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Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Sonos has released an update to its app as it attempts to reverse the fallout from a disastrous redesign. But while the update adds enhanced accessibility settings and improved stability during the product setup process, the update addresses just a fraction of user complaints. Sonos is reintroducing the ability to clear your music queue on the Android app — a feature that’s been sorely missed since the app’s relaunch. It also added a Night Mode toggle for sound bars, which enhances dialogue without you having to turn up the volume on your TV. There’s still plenty of room for improvement, and Sonos has a long list of features to add in its queue. Since the app’s controversial redesign in May, Sonos CEO Patrick Spence apologized for... Continue reading…

Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge Yelp, one of Google’s most persistent and outspoken rivals, has finally filed its own antitrust lawsuit against the search giant, less than a month after a federal judge ruled Google an illegal monopolist. Yelp alleges that Google has created or preserved its monopoly in local search services by preferencing its own inferior vertical over competitors’, which Yelp says harmed competition and reduced the quality of local search services. Yelp claims that the way Google directs users toward its own local search vertical from its general search engine results page should be considered illegal tying of separate products to keep rivals from reaching scale. Yelp wants the court to order Google to stop the allegedly anticompetitive conduct and... Continue reading…

A new type of passive cooling paint can help cool cars by up to 21 degrees Fahrenheit, even in direct sunlight. Nissan engineered the paint to help improve the cooling in parked cars, as getting into a car that has been baking in the sun all day can actually be a bit bad for your health, not to mention the strain it puts on your car when you need to run the AC at max just to cool down a little. Luckily, Nissan and others have been looking at ways to reduce the temperature inside vehicles. One solution they’ve come up with is passive cooling paints and coatings. These are essentially coats that are added to the vehicle and contain various metamaterials designed to reflect sunlight away from the car. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXi9nrLWtAA This helps push heat away from the vehicle, and so far, tests have shown that passive cooling paint can reduce the temperature inside of a vehicle by up to 21.6 degrees Fahrenheit (12 degrees Celsius) even when the car is parked in direct sunlight. That’s a pretty huge improvement, all things considered, and it appears to be a bit more effective than something like a reflective windshield cover. These types of paint coatings have been around for a while now, too. The ultimate goal is to create a version that is not only able to cool the vehicles, but that can also have a clear topcoat and be applied from a spray gun like normal paint. Of course, it would also ideally be available in other colors instead of just the current white option that Nissan has come up with. You can see what the coat looks like in the video that Nissan shared on its YouTube channel—which I’ve embedded above. The video shows a bit more about how the cooling tech works, as well as how resistant it is to chipping, peeling, and other issues. Others have also been working on tech that can make any clothing cooler, so we could see some very revolutionary things coming out in the near future. Don't Miss: AI may soon let you record and rewatch your dreams The post Nissan invented paint that can cool its cars up to 21 degrees in the sun appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Today’s deals: $20 Amazon credit, $299 Apple Watch Series 9, $20 Blink Mini cam, Beats x Kardashian, more Today’s deals: $199 Apple iPad 9, $30 Crest 3D Whitestrips, $298 Sony XM5 ANC headphones, more Amazon gift card deals, offers & coupons 2024: Get $525+ free Today’s deals: $17 myQ, $399 Apple AirPods Max, $40 Fire TV Stick 4K Max, $180 off Sonos Arc, more

This is the story of a quest. A story which stems from a stream of failures and some gleams of perseverance, where countless attempts clash with repeated falls, a story which exists because of people who gave up and other individuals who took the baton to continue the quest. It is a story which, in itself, dates back to more than one hundred years ago, contemplates some exciting moments and bitter disappointments, and falls beneath a landslide of resignation and powerlessness before starting anew again. This is a story of Linear A. Not its complete history – there are books and academic papers, for that (e.g., Robinson, passim; Perono Cacciafoco, 154-170) –, but the story of one of its last ongoing decipherment attempts, born out of the almost absolute certainty of its undecipherability. Therefore, this is a story on Linear A.  The Rediscovery of ‘Linear A’ Linear A was (re-)discovered by Sir Arthur Evans at the beginning of the 20th century. After more than one hundred years and many failed decipherments, a considerable number of scholars lost all hope that, one day, we will ever be able to interpret its puzzle. Some other individuals still work patiently on it, trying to unravel its tangle. At the level of definition, Linear A is, indeed, a currently undeciphered writing system from Bronze Age Crete (specifically from the New Palace Period), in the Aegean Sea. It ‘hides’ the so-called Minoan language, which, at the moment, cannot be read. The script was used by the Minoans (possibly a pre-Greek civilization) approximately between 1800 BC and 1450 BC. Read moreSection: ArtifactsAncient WritingsNewsHistory & ArchaeologyRead Later 

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