Day: June 1, 2022
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Artist Creates Custom Caskets for the 19 Child Victims of the Uvalde Mass Shooting
Artist Creates Custom Caskets for the 19 Child Victims of the Uvalde Mass Shooting View this post on Instagram A post shared by SoulShine Industries (@soulshine_industries) A custom casket maker is helping the victims of the Uvalde mass shooting be peacefully laid to rest. Trey Ganem is the owner of SoulShine Industries, a […]
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Another report corroborates that only iPhone 14 Pro models will get new A16 chip
Earlier this year, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo first reported that some iPhone 14 models might be introduced with the current A15 Bionic chip – a rumor that was later independently verified by 9to5Mac. Now a report from TrendForce corroborates these rumors by saying that only iPhone 14 Pro models will get the new A16 chip. more… […]
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Margaret Atwood Releases ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ as an Unburnable Book To Fight Censorship
Margaret Atwood Releases ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ as an Unburnable Book To Fight Censorship Margaret Atwood tests the flammability of the new edition of her renowned work. (Photo: screenshot from Penguin Random House)This post may contain affiliate links. If you make a purchase, My Modern Met may earn an affiliate commission. Please read our disclosure for […]
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Manipulating photons for microseconds tops 9,000 years on a supercomputer
Enlarge / Given an actual beam of light, a beamsplitter divides it in two. Given individual photons, the behavior becomes more complicated. (credit: Wikipedia) Ars Technica’s Chris Lee has spent a good portion of his adult life playing with lasers, so he’s a big fan of photon-based quantum computing. Even as various forms of physical […]
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Psychologist Shares How Art Therapy Exercise Helped Students Cope After Sandy Hook Shooting
Psychologist Shares How Art Therapy Exercise Helped Students Cope After Sandy Hook Shooting Photo: Alexander Dummer The horrific school shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, where 19 young students and two of their teachers were killed, is now the second-deadliest elementary school shooting in the United States. It occurred nearly 10 years after the […]
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NASA chooses two companies to build spacesuits for its 21st century Moonwalkers
Enlarge / An artist’s illustration of two suited crew members working on the lunar surface. (credit: NASA) On Wednesday, NASA took another step toward landing humans on the Moon when the agency announced a plan to purchase new and more versatile spacesuits for its astronauts. After more than a decade of work to develop a […]
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Sheryl Sandberg on leaving Meta
Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images “It is a job that’s been an honor and a privilege, but it’s not a job that leaves a lot of time to do much else.” Continue reading…
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IDC: iPhone least impacted by global smartphone shipment decline for two reasons
Global smartphone shipments have been dropping this year, and analysts predict that total shipments for 2022 will be lower than in 2021 due to global uncertainties combined with weaker demand. However, according to IDC, Apple with the iPhone will likely be the “least impacted vendor” in this scenario. more… The post IDC: iPhone least impacted […]
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Cinema-goers in the UK can now use iPhone to verify age for restricted films
Ever have to argue with an attendant over your age? Now young cinema-goers in the UK don’t need to do that, according to NFCW. Those needing to verify their age to purchase tickets for age-restricted movies can now use a digital ID card stored on their iPhone. more… The post Cinema-goers in the UK can […]
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iOS 15.6 fixes bug that automatically puts Apple Music in the Dock after reinstalling the app
Users last month discovered a bug in iOS 15 that caused Apple Music to be automatically added to the Dock after reinstalling the app – even if there were other apps already there. Now with iOS 15.6 beta 2, which was released this week to developers, that bug has finally been fixed. more… The post […]