The mystery of Amelia Earhart’s disappearance may finally have been solved, thanks to a new forensics study that shows a very high likelihood that bones found on an island in the South Pacific are those of the trailblazing pilot. In a new study published in Forensic Anthropology, Richard Jantz, professor emeritus of anthropology and director…

The gaunt frames of hunger-striking women are images that should belong to history. Yet 100 years after the suffragettes’ bravery won the vote for some women, other women incarcerated in Britain are on hunger strike. Inside Yarl’s Wood Detention Centre, 18 women are still refusing food and water after around 120 people began a hunger…

Enlarge / Oakland City Councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan, seen here in 2010. OAKLAND, Calif.—A local city council member is beginning to float the idea of taxing ridehailing companies like Uber and Lyft as a possible way to raise millions of dollars and help pay for local public transportation and infrastructure improvements. If the effort is successful,…

« Gefühlte Champions League » sei dieses Spiel, sagte der BVB-Trainer Peter Stöger. Nun denn. Das Spiel im Liveticker Dortmunds Trainer Peter Stöger © Sascha Schürmann/AFP/Getty Images Seitennavigation Startseite

Everything else In addition to camera-related upgrades, Samsung introduced a new audio setup this year. The S9 has stereo speakers — one firing down from the bottom edge and one forward from the screen. This boosts the S9’s volume, making it easier to hear what people are saying in your videos and games. It definitely…

« We are changing that phrase to be ‘Alexa, can you laugh?’ which is less likely to have false positives, and we are disabling the short utterance ‘Alexa, laugh.’ We are also changing Alexa’s response from simply laughter to ‘Sure, I can laugh,’ followed by laughter, » the company said. OK, but what about when Alexa laughs…