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50, 100 & 150: April 2023 Mark Fischetti 1973 Catalytic Conversion “Among the most troublesome air pollutants produced by automobiles are the chemically active nitrogen oxides. Workers at Bell Laboratories have found catalysts that react nitrogen oxides with a reducing gas (hydrogen or carbon monoxide), converting them to nitrogen and such…
The newest iPad Mini and Google’s Pixel 6A top our favorite deals of the week Brandon Widder / Plus, you can save on Amazon’s latest Echo speaker, controllers, and our favorite pair of wireless earbuds: Sony’s WF-1000XM4. It’s the small one.Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Ah. April Fools’ Day. The dreaded day when…
Sony Unveils ZV-E1 Full-Frame Camera DL Byron Sony Unveils ZV-E1 Full-Frame camera. A compact powerhouse for content creators. Sony has announced the launch of its latest full-frame camera, the ZV-E1. It is designed specifically for content creators. The camera’s feature set is based on user feedback, offering high-quality content through innovative features in an easy-to-use…
Inside Sony’s Camera Factory DL Byron Inside Sony’s Camera Factory with my friend David Schloss. Sony is very secretive about their factories and manufacturing facilities, but a few years ago they let me take a look inside the Thailand factory where their cameras are made. In the wake of DPReview closing last week I was…
Sonos plans Move (Gen 2) portable speaker for second half of 2023 Chris Welch / Unlike the rethought Era 300 and 100, the next Move will mostly be about refinement. Sonos is on pace in 2023 to blow past its publicly stated goal of two new products per year. Don’t expect Sonos to drastically change…
GM is cutting off access to Apple CarPlay and Android Auto for its future EVs Andrew J. Hawkins / Starting with the 2024 Chevy Blazer EV, General Motors’ electric vehicles will restrict Apple CarPlay and Android Auto in favor of a native Google infotainment system. The 2024 Chevy Blazer EV will be the first GM…
Google’s last-gen Pixel 6 Pro is half off right now at Woot Sheena Vasani / Plus, you can get up to 75 percent off select PlayStation games for a limited time as well as $23 off Belkin’s handy BoostCharge Pro 3-in-1 Wireless Charger with MagSafe. Google’s Pixel 6 Pro is on sale right now for…
Vera Rubin Lives on in Lives of the Women She Helped in Astronomy Tulika Bose Johanna Teske: Ok, this is a spectrum. Teske: Vera Rubin means a lot to a lot of astronomers. This was one of the instruments that she used to help discover the presence of dark matter, which we now know is…
Judge’s Decision Would Make Some No-Cost Cancer Screenings a Thing of the Past Julie Appleby, Michelle Andrews, Kaiser Health News A federal judge on Thursday overturned a portion of the Affordable Care Act that makes preventive services, such as some cancer screenings, free to enrollees, a decision that could affect health insurance policyholders nationwide. …
Science News Briefs from around the World: March 2023 Daniel Leonard CZECH REPUBLIC Centuries-old tree rings in today’s Czech Republic and southeastern Bavaria suggest drought may have driven Attila the Hun’s invasion of the Roman Empire. The rings helped researchers to reconstruct the fifth-century climate, identifying dry spells that may have forced the…