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Illustrative image, Jim Mann Names Rocks That Could Help Cool Our Planet “Magic Dust”Article informationauthor, Jonah Fisherroll, BBC Environment Correspondent4 hours agoIn a quarry surrounded by the noise of heavy machinery, Jim Man crouched, picking up a handful of small black stones.“This is my magic dust,” he says with a smile, rubbing them gently between his fingers.It bears pieces of basalt – a solid volcanic rock that is neither rare nor particularly distinctive.But through a process known as “accelerated weathering,” it could help cool our overheating planet.United Nations scientists are now clear that reducing greenhouse gas emissions alone will not…

– Reading time: 2 minutes – We know that the more memory your cell phone has, the better it works. It is necessary to check what is important to keep in the device to avoid unnecessary slowdowns. That’s why we gave you tips about How to free up space on the phone’s memory. Learn ways to free up space on your phone’s memory Mobile devices are very important in the daily life of most people and hence, a device needs to function properly. Therefore, it is necessary to free up memory space from time to time. Over time, many files,…

Nowadays, social networks are part of our lives. They are increasingly being used by users all over the world so that they can communicate, exchange information, entertain themselves as well as advertise their business. Among the most popular social networks in the world, we can mention WhatsApp. The app, in particular, is very popular in Brazil, where it is present on more than 98% of mobile devices. The giant, which belongs to the Meta company, which also owns Instagram and Facebook, has more than 5 billion downloads according to the official Google Play Store page. The average app rating is…

In 2020, when WhatsApp launched the function to mute groups indefinitely, most users celebrated the novelty, as was highly anticipated. Now, the act of silencing people will be extended to include calls from unknown numbers. Do you want to put an end to annoying calls? See how! Read more: It will be possible to find anyone with a new WhatsApp job WhatsApp is concerned about privacy This Tuesday, 20th, the company informed users of its new feature, which now makes it possible to silence calls within the platform, especially those made by Contacts unknown. The change will be released later…

Excessive use of mobile phones brings with it a series of health problems that deserve our attention. According to a study by the consulting firm Data.ai, Brazil is among the five countries where the daily time spent with a mobile phone is the greatest, reaching 5.3 hours in 2022. This habit has negative consequences for our well-being. Read more: If you go to one of these three places, never take your mobile phone with you Spinal, tendon and joint problems One of the most common things to do with prolonged phone use is the effect on posture and spine. The…

During the week, scientists announced important discoveries in astronomy, such as the presence of a fundamental molecule for humans in space and a rare white pulsar. We even had a green meteor of uncertain nature.Check out these and other news highlights of the week below.Black hole sound A*200 years ago, the black hole Sagittarius A*, at the center of the Milky Way, erupted into activity by gobbling up surrounding matter. This interaction caused light to be emitted in different wavelengths, which were reflected from nearby gas clouds.To describe the phenomenon in other, unseen ways, the researchers flagged the emissions. Radiation…

What is good can become better. That’s because Amazon announced Prime Day 2023 dates and news, which promises to be even bigger than last year’s. Also read: The company will join giants Amazon and Meta in the ‘Trillionaires Club’ This year, the event will take place on July 11th and 12th, offering 48 hours of exclusive performances. This time, Prime Day will offer specials in 25 countries, including Brazil. Only Amazon Prime subscribers will be able to view and buy products with special discounts and free shipping, from a selection of 100 million products in 50 categories. Commenting on what…

The WhatsApp messaging app has some features, such as Bubble Mode, that improve the display of messages and statuses. Some of these functions can be easily activated in the application itself or in the general settings of the mobile phone. Quickly, you can make your device more connected and interactive, with just one notification function activated on the screen. It is a very useful way to continue activities and receive messages without wasting time. Watch here how to activate the “Bubble Mode” function and enjoy the messaging app even more. What is bubble mode? Basically, Bubble Mode is a feature…

The large galaxy NGC 6872 appears in the image highlighted by NASA on Friday (23). It spans more than 500,000 light-years, which means it is at least five times the size of the Milky Way. It’s easy to find in the image below: just look out for the galaxy so distorted that its spiral arms ended up stretched out, resembling a bird’s wings. For this reason, it became known as the Condor Galaxy. Located 200 million light-years away from us, NGC 6872 has been distorted by gravitational interactions with galaxy IC 4970. It is a smaller galaxy, visible above the…

Microsoft should remove Bing information, which uses artificial intelligence (AI), from its search platform that attributes to a doctor whether he authored crimes involving sexual harassment, which he is investigating. So Judge Gaeter Cortez Jr., of the Seventh Civil Court of Bauru, decided when issuing an injunction. The decision should be among the first in the world to force the removal of inaccurate material generated by the use of artificial intelligence, according to some lawyers. According to the documentation minutes attached to the process, the artificial intelligence tool provided incorrect information in its research that the author would be investigated…