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1 year ago+22 22 0Amazon's Trickle-Down Monopoly
In this report, Moira Weigel tells the story of a group of hidden intermediaries who have played key roles in making Amazon one of the most powerful corporations in the world, while remaining mostly invisible to customers: third-party (3P) sellers.
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1 year ago+17 17 0Data From Cities Show Violent Crime Rates Fell Slightly Last Year
A report from the nonpartisan Council on Criminal Justice found that homicides and gun assaults mostly declined in the 35 cities studied and that car thefts rose dramatically. Violent crime rates in some major cities declined last year but have yet t ...
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1 year ago+13 13 0Scientists discover new emperor penguin colony in Antarctica - by spotting their poo from space
The colony, located at Verleger Point, West Antarctica, is home to 500 birds. It brings the total of known emperor penguin sites around the continent to 66, according to scientists at the British Antarctic Survey.
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1 year ago+26 26 0Mars helicopter keeps on flying as it approaches anniversary
NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter has been on Mars for almost two years and the high-tech contraption is still in good enough shape to get airborne.
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1 year ago+18 18 0Study: Cannabis Use "Does Not Have a Negative Impact on Public Health"
Conducted by researchers at the International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, the Universitat Rovira i Virgili, both in España, and the Autonomous University of Madrid, all in Spain, the study was published in the December issue of the journal C ...
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1 year ago+31 31 0 x 1New UFO report shows hundreds more incidents than previously thought
A new U.S. intelligence report says the number of reports of UFO incidents has increased, but a good number are due to weather balloons.
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1 year ago+13 13 0How the war in Ukraine is killing marine mammals
Every morning at dawn, Ivan Rusev walks along the shoreline of the Black Sea in south-western Ukraine. In the autumn, he was watching as millions of migratory birds set off for the south. The last of the pelicans departed at the end of September and ...
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1 year ago+25 25 0 x 1Apple Patents Apple Pencil That Can Sample Colors From Real-World Surfaces
Apple has patented a possible next-generation Apple Pencil that can sample colors from the real world and then input that same color onto an iPad, as well as other features, including the ability to sample textures.
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1 year ago+15 15 0Allison Williams Weighs in on Hollywood Nepotism: 'It Doesn't Feel Like a Loss to Admit It'
Allison Williams is aware of the privilege that being the child of a well-known individual carries — and she's not above acknowledging it. In a new interview with Wired, the M3GAN actress addressed the idea of nepotism in Hollywood, saying that ...
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1 year ago+16 16 0More than 100 new designs discovered in Peru’s ancient Nazca plain
Findings this month of geoglyphs, which date back more than 2,000 years, are smaller and can be seen from the ground
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1 year ago+19 19 0New EU battery regulations spell big trouble for manufacturers and tech giants
EU lawmakers have agreed on a new set of rules aiming to make batteries in the bloc more sustainable and reusable. The regulations will cover the entire battery life cycle: from the extraction of materials and industrial production, to disposal. They ...
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1 year ago+20 20 0Anker’s Eufy deleted these 10 privacy promises instead of answering our questions
It’s been two weeks since we reported that Anker’s Eufy lied to us about the security of its security cameras, and we’ve been pushing the company for answers ever since. But the company hasn’t answered a single one of our questions — in fact, I haven ...
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1 year ago+13 13 0Daniel Craig Says He Has No Regrets About Leaving James Bond: ‘He’s Not Really Dead’
Daniel Craig says he has no regrets about leaving James Bond behind and has revealed that he discussed killing the character with franchise producer Barbara Broccoli. “No, none at all,” Craig said when asked by Martha Kearney on BBC Radio 4’s “Best o ...
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1 year ago+18 18 0Enjoying Brendan Fraser's Comeback? Thank TV
Sound the alarms, summon the townsfolk, and listen to the joyous news: Brendan Fraser is back. The iconic George of the Jungle and The Mummy franchise actor is once again a leading man in a major film with Darren Aronofsky’s upcoming drama The Whale. ...
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1 year ago+17 17 0The Dead Sea is dying. These beautiful, ominous photos show the impact
It is an unparalleled wonder of the world: the lowest exposed spot on Earth, its therapeutic waters are so full of salt that bathers float right to the top. This natural spa is a source of rich minerals used by the ancient Egyptians for mummificatio ...
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1 year ago+24 24 0A surgeon looked at 7 clitorises under a microscope and found they're packed with 10,000 nerve fibers. It could be a game-changing discovery.
Gender-affirming surgeon and nerve researcher Blair Peters is the first person to quantify the number of nerve fibers in the human clitoris. Until now, sex researchers and educators have said the clitoris has an estimated 8,000 nerve fibers, but that ...
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1 year ago+24 24 0Dyson’s Zone air-purifying headphones start at $949
When Dyson announced its Zone noise-canceling and air-purifying headphones earlier this year, the company kept some details close to its chest. Specifically, Dyson didn’t announce pricing or availability, nor did it say much about battery life. On We ...
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1 year ago+14 14 0Bob McGrath, ‘Sesame Street’ Star, Dies at 90
Bob McGrath, an actor and recording artist who became a generational icon as one of the original human stars of “Sesame Street,” died Sunday at his home in New Jersey. He was 90. McGrat…
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1 year ago+18 18 0Sony Has Made It Easier To Identify Day One PS Plus Releases
Sony has made a new update to the games that are coming to PS Plus on their launch with a new badge that will display alongside their artwork in promotions.
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1 year ago+24 24 0Ridley Scott Turns 85: Why the Academy Should Give Him an Honorary Oscar
Ridley Scott is one of Hollywood’s undeniable masters of science fiction, with an unadulterated visual flair that permeates each film he helms. The British director has been bringing his vision to our movie screens for over 50 years. After Australian ...