Yeast is an incredible organism—you can thank it for booze!—and thanks to the marvels of modern genetics, we’ve made it incredibly versatile. Just a month after announcing a method for hacking yeast to produce narcotics , researchers just announced that the creation of yeast that produces THC and cannabidiols . Read more…
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Scientists Can Now Make THC from Yeast
Philips Sonicare, the brand behind popular electronic toothbrushes, recently released a device that accomplished the inconceivable: It made oral hygiene so fun that kids want to stay on top of it. The new toothbrush proved a little addictive, though. Read more…
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Kids Are Getting Addicted To an App-Enabled Toothbrush That Works Too Well
There are lots of coaster parks in the world, but few have dedicated themselves to pushing the limits of thrill rides like Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, has. And when it opens next summer, its new Valravn Birdseye coaster will officially break ten world records in one fell swoop. Read more…
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Cedar Point’s Giant New Coaster Will Shatter Ten World Records Next Year
An anonymous reader writes: Mr. Torvalds has released Linux 4.3-rc1 this weekend. He characterized the release as “not particularly small — pretty average in size, in fact. Everything looks fairly normal, in fact, with about 70% of the changes being drivers, 10% architecture updates, and the remaining 20% are spread out.” There are a number of new user-facing features including stabilized Intel “Skylake” processor support, initial AMD R9 Fury graphics support, SMP scheduler optimizations, file-system fixes, a reworked open-source NVIDIA driver, and many Linux hardware driver updates. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Linux 4.3 Bringing Stable Intel Skylake Support, Reworked NVIDIA Driver
MojoKid writes: Researchers from Purdue University have developed a software tool for Android smartphones that purportedly slows down battery drain when handsets enter a sleep state. With the software tool installed, the researchers claim that smartphone battery life can be extended by nearly 16 percent. Called “HUSH, ” the software solution was developed in response to what the researchers say is the first large-scale study of smartphone energy drain occurring from everyday use by consumers. According to their research, apps drain 28.9 percent of battery power while the screen is turned off. HUSH dynamically identifies app background activities that it deems aren’t useful to the user experience on a per-app basis and suppresses those apps when the screen is turned off. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Purdue ‘HUSH’ Tool Promises 16% Battery Life Gain For Wasteful Android Phones
It sounds like something straight out of a comic book, but after losing his sternum and part of his rib cage to cancer, a 54-year-old Spanish man received the world’s first 3D-printed chest prosthetic made from lightweight, but incredibly strong, titanium. Read more…
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The World’s First 3D-Printed Titanium Rib Cage Is a Medical Marvel
Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero grabbed the world’s attention this past winter when he announced his plans to perform the first human head transplant. Many doubted that such an outrageous procedure would ever see the light of day. Now, Canavero has a date on the books. Read more…
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The First Human Head Transplant Will Take Place in 2017
Sometimes, all you need is the right app to get something done—whether it’s an essential everyday tool, or something a bit more specialized. Today, as part of Lifehacker’s 10th anniversary celebration , we’re looking at 10 of our favorite apps in the latter category. Read more…
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Top 10 Incredibly Useful Windows Programs to Have On Hand
An anonymous reader writes: The next browser battle is upon us. Edge has been out for more than a month, and its two biggest competitors have received significant updates: Chrome 45 and Firefox 40. This article puts all three through their paces, and each manages to win a few tests. Edge convincingly won the JetSteam and SunSpider JavaScript benchmarks, while also eking out a victory in Google’s Octane test. Chrome was victorious in Mozilla’s Kraken benchmark for JavaScript performance, while also edging out Firefox in HTML5Test and the Oort Online WebGL test. Firefox won the WebXPRT test that combines HTML5 and JavaScript performance, and also the Peacekeeper test for general browser performance. There’s no clear dominant browser for performance, and none of the three are obvious laggards, either. Browser competition seems to be in a good place right now. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Benchmark Battle, September 2015: Chrome Vs. Firefox Vs. Edge
Microsoft has officially killed off Windows Media Center , but there’s still hope for you if alternatives like Kodi just don’t seem to fill the void. Here’s how you can get Windows Media Center running on Windows 10. Read more…
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Get Windows Media Center Running on Windows 10 in a Few Easy Steps