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⋅ September 13, 2024
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CBS News

Are Apple AirPods also hearing aids? What you need to know about Apple’s new groundbreaking health features
CBS News
The free upgrade will happen via software update. That means existing Apple AirPods Pro 2 earbud owners will be able to take advantage of the new hearing aid and hearing protection features without needing to buy new headphones.
CBS News

Apple AirPods: A comprehensive buyer’s guide for fall 2024
CBS News
If you’ve had your eye on Apple AirPods wireless earbuds or the AirPods Max headphones, but have no clue which model to purchase, we’ve got you covered. This comprehensive buyer’s guide highlights all …
Forbes

Google Debuts New Chrome Browser Security Features To Block Threats
Forbes
Google announced a bunch of new security tweaks on Thursday that it says will boost protection and control of personal data while browsing the web. Here’s what you need to know. The announcement by Andrew Kamau, a Chrome product manager at Google, …
BBC News

Billionaire completes first private spacewalk
BBC News
A billionaire and an engineer have become the first non-professional crew to perform one of the riskiest manoeuvres in space – a spacewalk. Jared Isaacman and Sarah Gillis stepped out of the SpaceX spacecraft around 15 minutes apart, …
Phys.Org

Microbe dietary preferences found to influence effectiveness of carbon sequestration in deep ocean
Phys.Org
This has real implications for understanding carbon sequestration and the biological carbon pump,” said journal article co-author Benjamin Van Mooy, a senior scientist in the Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry Department at the Woods Hole Oceanographic …
Spaceflight Now

First non-government spacewalk goes off without a hitch for Polaris Dawn crew
Spaceflight Now
In another SpaceX milestone, billionaire Jared Isaacman and company crew trainer Sarah Gillis took turns floating just outside their Crew Dragon capsule early Thursday in the first privately-financed spacewalk in the history of space exploration.
BBC News

Printing tech from UK university could go to Mars
BBC News
Cranfield University helped to develop the 3D printer in collaboration with Airbus before it was sent to the International Space Station in January, where astronauts printed a metal part in space for the first ever time. Experts …
Reuters

OpenAI launches new series of AI models with ‘reasoning’ abilities
Reuters
The models, first reported by Reuters, are capable of reasoning through complex tasks and can solve more challenging problems than previous models in science, coding and math, the AI firm said in a blog post.
RTE.ie

Anyone for Quidditch? The latest Harry Potter video game reviewed
RTE.ie
The game’s opening brims with nostalgia as Ginny, Ron, and the Weasley twins appear on screen. It all feels eerily familiar as they take you around their yard on broomsticks. Thrown into flight, you’ll learn the basics of broom control quickly and discover …
Vox

Why the SpaceX spacewalk is such a huge deal
Vox
“Back at home, we all have a lot of work to do, but from here, Earth sure looks like a perfect world,” Isaacman said, observing the planet from outside his SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft Thursday.