ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. At Rock Springs, just north of Orlando, water gushes from a limestone cliff. Hundreds of gallons of water pour from an opening in the rock every second. Mike Cliburn, with Friends… [+4055 chars]

The state has been slow to adopt rules to protect Florida's endangered springs. While a boom in residential construction has increased the amount of groundwater being taken from the aquifers.

Development is taking a toll on Florida's precious springs

Move over, Ring: Apple is reportedly working on a smart doorbell -- one that unlocks for household members it recognizes.
Apple's doorbell would have advanced facial recognition technology that wire… [+1206 chars]

The latest development aligns with Apple's rumored strategy to go all in on smart home technology.

CNET

Apple Is Developing a Doorbell That Unlocks With Your Face, Report Says

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced it will award $590 million to Moderna to accelerate the development of influenza vaccines, including to protect against bird flu. 
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The public health risk remains low, but bird flu variants have proven to be unpredictable, which is why the virus is a top priority for the federal government.

U.S. pays $590 million to Moderna to speed up development of bird flu vaccine

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<ul><li>GitHub is Microsoft's code-hosting platform that lets users collaborate on open-source projects.</li><li>GitHub has a free version, and several tiers o… [+6241 chars]

GitHub is a platform over 100 million developers use to build software. It's a subsidiary of Microsoft, and has both free and paid versions.

Business Insider

What is GitHub? Everything to know about Microsoft's software development platform and why it's so popular

LinkedIn is Microsoft's popular social-networking site for professional and career development.Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images
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LinkedIn is a highly popular social networking site for professional and career development. Microsoft bought the website for $26.2 billion.

Everything to know about LinkedIn, the popular professional networking and career development site owned by Microsoft

You might think it's premature to compare Android XR vs. Meta Horizon OS, given that we won't see any Android XR headsets until 2025 at the earliest. But based on everything Google has explained abou… [+11362 chars]

Android XR is the evolution of past, abandoned Google projects, while Meta Horizon OS represents a decade of active development. Can Google compete with (or beat) Meta?

Android Central

Android XR vs. Meta Horizon OS: How Meta Quest and Google tech will stack up

If you click 'Accept all', we and our partners, including 238 who are part of the IAB Transparency &amp; Consent Framework, will also store and/or access information on a device (in other words, use … [+678 chars]

Yahoo Entertainment

China urges Philippines to return to 'peaceful development'

If you're concerned about ecosystem collapse and climate displacement, you might look to a One Health approach for possible solutions. Techquity could provide a roadmap for countering any of the pote… [+13237 chars]

What words will be buzzing about in the global health and development hive in the year ahead? Our experts have nominations for your consideration.

7 global buzzwords for 2025: From 'techquity' to 'climate displacement' to 'belonging'

As the hedge fund talent war continues unabated, demand for the business development professionals who recruit traders has intensified. Top firms hired dozens in BD in 2024.iStock; Rebecca Zisser/BI… [+8209 chars]

BI tracked dozens of so-called business development hires at hedge funds in 2024, including the surprise departure of a Citadel exec in October.

The most fascinating hedge fund hire of 2024 wasn't a star trader or C-suite executive

Recently the Dutch Electoral Board (where I am also a very part time advisor) invited me to do a talk reflecting on their open source Abacus vote tabulation software.
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Recently the Dutch Electoral Board (where I am also a very part time advisor) invited me to do a talk reflecting on their open source Abacus vote tabulation software.
Much software is now provided as a service, and is typically deployed continuously (CD, cont…

Berthub.eu

Long Term Software Development

T2 System Development Environment
the low-code, ultra portable package manager and Linux distro
The T2 System Development Environment, is a low-code, ultra
portable package manager that allows the… [+14199 chars]

T2sde.org

T2 System Development Environment

Krafton said it will soft launch Dark and Darker Mobile, under development by Bluehole Studio, in Canada on February 5.
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Krafton said it will soft launch Dark and Darker Mobile, under development by Bluehole Studio, in Canada on February 5.

VentureBeat

Dark and Darker Mobile soft launches in Canada in February

The 8Bitdo Ultimate Wired Controller for Xbox is on sale via Amazon for just $29. This is a record low price and represents a discount of 36 percent. That’s a pretty good deal, especially when considering that first-party Xbox controllers are around $60. 
Thi…

8Bitdo's Ultimate Wired Controller for Xbox drops to a record low of $29

Time to get into the habit of writing "2025" instead of 2024, and the year may have just begun, but the Engadget team is already working hard for CES 2025. This weekend, many from the Engadget team will be flying to Las Vegas, where we’ll be covering tech’s b…

CES 2025: The new tech we're expecting to see from Samsung, NVIDIA, LG and more in Las Vegas

NASA said on Friday that it received a signal from the Parker Solar Probe confirming that the spacecraft had survived its closest ever flyby of the sun. The approach took it just 3.8 million miles from the surface, passing within the sun’s corona and allowing…

Parker Solar Probe survived its close approach to the sun and will make two more in 2025

Got a PlayStation 5 but not sure what to play next? With the massive library available, it’s easy to get a little lost scrolling through titles. From award-winning adventures to intense action RPG experiences, there’s a world of incredible games to explore. Y…

The best PS5 games for 2025: Top PlayStation titles to play right now

As 2025 approaches, we’re reviewing all our… reviews. Yes, everything we poked, prodded, and critiqued this year. Alongside inevitable smartphone and laptop upgrades (it was a particularly strong year for Pixel phones, while Apple continues to offer a premium…

The Morning After: The 12 best gadgets we reviewed in 2024

Marvel just dropped the first trailer for its upcoming animated series, Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, which will bring us back to Peter Parker’s early days as a high school superhero. The art leans into a classic comic book style, and it looks like t…

Check out the first full trailer for Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

Big-name brands like Apple, Sony, and Bose tend to dominate the headlines when it comes to wireless earbuds, but that doesn’t mean you need to spend a ton to get something good. It’s more than possible to find a pair with clean sound, strong noise cancellatio…

The best budget wireless earbuds for 2025

Until today, I could count on one finger the amount of smart rings that offered a one-line ECG in such a small package. Bodimetrics’ Circul+ debuted in 2021, but what it had in heart-monitoring features it lacked in style, or even looking like a real ring. To…

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