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1 year ago+32 32 0 x 1The film fans who refuse to surrender to streaming: ‘One day you’ll barter bread for our DVDs’
As more movies vanish from streaming services, cinephiles are rallying to physical media. Can they save a seemingly dying format?
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1 year ago+35 35 0Satellite to ‘name and shame’ worst oil and gas methane polluters
Leaks are driving 30% of the climate crisis and MethaneSat will provide the first first near-comprehensive global view
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1 year ago+18 18 0Prison living costs rule scrapped for wrongly convicted
Andy Malkinson, who cleared his name after 17 years in jail, tells the BBC more still needs to be done.
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1 year ago+17 17 0No charges after Britney Spears inadvertently hit herself in face in encounter with NBA rookie
In its investigation, which is now over, police determined that Victor Wembanyama's security guard did not willfully or unlawfully use force or violence against Spears.
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1 year ago+12 12 0Climate expert: ‘The harm will get worse’
Scientific testimony figures prominently in second day of Held v. Montana climate trial.
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1 year ago+4 4 0In a first, a climate lawsuit from young people is going to trial
Sixteen young people who say the state isn’t doing enough to address climate change will get their day in court Monday. The lawsuit argues that lack of action violates plaintiffs’ rights under the state Constitution. This is the first youth climate l ...
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1 year ago+31 31 0Why millions of usable hard drives are being destroyed
Millions of storage devices are being shredded each year, even though they could be reused. "You don't need an engineering degree to understand that's a bad thing," says Jonmichael Hands. He is the secretary and treasurer of the C ...
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1 year ago+26 26 0It's becoming clear that AI is going to whack the mediocre middle of office workers
"Mediocrity will be automated." That was the verdict a top tech executive shared with me recently, describing the impact he predicted AI would have on the workforce. And while the phrasing might seem a bit harsh, there's growing eviden ...
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1 year ago+24 24 0Covid lab leak theory cannot be ruled out, China's former top scientist admits
Beijing officially investigated Wuhan lab, former head of China's Centre for Disease Control suggests...
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1 year ago+17 17 0Adobe adds generative AI to Photoshop
Adobe said Tuesday morning it would integrate generative artificial intelligence into its popular Photoshop editing software, making the application more accessible to untrained users. The new AI tools will work similarly to other AI image creation t ...
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1 year ago+4 4 0Heat Wave and Blackout Would Send Half of Phoenix to E.R., Study Says
If a multiday blackout in Phoenix coincided with a heat wave, nearly half the population would require emergency department care for heat stroke or other heat-related illnesses, a new study suggests. While Phoenix was the most extreme example, the st ...
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1 year ago+14 14 0HBO Continues to Have the Worst Timing
Somehow Warner Bros. Discovery thinks it’s a good idea to relaunch its HBO Max streaming service as just “Max” in the middle of a Hollywood shakeup.
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1 year ago+20 20 0China overtakes United States on contribution to research in Nature Index
For the first time, China has overtaken the United States as the number one ranked country or territory for contributions to research articles published in the Nature Index group of high-quality natural-science journals. Data on author affiliations f ...
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1 year ago+23 23 0Apple to Mass Produce Its Own MicroLED Displays for iPhones
Apple will mass produce its own microLED displays in order to lessen its reliance on Samsung and increase its own control over supply, laying the groundwork to realize its ultimate goal of bringing the technology to iPhones, reports Nikkei Asia.
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1 year ago+18 18 0BT to cut 55,000 jobs with up to a fifth replaced by AI
Telecoms giant BT is to shed up to 55,000 jobs by the end of the decade, mostly in the UK, as it cuts costs. Up to a fifth of those cuts will come in customer services as staff are replaced by technologies including artificial intelligence. The headc ...
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1 year ago+4 4 0Recycling 'end-of-life' solar panels, wind turbines, is about to be climate tech's big waste business
The growing importance of wind and solar energy to the U.S. power grid, and the rise of electric vehicles, are all key to the nation’s growing need to reduce dependence on fossil fuels, lower carbon emissions and mitigate climate change.
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1 year ago+16 16 0The Science of Attraction: Why Do We Fall for Certain People?
Sometimes life’s most meaningful relationships grow from the briefest of connections. Like when you go to a party and meet someone wearing your favorite band’s T-shirt, or who laughs at the same jokes as you, or who grabs that unpopular snack you alo ...
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1 year ago+24 24 0Canon made a vlogging camera that looks like an old Flip Video
Canon is finally stepping into the vlogging camera arena, and it’s doing so with a quirky new point-and-shoot geared toward a mindless “set-it-and-forget-it” crowd I’m not sure exists. The $429.99 Canon PowerShot V10 is an adorable little camera abou ...
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1 year ago+29 29 0Shopify to reduce workforce by 20%, sells logistics business to Flexport for 13% equity
Shopify is laying off 20% of its workforce, impacting some 2,000 people, and is selling its logistics business to Flexport for 13% in stock.
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1 year ago+30 30 0 x 1NASA's Perseverance rover loses its hitchhiking 'pet rock' after more than a year together on Mars
The rover has finally lost a pesky rock that had become lodged in its front left wheel "like a pebble in its shoe." The stone had accompanied the rover for more than half its time on the Red Planet.