A speedy update — Plus a new display and new graphics for an updated HP Spectre x360 15. Valentina Palladino - Jan 6, 2020 1:00 am UTC The updated HP Elite Dragonfly (left) next to the updated HP Spectre x360 15 (right). Valentina Palladino It now has a 90 percent screen-to-body ratio and an optional…
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (Reuters) - HBO’s media dynasty show “Succession” and Amazon Studio’s quirky British comedy “Fleabag” were the big television winners at the Golden Globes on Sunday where host Ricky Gervais targeted Hollywood’s sexual misconduct and the rise of streaming services. On a good night for British talent, Brian Cox was named best TV…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Hong Kong airport is health screening passengers arriving from Wuhan A mysterious viral pneumonia that has infected dozens in central China is not Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars), health chiefs have said.They also discounted bird flu and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, and said investigations were continuing.A total of 59…
On the eleventh day of Christmas — Social perception bias might simply be an emergent property of our social networks. Jennifer Ouellette - Jan 4, 2020 8:07 pm UTC Enlarge / Peoples' tendency to assume others think the same way they do could be influenced by social network structures.piermichelemalucchi/Getty Images Social perception bias is best…
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Fire threats eased in parts of southeastern Australia on Sunday after a horror day of blazes that killed one man and injured four firefighters, but authorities warned several fires were still burning at emergency levels and hot weather was set to return. A satellite image shows wildfires burning east of Obrost, Victoria,…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Burkina Faso has been battling militants for years At least 14 people have died and four injured after an improvised explosive device (IED) blew up a bus in north-western Burkina Faso. The vehicle was mainly carrying students back to their places of study after the New Year break.Reports suggest…
On the tenth day of Christmas — It's part of a growing academic movement called "graphic medicine." Jennifer Ouellette - Jan 3, 2020 11:10 pm UTC Enlarge / Martinique-born psychiatrist Franz Fanon explored the bioethics of studying and treating trauma in his 1961 book, The Wretched of the Earth. An academic paper written in comic…
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The Australian government said on Saturday that thousands of army reservists would be deployed to help communities hit by spreading wildfires and a third navy ship had been readied to support evacuations from coastal towns. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said up to 3,000 members of the Australian Defense Force Reserve would be…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Iran's missile capabilities are a key part of its military prowess Iran has vowed to retaliate after its most powerful military commander was killed by a US drone strike on Baghdad airport."Severe revenge awaits" those behind the attack on General Qasem Soleimani, said Iran's Supreme Leader. So what do…
On the ninth day of Christmas — Chalk it up to a complicated interplay of predator/prey relationships in the ecosystem Jennifer Ouellette - Jan 2, 2020 11:55 pm UTC Enlarge / A recent study by University of Michigan researchers found evidence of Turing patterns in the movement of Azteca ant colonies on coffee farms in…
