“It’s not enough to slash greenhouse gas emissions,” warns a new article in IEEE Spectrum (shared by schwit1). “Experts say we need direct-air capture of atmospheric carbon.” West Texas is a hydrocarbon hot spot, with thousands of wells pumping millions of barrels of oil and billions of cubic feet of natural gas from the Permian…

Lenovo’s first ThinkPad detachable in years, the company said. …read more Source:: ZDNet

The Korean giant adjusted to the new reality of 2020. This year, it needs to be bolder and it all starts this week. …read more Source:: CNet

It all started with wanting to program an ESP-12 variant of an ESP8266 module without involving any solder. Displeased with all the socket offerings on Thingiverse, [tweeto] set out to design their own breadboard-friendly snap-fit socket. This certainly looks like a handy solution. All you have to do is print the thing, add all the…

“With the runaway success of the new ARM-based M1 Macs, non-x86 architectures are getting their closeup,” explains a new article at ZDNet. “RISC-V is getting the most attention from system designers looking to horn-in on Apple’s recipe for high performance. Here’s why…” RISC-V is, like x86 and ARM, an instruction set architecture (ISA). Unlike x86…

But we’re looking forward to meeting them all at a later, safer date. …read more Source:: CNet

The 2021 version of Samsung’s unique TV-as-art measures just 24.9mm thick to hug your wall even more closely. …read more Source:: CNet

“Turning digital data into profit,” is the slogan of Cognesia, a data analytics company whose client list includes Visa, Rolls-Royce, and Toys ‘R’ Us. Now Variety reports: Brad Rukstales, the chief executive of a Chicago-area company that provides data-marketing solutions, said he was arrested Wednesday after he entered the U.S. Capitol alongside a mob of…

New for the US at CES, the Bespoke line of Samsung refrigerators let you mix and match colors, materials and finishes for each of the four doors. …read more Source:: CNet

Samsung’s new Chrome OS 2-in-1, announced ahead of CES 2021, brings the price down without sacrificing style. …read more Source:: CNet