This Week In Science & Technology

[Fwiffo]

I hope they eat tinned tuna and not sashimi grade tuna.

Coffee Meets Bagel: Dating app users rue missed connections amid outage

Those looking for love online express frustration as the popular app suffers days-long outage.

www.bbc.com

"This is affecting many people's ability to connect with people they've begun to develop relationships with,"

"RIP to the poor souls who scheduled dates yesterday and couldn't coordinate, who had meaningful conversations going and lost them."

My God...I can't communicate with my soulmate because the app is down. God forbid I have to go to a cafe, bar or a church and meet real human beings. The horror, the horror.

 

[Fwiffo]

Moon base: Bangor scientists design fuel to live in space

An energy source which could sustain life on the Moon for long periods has been designed by researchers.

www.bbc.com

Nuclear fuel cells. On the moon. Mankind innovates again.

 

[Fwiffo]

Apple shares slide after China government iPhone ban reports

The technology giant's stock market valuation has fallen by almost $200bn in the last two days.

www.bbc.com

What is more punishing? Americans that can't use Huawei or Chinese who can't use iPhones?

 

[Dropbear]

A 'Wild' and Mysterious Discovery Just Upended Our Idea of Black Holes

Black holes have been caught "burping" up star remains in a discovery that raises more questions about these objects.

www.vice.com

 

[Fwiffo]

Exoplanet's surface may be covered in oceans, James Webb Space Telescope finds

The so-called Hycean planet K2–18 b is around twice the size of Earth and orbits in the habitable zone of a star located 120 light-years from our solar system.

www.space.com

Alien cows.

 

[Fwiffo]

A 'Wild' and Mysterious Discovery Just Upended Our Idea of Black Holes

Black holes have been caught "burping" up star remains in a discovery that raises more questions about these objects.

www.vice.com

Maybe that's how Matthew McConaughey came back in Interstellar.

 

[Fwiffo]

France halts iPhone 12 sales over radiation exposure levels

Apple disputing tests by watchdog that showed radio frequency exposure was higher than permitted

www.theguardian.com

I'm getting breast cancer.....good thing there's the new iPhone 15!

 

[Fwiffo]

DOJ v. Google: Landmark antitrust case wraps up first week

The DOJ’s case, which is joined by eleven state attorneys general, argued that Google closed off competition by securing exclusive deals with tech platforms.

www.nbcnews.com

But what would we use without Internet Explorer Office Windows Google?