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19 hours agoCurrent Event Pfennig88
Surprising newfound ocean bacteria could aid search for alien life
In the deep waters of Earth's oceans, scientists have discovered a new species of bacteria flourishing in the plumes from submarine hot springs. Such hot springs likely also exist on oceanic worlds like Jupiter's moon Europa and the Saturn satellite Enceladus, so these observations sharpen our understanding of the forms alien life might take on those moons, astronomers say.
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2 days agoCurrent Event Pfennig88
Brazilian researchers find 'terrifying' plastic rocks on remote island
The geology of Brazil's volcanic Trindade Island has fascinated scientists for years, but the discovery of rocks made from plastic debris in this remote turtle refuge is sparking alarm.
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4 days agoCurrent Event Pfennig88
Is your city an ‘allergy capital’? Here’s where pollen was the worst last year.
Allergy sufferers know how this goes: Spring starts calling, and pollen begins falling.
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6 days agoCurrent Event Pfennig88
America's immigration system is a nightmare, and it's forcing tech companies to move jobs outside of the country
As issues with labor shortages continue, remote work makes it easier for US tech firms to hire anywhere. These companies are relocating more jobs overseas to avoid American's broken immigration system.
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9 days agoCurrent Event Pfennig88
Warner Bros. Discovery Worried That ‘HBO’ Name Turns Off New Subscribers
Warner Bros. Discovery is pushing forward with a plan to drop “HBO” from the name of its flagship streaming service HBO Max. That decision for the long-planned rebranding of the combined HBO Max and Discovery+ services was partially informed by the company’s belief that “the HBO name turns off many potential subscribers,” Bloomberg reported on Thursday and TheWrap independently confirmed.
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11 days agoCurrent Event Pfennig88
The Netherlands says it will join the US in restricting chipmaking-tool exports to China
At the end of January, it was reported that the US had completed two years of negotiations with the Netherlands and Japan to join the United States in imposing restrictions on the export of chip-manufacturing tools to China. The US says this will prevent its global rival from developing semiconductors for military applications, including supercomputers, nuclear weapons modeling, and hypersonic weapons.
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2 weeks agoExpression Pfennig88
The Internet Doesn't Want To Help You Anymore – Does AI?
Let me share an odd internet adventure with you. The other day, I could not recall the term “evidence board”. Naturally, I typed into Google the search term “what are the pin boards with faces called”. In case we’re not on the same page, I’m talking about those evidence boards from procedural crime shows and thrillers.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event Pfennig88
Europe's plan to rein in Big Tech will require Apple to open up iMessage
European regulators on Thursday revealed their plan to rein in the anti-competitive practices of Big Tech and fundamentally remake how some of the world's most powerful companies do business. The rules, which target tech giants like Apple, Amazon, Meta and Google, are far-reaching and would have huge ramification for those companies' software and services.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event Pfennig88
White House releases ambitious cyber strategy calling for more regulation of vulnerable sectors
The White House on Thursday released an ambitious national cybersecurity strategy that calls for new federal regulation of vulnerable critical infrastructure firms and for software makers to be held liable when their products leave gaping holes for hackers to exploit.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event Pfennig88
What the West Must Do Now to Help Ukraine Win the War
Ukraine’s spirited defense has inspired the world—we must not self-deter from enabling Ukraine to defeat Putin’s invasion.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event Pfennig88
Tennessee man charged with using AirTag to stalk ex-wife
In yet another case of a stalker using Apple's AirTags — and of the AirTags alerting the victim — police near Memphis have arrested a woman's ex-husband. Carlos Atkins is not the first man to be charged with what the Fox News local affiliate station reports is defined as "electronic tracking of a motor vehicle." Depending on the outcome of police proceedings, he won't the first stalker to be jailed because of AirTags, either.
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1 month agoCurrent Event Pfennig88
Angry Bing chatbot just mimicking humans, say experts
Microsoft's nascent Bing chatbot turning testy or even threatening is likely because it essentially mimics what it learned from online conversations, analysts and academics said on Friday. Tales of disturbing exchanges with the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot—including it issuing threats and speaking of desires to steal nuclear code, create a deadly virus, or to be alive—have gone viral this week.
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1 month agoCurrent Event Pfennig88
Russia To Launch $12.3 Million Crypto Mining Farm In Coming Month
The Russian Federation is looking to launch a crypto-mining facility worth over $12.3 million (900 million rubles) in the coming months. According to a report by local Russian media, RBC, this massive data processing center will be located in Buryatia, a Russian republic in eastern Siberia. Upon completion, the data center is expected to house 30,000 mining devices, with a projected total power consumption of 100 megawatts.
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1 month agoCurrent Event Pfennig88
The truth behind the 'He Gets Us' ads for Jesus airing during the Super Bowl
In between star-studded advertisements and a whole lot of football, this year’s Super Bowl watchers are being taken to church. “He Gets Us,” a campaign to promote Jesus and Christianity, is running two ads during the game as part of a staggering $100 million media investment. To many, the spots will be nothing new: “He Gets Us” content has been peppering TV screens, billboards and social media feeds since a national launch in 2022.
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1 month agoCurrent Event Pfennig88
Anonymous man in US walked into Turkish embassy and donated $30 million to quake victims, Pakistani PM says
An anonymous man in the United States has donated $30 million to earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria, according to Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who tweeted the news on Saturday. “Deeply moved by the example of an anonymous Pakistani who walked into the Turkish embassy in the US and donated $30 million for earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria," the prime minister tweeted.