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12 days agoCurrent Event canuck
California Just Became the Third State to Pass Electronics Right to Repair
Right to Repair just won in Big Tech’s backyard: California’s Right to Repair Act, Senate Bill 244, has passed the state legislature on a 50–0 vote.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event canuck
Minnesota returns voting power to thousands. The question is whether they'll use it
A new law in Minnesota speeds up restoration of voting eligibility to the formerly incarcerated. Now advocates are fanning out to convince people to use those rights.
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1 month agoCurrent Event canuck
The richest Americans account for 40 percent of U.S. climate emissions
About 15 days of emissions from the richest American was equal to a lifetime of emissions for someone in the poorest 10 percent in America, research found.
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2 months agoCurrent Event canuck
Last month was the planet's hottest June on record by a huge margin
June was the hottest such month on record for the planet by a “substantial margin,” the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service reported Thursday.
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2 months agoCurrent Event canuck
Netflix on verge of landing Jerry Jones docu-series for nearly $50 million
The partnership between the NFL and Netflix is expanding. Next week, the first NFL property debuts on Netflix, with the Quarterback series focusing on Patrick Mahomes, Kirk Cousins, and Marcus Mariota. Eventually, Netflix will air the NFL Films docu-series focusing on Cowboys owner Jerry Jones .
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3 months agoCurrent Event canuck
Solar sprawl is tearing up the Mojave Desert. Is there a better way?
High above the Las Vegas Strip, solar panels blanketed the roof of Mandalay Bay Convention Center — 26,000 of them, rippling across an area larger than 20 football fields. From this vantage point, the sun-dappled Mandalay Bay and Delano hotels dominated the horizon, emerging like comically large golden scepters from the glittering black panels. Snow-tipped mountains rose to the west.
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3 months agoCurrent Event canuck
Attempted Coup by Wagner or Botched Attempted Regime Change by the West?
The media has been overflowing with reports of an attempted military coup in Russia, claiming Yevgeny Prigozhin, commander of the private military company Wagner Group, attempted to overthrow the government of President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin managed to eliminate the threat of the supposed coup, but gaps in the mainstream narrative raise questions as to whether this supposed coup was orchestrated by Prigozhin himself, or if it was merely a staged show put on by the Kremlin to weed out forei...
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3 months agoExpression canuck
Can Apple Take the Metaverse Mainstream?
The iPhone maker is making a bold bet that it can redefine the niche category of virtual reality with its $3,500 goggles.
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3 months agoCurrent Event canuck
Secret Service agents have testified in Trump classified docs probe
About two dozen Secret Service agents have been subpoenaed or have appeared before a federal grand jury in Washington that's looking into former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents, two sources familiar with the matter confirmed Tuesday. The sources said prosecutors have interviewed agents assigned to Trump’s security detail at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, about 24 of whom have been asked to testify before the grand jury. All complied, the sources said.
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3 months agoCurrent Event canuck
Inner workings revealed for “Predator,” the Android malware that exploited 5 0-days
Smartphone malware sold to governments around the world can surreptitiously record voice calls and nearby audio, collect data from apps such as Signal and WhatsApp, and hide apps or prevent them from running upon device reboots, researchers from Cisco’s Talos security team have found.
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3 months agoCurrent Event canuck
Study shows that thinking hard about complex problems results in distinct facial muscle movement patterns
Psychology theories suggest that humans tend to primarily invest significant mental resources on problems that will reward them for their efforts. More specifically, they propose that before they start thinking in great depth about a problem, humans ponder on whether the benefits of solving it outweigh the "cost" in terms of required mental efforts.
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4 months agoCurrent Event canuck
AI Software to Eavesdrop on Prisoner Phone Calls in Florida
A company that uses surveillance software to monitor U.S. prisoners' phone calls is on the verge of deploying its technology across the Sunshine State. LEO Technologies, a Los Angeles-based company that transcribes inmate communications in real time using an artificial intelligence speech-to-text feature, is marketed as a way to monitor inmate health, improve prison security, and thwart crime. Despite spawning concerns over overzealous surveillance and potential misuse, the software — kno...
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4 months agoCurrent Event canuck
China bans major chip maker Micron from key infrastructure projects
It is China's first major move against a US chip maker, as tensions increase between Beijing and Washington.
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4 months agoCurrent Event canuck
Helion announces world’s first fusion energy purchase agreement with Microsoft
Helion Energy (Helion) today announced an agreement to provide Microsoft electricity from its first fusion power plant. Constellation will serve as the power marketer and will manage transmission for the project. The plant is expected to be online by 2028 and will target power generation of 50 MW or greater after a 1-year ramp up period.
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4 months agoExpression canuck
Dubai Reefs: World’s largest ocean restoration project unveiled
URB, a developer of sustainable cities, has unveiled its plans for what is being billed as "the world’s largest ocean restoration project" on the Dubai coast, called Dubai Reefs.