Discord is “opening the platform to advertisers, regardless of their budget.” Discord has announced tools aimed at expanding the number and types of companies that advertise on the platform. This week, the social media firm announced Discord Ads Manager, an ad campaign management platform that lets companies manage ads…
Wing patterns, flight dynamics create “motion dazzle” effect, make it harder to gauge speed, direction. Old-fashioned striped barbershop poles turn in place on a vertical axis, but humans typically perceive the stripes moving upward rather than turning with the pole. It’s a well-known visual illusion arising from processing biases…
The 2027 BMW 330 starts at $49,900, the i3 50 xDrive at $61,500. BMW has opened the US order books for its hotly anticipated new 3 Series sedan. Built on an all-new platform called Neue Klasse, it now offers a fully electric version for the first time, using BMW’s…
The move will be part of a major overhaul of the ecosystem for website authentication. Cloudflare said Tuesday it plans to issue quantum-proof TLS certificates, making it one of the first authorities to issue such certificates, which use a form of cryptography that is widely believed to withstand attacks…
Between the cars and their companion apps, you’re exposed to a lot of trackers. In news that should surprise very few, connected cars remain a complete privacy nightmare. But now we have a better idea of what data those cars are giving away, and to whom, thanks to a…
Eating less protein as larvae may limit their ability to produce proteins as adults. Back in the 1930s, scientists noticed that water fleas and rats fed restricted diets while young went on to live longer. The same effect has since turned up in fruit flies and mice. What we…
Mozilla’s Ajit Varma explains why a redesign suits the fight for the open web. Today, the Firefox 157 update will roll out a redesign of the web browser across desktop and mobile platforms. The team that made it hopes it will help expand the browser’s audience beyond privacy-conscious techies…
The design requires less energy to capture CO2 than current systems. Equipment to capture carbon dioxide from ambient air or smokestacks generally works through a sort of reversible filter. Air is passed through granules or a liquid that absorbs the CO2, then that CO2-loaded substance undergoes a process (usually…
In 2020, Trump cut CAFE to 40 mpg. Now he’s cut it again to just 35 mpg. The federal government’s war on fuel efficiency claimed another victim today. The Department of Transportation released a new rule for the country’s Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards, which, as expected, discourage the…
Google support maps out how Googlebooks can take over where ChromeOS left off. We are mere days away from the launch of Googlebooks, the long-awaited Android laptops that Google hopes will compete with macOS and Windows. But what of Chromebooks? There have been hints that Google plans to sunset…
