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More Than 100 Million Households Are Sharing Passwords

Netflix, the world’s largest streaming video company, warned a global crackdown on password sharing is coming. It seems like a serious warning this time, and it could mean an end to the rampant practice of borrowing a family member’s or friend’s — or loose acquaintance’s — login information. Netflix said it estimates more than 30 million U.S. and Canadian households are using a shared password to access its content. The company said more than 100 million additional households were likely using a shared password worldwide.

Oreo And Biscoff Ice Cream Can Have As Much Salt As McDonald’s Fries

Popular ice creams can be just as salty as McDonald’s famous fries and contain more calories than KFC’s fried chicken, analysis shows. MailOnline analyzed the nutritional content of dozens of summertime treats sold in major supermarkets ahead of another warm weekend — with temperatures expected to hit 18C (64F) in London. Among the worst offenders was a Lotus Biscoff ice cream stick, which contains 312 calories — a tenth of an adult’s daily intake and as much as nearly two KFC chicken drumsticks (170 calories each).

Google Marks Earth Day With Stark Time-lapse Images

Google is marking Earth Day 2022 with a selection of time-lapse satellite images on its homepage, showing the dramatic impacts of climate change on our planet. The scenes include melting glaciers in Greenland between 2000 and 2020, retreating snow cover on Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania between 1986 and 2020, deforestation of the Harz forests in Elend, Germany, between 1995 and 2020 and coral bleaching at Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, between March and May 2016. Each of the timelapses remained on Google’s homepage for several hours at a time, and clicking on one of the images will take the user through to the search results page for ‘climate change’, where they can learn more about protecting the planet.

Indiana Jones Was Right!

In Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Jones famously warned that ‘when it comes to scorpions, the bigger the better.’ Now, scientists have shown that the fictional professor of archaeology was right all along, having confirmed that smaller species of scorpions have more potent venoms. Researchers from NUI Galway analyzed 36 species of scorpions and found that the smallest species were 100 times more potent than the largest. The team analysed 36 scorpion species, including the deathstalker (Leiurus quinquestriatus), the rock scorpion (Hadogenes granulatus) and the bark scorpion (Scorpion Centruroides noxius).

Oscar-winning Actor Created a Travel App

“I’m the guy that driving around America … when you see those bronze markers along the way, I want to stop. I want to read what was there,” Kevin Costner said. “It’s something of history, and I remember being really thrilled by that. Otherwise, you’re just watching the miles click off.” An app that would send compelling, timely stories straight to him was appealing, he said, since “a good story has always been something that’s thrilled me.” Costner was loosely connected to the app’s creator, entrepreneur Woody Sears, through their children, Sears said. While the app was in its preliminary stages, Costner agreed to narrate several stories before eventually joining the company as a co-founder.

Scientists Develop A Robotic Rat

From fish to dogs, many robotic versions of animals have been developed in recent years. Now, scientists from the Beijing Institute of Technology have unveiled the latest robotic animal – a robo rat. The four-legged bot, called SQuRo (small-size quadruped robotic rat), can crouch, stand, walk, crawl, and turn just like a real rat, and can even carry a load equal to 91 per cent of its own weight. According to the researchers, rats have been a key inspiration for many developers when it comes to robotics. ‘Rats that live in caves have attracted a great amount of attention owing to their unrivalled agility and adaptability,’ the team explained.