Taster’s choice — Lots of sulfuric volatiles in saliva correlated with kids’ dislike of these veggies. Jennifer Ouellette – Nov 2, 2021 10:30 pm UTC Enlarge / Many kids (and adults) don’t much like broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, and other types of cruciferous vegetables. Taste perception is complicated, but per a new study, our unique…
Losing face — Regulatory pressure and massive lawsuits may have forced its hand. Tim De Chant – Nov 2, 2021 9:58 pm UTC Enlarge / With an image of himself on a screen in the background, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Financial Services Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building…
Microsoft In July, Microsoft launched its Windows 365 Windows-in-the-cloud service without Windows 11. Microsoft has now remedied that oversight, as business that subscribe to Windows 365 now have a Windows 11 option to choose from. Microsoft has yet to offer Windows 365 as a consumer service. Interestingly, Microsoft didn’t say that Windows 11 would run…
Microsoft What Microsoft first launched as the abstract “Fluid Framework” has landed as another spin on a “live” document that can be actively edited and collaborated upon. The new Microsoft Loop app appears to make “widgets” part of your daily workflow, traveling with you across all aspects of your Microsoft-powered productivity. Microsoft Loop blurs the…
Microsoft has a metaverse, too, and it’s built on… Microsoft Teams?! By designing its metaverse for online business and social experiences, Facebook (sorry, Meta) took aim at Microsoft’s own experiences for collaboration and hybrid work. Now, in the first half of 2022, Microsoft is promising that it will also offer a metaverse for online meetings…
Microsoft Microsoft Editor, the quietly helpful assistive technology that suggests edits in Word, Microsoft Edge, and elsewhere, has improved yet again. It now uses an AI-driven technology called Context IQ to actually predict what you’ll write next. If you’ve used Google and Gmail, this may not be particularly impressive, as Google has suggested words and…
Dell If you want to upgrade your gaming experience without a new GPU, we’ve got an amazing deal for you today. Dell is selling the 24.5-inch Alienware AW2521H 1080p, 360Hz G-Sync monitor for $450. That’s more than half off the $910 MSRP, and significantly less than the $800-plus you’d normally spend on a ludicrously smooth…
In context: Intel announced today that its recently launched foundry business won a contract from the Department of Defense to provide foundry services in its efforts to start domestically manufacturing advanced semiconductors for its systems. This move should boost Intel’s attempts to compete in semiconductor manufacturing against its Asian rivals. This contract is for the…
Something to look forward to: Today PayPal announced that it would let customers in the United Kingdom buy and sell cryptocurrencies this week. The service will support four kinds of cryptocurrencies and allow users to track crypto prices in real-time. PayPal also seems to be taking great pains to caution customers about the risks of…
In context: Any time you have an open online platform, it is subject to trolls who want to ruin the experience for others. Hate raids on Twitch have seen a recent upsurge, prompting content creators to organize a boycott to get Amazon to do something about it. Twitch streamers have recently come together on social…