Nope, Category 6 hurricane doesn’t exist
Category 5 is as high as it goes. There is no higher measure, even though Dorian has already become the strongest hurricane in modern records for the Northern Bahamas packing winds of 180 mph. It is in contention for becoming one of the strongest storms of all time. For more, check out this USA Today…
Porting DirectX 12 games to Windows 7
Microsoft has posted a blog about porting DirectX 12 games to Windows 7. To better support game developers at larger scales, we are publishing the following resources to allow game developers to run their DirectX 12 games on Windows 7. Please post technical question or feedback to our Discord channel at http://discord.gg/directx. For more links,…
Ohio Students Create Aggressive Brain Cancer Cure
At the University of Findlay, pharmacy students are developing an oral compound that targets glioblastomas, the most aggressive form of cancer occurring in the brain. Using chemistry, physiology and pharmacology, they are researching an efficient way to direct medication to the brain. If successful, this kind of medication could remove the need for risky medical…
A way to control invasive spotted lanternfly?
If you are in an area overrun with Spotted Lanternflys, you know what a menace they can be. Now there may be a way to control them. The research, published in the Proceedings of the Natural Academy of Sciences, involved two naturally occurring fungi – Batkoa major and Beauveria bassiana – found in soil in…
How to stop voice assistants from prying on you
Hey Siri, Google and Alexa — enough with the snooping already! Unfortunately, consumers are trading privacy for convenience. And it’s our job, if we’re uncomfortable with the practice, to delete the recordings and change our settings to stop the snooping. Because by default, the companies are set to monitor, leaving it to us to have…
You can’t nuke a hurricane
An unnamed source said President Trump asked if it was possible to nuke a hurricane. Here’s why it’s not possible While tradewinds would quickly move nuclear radiation to coastlines, which could devastate these environments, the central flaw of the idea is that a nuclear bomb, or a conventional weapon, simply wouldn’t create enough energy to…
Facebook to allow users to view what data other sites share
Facebook will soon roll out a feature allowing users to review data third-party apps and websites share with the social network. On Tuesday, Facebook unveiled the tool, called Off-Facebook Activity. The feature provides a summary of the data third-party apps and sites share with Facebook. Users will have the option to clear that information from…
Zeppelins for shipping
The proposed airships would move cargo more efficiently than oceangoing freighters — and produce far less pollution. As proposed in a recent scientific paper, the new airships would be 10 times bigger than the 800-foot Hindenburg — more than five times as long as the Empire State Building is tall — and soar high in…
Is fluoride in water toxic to babies’ brains?
Controversial use of Fluoride is back in the news. The study by Canadian researchers, published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics, found that pregnant women who drank more fluoridated water had children with lower intelligence scores at ages 3 and 4. An increase of a milligram of fluoride per day – the amount in about five cups…
Social media giants are launching ‘lite’ apps
Companies like Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, Twitter and even LinkedIn have pushed out “lite” versions of their platforms recently. Users in the developing world typically use basic mobile phones, instead of larger or more advanced devices. That poses a problem amid increasingly advanced apps. Aside from taking up space in devices, full versions of apps have…