A puzzling discrepancy A vacuum chamber used to measure electron transitions in atomic hydrogen Credit: Axel Beyer/MPQ A vacuum chamber used to measure electron transitions in atomic hydrogen Credit: Axel Beyer/MPQ Subsequent measurements by various groups were inconclusive. For instance, in 2013, the same international team performed muon-based experiments that confirmed their 2010 value, producing … Read More “Physicists think they’ve resolved the proton size puzzle” »
Month: April 2026
Dozens of plug-ins for the widely used open source web blogging software WordPress are now offline after a backdoor was discovered in them, used to push malicious code to any website that relied on the plug-ins. The backdoor was discovered after a new corporate owner bought these plug-ins. Anchor Hosting founder Austin Ginder sounded the … Read More “Someone planted backdoors in dozens of WordPress plug-ins used in thousands of websites” »
C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR There’s a new Google app for Windows. The app lets you search the web and your own files with a handy keyboard shortcut. The app is currently available everywhere, but only in English on Windows 10 and up. Last year, Google released an experimental app for Windows that … Read More “Google’s Windows app is now available everywhere” »
Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is rather tricky. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers. The Times has a Connections Bot, like … Read More “Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers for April 14 #1038” »
Amazon is offering Prime Video subscribers a way to get Apple TV Plus and Peacock Premium Plus at a discount. With a new bundle, subscribers can access all content from both services directly through Prime Video. The bundle includes both streaming services for $19.99 per month, as opposed to the total $29.98 per month it … Read More “Prime Video is bundling Apple TV Plus and Peacock for a limited time” »
OpenSSL 4.0.0 is a feature release adding significant new functionalityto OpenSSL. This release incorporates the following potentially significant or incompatiblechanges: Removed extra leading ’00:’ when printing key data such as an RSA modulusin hexadecimal format where the first (most significant) byte is >= 0x80. Standardized the width of hexadecimal dumps to 24 bytes for signatures(to … Read More “Release OpenSSL 4.0.0 · openssl/openssl · GitHub” »
Brands copying Apple are nothing new, and they are never going to stop. According to a recent leak, several Android smartphone makers are currently testing a new color finish that Apple is rumored to introduce with the upcoming iPhone 18 Pro series. The iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max are rumored to arrive … Read More “Android brands could adopt rumored iPhone 18 Pro color for upcoming flagships” »
This offer is available from Costco. You can actually get the same price from other retailers right now, but what makes the Costco offer special is that you’re getting AppleCare+ for free, for two years. That said, people without a Costco membership will have to pay 5% more, which is $10. You’ll also have to … Read More “This is the best deal on the Apple AirPods Pro 3!” »
Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today’s Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today’s Wordle puzzle is a bit tricky, with a repeated letter and only one true vowel. If you need a new starter word, … Read More “Today’s NYT Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for April 14 #1760” »
Google says it has been working with early testers to see how people use Gemini when they can save and recall prompts instantly. Some examples include calculating protein macros for a recipe, generating side-by-side comparison tables from multiple tabs, and creating summaries of long documents or websites. The Chrome Skills library. Credit: Google The Chrome … Read More “Google introduces “Skills” in Chrome to make Gemini prompts instantly reusable” »