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9 months agoCurrent Event cone
Amazon — like SpaceX — claims the labor board is unconstitutional
Amazon is pushing back on the labor board.
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10 months agoExpression cone
‘Nazi Town, USA’: It Did Happen Here
A PBS documentary about the German-American Bund in the 1930s has some startling lessons for the present day.
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12 months agoCurrent Event cone
US links Indian official to murder plot that India calls 'contrary to policy'
The charges come after a senior Biden administration official last week said US authorities had thwarted a plot to kill a Sikh separatist in the United States.
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1 year agoExpression cone
NASA wants the Voyagers to age gracefully, so it’s time for a software patch
Around a half-dozen full-timers and a few part-timers are keeping Voyager alive.
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1 year agoAnalysis cone
Tropical storms killing more Americans as climate crisis deepens, study finds
Named tropical storms and hurricanes, which have become more intense, have caused about 20,000 more deaths from 1988 to 2019
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1 year agoCurrent Event cone
An Iowa school district is using ChatGPT to decide which books to ban
Official: "It is simply not feasible to read every book" for depictions of sex.
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1 year agoExpression cone
AI hysteria is a distraction: algorithms already sow disinformation in Africa
Forget ‘AI doomerism’ hype over ChatGPT, big tech’s colonial attitude lets hateful electoral propaganda be fed to millions
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1 year agoAnalysis cone
Who Holds The Title Of The Longest-Surviving Civilization?
China, Egypt, or Mesopotamia – the title for the longest-lasting civilization is difficult to judge, but here are some of the contenders.
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1 year agoCurrent Event cone
AI Chatbots Used for Phishing and Malware by Cybercriminals
After the WormGPT event, a harmful AI hacking tool called FraudGPT has emerged.
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1 year agoCurrent Event cone
Tencent set to acquire Dying Light studio Techland
The video game world keeps getting smaller and smaller.
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1 year agoExpression cone
Google's water use is soaring. AI is only going to make it worse.
Google's latest environmental report reveals a notable increase in water consumption. It may not be sustainable, according to one expert.
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1 year agoCurrent Event cone
Google's Bard gets big update - users can now upload images and listen to the AI chatbot talk
Google announced today (July 13) a slew of new features and updates to its AI chatbot, Bard, in its biggest expansion to date. These new features are aimed to help its users better customise their experience, boost their creativity, and increase productivity.
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1 year agoCurrent Event cone
FDA Approves First Nonprescription Daily Oral Contraceptive
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Opill (norgestrel) tablet for nonprescription use to prevent pregnancy— the first daily oral contraceptive approved for use in the U.S. without a prescription. Approval of this progestin-only oral contraceptive pill provides an option for consumers to purchase oral contraceptive medicine without a prescription at drug stores, convenience stores and grocery stores, as well as online.
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1 year agoCurrent Event cone
These movies are on hold because of the SAG-AFTRA strike
Hollywood filmmakers are calling “cut.” The film capital’s major studios put several high-profile projects on hold this week after more than 160,000 screen performers represented by the labor union SAG-AFTRA went on strike for the first time since 1980.
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1 year agoCurrent Event cone
Aussies identify underestimated threat to global food supply
Flies, mosquitoes and cockroaches are generally hated, but they play an important role our food supply. Find out whats killing them.
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1 year agoAnalysis cone
Nature’s Solution to Plastic Pollution: The Amazing Power of the Wax Worm
We are honoring the top 10 winners of our Student STEM Writing Contest by publishing their essays. This one is by Justin Wang.
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1 year agoExpression cone
Vice Media Paid Its Executives $11 Million as Company Went Bankrupt
Vice Media paid their executives a whopping $11 million from May 2022 to May 2023 in the year before the company filed bankruptcy.
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1 year agoCurrent Event cone
US Marines without leader for first time in 150 years as Republican blocks nomination
Gen David Berger steps down as Alabama senator stages months-long blockade of successor to protest over abortion policies
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1 year agoCurrent Event cone
State of emergency declared in Vermont as downpours and flash floods cut off towns
The towns of Londonderry and Weston, Vermont were inaccessible
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1 year agoLevel Up cone
Level 46
cone is now level 46 with 16,236,815 XP.
View Unlocks- Tribe Creation The maximum amount of tribes you can create has been raised by 5 to a total of 31.
- Tribe Membership The maximum amount of tribes you can join has been raised by 20 to a total of 245.
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