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Remote workers and casual streamers who want a meaningful upgrade over a laptop's built-in webcam without spending much. The Obsbot Meet 2 4K Webcam is now $99 (was $129) at Amazon and £99 (was £129) in the UK . • Why we…
But what is it doing with that data? You can check the privacy policy to find out – assuming, that is, that you have the time to do so. A new study has found that the average time it takes to read a privacy policy for an…
Europe requires every member state to have a regulatory sandbox of a very different kind operational by August 2027. DeepSeek has published the method it uses to train AI agents at scale, describing a platform that runs…
You could have the most advanced router, but its signal still wouldn't reach that one room on the second floor. There are several solutions to this. You could set up a mesh router network or Wi-Fi extenders around your…
Human evolution and archaeology indicate that for most of humanity’s existence, information was passed down by the spoken word, probably often to children. Even factual events and people would be subject to distortion…
To answer a question or ask a new one, email lastword@newscientist.com To answer this question – or ask a new one – email lastword@newscientist.com . Questions should be scientific enquiries about everyday phenomena, and…
In cotton and linen, adjacent cellulose molecules can cross-link to form weak, reversible links known as hydrogen bonds. These links can be broken and reformed under pressure, in the presence of heat and moisture –…
Maybe itching has evolved to alert us to attack by blood-sucking arthropods, and if the persistence of the itch leads to a visceral loathing thereof, then surely that too, given dangers like the plague or malaria, will…
The induced vortex will create an air channel right up the middle to the bottom of the vessel. This lets air behind the water and so the whole mass of water is now free to fall under gravity. Without swirling to let air…
So, heating is more readily available than cooling. Liquid helium (at -269°C) gives us the closest commercial approach to absolute zero, but it is a pretty expensive way to cool your cocktails! Advertisement Humans have…