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How To Change Do Not Disturb Settings On Your Android Phone
Framesira/Shutterstock Many people are accustomed to using their Android phones round-the-clock and may not mind the constant stream of alerts and notifications. Of course, this may not be the case if you are the sort of person who needs the occasional break from your mobile device. For these situations, you can enable Android's "Do Not
Climate change will intensify UK droughts so we must take action now
Environment | Leader 10 August 2022 Jon Super/Xinhua/Alamy Live NewsTEMPORARY bans on using hosepipes to fill up paddling pools might seem like a parochial issue. But such modest efforts as most of England nears drought are a reminder that even countries perceived as perpetually rainy will need to get serious about saving water in a…
DoD wants to change how it buys space technology – but can it?
U.S. Space Command last month opened a small office at the Catalyst Campus, a business park in Colorado Springs where more than 30 startups and defense contractors have set up shop. Space Command, the U.S. military combatant command responsible for operations in outer space, tracks satellites and debris in orbit. Amid growing concerns about threats…
Climate Change Is Taking a Big Bite out of Our Food Supply
This story originally appeared on Mother Jones and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.With its siege on neighboring Ukraine, Russia has embroiled two of the world’s five leading wheat exporters in a chaotic war, representing about a quarter of the global trade in staple grain. Not surprisingly, global wheat prices surged during the first…
Will Elon Musk change Germany?
Or will Germany change Elon Musk?THIS IS A big week for Tesla’s “gigafactory” in Grünheide, near Berlin. According to the German press, the American electric-car maker will get the final green light from local authorities to start operations within days. In one way, it already has. On February 28th Tesla workers elected their first works…
Climate change is intensifying Earth’s water cycle at twice the predicted rate, research shows
This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Rising global temperatures have shifted at least twice the amount of freshwater from warm regions towards the Earth’s poles than previously thought as the water cycle intensifies, according to new analysis. Climate change has intensified the global water cycle by up to…
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Scientists have long been warning that extreme weather would cause calamity in the future. But in South America — which in just the last month has had deadly landslides in Brazil, wildfire in Argentine wetlands and flooding in the Amazon so severe it ruined harvests — that future is already…
How to Change Your “About Me” Information on Discord
Discord profiles come with an “About Me” section (also called a bio) where you can add some information about yourself. Here’s how to add and edit these details from both your desktop and mobile phone. RELATED: 8 Ways to Personalize Your Discord Account What Can You Include in Discord’s “About Me” Section? Discord’s “About Me” section…
Chrome OS code change reveals initial list of Chromebooks getting Steam
It's still unclear when Chrome OS will get Steam support Google is closer than ever to rolling out support for Steam on Chrome OS. Now, a newly uncovered list details which Chromebooks will initially support Steam. Spotted by 9to5Google, the list was included in a recent code change submitted to the Chromium Gerrit, an online…
Q&A: Here’s How AI Will Change Chip Design
Terry Byland is the only person to have received this kind of implant in both eyes. He got the first-generation Argus I implant, made by the company Second Sight Medical Products, in his right eye in 2004 and the subsequent Argus II implant in his left 11 years later. He helped the company test the…