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Rising chess star Hans Niemann has admitted to cheating in online chess in the past as he rejected any suggestions he had used computer assistance in a major tournament. The American made an impassioned statement during an interview with St Louis Chess Club commentator Alejandro Ramírez after allegations swirled on social media. World champion Magnus Carlsen stunned the chess world yesterday by suddenly withdrawing from the Sinquefield Cup following his shock defeat to Niemann with the white pieces.

Billionaire real estate investor Barry Sternlicht said he believes the economy is "braking hard" and that the continuation of rate hikes is likely to cause a "major crash" in housing. “The economy is braking hard,” the chairman and CEO of Starwood Capital Group said on CNBC earlier on Thursday. “If the Fed keeps this up they are going to have a serious recession and people will lose their jobs." "You are going to have a major crash in the housing market and housing prices are going down," Sternlicht said. "You are seeing housing prices correct."

Do you remember the first time you heard about Google? If you’re younger than 35, it may feel like it’s always been a thing . . . but if you’re older, you might remember when it became THE way to search the Internet. Today, Google.com is officially 25 years old. Google itself has picked various dates to celebrate its birthday over the years, but the domain was registered on September 15th of 1997. And it really started to take off in the year 2000. Google began as a research project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin when they were both...

If you thought cookie pop-ups were an annoying nuisance, just wait until you have to scan your face for some third party to “verify your age” after California’s new design code becomes law. On Friday, I wrote about the companies and organizations most likely to benefit from California’s AB 2273, the “Age Appropriate Design Code” bill that the California legislature seems eager to pass (and which they refer to as the “Kid’s Code” even though the details show it will impact everyone, and not just kids). The bill seemed to be getting very little attention, but after a few of...

With just a few clicks you could be saving big on everything you need to buy from Amazon. It's really that easy. With inflation rising high, odds are you're looking for the best deal on all of your purchases to help make your dollar stretch a little farther. Some of your daily purchases may be necessities while others are nice-to-haves, and while your necessities take priority that doesn't mean you need to completely cut out everything else. Amazon sells hundreds of thousands of products at all different price points, some of which are on sale and some are not. Wouldn't...

[dayglored comment] Those of us who have been forced to wait forever as Windows copies some huge file... well here's a way to make the wait more tolerable. Copying a large file from one drive to another, or over a network, can take quite a while, and there’s nothing you can do in that time, but wait. However, an enterprising developer has found a way to make the copy dialog more interesting -- he’s added a fully playable version of the arcade classic Lunar Lander to it. And this is no basic addition -- you can choose your difficulty level...

In hopes this article does not require a tin-foil hat to understand, I would like to broaden my understanding of reports of [smart] phones being confiscated during the current “Night of the Long Knives” i.e. recent raids going on across the country. With that said, I am looking for folks smarter than this author (shouldn’t be too difficult) to help explain the federals’ strategy of ‘phone snatching’ Real Americans.Allow me to explain…The conventional wisdom is that smartphones are grabbed as part of the investigation of something that happened 20+ months ago (or whatever), and the phone snatchers have the right...

California lawmakers have passed a measure cracking down on the future sales of new gasoline cars. The rules call for the ban of new gas-powered cars by 2035, with target guidelines to phase out the cars in increments. It is the first ban of its kind, and states nationwide are expected to enact similar policies. David Popp is a professor in the Public Administration and International Affairs Department in Syracuse University's Maxwell School. Popp's research interests are in environmental policy and the economics of technological change. Much of his research focuses on the links between environmental policy and innovation, with...

Perhaps he’d like a Pepsi? President Biden appears to have gotten rid of the Diet Coke button his predecessor, President Donald Trump, used on the resolute desk in the Oval Office. Political commentator Tom Newton Dunn on Thursday tweeted a photo of Biden behind the desk with stacks of executive orders — but the famous little red button Trump pushed to get his favorite soft drink appeared to be missing. “President Biden has removed the Diet Coke button,” Dunn wrote. “Eventually Trump pressed it, and a butler swiftly brought in a Diet Coke on a silver platter. It’s gone now.”...

You can download the update on the iPhone 8 or newer today. Here are the 11 new features you'll want to try first. The new OS is finally here after Apple Senior Vice President Craig Federighi announced it at WWDC 2022 in June. Apple This story is part of Focal Point iPhone 2022, CNET's collection of news, tips and advice around Apple's most popular product. Apple's big fall software update is now available to download, bringing plenty of new features to most recent iPhone models. Apple's new mobile operating system, iOS 16, is available for compatible iPhones on Monday. It's...

Concerns about the state of the economy come with worries about job security. In fact, half of companies are expecting to cut staff according to a PwC survey of more than 700 executives. The same survey found many executives are also planning hiring freezes and even rescinding job offers. But many companies have already trimmed their workforce. Here are the sectors facing layoffs in this week’s Five For Friday.#5: Mortgage and real estateThe housing market has cooled after the COVID-19 pandemic-induced smorgasbord over the last few years. And as the Federal Reserve raises its interest rate, causing home loan rates...

Single crystals of cathode material: (A) no internal boundaries and (B) internal boundaries visible. Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have a long history of breakthrough discoveries with lithium-ion batteries. Many of these discoveries have focused on a battery cathode known as NMC, a nickel-manganese-cobalt oxide. Batteries with this cathode now power the Chevy Bolt. Argonne researchers have made another breakthrough with the NMC cathode. The team's new structure for the cathode's micro-sized particles could lead to longer-lasting and safer batteries able to operate at very high voltage and power vehicles...

The state of Virginia has over a third of America's hyperscale datacenter capacity, and this amounts to more than the entire capacity of China or the whole of Europe, highlighting just how much infrastructure is concentrated along the so-called Datacenter Alley.These figures come from Synergy Research Group, which said that the US accounts for 53 percent of global hyperscale datacenter capacity, as measured by critical IT load, at the end of the second quarter of 2022. The remainder is relatively evenly split between China, Europe, and the rest of the world.While few would be surprised at the US accounting for...

The bizarre fluke left the dad-of-two Darren James, from Louisiana, US, temporarily 10 times richer than Virgin boss Richard Branson after a massive £43.4billion was mistakenly deposited into his bank accountA lucky dad has described the moment he became the world’s 25th richest man after a banking mishap briefly made him and his family into multi-billionaires. Darren James said his gobsmacked wife called him to report that a staggering £43.4billion had appeared in the bank account. The bizarre fluke left the dad-of-two, from Louisiana in the US, temporarily 10 times richer than Virgin boss Richard Branson. Stunned Darren couldn’t believe...

Things are going more or less normally out in sunny ol' California this week... ...but I gotta say, this is more than a little alarming: In case you're having trouble reading that, the message declares: The current heat wave is expected to stress California's grid this weekend. Use the Scheduled Departure setting to ensure your vehicle is charged and preconditioned to your preferences at time of departure, while avoiding charging during higher price evening hours between 4-9 PM. Reading that message like: I mean, look, a few things are very obvious here: There are a ton of government officials in...

If you're using Google Chrome or a Chromium-based browser -- whether on MacOS, Windows or Linux -- it's time to check for a critical security update. On Friday, Google released a Chrome update to patch a significant vulnerability that is actively being exploited in ongoing cyberattacks. Google urged users on all operating systems to update Chrome as soon as possible. The security lapse involves a collection of back-end libraries called Mojo, which are used by Chromium-based browsers, including Opera, Brave and Microsoft Edge. The zero-day vulnerability is classified as high severity and has been labeled CVE-2022-307. Google's update patch fixes...

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The information from the sensors are processed in a miniature computer. The small size is a prerequisite for future applications. Credit: Olov Planthaber On June 14, 2017, a high-rise fire at Grenfell Tower in London resulted in the death of 72 people. The fire burned for two days with many efforts to reach the top floors unsuccessful. One the fire was declared extinguished, firefighters used a drone to search for casualties. When news of that method reached Donatella Puglisi, a professor at Linköping University (Sweden), she turned it into a research project. “Society has a genuine need for our research,”...

The team reacts to the news that Magnus Carlsen will not play his game against Mamedyarov at the start of the fourth round of the 2022 Sinquefield Cup. 2022.09.05