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Now you see it, now you don’t: Titan’s enigmatic island. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASI/CornellSaturn’s moon Titan is arguably the most alien place in the solar system, with its thick atmosphere, hydrocarbon seas, giant dust storms, ice volcanoes, and precipitation in the form of raining methane and ethane. In 2013, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft spotted a 100-square-mile (260 square km) island-like geological formation in Ligeia Mare, one of Titan’s largest seas. Previous scans showed no signs of this feature, and it proceeded…

Malicious hackers can remotely turn off the lights, honk the horn, open the trunk, and activate the windshield wipers by hacking into the Tesla's infotainment system, the media reported.The researchers, who work for France-based security firm Synacktiv, discovered the three vulnerabilities that can be used to hack into Tesla. The worst-case scenario enabled by these vulnerabilities, at least as far as the researchers are aware, is to annoy and potentially disrupt a driver, reports TechCrunch.However, Tesla told the…

Implementing Natural Language Processing and Graph Theory to compare and recommend different types of documentsPhoto by Shubham Dhage on UnsplashMany of the projects people develop today generally begin with the first crucial step: Active Research. Investing in what other people have done and building on their work is important for your project’s ability to add value. Not only should you learn from the strong conclusions of what other people have done, but you also will want to figure out what you shouldn’t do in your…

Two Sundance Film Festival favorites debut this week along with Apple TV+’s “Tetris.” So does a Netflix spy series and a surreal art-house flick. Are they worth watching? Read on. “A Thousand and One”: New York in the ’90s, with its broken-down foster care system and gentrification run amok, plays a critical role in A.V. Rockwell’s award-winning feature debut, a gritty, shattering portrait of a tight bond born out of a desperate act. A fiery ex-con Inez (Teyana Taylor, a force throughout) occupies her time shadowing and…

IrrigreenAt a time when droughts and changes to climate conditions are affecting people worldwide, it's no wonder individuals and companies alike are looking for a way to reduce their carbon footprint, produce less waste, and save more water. Irrigreen, a startup that has just received $15 million in seed funding, is looking to help with that by providing smart watering solutions. Also: How to save on utility bills with four smart home devicesAccording to the EPA, the average American family uses more than 300…

Gamma-ray bursts are the most luminous explosions in the cosmos. Astronomers think most occur when the core of a massive star runs out of nuclear fuel, collapses under its own weight, and forms a black hole, as illustrated in this animation. The black hole then drives jets of particles that drill all the way through the collapsing star at nearly the speed of light. These jets pierce through the star, emitting X-rays and gamma rays (magenta) as they stream into space. They then plow into material surrounding the doomed…

Here we go again: A powerful Pacific storm moved into California on Tuesday, promising to deliver strong winds, low temperatures and even more rain to the waterlogged state. The “cold and vigorous storm system” originated in the Gulf of Alaska, the National Weather Service said. It will strike Northern California on Tuesday and make its way south and east through Wednesday, keeping high temperatures in the 50s across much of the state.The storm will likely result in “more downed trees and power lines and power outages”…

Google introduced ‘Google Reviews and Development’ (GRAD), a new rating system that will help managers avoid paying low-performing employees bonuses and stock grants. Now Facebook owner Meta is also bringing a rating system according to which the bonus payouts will be awarded. Citing an internal memo, Wall Street Journal reported that Meta is planning to lower bonus pays for some employees and assess staff performance more frequently.The report also mentioned that employees who get a rating of "met most expectations" in…

A Diablo IV Xbox Series X special-edition console will supposedly launch alongside the game on June 6, 2023.This news comes from reputable leaker Billbil-kun on Twitter (as spotted by VGC), who tweeted the details of the supposed system bundle, though they did not include an image of the console itself. You need a javascript enabled browser to watch videos.Size:640 × 360480 × 270 Want us to remember this setting for all your devices? Sign up or Sign in now!…

Today Apple is launching its latest financial service. This one is called Apple Pay Later and it very much does what it says on the tin. If you are in the US, and if you're lucky, you can use it to split stuff you buy into four payments with no interest and no fees. So like Klarna, or any other "pay later" service, but this one is from Apple, and it lives inside Apple Wallet. "Lives", that is, if you're lucky enough to get invited to use it. Apple Pay Later is launching today, but only with randomly selected users who…