According to researchers at New Mexico State University’s Chile Pepper Institute, super-hot chile peppers — those with more than one million Scoville Heat Units — grow fruits with a different structure than those produced by “ordinary” chile peppers. Super-hot chile pepper fruits are rumpled, which creates more surface area in the walls of the fruit where additional capsaicinoids are embedded, which produces an extremely hot chile. This structural difference is thought to be the result of a genetic mutation.

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There hasn’t been an official announcement, but a screen from the Playstation Store appears to confirm an open beta for Naughty Dog’s upcoming Uncharted 4.  The page has since been taken down, but not before the Internet at large as able to scour all of the relevant details — hat tip to Eurogamer. It’s for European players only, so anyone in America or elsewhere is out of luck, but the beta begins this Friday, March 4th at 5pm GMT, and run through March 6th. It will feature 3 team deathmatch maps based on the Uncharted 4 singleplayer campaign.

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For many years – a TED Talk meant you were listening to a rock star. A leader in their field who’s work had reached the pinnacle of intellectual pursuits and recognition. In 2009, the TED team figured out that they were missing a particular point of view. So TED began the Fellows program, and now each year a class of TED Fellows shares their work.

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“Microsoft Monday” takes a look back at the past week of news related to Microsoft. This week, “Microsoft Monday” includes details about the data that Windows 10 collects, ads appearing on the lock screen, the shutdown of Qik, several new Android apps, the acquisition of Xamarin, the cancellation of Project Astoria, the Bill and Melinda Gates annual letter, the Xbox One getting Universal Windows 10 apps, the backing of Apple in the FBI case and more.
Windows 10: What Does It Collect?
When Windows 10 was released, Microsoft acknowledged that the operating system has a telemetry and diagnostics service that cannot be disabled completely. Data collection was optional in previous versions of Windows, but Microsoft has taken a more aggressive stance in Windows 10 by making it mandatory. Microsoft uses this telemetry data to fix bugs and security issues.
The collection of telemetry data is common with many products that connect to the Internet. Google collects telemetry data to find out how users interact with its online services and many of the largest wireless carriers companies share telemetry data for safety and quality purposes.
What type of telemetry data does Microsoft collect? There are four types of Universal Telemetry Clients (UTC) on Windows 10: Basic, Enhanced, Full and Security. The Security UTC runs only in Windows 10 Enterprise and Education editions. This is the type of data that each of the UTC levels collects:

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You kids get off of my lawn!  That is the unmistakable conclusion to recent proclamations from NBA legends about this season’s Golden State Warriors.  The Warriors are on pace to break the NBA record for most wins in a season–currently 72 and held by the 1995-1996 Chicago Bulls–and yet the chorus of naysayers continues to grow.  The harshest critique came last week from NBA Hall of Famer Oscar Robertson, who seemed to attribute Golden State’s success to poor schematic designs by opposing coaches.

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Forget facials and Swedish massages. The next health trend could involve floating naked in total darkness, also known as sensory deprivation. Forbes contributor Keith Wagstaff gives it a try.

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