(via James Shaw) The Department of Philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh has made two recent hires. Jacob Rosen, currently at Harvard University, will be joining Pittsburgh as an associate professor of philosophy in the fall of 2021. He also…
10:47 The 8BitDo SN30 Pro Plus Bluetooth Gamepad controller, which normally sells for , works with the Nintendo Switch console, Android, Windows and MacOS. Another nice feature: Its rechargeable battery pack can be easily swapped out for a new one…
Inspired by the landmark locus of courage and resistance at Standing Rock — the 2016 movement that magnetized people from more than five hundred indigenous nations and thousands of allies to take a stance against the Dakota Access Pipeline, against…
Angela Lang/CNET Like on the iPhone, you can use the Voice Memos app on your Apple Watch to record personal notes and things to remember while on the go. The voice memos you record on the watch will automatically sync…
Much of the recent maintenance went to replacing out-of-date software that interfered with the ability to keep various parts of the site working smoothly and reduce site downtime. We’re still addressing some functionality issues—for example, restoring email subscriptions to posts—but…
This story is part of Road Trip 2020, CNET’s series on how we’re preparing now for what could come next. For example, if you divide the Yeti 200x’s 187 expected watt hours by 110 (the number of watts in one…
beyondthe globby flapof blame and past the mono-sulk of pain. “Love your heart. For this is the prize,” Toni Morrison wrote in an exquisite passage from Beloved as she considered the body as an instrument of sanity, joy, and self-respect a century after…
(via Deborah Boyle) The Journal of the History of Philosophy has announced that the winner of its 2020 Best Article Prize is Jari Kaukua, professor of philosophy at the University of Jyväskylä. This paper refutes the claim that Avicenna’s theory…
James Martin/CNET Get the latest tech stories with CNET Daily News every weekday. Facebook’s page in Australia restored. Stay in the know But this wasn’t the the only unintentional outcome that arose from Facebook’s sweeping news restrictions. The social media…
He saw in this heartbreak a miniature of the whole — the intricate interlacing of creaturely destinies on a planet of finite resources, growing populations, and infinite interconnectedness of needs. Writing shortly before he became National Director of Planned Parenthood…
Professor Teuber started at Brandeis in 1985. He earned his Ph.D. and B.A. from Harvard University. (via Kate Moran) An obituary from Brandeis is here. Andreas Teuber, associate professor of philosophy at Brandeis University, has died. In addition to his…
Fernando and colleagues calculated the signals that might be produced from the sonic boom and found them unlikely to be detectable by Insight. However, the 154-pound (70-kilogram) CMBDs will be jettisoned over 620 miles (1,000 kilometers) above the surface of…