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Graphical abstract. Credit: Water Research (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.119468 Midwestern agriculture contributes the vast majority of nitrogen in the Gulf of Mexico, causing an oxygen-starved hypoxic zone and challenging coastal economies. State and federal policies have tried for decades to provide solutions and incentives, but the hypoxic zone keeps coming back. A recent study from the University of Illinois offers a…

Tile trackers are getting an Anti-Theft mode via an over-the-air app update. The new feature has already begun rolling out to the public and it aims to curb certain misuse. Most Tile tracker users would find this new feature interesting as it helps to reduce theft.Tile has been able to notice a surge in the misuse of their portable trackers by bad actors. Previously, when thieves make away with a Tile user’s belongings, they use the Scan and Secure feature on the app to locate any tracker placed on the items. This…

Tile has announced new Bluetooth tracker features that are designed to deal with theft and deter stalking.The new Anti-Theft Mode is "a feature designed to protect valuables from theft by increasing the chances of recovery," the company says.Alongside that, Tile says that it will fine anyone found to be misusing its trackers a cool $1 million. The move is designed to help prevent Tile trackers from being used to stalk people, as has unfortunately been the case with Apple's AirTags.Small tracker, big fineTile announced…

Image: TileTile has launched a new feature, called Anti-Theft Mode, for all of its Bluetooth-powered tracking devices. The feature is designed to let users track their devices while staying "under the radar," so to speak -- so a thief with your stolen item doesn't find out you're onto them. The new anti-theft mode is the latest development in an ongoing discourse over the misuse of Bluetooth trackers. Thanks to trackers like Tile devices and Apple's AirTags, it's easier than ever find a misplaced item. However, the…

Tile introduced its “Scan and Secure” feature in March last year. Now it’s letting users make its own devices invisible to that feature in exchange for users’ biometric data.Photo: Wirestock Creators (Shutterstock)After months of reports of Bluetooth tracking devices like Apple’s AirTags being used to stalk people for miles, one of the first companies to popularize these trackers, Tile, is adding a feature that will make its devices “undetectable” to the company’s own app that scans for nearby unwanted devices.Oh no, of…

Tile is giving its customers a new option to make its trackers harder for thieves to detect. But since doing so also makes it easier for stalkers to track others without their consent, the company requires verification with a government ID and biometric info to activate the feature. And if someone gets caught using them to stalk, Tile’s terms and conditions will slap them with a $1 million penalty. The rise in popularity of Bluetooth trackers after Apple’s AirTag launch has highlighted the seemingly zero-sum balance…

Back in 2021 Tile announced a new range of Bluetooth trackers and some extra features in its app. One of these was Scan & Secure, Tile’s answer to Apple’s anti-stalking feature which allowed anyone to use the Tile app to scan for a tracker even if they don’t have an account. The only trouble is, such features can be used by thieves to quickly locate a tracker attached to a valuable and remove it. And that renders the devices rather useless if your intention was to use them to locate your laptop, bike or…

Enamored with the low-poly aesthetic of Minecraft’s blocky worlds? Wish your life was more like a pixelated 8-bit video game? Voxart is a new building toy that can also be used to create retro-style art pieces for those ready to shun modern conveniences like anti-aliasing and finally ban curved surfaces from their lives.Unlike building toys such as Lego, where the individual components arrive as three-dimensional pieces you stack to build larger creations, the Voxart system starts out with flat plastic tiles in 16…

I tucked in my suitcase. If you don't have one and want to give yourself peace of mind during your next flight, I checked -- and the Tile Mate is 20% off right now.At first, I didn't believe in the power of the Tile Mate, but this small device truly is a handy device. There are two models out there that are on sale right now: The Tile Mate and the Tile Pro. While the Pro isn't on sale, the Mate will serve your needs just fine. It can track the last logged location of your luggage to make sure that when you land, you…

Google has quickly reverted an annoying change to the Wallet Quick Settings tile on Pixel phones. The tile briefly showed the full name of a card earlier this week, a change from the existing approach of showing just the last four digits. But the old behavior is now back. Google Wallet Quick Settings tile stops showing the full card name A Google Play Services update earlier this week brought several changes to Google Wallet shortcuts on the Pixel lockscreen and Quick Settings. On the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro, the…