The bulk of the panel argued that forcing Apple to unlock even this one phone would provide a slippery slope for both the U.S. government and foreign spy agencies to access any phone, and was unnecessary because the FBI had ample other investigative tools at its disposal. Shamir said that breaking into a single phone, in order to leave no stone unturned about the connections of a murderous terrorist, outweighed his privacy rights and the implications for other people....

Neo QLED The new Samsung LED TV line is called the Neo QLED and it relies on quantum mini LEDs to provide its backlight. Each diode is smaller than a grain of sand, which makes them roughly one fortieth the size of the previous LEDs. Like with typical OLED displays, each diode provides its own light and can turn off completely when it’s not in use, which leads to darker black levels and improved perceived contrast....

The Bespoke Plant fridge is only a prototype for now, but the device is an interesting mishmash of Samsung’s technologies, even some from outside of its appliances division. The growing chamber inside occupies half of a typical French door-style fridge and can accommodate roughly 45 plants, depending on what you grow (cabbage can be a real space hog, after all). Plants come in self-containing pods full of soil that fit snugly into slots on the shelves....

This device makes it easy. It’s designed to fit on your kitchen countertop and recycle food scraps with the touch of a button. Just toss in the remnants of fruits and vegetables, breads and grains, and even some animal products and the composter will turn it back into nutrient-rich material within four hours. You can even scrape your dinner plates directly into the device and it will neutralize those pungent odors, keeping insects at bay....

Then again, music-powered productivity still hinges on the type of songs you listen to. If a certain task requires more brainpower, streaming music, especially loud tracks or those with lyrics, may only overstimulate your brain and distract you altogether. Not all songs are created to accompany you while you work. WiredVibe, however, packs visual and sound therapies specifically engineered to improve your focus and elevate your productivity. For a limited time, a subscription to this app is available at its lowest price yet....

23andMe Health + Ancestry Service Personal DNA Test $98.99 (was $199.99) 23andMe, one of the top-rated kits available, provides personalized insights about whether you carry gene variants linked to assorted health conditions. It comes with more than 150 personalized reports and they promise to safeguard your data. All you need to do is spit in the provided tube, register your kit, and return it to the lab for your results in five to six weeks....

Vitamix has also knocked considerable cash off its certified refurbished models, which allows you to get a high-end A3500 for $349. That’s a full $200 off the regular refurbished price and half off the price of a $699 new model. The refurbished model comes with a serious five-year warranty, but you can extend it out to eight years for an extra $75. I particularly like the A3500 because it’s part of the company’s Ascent line, which represents some of its most advanced blenders....

A middle-schooler who thumbed through the pages of iScience—a textbook that as of 2018 sat on the shelves of a quarter of American middle-school science classrooms—could be forgiven for closing the book with some big questions about recent climate change. At the start of an eight-page section devoted to the subject, she would read that, “Average temperatures on Earth have been increasing for the past hundred years.” That would be one of the textbook’s only definitive statements on the subject....

Scientists took aerial surveys of Hawaiian reefs before and after a major heat wave in 2019, and found that corals at certain sites fared better than their neighbors. These so-called refugia lost up to 40 percent fewer corals despite facing similar temperatures. A number of variables may explain their success, including distance from human settlements, the researchers reported on May 2 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. “We’re trying to understand where those [refugia] are and why they’re there,” says Greg Asner, a coauthor of the study and director of the Arizona State University Center for Global Discovery and Conservation Science in Hilo, Hawaii....

If you’re part of the latter and would rather stay at home to watch your favorite shows, you can still mimic the cinematic experience by upgrading your home theater. Investing in a projector is one of the easiest ways to do that, and this Cyber Week, you can grab the 1080p Mini Full HD LCD Projector for 32% off. At first glance, this projector may not seem capable of beaming a large display due to its size, but it’s actually engineered to project large screens from 20″ to 120″ wide into small rooms....

According to a survey, finance and banking professionals dedicate over 4 hours a day to Excel, Word, and PowerPoint to execute tasks. If you happen to belong in this industry and want unfettered access to these programs, the Microsoft Office Professional 2021 for Windows: Lifetime License + Finance Courses from Chris Haroun bundle nets you a lifetime subscription to the most important Office apps, along with a bunch of finance courses that can hone your skills....

While we can’t see infrared light, we experience it all the time in the form of heat, which almost every object on Earth emits. Dark objects tend to radiate more heat than pale ones because they can absorb more light energy. This makes them appear brighter in infrared. In that way, Saphore’s photography flips expectations: Leaves on a tree, for example, might look muted and dark in visible light, but through his lens, they become glowing and vibrant....

Choosing the wrong bike First, ask yourself where you plan to ride. Will you be cruising on streets, unpaved roads, bike trails, or a combination of these places? If you’re looking for a fast, sleek, aerodynamic ride to coast through asphalt streets, look into a road bike. The slim tires allow for fast speeds that are perfect for racing, commuting, and exercise. If you love venturing onto trails, go for a mountain bike, which are designed with shock-absorption suspension....

It’s preparedness at the international level that he’s concerned about. He and other tsunami experts say a lack of coordination among countries could seriously weaken the effectiveness of otherwise sophisticated new early-warning systems set to go online this year. India has installed six of 10 planned wave sensors off its coast, and the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System (IOTWS), designed by a consortium of German scientists, begins operating in November....

Top pick: simplehuman Sensor Mirror Hi-Fi with Alexa Yes, it’s one of the most expensive makeup mirrors you can buy—but this Simplehuman mirror with 5X magnification is in a class of its own. From its sleek modern profile to a Danish-designed high-fidelity speaker, you might just fall in love with the design before you even experience its function. When you walk into the room and the sensor detects your face, the mirror greets you by lighting up....

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Anderegg and his colleagues collected data on the flow of heat, water, and carbon at 40 sites around the world, from Canada to Zambia, Denmark, Russia, and Australia. They then compared those measurements with the tree species prevalent in each location to see what traits were associated with intensified droughts. “Instead of looking at how drought affects the forest, how might this go the other way around?” Anderegg says. They found some trees in cooler climates—particularly conifers such as cedars, firs, junipers, and pines—gradually slow how much water they internally circulate, keeping the soil around them as moist as possible for as long as possible....

“Desire to help Boeing is real & am corresponding w 787 chief engineer,” Musk wrote. He first raised the idea Jan. 18, when he told Boeing “Tesla & SpaceX are happy to help with the 787 lithium ion batteries.” How generous of him, especially after he poked fun at Boeing in a magazine profile a few months ago. SpaceX and Tesla use lithium ion packs for its Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft, and the Tesla Model S–the first all-electric car to be knighted Car of the Year–does too....

Scientists think the majority of social interaction the bears see is during mating season and while females raise their cubs, who stick together with mom for two years or more. So it was particularly shocking when researchers saw pairs of sun bears in a Malaysian conservation center precisely mimic each other’s facial expressions in less than a second, a sign of social intelligence only before seen in humans and apes....

As Bose’s Santiago Carvjal told me, the design goal of the VideoWave was to provide the best, simplest rendering device for audio and video the company could possibly execute in a single device. In pursuit of that goal of simplicity, it forgoes the usual add-ons: There’s no Ethernet, no Wi-Fi, no apps, no 3-D, not even a TV tuner, which you might assume comes in such a premium-priced product. Instead, Bose expects that you’ll bring your own favored a la carte sources....