More viewers streamed the big game last year than ever before. Fox claims an average of 3.4 million people watched, up 30 percent over the year before and more than 100 percent compared to 2017. Many of those users went straight through the fox sports app. Super Bowl streams will likely only increase again this year as more consumers move away from typical cable subscriptions. How to watch the Super Bowl The simplest route to watching the game is on the CBS network in real time with a cable subscription....

Your TV and internet package looked so affordable when you first signed up for them. But after a short introductory period, there’s a good chance your bill has skyrocketed. Here’s how to talk the cable company back down to a more reasonable price. Research the competition and set a realistic goal You can call up your cable company to negotiate your bill at any time—but you don’t want to rush in half-cocked....

Windows 10 Windows 10 has had a dark mode for a while, but for a long time it only affected the settings panel and the Microsoft Store. In 2018, Microsoft extended those grey backgrounds to the File Explorer as well, inching a bit closer to system-wide darkness. Couple that with a dark wallpaper and you’ve got the beginnings of a desktop you might actually want to use at night. Just open the Settings app and head to Personalization > Colors and under Choose your color choose Dark....

The United Kingdom has been leading an HPV vaccination program since 2008, two years after a vaccine for cervical cancer first came onto the market. A new study out this week shows that the campaign has prevented thousands of cases of cervical cancer and precancerous conditions. Researchers examined UK cancer registry data from January 2006 to June 2019 and compared those who were vaccinated to those who were not—they found that by mid-2019, the vaccinated cohort had 450 fewer cases of cervical cancer and 17,200 fewer cases of pre-cancers than expected....

Where and when will Florence hit? As of Thursday morning, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) forecast showed Florence already subjecting the North Carolina coast to tropical-storm-force winds. The storm will hover close to the coast, slowly moving its way southeast and making landfall as early as late Thursday. Florence is now a Category 2 hurricane—weaker than it was yesterday—but this storm is extremely dangerous. Hurricane-force winds will hit the Carolinas late Thursday or early Friday, and storm surge—rapid sea level rise due to atmospheric changes—is already happening....

Welcome to the era of cognitive systems, IBM’s researchers say. “Cognitive computing systems will help us see through complexity, keep up with the speed of information, make more informed decisions, improve our health and standard of living, enrich our lives and break down all kinds of barriers—including geographic distance, language, cost and inaccessibility,” the company says in a press release. How? By mimicking the senses. IBM predicts that things like computer vision will revolutionize computing, particularly through health care where images like MRIs and CT scans won’t just be used by individual doctors to diagnose specific patients, but to find trends and meaning within huge volumes of medical image data....

According to a new study entitled “Ethics and Severe Pandemic Influenza: Maintaining Essential Functions through a Fair and Considered Response”, existing plans focus too narrowly on vaccinating medical staff and first responders to the exclusion of the garbage men, mechanics and janitors that actually keep society functioning. “There are certainly a lot of plans that speak only of health care professionals and traditional first responders and really don’t think of all the other people who allow the doctors and first responders to get their jobs done,” said Dr....

“It’s the first time someone dared to bring a totally automated vehicle into open traffic,” Angelos Amditis tells Popular Science. Amditis is the research director at Greece’s Institute of Communication and Computer Systems, which is handling the technical side of the project. Previously, automated vehicles in Greece were either operated only in segregated lanes or exhibition areas, or under the supervision of a professional driver in case of emergency. There’s no human backup for Trikala’s six automated buses, which operate surrounded by other cars, bicyclists, and pedestrians....

“The study shows there’s significant energy expenditure in golf, more than bowling and some other sports it’s been compared to,” Wolkodoff said to the AP. “There are a lot of sports that don’t have this level of energy expenditure.” Subjects walking and carrying their clubs burned 721 calories per round, while the lazy folks in the carts burned just 411. Surprisingly, there was no difference in carrying clubs versus using a push cart, so save your back and rent the cart....

If you have such a person in your life, help satisfy their knitting cravings with one of these amazing gifts. From those who’ve always wanted to learn, to those who’ve only knitted a scarf (badly), to those who only wear what they knit, there’s something here for everyone. The best part? You might get a new sweater out of it. Storage tote You may not know this, but knitting can be messy business....

Still, that doesn’t mean the government wants to to control your cow consumption. Tgus was the rumor flying around these past few days, after a handful of stories claimed that President Joe Biden’s ambitious climate plan to cut emissions was going to limit people to eating only four pounds of red meat per year. The Biden climate plan has set a goal for 2030 to chop carbon emissions by 50 percent from 2005 levels, which can be done in a variety of ways, including by targeting fossil fuel-heavy industries like transportation and electricity....

On February 8, the New York Times reported that the only facility making usable batches of J&J’s COVID-19 vaccine shut down production and switched to manufacturing a drug for another respiratory virus late last year. The plant, which is located in the Dutch city of Leiden, is expected to resume making the vaccines next month. But the pause raised concerns about accessibility for people in regions where few have been vaccinated against COVID-19....

But scientists have gotten one step closer to finding a better treatment. Researchers at the RIKEN Institute in Japan have now succeeded in growing retinal tissue and transplanting that tissue into the retinas of rhesus monkeys with RP. Three weeks after the treatment, visual tests on two of the monkeys found their vision had improved. In the study, published this week in the journal PNAS, researchers grew retinal tissue from stem cells and then transplanted the tissue into the retinal area of rats with advanced RP....

That’s not the only story happening in the tech world this week, though. Here’s a quick rundown of the stories you might have missed. Listen to the latest episode of the Techathlon Podcast Now that summer has arrived, it’s time to bring your Bluetooth speaker outside, grab an iced tea, and listen to the Techathlon podcast loud enough that your neighbors complain. On this week’s episode, we test your knowledge of classic sounds from the web pages of the past, lament—and celebrate—the death of iTunes, and discuss the priciest gadgets on the market today....

If a human plopped into the water column of the open ocean, they would be utterly lost and completely helpless. Yet a variety of marine animals make regular migrations, covering vast tracts of the world’s oceans without ever losing their way. Great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) in the Pacific, for example, swim from California to Hawaii, a distance of some 2,400 miles. In an attempt to figure out how these animals do it, marine biologist Andrew Nosal from the University of California San Diego and a team of colleagues turned to local leopard sharks to find an answer....

But more importantly, LG now creates a rolling robot for your home. Enter the LG Rolling Bot. The Rolling Bot comes equipped with an 8-megapixel camera. The shooter allows for grabbing of photos or video, so you can watch things on the homefront while you’re away at work. With Wi-Fi built-in, footage can be streamed to your LG G5 device (more on that later). Those with LG appliances can control them with Rolling Bot....

InSight was listening as the gust passed by, picking up its side effects with two sensors. The seismometer, currently onboard but soon to be moved to the ground nearby, picked up vibrations from the solar panels that border just on the lower edge of what a human can hear—provided your headphones have good bass. An air pressure sensor also captured vibrations in the air directly, which more closely correspond with our notion of sound....

Not only does this combo alarm clock and speaker sound great, but it looks great with four-level brightness for warm light and seven snazzy colors for every day. A touch-sensor control lets you easily hit “snooze” for nine more precious minutes of sleep, and adjustable lamp themes like pure light, breathing light, and vibrating light help incorporate self-care into your routine. Plus, you’ll never strain for an outlet again, thanks to two built-in USB ports....

“Warmer temperatures are making cold places suitable habitats for ticks, so new places are having Lyme disease cases, and endemic areas are having more cases than the average,” said Edson Severnini, assistant professor of economics and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College, and co-author of a new study that predicts the incidence Lyme disease will rise around 21 percent by mid-century. Climate change already has amplified the range of invasive insects that devour crops, destroy homes, and spread disease....