Need to fight invasive fish? Just introduce a scary robot

Need to fight invasive fish? Just introduce a scary robot

Post Views: 236 Dealing with them today is challenging. Besides advising people to kill them on sight, there’s not really an effective, widespread way to control their population. But researchers from the University of Western Australia and NYU Tandon are trying out a new tactic to corral these invasive fish and keep them in check:…

What we know so far about the fatal Tesla crash in Paris

Post Views: 262 This new report adds to the mounting concerns over the safety of Tesla vehicles. In 2020, the United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) investigated reports of Tesla cars unintentionally and rapidly accelerating after receiving more than 200 complaints of such incidents. Ultimately, the Washington Post says the agency attributed the…

Toyota is finally charging ahead with its electric vehicle plans

Toyota is finally charging ahead with its electric vehicle plans

Post Views: 350 Toyota’s literal curtain-dropping event resulted in the automaker showing off 15 new concept vehicles, all of which will be underpinned by Toyota’s much-needed commitment to electrification. Despite being the purveyor of the Prius, the company hasn’t necessarily been so keen on full electrification in the past. The automaker previously placed its bet…

What to know about using Google Calendar’s Time Insights feature

What to know about using Google Calendar’s Time Insights feature

Post Views: 226 Introduced at the end of August, this analytical tool rests within the left-hand sidebar when viewing GCal on a computer—you won’t see it in the app. It takes up a mere five lines (one if you’ve somehow minimized it), so it’s possible to overlook if you’re not constantly poring over your schedule…

The most compelling military tech stories from the land, air, and sea this year

The most compelling military tech stories from the land, air, and sea this year

Post Views: 285 Microsoft inked an enormous, multi-billion-dollar deal to deliver high-tech augmented reality goggles for the US Army. The gadget is based on Microsoft’s HoloLens, although the Army refers to it as the Integrated Visual Augmentation System, or IVAS. The devices are a head-up display with night-vision tech and more, and while they promise…

The James Webb telescope will soon be hunting for ‘first light’

The James Webb telescope will soon be hunting for ‘first light’

Post Views: 346 In 1609 Galileo Galilei pointed a telescope with a lens no wider than a cucumber slice to the heavens to decipher the moon’s cratered surface. Since then, telescopes have become invaluable instruments in our understanding of the vast, unexplored cosmos. Observations of the night sky sparked new theories of the Milky Way…

How to embed an Instagram profile on any website (and keep people from embedding yours)

How to embed an Instagram profile on any website (and keep people from embedding yours)

Post Views: 228 To start, go to the account in a web browser—you don’t have to be logged in. From there, click the three dots next to the handle, then Embed, and Copy Embed Code. If you want to embed your own account and are logged in, click the gear icon next to your username…