Vantablack? Meh. Meet the Ultra-Black Vantafish
Scientists have found that some fishes absorb up to 99.956 percent of the light that hits them. The deep-sea menagerie just got a whole lot weirder.
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Update Your iPhone and iPad Right Now
Do you have an iPhone or iPad? You should update your device right now to iOS 14.4. No, not later today or after lunch or whatever. Update now.
Samsungs Galaxy S21 Ultra is first with new power efficient OLED display
It features an LTPO display, like the Note 20 Ultra before it.
China Deploys Anal Swabs For Covid-19 Testing, Says It's More Accurate
Health authorities in China have deployed anal swab tests to detect covid-19 in the lead up to the Lunar New Year celebrations, according to the Chinese state media outlet the Global Times, a technique that some claim might be more accurate than traditional nasal swabs, throat swabs, and antibody tests. But not everyone is convinced anal swabs are necessarily better.
Bond film delays are reportedly causing product placement havoc for brands
HMDs Nokia phones risk being outdated by the time the film releases.
The Medium is slow-burning psychological horror on the Xbox Series X
A perfect Game Pass game.
Reddits GameStop traders turn their attention to AMC stock
Thousands of investors are trying to push AMC stock price to create a short squeeze
HBO Max hits subscriber goal two years ahead of schedule
AT&T credits HBO Maxs controversial new day-and-date release strategy.
How r/WallStreetBets gamed the stock of GameStop
When trolling also means making a profit
Spin is testing remote-controlled electric scooters to prevent blocked sidewalks
Around 200 remote-controlled scooters will be tested in Boise, Idaho.
Apple reportedly set to mass-produce iPads outside China for the first time
Part of a larger push to diversify manufacturing.
Intels new desktop GPUs wont work in AMD systems
These new Iris Xe graphics cards need a special BIOS.
You can get Control and its next-gen upgrade for free on PS Plus next month
Februarys PS Plus lineup also includes Destruction AllStars and Concrete Genie.
Robert Downey Jr. is launching a new rolling venture fund to back sustainability startups TechCrunch
A little less than two years ago, when the actor, producer, and investor Robert Downey Jr. unveiled his new, sustainability focused initiative called the FootPrint Coalition at Amazons re:MARS conference it was little more than a static website and a subscription prompt. Jump cut to today, a
New York Times public editor: The anatomy of the Wolfe scandal
<p>Last Tuesday, the day before the inauguration of President Joe Biden, an editor at the New York Times found herself in a firestorm of online fury for a tweet she posted that afternoon: Biden landing at Joint Base Andrews now. I have chills. Some, such as Glenn Greenwald, formerly of The Intercept, saw it, and []</p>
