Since 2000, the size and frequency of fires in the United States have quadrupled.
Fires have grown four times bigger and three times more common in the contiguous United States since 2000. Extreme, unexpected changes in climate are to blame for creating environmental circumstances…
Rosa Bonheur, a 200-year-old French artist, is honored with a Google Doodle.
Rosa Bonheur was born on March 16, 1822, in Bordeaux, France. She was one of the most prominent female artists of the 19th century. Her realistic paintings of horses, lions,…
With an action-packed 20th anniversary video, SpaceX relives its greatest hits.
SpaceX was founded on March 14, 2002. Company celebrates its 20th anniversary with retrospective video. Highlights include Dragon capsule in orbit, satellite deployments, and Starship prototype testing. Elon Musk's own…
Apple Park HQ was evacuated briefly due to a hazmat scare, but nothing dangerous was discovered.
The package turned out to be non-harmful, and employees were allowed to return to work. NBC Bay Area reports that only a fraction of Apple Park was evacuated before the…
In the Metaverse, Mark Zuckerberg Discusses Building Avatars and Buying Sweatshirts
Zuckerberg spoke with Daymond John, the founder, and CEO of Fubu and one of the sharks on ABC's Shark Tank. Meta is a digital world (or worlds) built on the…
A Sabre-Toothed Predator Discovered Recently Is Millions of Years Older Than Tigers
A new species of saber-tooth predator has been discovered. Researchers studied a jawbone fossil from the Eocene epoch. Machaeroidines are an early example of a hypercarnivore, an animal that eats…
Ahead of the return to work, Meta downgrades opulent employee benefits.
The company postponed its return to the office due to a spike in infections. Some on-campus facilities will be phased out, and some services will be funded by a $3,000…
Inside Cogent’s Decision to Block Access to a Large Part of Russia’s Internet
Unplugging Russia is a watershed moment for the networking sector, which prides itself on its services' breadth, speed and dependability. Isolating Russia increases the possibility of the global internet fragmenting…
Ample, a startup, has a new take on replacing electric car batteries.
Ample's vision is to place standard, swappable batteries under the hood of any automobile. The company's modular battery architecture enables granularity that makes battery maintenance easier. Ample's initial emphasis is…
Boomerang and Hyperlapse, two Instagram apps, have been removed from the Google and Apple app stores.
Instagram parent company, Meta, has withdrawn support for Hyperlapse and Boomerang. The two apps have been deleted from the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. This follows Instagram's announcement…