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Using spectral data from Webb’s Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec), astronomers determined that the warm super-Earth Gliese 486b either has a water-rich atmosphere or the exoplanet’s spectrum is contaminated by water present in cool starspots of the parent star Gliese 486. This graphic shows the transmission spectrum obtained by Webb of the warm super-Earth exoplanet Gliese 486b....

Home » Technology » Worst Year in US Bank Failures Will Get Worse 3 of America’s 4 largest bank failures have occurred in the past two months. This has cost FDIC’s deposit insurance fund ~$35 billion. The fund started the year with about $125 billion. $20 billion for Silicon Valley (mainly bailing out uninsured depositors)...

Home News Entertainment Anakin Skywalker will drop into Fortnite for “Star Wars” Day on May 4, 2023. (Image credit: Epic Games) Finding the Force (and Anakin Skywalker) is your destiny in Fortnite. Fortnite, the battle royale game, will celebrate “Star Wars” Day on Thursday (May 4) with a huge range of Force-worthy activities. You can...

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new paper in the Quarterly Journal of Economics, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that an important part of the pay gap between men and women has to do with how they conduct job searches, with women more likely to accept job offers early while men tend to hold out...

Justin Duino / How-To Geek Apple has slowly been improving Siri over the years, but the voice assistant still has a relatively poor reputation compared to the competition. Remembering to use Siri involves knowing some of the more useful commands, so here is a selection of our favorites. Restart or Turn Off Your iPhone Using...

Rating: 7/10 ? 1 – Does not work 2 – Barely functional 3 – Severely lacking in most areas 4 – Functions, but has numerous issues 5 – Fine yet leaves a lot to be desired 6 – Good enough to buy on sale 7 – Great and worth purchasing 8 – Fantastic, approaching best-in-class...

Joe Fedewa / How-To Geek To delete your Snapchat account on iPhone, go to tap your profile icon in the top left, then go to Settings> Delete Account> Sign In> Follow the steps on the Snapchat website. On Android, you need to go directly to the Snapchat website. You had your fun with Snapchat, but now...

They’re not worth the hassle, so buy this instead. @xguntherc May 1, 2023, 3:33 pm EDT | 4 min read Corbin Davenport / Review Geek In this day and age, dealing with unreliable internet or a shoddy Wi-Fi connection is one of the most frustrating things ever. If you have a large house or too...

News On the Freevee service, of course. @andrew_andrew__ May 1, 2023, 3:24 pm EST | 1 min read Hannah Stryker / Review Geek Going forward, you won’t need an Amazon Prime account to watch some Prime Original content. Amazon’s free streaming service, called Freevee (formerly IMDb TV) will gain new Prime Original shows and movies...

When it comes to the news media and the impact it’s having on democracy and political polarization in the United States, Americans are likelier to say it’s doing more harm than good. Nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults say the news media is increasing political polarization in this country, and just under half say they have...