The Arctic Ocean is seeing a rapid amount of ice loss this season, but NASA scientists aren’t too alarmed.
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Good Job Humanity, NASA Has Accepted Sad Levels of Sea Ice As a 'New Normal'
Aug 21, 2016
Good Job Humanity, NASA Has Accepted Sad Levels of Sea Ice As a 'New Normal'
Good Job Humanity, NASA Has Accepted Sad Levels of Sea Ice As a 'New Normal'
Sonic black hole produces equivalent of Hawking radiation
Enlarge / Like this, but one-dimensional and only trapping sound. (credit: NASA)
One of the common descriptions of black holes is that their gravitational pull is so strong, not even light can escape it. Stephen Hawking is famous for (among other things) showing that this isn’t actually true. The Hawking radiation that bears his name allows matter to escape from the grip of a black hole. In fact, Hawking’s work suggests that an isolated black hole would slowly evaporate away and cease to exist.
But his work remains entirely theoretical. Hawking radiation is expected to be so diffuse that we could only detect it if we could somehow find or create a black hole isolated from all other matter. But Jeff Steinhauer of Israel’s Technion has been on a sometimes single-handed quest to develop a system that can accurately model a black hole’s behavior. And, in a recent paper in Nature Physics, Dr. Steinhauer describes how his model system generates what appears to be Hawking radiation.
Searching for the horizon
A feature called the event horizon plays a central role in both Hawking radiation and the new model system. At a real black hole, the space-time outside the event horizon may be distorted by the intense gravity, but the distortion is relatively limited. Inside the event horizon, however, space-time is stretched at a rate that’s faster than the speed of light. Photons can’t escape because the space-time they occupy is getting stretched away from the event horizon faster than the photon can move.
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Sonic black hole produces equivalent of Hawking radiation
Samsung Netherlands: First-gen Galaxy Tab S won't be getting Marshmallow update
Around a month after there were reports that the original Galaxy Tab S will start receiving the Marshmallow update sometime in Q3 this year, Samsung has revealed that the device in fact won’t be getting the update.
The revelation was made by the Netherlands subsidiary of the South Korean company in response to a user query on its Facebook page.
It isn’t yet known exactly why Samsung decided not to roll out the update to the tablet- the device isn’t even two years old yet. In case you missed, the 10.5-inch variant of the tablet running Android version 6.0.1 was spotted on a…
Samsung Netherlands: First-gen Galaxy Tab S won't be getting Marshmallow update
All of Canada turns out to attend The Tragically Hip's last concert
The Tragically Hip played their final concert on Aug. 21, 2016 as lead singer Gord Downie — who was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer in December — faced his fans on stage one, last time.
“Thank you for that” was all the Canadian superstar had or needed to say as the show’s closing notes rang out across the Rogers K-Rock Centre in Kingston, Ontario. The emotional farewell came after a third encore capped off the three-hour performance.
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The Tragically Hip has long been a fixture of the Canadian music scene, with 13 studio albums released since the band formed more than 30 years ago. Nine of those releases achieved #1 status in Canada. …
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All of Canada turns out to attend The Tragically Hip's last concert
10 excellent Android games to play on your new Samsung Galaxy Note 7
Inspecting the Note 7 impressive specs sheet, it quickly becomes clear that the device is a serious gaming machine. Well, at least as per the smartphone gaming standards, that is. The speedy internals and the large display are definitely begging for a lengthy gaming session. And no, we don’t have Candy Crush Saga in mind – we are thinking something more demanding.
We’ve rounded up a couple of excellent Android games that are on the more demanding and graphics-intensive side to help you kick off your Note 7 gaming sessions. Several of these will allow you … – Source
10 excellent Android games to play on your new Samsung Galaxy Note 7
Samsung Galaxy Note7 storage speed test
The Samsung Galaxy Note7 has 64GB of storage built-in, up from 32GB in last year’s model. We’re always happy to see base storage increase in capacity, but we got some questions about speed to we put our benchmarking caps on.
The Galaxy Note7 has UFS 2.0 storage, the internal memory format used since the Galaxy S6. It’s much faster than the eMMC storage commonly used in phones and much, much faster than microSD cards.
People love expandable storage and were quite excited to see it return with the Galaxy Note7. But they worry if storing files on the microSD harms performance.
Let’s…
Samsung Galaxy Note7 storage speed test
Top 10 trending phones of week 33
The Samsung Galaxy Note7 is holding on to the first spot for third week in a row and the market release will certainly help it maintain a leading position for a while longer.
The second most popular smartphone this week, the Galaxy J7 (2016), while the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 holds onto third.
The Galaxy J2 (2016) makes it three Samsung smartphones in the top 4, while the Redmi 3s maintains its fifth position.
Next comes the OnePlus 3, which returns to our top 10, and slots right above the two Galaxy J5 versions – from this and last year. The Moto G4 Plus has climbed a spot to ninth,…
Top 10 trending phones of week 33
Coolpad Mega 2.5D review: Could have been cooler
Coolpad is back with its latest budget offering – Mega 2.5D, promoting the device as a selfie-focussed smartphone. We played around with the Coolpad Mega 2.5D for a few days, and here’s our review. – Source
Coolpad Mega 2.5D review: Could have been cooler
Samsung Galaxy Tab S won’t be getting Android 6.0 Marshmallow
Are you still a proud owner of a Samsung Galaxy Tab S? It continues to be a great tablet, despite being in the market for over 2 years now. Whether you have the 8.4 or 10.5-inch version, chances are you continue to love the device. The sad news is Samsung doesn’t seem to feel the same way about it.
In a Facebook post, Samsung Mobile Netherlands recently confirmed there will be no update to Android 6.0 Marshmallow for the Galaxy Tab S series. This comes as a surprise to many, as the tablet has been seen running Marshmallow in benchmarks. Not to mention multiple rumors saying the update was coming.
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The Korean manufacturer may have changed its mind… or maybe they really never had plans to update the tablet to the latest software. After all, this is a very old tablet in tech terms, so chances are it just reached its retirement age.
How many of you are still rocking a Samsung Galaxy Tab S? Is this a problem to you?
Samsung Galaxy Tab S won’t be getting Android 6.0 Marshmallow
Neymar's golden moment: Brazil tops Germany to win Olympics soccer in Rio
It wasn’t beautiful and it certainly wasn’t easy, but Brazil beat Germany in a gut-churning penalty shootout Saturday to win its first-ever soccer gold medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
The win on home soil represents partial redemption for the world’s iconic soccer nation after Germany …
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Neymar's golden moment: Brazil tops Germany to win Olympics soccer in Rio
Paving the way for the autonomous truck
Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) are progressing technology in the trucking industry and helping to pave the path to fully autonomous trucks. Read More
Paving the way for the autonomous truck
Revive an Old PSP With a Raspberry Pi Zero
Have an old broken PSP sitting around collecting dust? Over on OtherMod, they show you how to tear that PSP apart, jam a Raspberry Pi Zero inside of it, and turn it into a multi-console portable device.
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Revive an Old PSP With a Raspberry Pi Zero
Al Roker speaks for everyone fed up with Ryan Lochte aplogists
Ryan Lochte is just a 32-year-old kid who embellished the truth a little bit to avoid trouble while having some harmless fun abroad at the Olympics. Actually, in a sense, he is the real victim here and all lives …
Hard stop. Nope — we already told you why Lochte’s lie matters.
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Still, some commentators and pundits have rationalized and excused Lochte’s shameful behavior over the past several days. To counter those Lochte apologists, we present none other than Al Roker, America’s favorite weatherman.
Roker fully went into fed-up-father mode as commentator Billy Bush (yes, of the Bush family) sputtered to diminish Lochte’s lie on the Today show Friday morning. Roker’s stand gained new life online Saturday morning after Twitter user Alexander Hardy added some apropos sound effects. (Pay special attention to the drink-stirring effect around the 40-second mark.) …
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Al Roker speaks for everyone fed up with Ryan Lochte aplogists
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