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8 months ago+27 27 0Meta rejects own board’s request to suspend account of Cambodian strongman
Meta’s Oversight Board recommended suspending Cambodian leader Hun Sen’s Facebook account after he posted a video advocating violence.
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8 months ago+46 46 0Rocket Lab will launch NASA's Earth energy measuring cubesats
The satellites, called PREFIRE, will measure the infrared radiation that enters and leaves the planet using a spectrometer instrument.
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8 months ago+34 34 0You'll travel nearly a trillion miles in your lifetime, even if you never leave home. Here's how.
Everything in the universe is moving, and fast.
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8 months ago+25 25 0Are humans a cancer on the planet? A physician argues that civilization is truly carcinogenic
In "Homo Ecophagus," Dr. Warren Hern gives human activity a deadly diagnosis
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8 months ago+46 46 0'The most stunning demo I've ever seen in my life': ChatGPT impressed Bill Gates by acing AP Bio exam
ChatGPT's AP Biology score demonstrates near human-level competency, according to tech billionaire Bill Gates.
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9 months ago+29 29 0Most Network TV Viewers Say They’ll Watch Reruns During Strikes — Study
Sometimes you do get a second chance to make a first impression.
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9 months ago+34 34 0Banks hit with $549 million in fines for use of Signal, WhatsApp to evade regulators’ reach
Wells Fargo, a relatively small player on Wall Street, racked up the most fines Tuesday, with a total of $200 million in penalties.
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9 months ago+24 24 0Ex-paratrooper Chris Lewis finishes six-year walk around UK
An ex-paratrooper has completed a 19,000 mile walk around the UK coast and raised £500,000 in the process.
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9 months ago+27 27 0Microsoft will deliver improved HoloLens combat goggles to Army testers this month | Engadget
Microsoft is giving the US Army updated HoloLens goggles that hopefully won't make soldiers nauseous..
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9 months ago+25 25 0Solar storm on Thursday expected to make Northern Lights visible in 17 states
A solar storm forecast for Thursday is expected to give skygazers in 17 American states a chance to glimpse the Northern Lights, the colorful sky show that happens when solar wind hits the atmosphere. Northern Lights, also known as aurora borealis, a ...
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10 months ago+19 19 0Channel 5 changes schedule to air Titanic Sub: Lost at Sea
Channel 5 has changed its schedule for tomorrow evening in light of the recent news story that has gripped the world. Motorhoming with Merton & Webster has been removed from Thursday (22nd June) evening's schedule, and at 7pm there will inst ...
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10 months ago+16 16 0'Catastrophic threat': OceanGate was reportedly warned Titanic sub didn’t meet industry standards 5 years ago
A trade group warned OceanGate Expeditions in 2018 its Titan submersible—which has been missing for more than two days since it dove to view the wreck of the Titanic with several passengers aboard—did not meet industry standards and could result in n ...
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10 months ago+17 17 0‘The Flash’ Box Office Flameout: David Zaslav’s Regime Suffers First Major Miss
The Warner Bros. Discovery CEO could have easily distanced himself from the DC superhero tentpole — which opened to a woeful $55 million — but embraced the pic as if it were his own.
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11 months ago+19 19 0I just bought the only physical encyclopedia still in print, and I regret nothing
The still-updated World Book Encyclopedia is my antidote to the information apocalypse.
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11 months ago+37 37 0‘I spot brand new TVs, here to be shredded’: the truth about our electronic waste
In a giant factory in California, thousands of screens, PCs and other old or unwanted gadgets are picked apart for materials. But what about the billions of other defunct (or not) devices?
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11 months ago+3 3 0DOJ charges ‘Bob’s Burgers,’ ‘Arrested Development’ actor in Jan. 6 Capitol riot
Jay Johnston, an actor who appeared in many comedies, was arrested Wednesday and charged with felony obstruction of officers as well as several misdemeanor offenses.
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11 months ago+4 4 0The ‘V’ Files: The Shocking Legacy of an ’80s Sci-Fi Cult Classic
Hollywood backstabbing, conspiracy theories, and the devastating murder of a star behind the TV alien-invasion sensation.
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11 months ago+32 32 0 x 1Doyle Brunson: 'The Godfather of Poker' has died aged 89
Doyle Brunson, dubbed 'The Godfather of Poker,' has died at the age of 89, according to a family statement shared by his agent Brian Balsbaugh on Twitter.
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12 months ago+17 17 0Qubits 30 meters apart used to confirm Einstein was wrong about quantum
A new experiment uses superconducting qubits to demonstrate that quantum mechanics violates what's called local realism by allowing two objects to behave as a single quantum system no matter how large the separation between them. The experiment ...
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1 year ago+15 15 0Ban of foam food containers, packing peanuts and coolers heads to Oregon governor's desk
A bill to ban common Styrofoam items including food containers is headed to Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek’s desk for her signature, one of two pieces of legislation aimed at reducing plastic pollution in the state. Senate Bill 543 would phase out polystyren ...