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Den wachsenden Bedarf an Stromspeichern will Volkswagen durch eine Produktionspartnerschaft für Akkuzellen mit Bosch decken. (VW, Elektroauto)
Den wachsenden Bedarf an Stromspeichern will Volkswagen durch eine Produktionspartnerschaft für Akkuzellen mit Bosch decken. (VW, Elektroauto) Ein Tesla-Fahrer muss sich wegen fahrlässiger Tötung vor Gericht verantworten, weil zwei Menschen ums Leben kamen, als der Tesla auf Autopilot fuhr. (Tesla, Elektroauto)
Ein Tesla-Fahrer muss sich wegen fahrlässiger Tötung vor Gericht verantworten, weil zwei Menschen ums Leben kamen, als der Tesla auf Autopilot fuhr. (Tesla, Elektroauto) “Every time we looked at the vaginas, it was like this giant clitoris staring us in the face.”
Enlarge / Sure, they look like they're just taking a friendly swim, but these two dolphins are actually aroused. A recent study found that female bottlenose dolphins have large erectile bodies that fill up with blood, large nerves with nerve bundles that end right under the skin, thinner skin on the clitoris body, and genital corpuscles known to be involved in the pleasure response. (credit: Dara Orbach)
Female dolphins are known to be highly social and engage in all sorts of sexual behavior. In addition to mating with male dolphins, female bottlenose dolphins are, for instance, known to masturbate and also rub each other's clitoris with snouts, flippers, and flukes, suggesting the acts are pleasurable for them. According to a recent paper published in the journal Current Biology, there is now anatomical evidence that the dolphin clitoris is fully functional, remarkably similar in many ways to the clitoris in human females.
It's not just dolphins that engage in what Canadian biologist and linguist Bruce Bagemihl has dubbed "biological exuberance." Same-sex pairings have been recorded in some 450 different species, including flamingoes, bison, warthogs, beetles, and guppies. For instance, female koalas sometimes mount other females, while male Amazon river dolphins have been known to penetrate each other's blowholes. The observation of female-female pairs among Laysan albatrosses made national headlines, prompting comedian Stephen Colbert to warn satirically that "albatresbians" were threatening American family values with their "Sappho-avian agenda." Female hedgehogs may hump one another or perform cunnilingus, while 60 percent of all sexual activity among bonobos takes place between two or more females.
Despite this abundance of behavioral evidence, there have been very few academic studies of the clitoris and female sexual pleasure in nature, according to Patricia Brennan, a marine biologist at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts and a co-author of the new study. "This has left us with an incomplete picture of the true nature of sexual behaviors," she said. "Studying and understanding sexual behaviors in nature is a fundamental part of understanding the animal experience and may even have important medical applications in the future." It can also yield insights into the evolution of sexual behaviors.
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Keep your hamsters inside, and don’t kiss them, authorities warn.
Enlarge / Workers with Hong Kong's Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department inspect the Little Boss pet store in Hong Kong, China, on Tuesday, January 18, 2022. (credit: Getty | Bloomberg)
Authorities in Hong Kong are planning to cull around 2,000 small animals after a pet store employee and several imported hamsters tested positive for COVID-19, according to a report by the Associated Press.
On Monday, the pet store employee tested positive and was found to be infected with the delta coronavirus variant. Several hamsters in the store, which had recently been imported from the Netherlands, were also positive. The city, meanwhile, has been grappling with an outbreak of COVID-19 cases caused by the omicron variant.
It's unclear if the pet store cases are linked and, if they are, if the employee was infected by the hamsters or vice versa. But Hong Kong authorities say they can't exclude the possibility that the hamsters spread the virus to the employee. As such, they aren't taking any chances.
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Eine Polemik zur “europäischen Idee” und deren aktuelle Folgen (Teil 1)
Wine is a free and open source tool that makes it possible to run many Windows apps and games on Linux and other operating systems including Android, macOS, and FreeBSD. And the latest version brings a number of significant new features and improvements. Wine 7.0 adds support for running 32-bit Windows apps on 64-bit Unix […]
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Wine is a free and open source tool that makes it possible to run many Windows apps and games on Linux and other operating systems including Android, macOS, and FreeBSD. And the latest version brings a number of significant new features and improvements.
Wine 7.0 adds support for running 32-bit Windows apps on 64-bit Unix host systems, improved support for theming, improved graphics, support for using multiple displays while playing games or running apps that make use of Direct3D, and thousands of other changes.
While multi-display support sounds like a big deal, the release notes point out that “in practice, this tends to mean the ability to choose which monitor a Direct3D application will use for full-screen mode,” which is important, but maybe not quite as exciting as being able to span across multiple displays.
The latest version of Wine also adds support Direct3D graphics on newer graphics cards including:
Wine has also added better support for Macs with Apple Silicon, with support for running x86-64 Windows apps under Rosetta 2 and an improved Internet Explorer 11 compatibility mode for networking (which could come in handy for accessing legacy websites, apps, or services that rely on it even as Microsoft prepares to put the final nail in the coffin of IE11).
Many of the other changes are under-the-hood tweaks that may be less visible, but which should lead to better performance. You can find more details, as well as download links for the source code and binary packages in the release announcement.
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YouTube content group produced exclusive shows like Scare PewDiePie and Cobra Kai.
Variety reports that Google's original video content group, YouTube Originals, is dead. The YouTube division was founded six years ago to make exclusive, original content for the pay-per-month YouTube Premium service. Now the group is being shuttered, and YouTube's global head of original content, Susanne Daniels, is leaving the company in March.
Just after the news broke, YouTube Chief Business Officer Robert Kyncl posted a statement on Twitter:
An update on YouTube Originals: pic.twitter.com/PixhgZ2yhU
— Robert Kyncl (@rkyncl) January 18, 2022
YouTube is the web's de facto video site, but the company still consistently works to chase whatever the hot new thing in web video is. YouTube Shorts is a clone of TikTok. YouTube Gaming is a clone of Twitch. YouTube Stores were meant as an answer to Snapchat. YouTube Originals was a swipe at Netflix, which, back in 2016, was turning heads with award-winning shows like House of Cards and Orange Is the New Black. Back then, the $12-a-month YouTube Premium started life as "YouTube Red," and its offerings were called YouTube Red Originals.
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The Framework Laptop is a thin and light notebook with a 13.5 inch, 256 x 1504 pixel display, an Intel Tiger Lake processor, and a modular design that makes the computer not only versatile and repairable, but also hackable — because folks have been designing their own custom expansion modules that do more than just […]
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The Framework Laptop is a thin and light notebook with a 13.5 inch, 256 x 1504 pixel display, an Intel Tiger Lake processor, and a modular design that makes the computer not only versatile and repairable, but also hackable — because folks have been designing their own custom expansion modules that do more than just let you swap out a USB port for an HDMI port or SSD.
You can purchase a Framework Laptop for $999 and up (or $749 and up for a DIY model that ships without memory, storage, or an operating system). Or check out Gizmodo’s write-up of recent DIY mods that teach this not-that-old laptop new tricks.
In other recent tech news from around the web, there’s a rumor that Google’s upcoming foldable phone will be called the Pixel Notepad rather than the Pixel Fold, Logitech just introduced a digital pen for Chromebooks (but it’s only for the education market), and LinuxGizmos has compiled a list of 136 open-spec, Linux or Android-friendly single-board computers.
The Framework Laptop has a modular design that makes it easy to repair, and which allows you to swap out ports. Some folks have also started making DIY modules that add things like MagSafe-style charging, wireless mouse adapters, and more.
According to an anonymous but “knowledgeable” source, Google’s long-rumored foldable Pixel device could be called the Pixel Notepad to differentiate it from other Pixel phones. It’s also expected to cost… less than $1800 I guess.
This list of 136 single-board computers focuses on models with open specifications, support for Linux or Android, and most are community-supported. It was most recently updated in late December 2021 and early January 2022.
PostmarketOS 21.12 Service Pack 1 brings back support for the Nokia N900, brings a kernel update for the PinePhone (with PinePhone Keyboard support), GPS improvement for the Librem 5, and Sxmo 1.7.1 window manager support to the mobile Linux distro.
The Logitech Pen is a $65 USI stylus for Chromebooks with 4096 degrees of pressure sensitivity, a silicone grip, and USB-C charging. Designed for students and teachers, it will be available from education resellers, but not from retail stores.
NVIDIA released an Android 11 update for its Android TV-powered Shield TV media streaming devices last week. It… hasn’t gone well. Many apps appear to be buggy. Plex media servers aren’t working. And some folks are just seeing a black screen at boot.
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It’s still unclear which TVs are affected.
Enlarge / A Roku streaming box. It seems these ads aren't appearing on Roku's own hardware like this device; instead, they're appearing on TVs that license Roku's software platform.
Some Roku smart TV owners are seeing banner ads appear over live content, according to a thread on the r/cordcutters subreddit.
A user named p3t3or posted the following message:
Welp, this is the last time I purchase or recommend a Roku. After a Sleep Number commercial, I just got a Roku ad sidebar while watching live TV. Really loved the Roku experience up until now, but this is a deal breaker.
The message was accompanied by the following photo:
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The first Asus mini PC with a 12th-gen Intel Core processor is on its way, but the Asus PN64 mini PC isn’t expected to begin shipping until the second quarter of 2022. In the meantime, it looks like Asus snuck out one more model with an 11th-gen chip. The new Asus PL63 mini PC is a […]
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The first Asus mini PC with a 12th-gen Intel Core processor is on its way, but the Asus PN64 mini PC isn’t expected to begin shipping until the second quarter of 2022. In the meantime, it looks like Asus snuck out one more model with an 11th-gen chip.
The new Asus PL63 mini PC is a 6.5″ x 4.7″ x 1.5″ computer with an Intel Core i5-1135G7 quad-core processor, Intel Iris Xe graphics and support for up to 32GB of RAM and 4TB of solid state storage. There’s no mention of the computer on the Asus website yet, but it’s available for purchase from Newegg for around $500 and up.
For that starting price, you get a barebones system with a processor, but no memory, storage, or operating system. Prices for pre-configured systems start at $650 for a model with 4GB of RAM, 128GB of storage and Windows 10 Pro software, but you can pay extra for additional memory or storage or open up the computer to perform your own upgrades.
It has two SODIMM slots for DR4-2400 memory and a single connector for PCIe NVMe solid state storage, and the computer has a selection of ports that includes:
The computer also has a wireless card with support for WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.0 and features connectors on the back for two optional WiFi antennas, and the computer comes with a 90-watt power adapter.
Asus also recently added a new Mini PC PN80 to its website, with an 11th-gen Intel processor, support for up to four displays, up to four storage devices (two hard drives and two M.2 SSDs), and dual Thunderbolt 43 ports, among other things. But while Asus hasn’t yet provided the physical dimensions or other detailed specs, that computer appears to be substantially larger than the PB64, and it’s what Asus as “sub 2.4L” in volume.
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