Americans, unsurprisingly, are not hitting the major dietary milestones of the recommended diet —and they haven’t been for quite some time. But the ways in which they’re doing that has changed quite a bit in the last few decades. Read more…
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This Is How Much the Average American Diet Has Changed Over the Last 40 Years
You open up your cupboard, or take a peak in your camping cooking supplies, and you find a bunch of old ketchup packets. Are they still good to eat? How long do they last? Let’s find out. Read more…
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Here’s How Long Those Small Condiment Packets Last Before They Expire
VLC is one of those fantastic little apps we’ve all come to love , and today Apple TV users can finally get in on the action with the new Apple TV app. Read more…
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VLC Arrives on the Apple TV with Support for Multiple Streaming Options and Video Formats
Archaeologists in Britain have uncovered the charred remains of a 3, 000-year-old stilted wooden structure that plunged into the river after it caught fire. The remarkably well-preserved roundhouse is offering an unprecedented glimpse into what domestic life was like during the Bronze Age. Read more…
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Sunken Bronze Age Settlement Is the ‘Pompeii’ of Britain
Energy-saving bulbs may have some competition in the shape of an ageing technology. Scientists have developed a new kind of incandescent light bulb that uses modern science to ramp up its efficiency, almost matching that of commercial LED bulbs. Read more…
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This New Incandescent Bulb Uses Nano Mirrors to Match LED Bulb Efficiency
Android is a pretty versatile operating system , but it’s not really ready for desktop-style uses just yet. RemixOS shows that it could be, with windowed Android apps, running on Intel-based PCs. Read more…
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RemixOS Brings Desktop-Style Android to Intel-Based PCs
Harman’s Yoram Berholtz explains how Harman is helping the car industry stay current with over-the-air software updates. Video shot/edited by Nathan Fitch. (video link) LAS VEGAS—A constant bugbear in automotive tech is how inconvenient it is to have to take one’s car to the dealership to get a software update—something Tesla owners often gloat about since their cars don’t suffer that problem. Well, have faith, non-Tesla owners, because it looks like the auto industry is moving in the right direction. To find out more, we spoke to Harman’s Yoram Berholtz at CES. Read 5 remaining paragraphs | Comments
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Finally, over-the-air software updates for your car are becoming a reality
David Bowie, who just died of cancer aged 69 , had an incalculable impact on pop culture throughout his shape-shifting career. But perhaps more than any other musician, he also had a tremendous impact on science fiction. He changed the way we thought about the alien, the uncanny, and the familiar. Read more…
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RIP David Bowie, The Man Who Changed Science Fiction
There’s clearly been some material cut from of Star Wars: The Force Awakens : and J.J. Abrams was asked if that means that there’ll be an extended cut of the film when the DVDs hit. Read more…
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Don’t Hold Your Breath For A The Force Awakens Extended Cut
An anonymous reader writes: The X.Org domain predates the X.Org Foundation. It was used in the ’90s as a destination by The Open Group around the X Window System. While many are expecting Mir and Wayland to eventually succeed the X.Org Server, it seems the X.Org/X11 Server may outlive the valuable domain. Thanks to poor management by the X.Org Foundation, they risk losing access to their one-letter domain. Procrastination, paired with not transferring the domain when forming the non-profit foundation, has led to a last-minute mess. They left the domain registered for years to a person who is no longer involved with X.Org — and doesn’t want to relinquish it. In the few days until the domain expires, they are hoping for a “Hail Mary.” Let this be a lesson for open-source projects to better manage their assets. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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After Years of Serving X11, X.Org Stands To Lose Its One-Letter Domain