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BMW is offering heated seat subscriptions in select countries, the latest example of a car company introducing a microtransaction model for premium vehicles. Front seat heating costs $18 a month for a monthly subscription, with an optional $180 annual or $300 three-year subscription, or $415 for unlimited usage. It’s unclear in which countries BMW offers […]

Subway’s chicken sandwiches do n’t necessarily have all the chicken from chicken , nor does the tuna in its tuna sandwiches come from tuna (DNA drift is very easy during cooking). A California judge has ruled that Subway can be sued for misleading customers by claiming that tuna products are 100 percent tuna. Subway tuna

Sri Lanka is in deep economic crisis. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe have announced their resignation. The presidential residence was occupied by protesters last Saturday, and the president himself is expected to go into exile . Part of the crisis is a hastily launched national experiment in organic farming . Rajapaksa’s government

Nearly all industrial-scale bitcoin miners in the U.S. state of Texas have shut down their rigs in anticipation of the heatwave and its potential power crunch. Bitcoin mining companies such as Riot Blockchain, Argo Blockchain and Core Scientific, which operate millions of miners, have flocked to the state because of Texas’ cheap electricity and loose

Inspired by the way babies learn, Deep Mind’s computer scientists have developed a program that learns the simple physical rules of how objects behave. The research report was published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour. Babies express surprise when they see images that violate the rules of physics, such as a video where the ball

In 1994 mathematician Peter Shor figured out how to make quantum computers do things that ordinary classical computers cannot. This work shows that, in principle, a quantum-rule-based machine can efficiently factor large numbers into prime factors—a very difficult task for classical computers, and prime factorization of large numbers is today’s largest Part of the basis

The Netherlands became one of the first countries to make working from home a legal right after parliamentary approval. Working from home, also known as remote work, is an employment arrangement that allows employees to work from anywhere. They do not need to commute to centralized workplaces such as office buildings, warehouses, retail stores, etc.

Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket successfully launched NASA’s lunar satellite CAPSTONE (Cislunar Autonomous Positioning System Technology Operations and Navigation Experiment) in June, performing the test work of the US manned lunar mission. On July 4th CAPSTONE began its journey to the moon. But during testing, engineers noticed inconsistencies in the ranging data, and sent a command

As early as 1960, the journal Science published a paper that found that music can regulate patient emotions during dental procedures. And pointed out that even noise, such as the sound of a surgical drill, can have an analgesic effect. However, for more than half a century, the key factors that sound can reduce pain,

Valve’s Steam platform is often seen as an industry model for handling delisted games, which remain in the game library of the purchased player and can be downloaded and played normally. Valve’s example may be broken, however: Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD , a spinoff game in Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed franchise, will be pulled from the

At the end of August last year, the State Press and Publication Administration issued the “Notice on Further Strict Management to Effectively Prevent Minors from Indulging in Online Games,” limiting minors’ weekly online gaming time to three hours. All online game companies can only provide one-hour service to minors from 20:00 to 21:00 every day

Researchers at two universities in Germany have demonstrated two quantum entangled atoms separated at opposite ends of a 33-kilometer-long optical fiber. According to the research team, this is an important step towards realizing a practical quantum internet. In the experiment, they entangled two atoms of rubidium in optical traps in two different buildings on the

When authorities raided Uber’s European headquarters in 2015, then-CEO Travis Kalanick wrote in an email: “Please hit the shutdown switch as soon as possible,” ordering subordinates to prevent office laptops and other devices from using Uber’s internal systems. “AMS access must be closed”, AMS referring to Amsterdam. Authorities are investigating the company for its disruption