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No, Starlink Isn’t Doubling in Price. Well, Not for Everyone – CNET
Pricing on Starlink’s Mobile Global plan jumped from $200 to $400. Other Starlink plans are (mostly) safe, for now.
Your guide to this year’s summer video game events
As the corpse of E3 lies a-mouldrin’ in its grave, its spirit marches on in the form of bevy of video game showcases and events. There’s a hefty number of them — some notable, some not (but they should be) — and they encompass a wide range of games and genres. Here’s your guide to the whats, wheres, and whens of this year’s summer of games.
Access-Ability Summer Showcase 2024
Accessibility has become a major feature of games, with developers often incorporating accessibility features in their marketing materials. The Access-Ability Showcase takes that one step further, curating an entire digital event around games with robust accessibility features. “Our aim is to make sure that if a game looks exciting, you don’t have to worry about…
Startups Weekly: It’s the dawning of the age of AI — plus, Musk is raging against the machine
Welcome to Startups Weekly! We’ve been drowning in AI news this week, with Google’s I/O setting the pace. And Elon Musk rages against the machine.
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Hannibal’s Army Most Likely Burned an Ancient Village to the Ground
Piecing together clues from burned village reveals hasty, panicked evacuation ahead of Hannibal’s army.
Buy Your Stamps Now: Prices Will Increase This Summer – CNET
The US Postal Service will charge more for the First Class Forever Stamp, as well as some mailing services.
Best Outdoor String Lights for 2022 – CNET
Spruce up your outdoor patio or party spaces with these string lights.
Indiebio’s SF incubator lineup is making some wild biotech promises
IndieBio’s Bay Area incubator is about to debut its 15th cohort of biotech startups; here are a few we took special notice of, making some major, bordering on ludicrous, claims that could pay off in a big way. Biotech has been creeping out in recent years to touch adjacent industries, as companies find how much […]
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Zombie cells in the sea: Viruses keep the most common marine bacteria in check
Marine microbes control the flux of matter and energy essential for life in the oceans. Among them, the bacterial group SAR11 accounts for about a third of all the bacteria found in surface ocean waters. A study now reveals that at times nearly 20% of SAR11 cells are infected by viruses, significantly reducing total cell numbers. The viruses can also transform these once thriving bacteria into zombies, a phenomenon observed for the first time and widespread in the oceans.
Plants restrict use of ‘Tipp-Ex proteins’
Plants have special corrective molecules at their disposal that can make retrospective modifications to copies of genes. However, it would appear that these ‘Tipp-Ex proteins’ do not have permission to work in all areas of the cell, only being used in chloroplasts and mitochondria. A study has now explained why this is the case. It suggests that the correction mechanism would otherwise modify copies that have nothing wrong with them, with fatal consequences for the cell.