Day: July 26, 2020

Western Bumblebee Population Drops Up To 93% Over the Last 20 Years

The western bumblebee is one of around 30 bumblebee species in the western U.S. and Canada. Now a federal review “unveils an alarming trend for the western bumblebee population, which has seen its numbers dwindle by as much as 93% in the last two decades,” reports the Associated Press: The find by the U.S. Geological…


Can herd immunity help stop coronavirus? What we know now – CNET

How herd immunity happens and what that means for the novel coronavirus. …read more Source:: CNet


iPhone SE vs. iPhone 8: Don’t buy the 3-year-old phone – CNET

Some retailers are still selling the iPhone 8 despite Apple discontinuing the device. But you should just get the new iPhone SE instead. …read more Source:: CNet


Garmin Fenix smartwatches hit with GPS, run saving glitch amid outage

Garmin’s smartwatch woes continue as GPS and run tracking for distance wasn’t available and devices such as the Fenix line were caught in a “saving” loop that required a reset. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Remember when TVs weighed 200 pounds? A look back at TV trends over the years – CNET

As flat-screen technology killed CRT and rear projection, TVs grew lighter yet bigger, as well as more affordable than ever before. …read more Source:: CNet


Microsoft told employees to work from home. One consequence was brutal

Many people think they have a good idea of what working from home now means. At Microsoft, however, they’ve studied it. And it makes for sobering reading. …read more Source:: ZDNet


The North Poles of Jupiter’s Moon Ganymede Probed by NASA Spacecraft

“NASA’s Juno Jupiter probe has captured unprecedented views of the largest moon in the solar system,” reports Space.com: During a close flyby of Jupiter on Dec. 26, 2019, Juno mapped the north polar regions of the icy satellite Ganymede in infrared light, something no other spacecraft had done before. The data, which Juno gathered using…


Son of Rothult

We are continuously inspired by our readers which is why we share what we love, and that inspiration flows both ways. [jetpilot305] connected a Rothult unit to the Arduino IDE in response to Ripping up a Rothult. Consider us flattered. There are several factors at play here. One, the Arduino banner covers a lot of…


My Apple Watch saved my life: 5 people share their stories – CNET

With its fall detection feature, heart rate notifications, exercise tracking and even the ability to make a call from your wrist, the Apple Watch has made a mark in each one of these stories. …read more Source:: CNet


‘Solar Orbiter’ Delivers Closest Pictures Ever Taken of the Sun

“A European and NASA spacecraft has snapped the closest pictures ever taken of the sun,” reports the Associated Press, “revealing countless little ‘campfires” flaring everywhere. Scientists on Thursday released the first images taken by Solar Orbiter, launched from Cape Canaveral in February. The orbiter was about 48 million miles from the sun — about halfway…