Scaffolding at a Sydney building site has partially collapsed onto parked cars, the second safety incident within weeks at the development. SafeWork NSW said no-one was injured when a large section of scaffolding fell onto vehicles on Wattle Street in the inner-city suburb of Ultimo on Saturday just before 6:45pm. CCTV footage shows the scaffolding … Read more
Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. The Palestinian death toll from the nearly three-year Israel-Hamas war has surpassed 74,000, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. While a ceasefire … Read more
Docking with the ISS may seem simple. However, actually doing so is a showcase in how difficult orbital mechanics can be. It’s equivalent to traveling down a highway at 28,000 km/hr and parallel parking into an open garage on a multi-billion dollar laboratory traveling at the same speed. If you try to accelerate forward you … Read more
Artist’s impression of plesiosaurs feeding on the sea floor. Credit: Lente Artemieff Unusual fossils from an ancient North Sea delta may reveal where plesiosaurs fed. Fossilized vomit is not the kind of evidence paleontologists usually dream about finding. But it may have revealed an unexpected part of plesiosaur behavior. More than 20 fossilized masses recovered … Read more
NASA astronauts Victor Glover and Reid Wiseman are beginning a new chapter after their historic Artemis II journey around the Moon earlier this year. In September, both astronauts are transitioning to emeritus status at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The emeritus program allows highly experienced NASA personnel to remain involved with the agency by … Read more
Here’s a roundup of recent tech news from around the web. The MINISFORUM S5 is a fanless PC or NAS with 16GB LPDDR5 RAM, an Intel Core 3 304 chip, 5 M.2 slots for PCIe 4.0 x1 NVMe storage, 10 GbE and 2.5 GbE LAN, WiFi 7, 40 Gbps USB4, plus a compact aluminum chassis … Read more
Google Maps is my go-to navigation app. Even if it sometimes pales in comparison to Waze, Maps’ rich database makes it my ideal driving companion. For walking, Maps falls short. I discovered in a recent experiment that the app’s offline navigation doesn’t work while on foot. That’s a deal-breaker during trips abroad. I prefer using … Read more
OpenAI and the other defendants in Apple’s trade secret misappropriation lawsuit made a new filing, asking the court to strike two expert declarations and disregard other evidence Apple recently submitted. Here are the details. A bit of context As frequent 9to5Mac readers probably know, Apple recently filed a trade secret theft lawsuit against OpenAI, Jony … Read more
Alongside the now updated early fall Prime Day sale at Amazon, we are now tracking a host of notable Nothing deals including Ear (3a) at $79, the new Buds Neo at the $21 all-time low, Headphone (a) at up to 30% off, and Phone (4a) from $449, among others. Those deals join ASUS’ latest 16-inch … Read more
A human pancreas typically contains about a billion beta cells, the primary producers of insulin. Among people with diabetes, these cells are either missing or dysfunctional, and thus scientists have been looking for ways to replenish their numbers as a possible long-term treatment or even cure for the condition. A team of researchers recently took … Read more