Month: December 2021
Intel thinks it might have the answer to your Windows 11 performance issues
Audio player loading… Intel has fixed an issue for Windows 10 and Windows 11 users which had made a specific OS app consume too much processing power and RAM. Now found on the Intel Driver & Support Assistant page, the DCH driver 30.0.101.1191 fixes issues with the Desktop Window Manager…
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All the news from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope mission
After decades of work, the launch is here Contributors: Verge Staff On Christmas Day, NASA is slated to launch one of its most anticipated spacecraft in decades: a next-generation observatory dubbed the James Webb Space Telescope, or JWST. It’s taken roughly 25 years for NASA to get this vehicle ready…
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The revamp of this classic Christmas toy has a serious Bluetooth security flaw
Audio player loading… Older readers will probably remember the Fisher-Price Chatter phone, a classic toy that almost always sells out during the holiday season. This year, however, buyers might get a little more than what they paid for – if not too much. As reported by TechCrunch, the newly “smart”…
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How the pandemic supercharged the creator economy in 2021
The multibillion dollar industry of game streamers, beauty vloggers, podcast producers, fitness influencers, newsletter writers and other social media stars who make up the “creator economy,” began long before 2021. Yet 2021 saw more platforms throw more money and resources at independent content creators than ever before. This year, companies…
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FDA authorizes second COVID-19 antiviral pill
The Food and Drug Administration authorized a second at-home antiviral pill to treat COVID-19 on Thursday. The clearance for the drug, called molnupiravir, came a day after the agency signed off on Pfizer’s COVID-19 antiviral, called Paxlovid. Both drugs reduce the risk of hospitalization and death in people diagnosed with…
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What we learned this year about how to avoid a climate catastrophe
COP26 was not a fist-in-the-air moment, and not the victory against climate change that humanity had been banking on. Sadly, politics and commerce put a hard thumb on proceedings, limiting the action possible. Commitments to “phase down” coal, rather than a firm pledge to eliminate it outright, show how far…
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