Debit rewards cards aren’t as common as they once were, but they’re still an option for people wary of using credit cards.
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Monthly Archives: May 2018
Dark matter halos may leave twinkling wake in galaxies
Enlarge (credit: NASA, ESA, and M. Mutchler (STScI))
The Universe, according to cosmologists, is divided into three unequal portions. In the big bargain bin near the exit aisle you’ll find dark energy. Dark energy’s job is to push everything apart. There’s lots of it, and no one knows why. Then, next to to dark energy, on a display shelf, you’ll find a smaller amount of dark matter. Regular matter, the stuff you and I can see, is tucked off to the side: small and barely noticeable.
But the Universe isn’t a store’s display, and these individual parts can interact. Many of our models for dark matter predict a hierarchy of structures—halos of dark matter in and around galactic clusters and individual galaxies that hold them together. At large scales, we can detect these halos through gravitational lensing. Because there are observations to constrain them, all current theories of dark matter predict large halos correctly.
However, these same theories also predict smaller halos with sizes between 1,000 and a billion solar masses. In this mass range, we have no observations, and consequently, current theories disagree. These tiny halos are going to be hard to spot though: their gravitational effect—the only way we can see them—will be minimal. But, now a group of researchers may have figured out a new way to spot some of them.
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Source: Ars Technica – Dark matter halos may leave twinkling wake in galaxies
Intel Previews Optane DC High Performance Persistent Memory For Data Center Market
Intel is on a mission re-imagine the memory and storage hierarchy, and it’s attempting to do that with its 3D XPoint technology, which we have seen manifest in various Optane Memory products. Now we can add one more to the list—Intel is bringing its 3D XPoint technology to server DIMMs with the introduction of Optane DC, a type of persistent
Source: Hot Hardware – Intel Previews Optane DC High Performance Persistent Memory For Data Center Market
NVIDIA To Discuss Next Gen GeForce GTX 11 Series GPUs At Hot Chips 30 Symposium
NVIDIA has been rather tight-lipped when it comes to revealing details about its next-generation graphic cards. The current generation GeForce GTX 10 Series, which is based on Pascal architecture, is two years old at this point and ready for a replacement.
Although rumors surrounding the official launch of the [alleged] GeForce GTX 11 Series have
Source: Hot Hardware – NVIDIA To Discuss Next Gen GeForce GTX 11 Series GPUs At Hot Chips 30 Symposium
Brooklyn Fortnite Stream Went Viral Thanks to @NIckEh30
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HOW TO CLAIM TWITCH PRIME PACK #2- FREE SKINS IN FORTNITE BATTLE ROYALE
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Friday Fortnite $10,000 Tournament Highlights!
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NIEMAND VERWACHTTE DEZE TRAP – Fortnite Battle Royale #30
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Using JETPACK at *MAX* HEIGHT – WHAT HAPPENS? (Fortnite: Battle Royale)
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Uber could soon use Waymo's self-driving cars
Uber’s autonomous car program has faced significant challenges in recent times, but CEO Dara Khosrowshahi believes it’ll be rival Waymo that helps get it back on track. Speaking at Recode’s Code Conference in California on Wednesday, Khosrowshahi sai…
Source: Engadget – Uber could soon use Waymo’s self-driving cars
Use This 'Pain Scale' to Assess Your Mental Health
If you’ve ever been in the hospital recovering from a surgery, you know the health care providers will ask you to “rate” your pain on a scale of 1 to 10, so they can administer pain relief if you need it. But assessing mental-health distress doesn’t have a simple 1-10 scale, because mental health isn’t as…
Source: LifeHacker – Use This ‘Pain Scale’ to Assess Your Mental Health
Microsoft and Apple helped build new braille display standard
Accessibility is an increasingly important issue when it comes to tech; while new technology can certainly make it easier for people with accessibility issues to interact with the world, it can also end up shutting people out. Today, the non-profit U…
Source: Engadget – Microsoft and Apple helped build new braille display standard
Autopilot blamed for more crashes, Tesla insurance rates skyrocket
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Does Tesla’s Autopilot software have something against the emergency services? That’s a flippant question, but there’s something underneath it. On Tuesday, a Model S electric vehicle—with Autopilot engaged, according to the driver—crashed into a police car in Laguna Beach, California. The police car was unoccupied at the time, but the Tesla driver sustained minor injuries. Last month, another Model S, also under Autopilot, slammed into the back of a stationary fire truck in South Jordan, Utah, resulting in a broken ankle for the Tesla driver. And in January, a third Autopiloted Model S plowed into the back of another fire engine, this time in Culver City, California.
Probably best to forget the conspiracy theories though. It’s not some bug with Autopilot’s sensors and flashing lights—more like inattentive drivers who should be paying attention to the road. As we learned last year, automatic emergency braking is only trained to work in a relatively narrow set of cases, typically a moving vehicle directly ahead of the car. So a stationary emergency vehicle on the shoulder of the road, particularly one at an angle, might not get classified properly and trigger the function.
It has been a rough couple of weeks for Autopilot. The suite of advanced driver assistance systems, which includes adaptive cruise control and lane keeping, has also been blamed for destroying a Model 3 in Greece last week. In this case, the facts are even murkier—the car was on an unsupported road trip at the time, and Tesla had warned the owner this before he set off.
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Source: Ars Technica – Autopilot blamed for more crashes, Tesla insurance rates skyrocket
Streamline Group Vacation Planning With Kayak's New 'Trip Huddle' Feature
Planning trips with friends can be a tremendous and painful undertaking. Depending on your group, you’ll either end up with a bunch of people who just want you to figure everything out on your own (so they can complain about it when you do), or a group of highly-opinionated friends who all have their own ideas on what…
Source: LifeHacker – Streamline Group Vacation Planning With Kayak’s New ‘Trip Huddle’ Feature
A Wireless Gaming Headset This Cheap Is Hard Not to Like
Not too long ago, I took a look at some of the most popular gaming headsets under $100 to figure out which one was best. And while my opinion hasn’t changed, there is one feature even our top-ranked headset didn’t have: wireless audio. Typically, wireless sound is a feature reserved for more expensive devices priced…
Source: Gizmodo – A Wireless Gaming Headset This Cheap Is Hard Not to Like
Consumer Reports Just Reversed its Stance on the Tesla Model 3
Last week Consumer Reports withheld its recommendation on the Tesla Model 3 after braking defects were found by CR testers. This didn’t sit well with Elon Musk and he quickly contacted CR to tell them Tesla found the defect in the braking system and had fixed it with an over-the-air update. This resulted in CR giving the Model 3 its endorsement and Mr. Musk is now happy with this media outlet. Kind of funny when you think about it since he’s been ranting about fake news lately.
The update has since been completed and shipped, and now Consumer Reports is both confirming that Tesla managed to improve the car’s braking distance by 20 feet and it says it’s giving the Model 3 its highly sought-after recommendation — even while it hopes Tesla will also do more to improve the car’s center-mounted touch controls, which its testers worry are difficult to use while driving.
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Source: [H]ardOCP – Consumer Reports Just Reversed its Stance on the Tesla Model 3
New Rumors About the Major Villain of the Batman Movie
The Sonic the Hedgehog movie has found its non-hedgehog star. Dave Bautista talks about his Marvel future. Drew Goddard discusses his plans for the X-Force movie. Plus, what’s to come on The Handmaid’s Tale, and an absolute ton of new set pictures from The Punisher season 2. Behold, spoilers!
Source: Gizmodo – New Rumors About the Major Villain of the Batman Movie
Twitter Blocking Users Who Were Underage When They Signed Up
Twitter is blocking users who were underage when they signed up for the service. This is in response to the GDPR that recently became active. As a matter of fact they are suspending those users even if they are old enough to sign up for the service now. Anyway, there is light at the end of the tunnel because some users have reported they are able to get their account back if they submit prove of age. Blocking these accounts seems like overkill to me, however, I can understand that the law of unintended consequences is working here with the GDPR.
Twitter declined to comment, but a source at the company confirmed that it now has a policy to retroactively lock accounts created by children. Since it does not have the tools to separate the content a user created while under 13 from content created when over 13, the Twitter source explained, it instead decided that the only way to comply with GDPR was to suspend users who have a date of birth that may mean they were under 13 when they signed up.
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Audi E-Tron Electric SUV Promises 250-Mile Range Thanks In Part To Fancy Aero Enhancements
Audi is working hard on electrification for its range of cars and SUVs. The automaker has talked up and shown off several e-tron EVs over the years, including in 2015 when it promised to deliver a production e-tron EV crossover to fight the Tesla Model X. Fast forward a few years and we have some new details on the e-tron Quattro SUV EV and
Source: Hot Hardware – Audi E-Tron Electric SUV Promises 250-Mile Range Thanks In Part To Fancy Aero Enhancements
PS4 Exclusive Disaster Report 4 Plus Gets Tons of Screenshots Showing a City in Ruins
Disaster Report 4 Plus: Summer Memories shows tragic situations in a large gallery of screenshots portraying the city stricken by an earthquake.
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Source: PS4 News – PS4 Exclusive Disaster Report 4 Plus Gets Tons of Screenshots Showing a City in Ruins