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1 year ago+21 21 0They Posted Porn on Twitter. German Authorities Called the Cops
Regulators are using an AI system to scan websites and messaging apps to find pornography. Creators face fines and potential prison sentences.
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1 year ago+16 16 0You're making me buy a new phone
I dropped it on the pavement a few times. No problem, only the casing has a few scratches and dents. To you it may look like a piece of junk now, but to me it’s like that proverbial old pair of jeans. Now you may think that it’s slow as mud in a pond ...
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1 year ago+18 18 0Scientists discover supermassive black hole that now faces Earth
This is a galactic-sized problem. Scientists revealed Tuesday that galaxy PBC J2333.9-2343 has been reclassified after discovering a supermassive black hole that is currently facing our solar system, reports Royal Astronomical Society. “We started to ...
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1 year ago+14 14 0World ‘population bomb’ may never go off as feared, finds study
Population likely to peak sooner and lower than expected with beneficial results – but environment is priority
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1 year ago+18 18 0Cryptocurrencies add nothing useful to society, says chip-maker Nvidia
Tech chief says the development of chatbots is a more worthwhile use of processing power than crypto mining
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1 year ago+22 22 0‘We have made science fiction come true!’ Scientists prove particles in a quantum system can be rejuvenated
An Austrian and Spanish team demonstrated that a process can be ‘rewound’ to restore the components of an atom to their previous state.
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1 year ago+4 4 0Offshore casino illegally 'partners' with Facebook to target Australians
A series of advertisements for an online casino that target Australians are being shown on Facebook. The case has reopened the debate about how easy it is for offshore businesses to use the internet to evade Australian law, writes Casey Briggs.
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1 year ago+4 4 0Nature is out of sync—and that’s reshaping everything, everywhere
Everything in nature—flowering, breeding, migration—lives and dies by a clock that is being recalibrated by climate change. We don’t yet know how severe the consequences may be.
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1 year ago+17 17 0World is on brink of climate calamity, definitive U.N. climate report warns
Scientists warn that the world is on the brink of dangerous, irreversible warming in a definitive U.N. climate report and called for more aggressive actions to avert catastrophe.
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1 year ago+23 23 0Meta launches paid verification subscription service in U.S.
The launch comes the same week that the company laid off about 10,000 workers.
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1 year ago+24 24 0Should we automate the CEO?
There has been a lot of buzz about how AI might eventually replace lower-rank workers. But why not start with the highest-paid corporate executives?
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1 year ago+12 12 0Florida man serving 400-year prison sentence walks free after being exonerated of robbery charge
A review found that Sidney Holmes and his car were likely misidentified at the time of his arrest and conviction.
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1 year ago+4 4 0A ransomware gang claims it has breached Ring and is threatening to leak data
A popular ransomware operator claims to have compromised Ring, the Amazon-owned company that builds smart doorbells with cameras. A new report on Vice’s Motherboard states that the group known as ALPHV, popular for its use of the BlackCat encryptor m ...
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1 year ago+9 9 0Space Force pauses GPS satellite orders due to excess inventory
Space Force pauses GPS satellite orders due to excess inventory
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1 year ago+4 4 0Government and Bank of England facilitate sale of Silicon Valley Bank UK
Silicon Valley Bank (UK) Ltd has today been sold to HSBC. HSBC is headquartered in London, is the largest bank in Europe and is one of the world’s largest banking and financial services institutions, serving 39 million customers globally. Customers ...
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1 year ago+12 12 0'Keto-like' diet may be associated with a higher risk of heart disease, according to new research
Most health experts say the trendy keto diet, which bans carbohydrates to make your body burn fat for fuel, cuts out healthy food such as fruit, beans and legumes and whole grains.
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1 year ago+12 12 0Fox hunting club that first met in the 1700s holds last meet after new law | CNN
One of Scotland’s oldest fox hunts has come to an end after 252 years following the introduction of new law on hunting. The Hunting with Dogs bill, which went into effect earlier this week after being passed in January, outlaws hunting and killing wi ...
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1 year ago+18 18 0Daylight saving time is springing forward, but your sleep may be lagging behind
Daylight saving time starts Sunday, and everyone will lose an hour of sleep -- which most people can't afford to lose, according to new data from Apple and the Brigham and Women's Hospital.
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1 year ago+21 21 0Man blames the devil after crashing his car into North Carolina airport terminal
A man has been arrested after he crashed his car inside the terminal at North Carolina's Wilmington International Airport, WRAL News reported. Driver Tray Anthony Dvorak, 37, told police, "The Devil made me do it."
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1 year ago+18 18 0Researchers Create Plastic Straws from Potato Starch
As the war on plastic straws rages on, researchers in Korea have created a bioplastic alternative that is made out of potato starch and citric acid. In a paper paper published in ACS Omega, the team says that these new straws are stronger than plasti ...