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2 years ago+14 14 0A 1986 dystopian Russian novel basically predicted Vladimir Putin
"Moscow 2042," by Vladimir Voinovich, envisioned a future in which Russia was ruled by an ex-KGB agent who eerily resembles the current Russian president.
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2 years ago+18 18 0Xbox sale round-up March 22nd, 2022
Discounts on Star Wars Battlefront II, Ben 10, Night In The Woods, Mega Man X Legacy Collection, MotoGP 19, Newt One, Spec Ops: The Line and more
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2 years ago+13 13 0Los Angeles suing Monsanto for chemicals in waterways
Chemical company Monsanto found itself in the horns of yet another lawsuit Monday, as Los Angeles sued the firm for allegedly knowingly polluting waterways in one of the biggest cities in the United States.
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2 years ago+25 25 0There Could Be 16 Quadrillion Tons Of Diamonds On The Planet Mercury Suggests New Research
Is Mercury covered in diamonds? New research reveals that the heavily cratered planet's graphite layer could be hosting diamonds.
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2 years ago+17 17 0Deepfake video of Zelenskyy could be 'tip of the iceberg' in info war, experts warn
A fake video of the Ukrainian president claiming defeat spread on social media on Wednesday.
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2 years ago+20 20 0California bill would let parents sue social media companies for addicting kids
A bipartisan bill in the Assembly would make social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram liable for getting young users addicted.
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2 years ago+16 16 0Amazon just introduced a bizarre metaverse-like game to train people how to use AWS
Users navigate a virtual city, helping its denizens solve technology issues related to the cloud while earning points for completing simulations and puzzles.
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2 years ago+14 14 0U.S. Senate approves bill to make daylight saving time permanent
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed legislation that would make daylight saving time permanent starting in 2023, ending the twice-annual changing of clocks in a move promoted by supporters advocating brighter afternoons and more economic activity.
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2 years ago+13 13 0NASA astronauts will conduct spacewalk to provide space station power upgrades
The International Space Station may be set for retirement at the end of the decade, but there's still plenty of life left in the orbiting laboratory. The space station is preparing for more power upgrades as two NASA astronauts conduct the first ...
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2 years ago+16 16 0Making Meat Affordable: Progress Since The $330,000 Lab-Grown Burger
In 2013, the world’s first lab-grown burger was served at a London news conference, and it cost $330,000 to create.
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2 years ago+15 15 0New Mexico's governor just signed a bill to make college tuition-free
For most New Mexico residents, college will now be officially tuition-free. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed on Friday Senate Bill 140, otherwise known as the New Mexico Opportunity Scholarship Act. First introduced in 2019, the plan wil ...
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2 years ago+20 20 0Microsoft pulls the plug on ‘new’ sales of products and services in Russia
In a blog post published Friday morning, Microsoft president Brad Smith confirmed the company “will suspend all new sales of Microsoft products and services in Russia.” It didn’t go into further detail about what that looks like or specify what meani ...
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2 years ago+17 17 0In a scientific first, Mexico is sending mini-robots to the Moon for soil exploration
Mexico is going to launch a new mission by sending mini-robots to the Moon. The launch will be a scientific first to explore soil on the lunar surface.
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2 years ago+22 22 0Some Russian troops are surrendering to Ukrainian forces without a fight as morale drops, US defense official says
Some Russian troops have been surrendering to Ukrainian forces "without a fight" as morale drops amid Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, a US senior defense official told reporters in a briefing on Tuesday. The US ...
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2 years ago+20 20 0David Boggs, Co-Inventor of Ethernet, Dies at 71
Thanks to the invention he helped create in the 1970s, people can send email over an office network or visit a website through a coffee shop hot spot.
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2 years ago+18 18 0Rocket Lab will launch its 1st mission from new pad today. Here's how to watch live
Rocket Lab is ready to launch the first mission from its newly built pad in New Zealand on Monday (Feb. 28), and you can watch the event live. The window for the mission, dubbed "The Owl's Night Continues," opens at 3:35 p.m. EST (2035 ...
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2 years ago+20 20 0BitConnect founder charged with orchestrating $2 billion Ponzi scheme
A federal grand jury in San Diego indicted the founder of BitConnect for allegedly orchestrating a $2.4 billion global Ponzi scheme, the Justice Department said Friday.
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2 years ago+23 23 0Study suggests Trump's false tweets were mostly intentional lies -- not accidents
Researchers recently used the fact-checked tweets of Donald Trump to develop a linguistic model to detect the former president's lies. Their new findings, which appear in Psychological Science, provide evidence that Trump's use of language ...
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2 years ago+25 25 0 x 1A YouTuber attracted more than 216,000 viewers by livestreaming planes trying to land at London's Heathrow airport in record-breaking storm winds
Jerry Dyer, the host of Big Jet TV, is commentating live as planes struggle to land at Heathrow Airport, while tens of thousands of watch online.
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2 years ago+27 27 0 x 1Apple macOS Big Sur 11.6.4 update released with security fixes and solves battery drain issue
Cupertino based tech giant Apple has released macOS 11.6.4 update to macOS Big Sur that contains security fixes, as well as a macOS Catalina Security Update. According to Apple's release notes for the update, macOS Big Sur 11.6.4 "improves ...