Month: August 2019

Image: Sean O’Kane

Apple has started promoting The Morning Show, its first big release for the forthcoming TV Plus streaming service, and the logo for the titular show-within-the-show looks just like the one used by Elon Musk’s Boring Company.

While the fonts look slightly different (Apple’s is thicker, for one thing), the similarity is stark. The position of the words “The” and “Show” seem to mimic the offset layout of “The” and “Company” in The Boring Company’s logo, and the “o” in “Morning” is completely filled in just like the one in “Boring.” Apple’s using the logo for The Morning Show in the actual show (on sets and billboards) and also on the show’s social media accounts.

Here they are side by side:

Here’s the description of The Boring Company’s…

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Study provides new evidence of synergistic effects of drugs that inhibit cell division and support for further clinical trials.

Children with a high genetic risk of developing type 1 diabetes have different gut microbiomes than children with a low risk, according to a new study. The results suggest that genetic risk can shape an individual’s response to environmental factors in the development of autoimmune diseases.

Researchers have created a quantum spin wave for light. This can be a carrier of information for future nanotechnologies but with a unique twist: they only flow in one direction.

A team of astronomers has discovered a second giant planet in orbit around alpha Pictoris, a star that is relatively young (23 million years old) and close (63.4 light years), and surrounded by a disk of dust. The alpha Pictoris system has fascinated astronomers for the last 30 years since it enables them to observe a planetary system in the process of forming around its star.

Right now, it’s only for Europe.

The plug-in hybrid powertrain is the company’s third-generation system, and it’s smart.

A monster-sized planet tugs on its host star just enough for researchers to pinpoint it 63 light-years away.

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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has called for a complete ban on the police use of facial recognition as part of his campaign’s broader plan for criminal justice reform. If elected president, Sanders specifically pledges to “ban the use of facial recognition software for policing.” The plan also calls for ending programs that provide military equipment to local police and establishing federal standards for the use of body cameras.

Sanders is the first presidential candidate to call for an outright ban on police use of facial recognition, although a number of other Democratic candidates have expressed concerns about how the technology is being used. Last year, Sens. Kamala Harris (D-CA) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) joined with other senators in a…

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Dell is looking to surpass Nvidia’s giant 4K gaming displays with an OLED panel on its latest Alienware monitor. The Alienware 55 OLED Gaming Monitor includes a 55-inch OLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate and support for AMD’s FreeSync that reduces visual artifacts like screen tearing. This Alienware panel has super-thin bezels and includes a single DisplayPort 1.2 port, three HDMI 2.0 ports, four USB ports, a headphone jack, and SPDIF audio line-out.

The lack of HDMI 2.1 will disappoint many hoping to take advantage of 4K video at 120Hz through HDMI. The rear mount is VESA compatible, so you can use this display with the included leg supports or mount it on a wall or third-party stand. Dell’s panel also has a response time of 0.5…

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