The week kicked off brilliantly with the Apple World Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 6, where Apple unveiled – among other things – the latest operating system for its iPhone – iOS 16. The company also revealed “buy now, pay later” ”Service and new WatchOS 9.
Here’s what else made news in the world of science and technology this week.
The new Apple MacBook Air M2 looks exciting
Apple unveiled a number of new hardware and software updates at the long-awaited global developer conference earlier this week. But nothing has surpassed the excitement surrounding the new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, which will include the new M2 chip. Let’s talk about the MacBook Air. Completely redesigned, the new Air is now thinner and available in four colors. It also features a larger 13.6-inch Liquid Retina display, 1080p FaceTime HD camera, four-speaker sound system, up to 18 hours of battery life and MagSafe charging. Apple says the M2 MacBook Air – priced at approximately 900 119,900 – will be available from next month.
India fails under a green hurdle
In another indictment on the country’s delicate environmental situation, India recorded the lowest score among 180 countries in the 2022 Environmental Efficiency Index (EPI), an analysis by researchers from Yale and Columbia University that provides a summary of the state of sustainability. based on data. around the world. Denmark topped the list. Published earlier this week, the EPI uses 40 performance indicators in 11 problem categories to rank countries in terms of climate change outcomes, environmental health and ecosystem vitality.
In addition to Explore, Instagram users will now be able to control the amount of sensitive content and accounts you see in Search, Reels, Accounts you can follow, Hashtag pages and In-Feed Recommendations. (Instagram)
Instagram: More control over sensitive content
Last year, Instagram launched Sensitive Content Control, which allowed people to choose how much or how little sensitive content they want to see in the Research section of accounts they don’t follow. Earlier this week, the platform announced updates to this feature, saying all users will now be able to control sensitive content and accounts they see in Search, Reels, accounts you can follow, hashtag pages and feed recommendations. Instagram says the update will be available to everyone in the coming weeks.
The artist’s concept of a neutron star with an ultra strong magnetic field called a magnetar emitting radio waves (red). Magnetars are a leading candidate for what generates phenomena called rapid radio bursts. (via REUTERS)
Another cosmic mystery
First discovered in 2007, rapid radio bursts (FRB) are a mystery that astronomers are struggling to solve. On June 8, Reuters reported that researchers have discovered the FRB, originating from a dwarf galaxy nearly 3 billion light-years from Earth. The light year, he added, is the distance that light travels in a year: 9.5 trillion kilometers. The collective stellar mass of this galaxy is approximately one-2500th of that of our Milky Way. Scientists say this FRB is a repetitive one that always stays “on” and was discovered by a massive telescope in China, the report added. Could this proposal solve the mystery?
– Compiled by Nitin Sridhar
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