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12 months ago+23 23 0Trapdoor spider: New giant species found in Australia
Australian researchers have discovered a super-sized species of trapdoor spiders found only in Queensland. The females of this rare species can live for over 20 years in the wild and grow up to 5cm long - large in trapdoor spider terms. The males gro ...
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12 months ago+21 21 0How a Hollywood writers’ strike can derail a great TV show
The industry is bracing for another work stoppage amid tense contract negotiations. The last one led to a bizarre season of “Friday Night Lights.”
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12 months ago+17 17 0Trump lawyer must turn over evidence on classified documents, court rules
A closed-door legal fight between Trump lawyers and prosecutors over classified documents has now moved to an appeals court, which seems poised to rule quickly.
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12 months ago+17 17 0A Winnie the Pooh horror film was pulled in Hong Kong. No one will explain why.
“Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey" — which features a character often used as a meme to poke fun at Chinese leader Xi Jinping — was set to open Thursday.
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1 year ago+25 25 0TikTok now has 150 million active users in the U.S., CEO to tell Congress
When TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies before Congress on Thursday, he plans to unveil new internal data that suggests the popular video-sharing app is far more enmeshed in Americans' daily lives than anyone realizes. TikTok currently says about ...
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Review
1 year ago+14 14 019 Works of Nonfiction to Read This Spring
New memoirs, a landmark biography of Martin Luther King, Jr., a look at the woman who helped halt the rise of a K.K.K. leader — and more.
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1 year ago+12 12 0Kenzaburo Oe, Nobel prize-winning Japanese writer, dies aged 88
Kenzaburo Oe, a giant of Japanese writing and winner of the Nobel prize in literature, has died aged 88. Spanning fiction and essays, Oe’s work tackled a wide range of subjects from militarism and nuclear disarmament to innocence and trauma, and he b ...
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1 year ago+20 20 0Boeing employee bought lottery ticket because it was at $747M, a nod to the aircraft. She won the jackpot.
An Auburn resident and Boeing employee has been identified as the winner of the record-breaking Powerball jackpot that was drawn on Feb. 6.
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1 year ago+24 24 0Tesla says it will cut costs of next generation cars in half
Tesla says it will cut the cost of its next generation of vehicles in half, largely by using innovative manufacturing techniques and smaller factories
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Expression
1 year ago+18 18 0True Blood Reboot Dead at HBO
HBO is no longer eyeing a return trip to Bon Temps
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1 year ago+12 12 0Toxic gaming tackled by unique police alert system
Rape jokes, racism, bullying - if you've picked up a controller, or scrolled a mouse, to dabble in some online gaming then you've likely come across plenty. The gaming industry, like others where people interact online, has been trying to f ...
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1 year ago+21 21 0Artificial intelligence must be regulated, warns the CTO of ChatGPT maker OpenAI: ‘It can be used by bad actors’
OpenAI CTO Mira Murati says regulators must govern the use of A.I. in a way that’s "aligned with human values."
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1 year ago+23 23 0China's 2022 smartphone sales plunge to lowest level in a decade
China's smartphone sales endured a record fall in 2022, tumbling 13% to their lowest level in a decade as COVID controls and a slowing economy sapped consumer appetite, data from third-party research firms showed.
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1 year ago+17 17 0Big Tech was moving cautiously on AI. Then came ChatGPT.
Google, Facebook and Microsoft have used AI in their products for years. But OpenAI's ChatGPT is stealing the limelight, forcing them to move faster.
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1 year ago+21 21 0Small, convenient mosquito repellent device passes test to protect military personnel
A device developed at the University of Florida for the U.S. military provides protection from mosquitos for an extended period and requires no heat, electricity or skin contact. The controlled-release passive device was designed by Nagarajan Rajagop ...
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1 year ago+26 26 0Twitter Intentionally Ends Third-Party App Developer Access to Its APIs
Late yesterday, The Information reported that it had seen internal Twitter Slack communications confirming that the company had intentionally cut off third-party Twitter app access to its APIs. The shut-down, which happened Thursday night US time, ha ...
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1 year ago+20 20 0Italy's education minister wants to ban phones in classroom
Valditara wants to remove welfare benefit from young people who have not completed schooling. Italy's new right-wing government is set to ban phones in class during lessons to prevent students from getting distracted, education minister Giuseppe ...
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Analysis
1 year ago+20 20 0Oceans were the hottest ever recorded in 2022, analysis shows
Seas dominate global weather patterns and the climate crisis is causing profound and damaging changes
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1 year ago+15 15 0Seattle schools sue TikTok, Meta and other platforms over youth 'mental health crisis'
Seattle public schools have sued the tech giants behind TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Snapchat, accusing them of creating a "mental health crisis among America's Youth." The 91-page lawsuit filed in a US district court state ...
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Expression
1 year ago+14 14 0There's an Impossible Upside-Down Building in Vancouver
The Vancouver House is a building larger on the top than the bottom that looks like a Jenga tower ready to fall or an upside-down house.