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3 weeks ago+12 12 0The ‘Stolen’ Election That Poisoned American Politics. It Happened in 1984.
The 1984 race for Indiana’s ‘Bloody 8th’ trained a generation of politicians in the scorched-earth tactics of recounts. Its legacy lives on in Trump’s ‘stop the steal’ rhetoric.
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1 month ago+15 15 0Microsoft’s $200 Surface Earbuds have seemingly been abandoned
The Surface Earbuds are a weird product in Microsoft’s line of Surface devices. Now over two years old, and still available to buy at a close to launch price of $160(opens in new tab), the Surface Earbuds might be the worst “Surface” branded device y ...
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1 month ago+19 19 0Purists will disagree, but Elden Ring is at its absolute best with stealth and magic
Elden Ring magic and crawling around in the bushes go hand-in-hand
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1 month ago+13 13 0Attacker yells ‘Kanye 2024’ during antisemitic assault, police say
The New York Police Department is investigating an alleged attack in Central Park this week in which a man in his mid-40s assaulted a 63-year-old man and spewed antisemitic comments before yelling out “Kanye 2024,” a reference to rapper Ye’s recent a ...
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1 month ago+14 14 0The World Cup, Netflix, and the Sanitized Future of Sports
A new wave of sports documentaries promises behind-the-scenes access to beloved athletes. But these manufactured series are serving a different purpose.
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1 month ago+21 21 0Not Your Keys, Not Your Bitcoin – FTX Was Selling Fake BTC to Its Users.
In the series “Not your Keys, Not your Bitcoin,” I call to the stand Sam Bankman-Fried. The now-infamous SBF who just turned FTX and Alameda into the biggest fiasco in cryptocurrency history! When a case like this breaks out, you are (unfortunately) ...
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1 month ago+14 14 0U.S. gun death rates hit highest levels in decades, study says
The research is one of the most comprehensive analyses of American gun deaths in years.
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2 months ago+14 14 0Some of Taylor Swift's biggest fans are also lawyers. After Ticketmaster's botched handling of her Eras Tour, they're mobilizing to take the ticketing giant down.
Taylor Swift fans, some of whom are lawyers, are organizing to hold Ticketmaster—and other industry monopolies—accountable after its Eras Tour blunder.
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2 months ago+9 9 0As California’s wells dry up, residents rely on bottled water to survive
California's water wells are running dry at a record pace amid a hotter, drier climate and severe drought, leaving some to rely on bottled water to live.
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2 months ago+16 16 0In a first, doctors treat fatal genetic disease before birth
A toddler is thriving after doctors in the U.S. and Canada used a novel technique to treat her before she was born for a rare genetic disease that caused the deaths of two of her sisters.
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2 months ago+23 23 0Electric cars won't just solve tailpipe emissions — they may even strengthen the US power grid, experts say
A budding technology could allow electric cars to provide power to the grid when it's needed most, helping utilities deal with heatwaves.
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2 months ago+10 10 0French-speaking crooks stole $30m in bank cyber-heist spree
A French-speaking criminal group codenamed OPERA1ER has pulled off more than 30 cyber-heists against telecom organizations and banks across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, stealing upwards of $30 million over four years, according to security resear ...
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3 months ago+20 20 0Vogue says it has ‘no intention’ of working with Kanye West in future
A Vogue spokesperson told Page Six exclusively on Friday that neither the magazine nor its editor-in-chief Anna Wintour intend to work with Kanye West again after his anti-Semitic rants and support for the White Lives Matter cause.
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3 months ago+22 22 0Scientists Create AI-Powered Laser Turret That Kills Cockroaches
Everyone wants to be able to just zap a bug and have it go away. But now, thanks to a recent development from Ildar Rakhmatulin, a research associate at Heriot-Watt University interested in machine learning and engineering, this dream is now a realit ...
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3 months ago+10 10 0Climate Change May Favor Nitrogen-Fixing Plants
In Death Valley National Park, which straddles the California-Nevada border, mesquite plants (genus Prosopis) thrive in extreme aridity. While most vegetation types must extract most of their nutrients from fertile soil, mesquites and similar plants ...
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3 months ago+19 19 0A woman was scammed by a 'Russian Astronaut,' who claimed he needed money to return to Earth
A 65-year-old Japanese woman was scammed online by a scammer claiming to be a Russian astronaut onboard the International Space Station (ISS), Vice has reported. The matter came to light after the woman grew suspicious of the large sum of money he wa ...
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3 months ago+1 1 0An Australian startup is "growing" water for drought-parched California
Water is California's most precious commodity these days, as the state endures a drought that scientists are calling the worst in 1,200 years. State officials say more than 1,200 wells have run dry this year, a nearly 50% increase over the same ...
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3 months ago+16 16 0The White House just unveiled a new AI Bill of Rights
It's the first big step to hold AI to account.
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3 months ago+13 13 0Shops in England banned from displaying junk food near entrances and tills from today
A proposed ban on multibuy deals for junk food - such as "buy one, get one free" offers - is being delayed until October 2023.
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4 months ago+16 16 0Kanye may not like books, but hip-hop fosters a love of literature
When Ye – the artist formerly known as Kanye West – stated during a recent podcast that he doesn’t read books, some people questioned whether he was sending the wrong message to children. Those questions took on more importance in light of the fact t ...