Google’s Pixel smartphone was released in October last year, but we’re already starting to hear about the “Pixel 2” successor. The “reliable” source told 9to5Google that the next Google flagship will feature an improved camera, faster CPU and higher price…
New York Approves Largest US Offshore Wind Farm Off Long Island
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has approved what will be the longest U.S. offshore wind farm when it’s built off the east end of Long Island. When it’s all said and done, it will generate enough electricity to power more…
Scientists Finally Turn Hydrogen Into a Metal, Ending a 80-Year Quest
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: In 1935, scientists predicted that the simplest element, hydrogen, could also become metallic under pressure, and they calculated that it would take 25 GigaPascals to force this transition (each Gigapascal is…
New, Higher Measurement of Universe's Expansion May Lead To a 'New Physics'
doug141 writes: Astronomers have measured the universe’s current expansion rate (a value known as the Hubble constant) at about 44.7 miles (71.9 kilometers) per second per megaparsec (3.26 million light-years). This is consistent with a calculation that was announced last…
Software Engineers Are the Heroes of New Computer History Museum Exhibit
Tekla Perry writes: The Computer History Museum set out to turn the spotlight on software engineers and show how they are the changing the world. But what projects to feature in the new, permanent exhibit [called “Make Software: Change the…
Cloud Security
One of the most effective steps you can take to protect your cloud account is to make sure you are using two-step verification. In addition, always be sure you know exactly whom you are sharing files with. It is very…