An inability to properly use the essential mineral manganese could be to blame for some cases of severe scoliosis, according to a new study.
High-res data offer most detailed look yet at trawl fishing footprint around the world
A new analysis that uses high-resolution data for 24 ocean regions in Africa, Europe, North and South America and Australasia shows that 14 percent of the overall seafloor shallower than 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) is trawled. The analysis shows that the footprint of bottom-trawl fishing on continental shelves and slopes across the world’s oceans often has been substantially overestimated.
New York Comic Con 2018 trailer round-up: Aquaman, Star Trek, and more
New York Comic Con wrapped yesterday, and it was a busy few days, with plenty of news about highly-anticipated titles like Daredevil, Star Trek: Discovery, and American Gods.
Interestingly, much like with San Diego Comic-Con earlier this year, the big reveals at this year’s NYCC were almost entirely for major television shows, rather than movies. While we did get previews of films like Aquaman, Mortal Engines, and Hellboy (the trailer for which hasn’t been released online yet), the slate of late 2018 and spring 2019 television shows dominated the show.
We’ve rounded up all the biggest and best trailers from this year’s show in one place for your viewing convenience. Check them out below.
American Gods
The next season of Starz’s…
Alexa’s in-app smart home controls just got a makeover – CNET
The app’s softer, better-looking aesthetic mirrors the design trend in the Echo devices themselves.
Microsoft reveals Project xClould service to stream Xbox games to phones – CNET
Halo, Forza and more Xbox games are coming to phones and tablets through the service.
Microsoft now faces a big Windows 10 quality test after botched update
Microsoft has pulled its latest Windows 10 update offline after some users complained of missing files. It’s the latest in a string of incidents with regular patches and Microsoft’s larger Windows 10 updates that have been causing issues for some PC users this year. While Microsoft tests Windows 10 with millions of beta testers, there are signs that this public feedback loop isn’t always working. Earlier this year Microsoft delayed its April 2018 Windows 10 update due to last minute Blue Screen of Death issues, and then had to fix desktop and Chrome freezing issues after it was shipped to more than 600 million machines.
Microsoft now faces questions over how these updates have caused big issues, and why the company didn’t pick them up…
Read Apple’s letter to Congress denying spy chip report
Apple has come out swinging at last week’s Bloomberg spy chip report today with a new letter to some of the biggest tech watchdogs in Congress, flatly denying that any of the company’s servers were compromised through the use of microchips implanted by Chinese spies.
The letter which was previously reported but recently made publicly available assumes the same tough stance on the Bloomberg report that the company took on when it came out with its first press release last week. “Apple has never found malicious chips, ‘hardware manipulations’ or vulnerabilities purposely planted in any server,” wrote Apple’s vice president of information security George Stathakopoulos to the Senate Commerce and House Energy and Commerce Committees. “We…
T-Mobile promises 5G for its Metro prepaid service in 2019
T-Mobile announced it was building out its 5G network in 30 cities this February, and today, the company committed to bringing 5G service to its Metro prepaid service in 2019, as first reported by CNET. Metro is the recently rebranded MetroPCS, which was acquired by T-Mobile in 2013. Metro’s unlimited plans are also launching today, which bring perks like Google One cloud storage and an Amazon Prime membership. The announcement is part of rebranding efforts to bring the budget prepaid service closer to its parent company T-Mobile’s premium features.
Carriers have been racing to be the first to deploy a 5G wireless network, in order to prepare infrastructure for self-driving cars and phones that’ll be able to support 5G in the future….
T-Mobile’s enhanced LTE network gets its first tablet – CNET
The Alcatel 3T 8 is designed to deliver entertainment using T-Mobile’s 600MHz expanded LTE network.
HP’s latest convertible Chromebook starts at $599
The HP Chromebook x360 14 is a convertible laptop running Google’s lightweight ChromeOS operating system. HP is advertising that this is the thinnest Chromebook its ever produced at just 16mm think, but depending on your budget its size won’t limit its power, with your choice of either an 8th-generation Intel i3 or i5 processor. That’s paired with 8GB RAM and 64GB SSD, so this device shouldn’t struggle with light workloads.
Despite how thin the chassis is, you’re still getting a decent array of ports. There are two USB Type-C ports, a standard sized USB Type-A port, and a MicroSD slot. The battery isn’t too shabby either, with HP promising that it should last as long as 14 hours on a single charge, although you’re only getting a Full HD…