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1 year ago+16 16 0Investor tells Google: Cut costs, stop paying staff so much
Activist investor TCI Fund Management is calling on Google's parent Alphabet to pursue aggressive cost cutting on the back of a hiring spree during the pandemic, claiming the business could be more efficiently run. The UK-based hedge fund first ...
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1 year ago+20 20 0Autistic people outperform neurotypicals in a cartoon version of an emotion recognition task
People who on the autism spectrum are frequently thought of as lacking the ability to accurately recognize the emotions of others, but is that true? A study published in Autism Research suggests that when certain differences are accounted for, indivi ...
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1 year ago+18 18 0Democrats maintain control of Senate, NBC News projects, defeating many Trump-backed Republicans
Democrats defied historical trends and defeated several candidates backed by former President Donald Trump to keep control of the Senate, providing enormous relief for President Joe Biden. The battle for the House, meanwhile, remains too close to cal ...
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1 year ago+22 22 0Highly emotional people drawn to cats for stress relief programs
Cats are often left out of university-based animal assisted interventions aimed at reducing stress, but new research shows many people, especially those with strong and highly reactive emotions, want and would benefit from feline interactions.
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1 year ago+13 13 0US offers $5M for information on North Korea sanctions buster
The U.S. is offering up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest of a Singaporean businessman who helped smuggle oil to North Korea, the State Department announced Thursday.
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1 year ago+22 22 0Scientists Say They Can Damage Memories of Being Cheated On
We're going on 20 years since "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" devastated film lovers — and now, it seems like something approaching the memory-erasing science it depicted may be close to fruition. New research published in the ...
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1 year ago+14 14 0Climate Change Is Burying Archaeological Sites Under Tons of Sand
Desertification can wear down ancient ruins or hide them under dunes—leaving researchers scrambling to keep track of where they’re buried.
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1 year ago+20 20 0New study links high testosterone levels in women to reduced immune responses
New research has uncovered a relationship between hormone levels in women and the production of antibodies in response to hepatitis B vaccination. The study, recently published in Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, found negative associations be ...
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1 year ago+20 20 0iOS 15.7.1 Release Candidate Breaking Face ID for Some iPhone Users
The iOS 15.7.1 Release Candidate made available earlier this week appears to prevent Face ID from working on at least some iPhones, according to user reports across Reddit and Twitter. Affected devices include iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro models a ...
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1 year ago+28 28 0New MacBook Pro and Mac Mini With M2 Pro Chips Likely to Launch in November
With this week's announcements of new iPad Pro, iPad, and Apple TV models out of the way, attention now turns to the Mac. Rumors suggest Apple plans to launch new high-end MacBook Pro and Mac mini models with M2 series chips later this year.
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1 year ago+13 13 0Becoming You
I have few memories of being four—a fact I find disconcerting now that I’m the father of a four-year-old. My son and I have great times together; lately, we’ve been building Lego versions of familiar places (the coffee shop, the bathroom) and perfect ...
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1 year ago+24 24 0'We talk to plants, they tell us if they are happy'
Agri-tech company Gardin uses sensors and artificial intelligence to see how well crops are growing.
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1 year ago+24 24 0How Asianometry reached 270K subscribers & $5K/mo on YouTube
Learn how history/tech YouTube channel Asianometry reached 270K subscribers earning $5K per month with ads and Patreon
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1 year ago+17 17 0Webb Scans a Nearby Brown Dwarf and Finds it has Clouds Made of Sand
An international collaboration has used data from Webb to characterize a brown dwarf, and found clouds of sand in its atmosphere!
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1 year ago+19 19 0Disney’s ‘Little Mermaid’ Backlash Has Reached Insane Heights
Disney’s latest live-action remake, The Little Mermaid, has been engulfed in controversy ever since the casting of singer Halle Bailey was announced. While Disney’s tepid remakes always receive criticism from nostalgic fans, this time, the backlash i ...
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1 year ago+22 22 0 x 1Valve now has repair centers that can fix your Steam Deck
Send it off for Valve to repair
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1 year ago+19 19 0There’s no driving test for self-driving cars in the US — but there should be
NHTSA is considering a preapproval system for AVs.
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1 year ago+16 16 0CDPR Hints At a Full Cyberpunk 2077 Sequel
It looks like the announcement of Phantom Liberty, the official DLC of Cyberpunk 2077, may not be the end for the sci-fi world set up by CD Projekt RED. The CEO of CDPR, Adam Kiciński, has hinted that the company “definitely intend[s]” to develop Cyb ...
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1 year ago+27 27 0 x 1Truth Social SPAC Reportedly Fails To Get Shareholder Support To Extend Deal Deadline
Digital World Acquisition Corp’s stock has slumped more than 18% in the last month amid reports of financial troubles at the former president’s social media company.
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1 year ago+16 16 0The IRS says it mistakenly made public data for about 120,000 taxpayers
The data — which included individual names and business contact information — was public on the IRS.gov website for about a year until an employee noticed the mistake recently.