmful imagery he says is too easily made by the company's artificial intelligence image-generator tool, sending letters on Wednesday to U.S. regulators and the tech giant's board of directors urging them to take action.Shane Jones told The Associated Press that he considers himself a whistleblower and that he also met last month with U.S. Senate staffers to share his concerns. The Federal Trade Commission confirmed it received his letter Wednesday but declined…

Luke Larsen / Digital Trends Microsoft could be getting ready to reveal the Surface Pro 10 and Surface Laptop 6 sooner than expected. Reporting from Windows Central’s Zac Bowden indicates the devices might be announced on March 21, and could feature both Intel Core Ultra and Snapdragon X Elite chips under the hood, along with some design tweaks. These new Surface devices are expected to go all-in on AI features in Windows 11. More important is that we could see the next Surface Laptop in a new ARM-based variant in…

Last updated: February 29th, 2024 at 15:16 UTC+01:00 Earlier today, we exclusively confirmed a bunch of juicy details about the next Galaxy Unpacked event, including the date on which it should take place. The only puzzle piece missing is Galaxy Unpacked's location, but a new report from Korea appears to be filling in the blanks. Although we can't confirm this detail as of now, the report from Korea says Samsung's 2nd big launch event of the year might unfold in Paris, France. The date, we already know, is set for…

Following the news that the Apple Car project was axed, we now have more insight into Apple’s electric vehicle. Code-named “ Titan,” the project, spanning almost a decade, had another nickname coined by Apple employees: The Titanic disaster.A new report from The New York Times aptly named “Behind Apple’s Doomed Car Project: False Starts and Wrong Turns” gives us a peak behind the curtain into the Apple Car project and the $10 billion Apple has “burned” trying to develop the vehicle. Initially, the company wanted to…

The problem with beginner instruments is many players outgrow them quite quickly. The ROLI LUMI Keys Studio is perfect for this problem as its modular design means you can upgrade it at any time. The colorful lights also manage to offer an appealing way to learn songs and these features mostly perform admirably. You will feel the sting of that price tag, but it sets a great foundation to work off. ROLI LUMI Keys Studio Edition Review: Price and availability(Image credit: Future / James Bentley)Coming in at $249 from the…

American Fiction's Cliff Ellison—the flashy surgeon brother to Jeffrey Wright's Monk, who is letting his freak flag fly as a newly out gay man after divorcing his wife—ranks high among Sterling K. Brown's best performances, earning the actor his first Oscar nomination. But will it be the one to score the multihyphenate talent that coveted EGOT? Of course, that "EGOT" distinction is given to those illustrious few who have won all four of the major American performing arts awards: the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony. The most…

In the forests of eastern Australia, a unique annual ritual is underway. A male superb lyrebird fans out its large tail and bobs up and down amongst the foliage. It's performing a song and dance routine in hopes of winning a potential mate. Unfortunately, this bird isn't drawing any attention. Female lyrebirds require more complex songs to win the ability to mate. During his mating display, the male lyre bird puts on a show in his performing ground, replicating the sounds he hears in the surrounding forest — with…