From a life-cycle perspective, any economic activity, including academic activity (teaching and research), may have a negative impact not only on its immediate environment, but also throughout its value chain. “In the field of engineering, it is very common to use the life cycle methodology and estimate the environmental impact of a given product, but…
GPUs or graphics processing units have had a hard time selling as the shortage of components and its effect on production took the entire industry down. There were hardships that the sector faced in the past years, but now, it recently announced that it is back to its old groove, and availability is coming to…
Augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and the combination thereof (mixed reality) are all the rage right now, at least when it comes to unreleased technology. Apple is developing mixed reality glasses and AR wearables, and Facebook wants to “kill” the iPhone with its own AR glasses. Now we can add Amazon’s unreleased AR glasses…
Earth Day 2022 will be taking place on Saturday and officials for Brewton and East Brewton are stepping up to offer some assistance in observance of the day.In East Brewton, those residents who may be doing some cleanup in the area will have access to trash pickup. For assistance, residents are asked to call 867-7998…
As of April 19th, Uber and Lyft no longer require riders and drivers to wear masks on trips. This policy change comes just hours after a judge in Florida ruled that the CDC’s COVID-19 mask mandate for airplanes and public transit systems is unlawful. Masks are no longer required on Uber and Lyft On its…
While the capacity of hard disk drives increased from 10TB in 2016 to 20TB in 2021, the areal recording density of high-capacity HDDs hasn’t increased nearly as much. Areal density is stagnating, observed Tom Gardner, a technology and intellectual property consultant as well as webmaster at IEEE Silicon Valley History Committee. The report notes that areal recording density…
Every new iPhone generation brings at least two significant upgrades over last year’s models: A faster processor and a better overall camera experience. The iPhone 14 should be similar, and we’ve already seen a few processor and camera rumors for the 2022 models. The newest iPhone 14 leak concerns the selfie camera upgrades and comes…
An unofficial Windows 11 upgrade is making the rounds. Users looking to upgrade their PC from Windows 10 to Windows 11 will want to keep an eye out for this unofficial installer. When downloaded and activated, the installer infects the target PC with info-stealing malware. This unofficial Windows 11 upgrade will steal your private info…
Raja Koduri, the head of Intel’s Accelerated Computing Systems and Graphics, has been promoted to the position of Executive Vice President, according to an internal company memo seen by The Register. Penned by Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger on Tuesday, the memo acclaimed Koduri for his numerous contributions to the company over the past four years.…
Slowly but surely, Nintendo has been adding games from classic consoles to its paid Switch Online service. With a standard Switch Online subscription, members get access to over 100 NES and SNES games. Nintendo also introduced an “Expansion Pack” for the service last fall that adds Sega Genesis and Nintendo 64 games for an extra…