Tree tops sparkle with electricity during thunderstorms
Ultraviolet cameras captured faint electrical flashes from leaves and branches as storm charges built up in the atmosphere.
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The return-to-the-office trend backfires
Many business leaders think that a stricter return-to-office policy will cause a surge in productivity. But in reality, the data tell a different story. Across practitioner reports and peer-reviewed...
Business
Policy
FDA approves Wellcovorin for ultra-rare disease. The Trump admin touted it as a treatment for autism
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday granted expanded approval to Wellcovorin for the ultra-rare disease cerebral folate deficiency (CFD) in both children and...
Medicine & Health
Software
How Bluetooth® Technology Helps Optimize Operations Across Industrial Spaces
While perhaps not as well known of a use case as audio streaming, Bluetooth® technology is increasingly being relied on by global industrial facilities to reduce downtime,...
Technology
World News
Google’s Gemini AI is getting a bigger role across Docs, Sheets, and Slides
Google is embedding its Gemini AI assistant even more deeply within its Workspace apps. The changes, which are rolling out to Google Workspace and AI...
Software
Energy
MacBook Neo review: the Mac for the masses
The citrus Neo. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge The MacBook Neo is basically the M1 MacBook Air all over again. That...
Apple & Mac
Software
Project Hail Mary is popcorn sci-fi at its best
Have you ever wondered what Arrival would be like if it was also a goofy buddy comedy? Me neither. And yet the strange combination somehow...
Astronomy
Software
You can now ask Photoshop’s AI assistant to edit images for you
You can ask Adobe’s AI assistant to edit images in Photoshop for web by describing conversationally how you want it to change. | Image: Adobe...
Software
Technology
Zoom introduces an AI-powered office suite, says AI avatars for meetings arrive this month
Zoom is also introducing a real-time deepfake detection tech for meetings
Technology
Energy
Google rolls out new Gemini capabilities to Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive
The idea behind the new features is to make the apps more personal and capable to help users get things done faster, right within the...
Software
Hyperscale Power is the latest startup to challenge 140-year-old transformer tech
Startup Hyperscale Power is developing technology that promises to shrink power transformers, freeing up precious space within data centers.
Technology
Energy
This SpaceX veteran says the next big thing in space is satellites that return to Earth
The company's first demonstration mission is expected in early 2027.
Space & Astronomy
Business
MacBook Neo review: Apple puts every $600 Windows PC to shame
I really don't know how Apple did it. The MacBook Neo is a $600 laptop that doesn't feel like an afterthought, which is a curse...
Hardware
Energy
'The future of the space economy': Colorado startup Lux Aeterna raises $10 million to develop reusable satellites
The Colorado company Lux Aeterna wants to help open up the space economy with a fleet of fully reusable satellites, and it just raised to...
Business
Space & Astronomy
Wordle’s creator is back with a game that aims to ease players into cryptic crosswords
A few years after selling Wordle to the New York Times, creator Josh Wardle has returned with a new word game - albeit one that's...
Software
Business
Germany’s Merz warns against ‘endless war’ in Iran
BERLIN — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Tuesday that he is increasingly worried about the apparent lack of a strategy by the U.S. and Israel...
Energy
Software
AirPods Pro 3 Hit All-Time Low Price of $199
Verizon today has the AirPods Pro 3 available for $199.00, down from $249.00. This is a match of the all-time low price on the AirPods...
Apple & Mac
Embedded Systems
Strait of Hormuz closure will have ‘ripple effect for weeks if not months’
‘We could still be suffering the ripple effect of this for weeks, if not months’.
Online age-verification tools for child safety are surveilling adults
Article URL: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/08/social-media-child-safety-internet-ai-surveillance.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47322635 Points: 32 # Comments: 8
World News
The Download: AI’s role in the Iran war, and an escalating legal fight
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How...
Publishing
Software
Traffic from Russia to Cloudflare is 60% down from last year
Article URL: https://radar.cloudflare.com/traffic/ru?dateRange=52w Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47322629 Points: 39 # Comments: 16
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How will soaring oil prices caused by Iran war impact food costs?
Oil and gas are not just fuel. They are raw materials for thousands of products, including fertilisers used in farming.
Materials Science
Policy
Inside one of the wildest days the oil market has ever seen
How one London trading floor coped with a record swing in prices
Business
Finance
Rode’s new Video Core offers a streamlined take on the all-in-one studio
Rode has announced a new product for video producers called the Rodecaster Video Core. Rode calls its new hardware the “ultimate all-in-one content creation tool,...
Hardware
Technology