https://apple.news/A4vt4HfObRDKYZubs2jhvGQ Apple’s Mac security is so good, it’s sending used M1 MacBooks to the scrap heap Apple's Activation Lock is causing headaches for third-party resellers who can't get into used MacBooks. By Roman Loyola Senior Editor, Macworld JAN 26, 2023 9:31 AM PST Apple’s efforts to protect a user’s data are a major selling point for customers. If … Continue reading If the Apple Activation Lock’s not turned off before a device changes owners, it becomes just a brick
Month: May 2023
Afghans that the U.S. left behind finding ways to get here anyway
The U.S. Left Them Behind. They Crossed a Jungle to Get Here Anyway. For thousands of Afghans, the American withdrawal from Kabul was just the beginning of a long, dangerous search for safety. Credit... By Julie Turkewitz, published May 21, 2023 Updated 3:07 p.m. ET Photographs and Video by Federico Rios Taiba was being hunted by the men … Continue reading Afghans that the U.S. left behind finding ways to get here anyway
Naloxone saves lives and should be readily given to those who need it
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/may/19/naloxone-opioid-epidemic-drug-overdose-deaths Naloxone has been hailed as life-saving. Why isn’t it given to those who need it? The spray can reverse an opioid overdose and access to it has been eased in recent months, but access is still limited Eric BergerFri 19 May 2023 12.00 EDT In late March, the Food and Drug Administration attempted to … Continue reading Naloxone saves lives and should be readily given to those who need it
One of Europe’s busiest airports forced to curtail flights to limit planet-warming carbon pollution
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/amsterdam-schiphol-cut-flights-carbon-emissions-climate/index.html One of Europe’s busiest airports to be forced to cut flights due to planet-warming carbon pollution Xiaofei Xu, CNN Published 1:58 PM EDT, Wed March 22, 2023 Dutch carrier KLM has raised concerns about the proposed cap on international flights.Robin Van Lonkhuijsen/ANP/AFP via Getty Images Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, one of Europe’s busiest aviation hubs, … Continue reading One of Europe’s busiest airports forced to curtail flights to limit planet-warming carbon pollution
New research shows NYC sinking due to weight of its skyscrapers
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/19/new-york-city-sinking-skyscrapers-climate-crisis New York City is sinking due to weight of its skyscrapers, new research finds City is sinking approximately 1-2mm each year on average, worsening effects of sea level rise and flooding threat Oliver Milman @olliemilman, Fri 19 May 2023 04.30 EDT New York City is sinking in part due to the extraordinary weight of … Continue reading New research shows NYC sinking due to weight of its skyscrapers
How NYC’s Lincoln Center became one of the hottest summer venues
https://apple.news/A8WBDR24jTm-iWp_7fZwing By Janisse Jean, published on Fast Company on 04-20-23 How Lincoln Center became NYC’s hottest venue by opening its doors to everyone The center’s upcoming Summer for the City festival will include hundreds of free events, from dance parties to an opera based on an Octavia E. Butler sci-fi novel. [Image: Evan Alexander/courtesy Lincoln … Continue reading How NYC’s Lincoln Center became one of the hottest summer venues
Should California use a reserve of 10,000 year-old water rather than work on its drought problem?
http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2023/01/cadiz-farms-fossil-water/671652/? THE FIGHT OVER CALIFORNIA’S ANCIENT WATER It’s legal to drink 10,000-year-old water. But is it right?By Brett Simpson Photographs by Lenard Smith JANUARY 23, 2023 On an early-December morning in California’s Mojave Desert, the Geoscience Support Services geohydrologist Logan Wicks squats in the sand and fiddles with a broken white pipe. Here on a sandy … Continue reading Should California use a reserve of 10,000 year-old water rather than work on its drought problem?
Here’s a paint that could help prevent urban heat islands
http://www.wired.com/story/lightest-paint-in-the-world/ SCIENCE Published in Wired on MAR 22, 2023 7:00 AM This Is the Lightest Paint in the World An energy-saving coating needs no pigments, and it keeps the surface beneath it 30 degrees cooler. DEBASHIS CHANDA HAD trouble finding a physicist who could paint. The researchers in his nanoscience lab at the University of Central … Continue reading Here’s a paint that could help prevent urban heat islands
Antidepressants don’t work the way many people think
http://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/08/well/mind/antidepressants-effects-alternatives.html Antidepressants Don’t Work the Way Many People Think The most commonly prescribed medications for depression are somewhat effective — but not because they correct a “chemical imbalance.” Credit...Getty Images By Dana G. Smith Nov. 8, 2022 Over the course of the Covid-19 pandemic, rates of depression and anxiety soared, and many Americans turned to antidepressant medication … Continue reading Antidepressants don’t work the way many people think
Tasty Japanese strawberries are grown in kerosene-burning greenhouses
http://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/18/climate/japan-winter-strawberries-greenhouse.html? A wintertime strawberry in Tokyo, swaddled in protective padding.Credit...Noriko Hayashi for The New York Times The Secret Behind Japan’s Delicious Strawberries: Kerosene The growing season has become completely reversed thanks to kerosene-burning greenhouses and the big prices paid for the earliest, best berries. A wintertime strawberry in Tokyo, swaddled in protective padding.Credit...Noriko Hayashi for … Continue reading Tasty Japanese strawberries are grown in kerosene-burning greenhouses
Google may delete your old accounts. Here’s how to stop it
http://www.wired.com/story/how-to-stop-google-delete-account-inactive/? Google May Delete Your Old Accounts. Here’s How to Stop It Your inactive profiles, like Gmail or Docs, could turn into digital dust later this year. A few clicks can save them. by Reece Rogers, May 18, 2023 1:41 PM ON MAY 16, Google announced new plans to delete accounts that have been inactive for … Continue reading Google may delete your old accounts. Here’s how to stop it
Earth-grown diamonds facing a huge challenge from lab-grown, perhaps more ethical, diamonds
http://www.wsj.com/articles/this-wedding-season-diamonds-face-a-challenge-171c9e7 This Wedding Season, Diamonds Face a Challenge Man-made stones are falling in price and appealing to more shoppers who also see them as a socially conscious purchase Is it man-made? A round brilliant 0.82 carat diamond, seen through a jeweler’s loupe. (And, yes, it was grown in Skydiamond’s lab.) By Suzanne KapnerFollow | Photographs by Max Miechowski … Continue reading Earth-grown diamonds facing a huge challenge from lab-grown, perhaps more ethical, diamonds
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