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9 days ago+18 18 0Amazon shows off Alexa feature that mimics the voices of your dead relatives
Amazon has revealed an experimental Alexa feature that allows the AI assistant to mimic the voices of users’ dead relatives. The company demoed the feature at its annual MARS conference, showing a video in which a child asks Alexa to read a bedtime s ...
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12 days ago+21 21 0You can already have Apple's new CarPlay experience today
While the focus of Apple’s WWDC 2022 keynote was on Macs and OS updates, the company used one short segment to do something unusual — preview technology that’s coming not by the end of the year, but almost a year and a half later. Specifically a majo ...
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2 weeks ago+16 16 0SpaceX fires employees involved in letter rebuking Musk
June 17 (Reuters) - Private rocket company SpaceX fired at least five employees after it found they had drafted and circulated a letter criticizing founder Elon Musk and urging executives to make the firm's culture more inclusive, two people fam ...
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2 weeks ago+15 15 0Trump a ‘clear and present danger to US democracy’, conservative judge warns
In a chilling warning, a conservative judge closed the the third January 6 committee hearing on Thursday by saying Donald Trump, his allies and supporters were still “a clear and present danger to American democracy”.
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2 weeks ago+19 19 0The death of Internet Explorer: Good riddance to bad rubbish
Today, at long last, Microsoft is officially ending support for Internet Explorer. Goodbye and good riddance to the most annoying web browser of them all. Back in 1993 when I wrote the first story about this newfangled thing called the WEB, I knew it ...
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2 weeks ago+19 19 0How to Murder Your Husband writer gets life in prison for husband’s murder
A self-published romance novelist who once wrote an online essay called How to Murder Your Husband was sentenced on Monday to life in prison with the possibility of parole for murdering her husband at his workplace in Portland four years ago. Nancy C ...
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3 weeks ago+11 11 0The Election Sequel Might Change What You Think of Tracy Flick
Is Tracy Flick real? I know she’s a fictional character, a gung-ho high schooler introduced in Tom Perrotta’s 1998 novel Election and made famous by Reese Witherspoon in Alexander Payne’s 1999 movie. Ever since Witherspoon’s indelible performance, Tr ...
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3 weeks ago+17 17 0Climate policy dragged into culture wars as a ‘delay’ tactic, finds study
Climate policy is being dragged into the culture wars with misinformation and junk science being spread across the internet by a relatively small group of individuals and groups, according to a study. The research, released on Thursday, shows that th ...
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1 month ago+19 19 0Tron 3 Was Ready To Go, And Then Disney Changed Their Minds
Before he hooked up with Tom Cruise to make "Oblivion" and "Top Gun: Maverick," director Joseph Kosinski made a little movie called "Tron: Legacy." Best remembered, perhaps, for its Daft Punk soundtrack (which still rock ...
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1 month ago+16 16 0Russia's central bank says its open to using cryptocurrency for international payments as a way to counter Western sanctions
The Russian government is willing to consider allowing the use of cryptocurrency for international payments, Reuters reported Tuesday, and moving forward with that idea could help the country blunt the impact of Western sanctions imposed on Moscow.
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1 month ago+12 12 0Smart mushroom farming as a serious alternative to meat
The Austrian-based start-up ATTA wants to make mushrooms a serious meat alternative - by building mushroom-growing facilities that are smart, simple and affordable.
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1 month ago+18 18 0Apple unveils new Apple Watch Pride Edition bands
In celebration of Pride month this June, Apple is releasing two new Pride Edition bands with dynamic Pride watch faces in support of the global LGBTQ+ community and equality movement. This year’s Pride Edition Sport Loop showcases a color gradient wi ...
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1 month ago+22 22 0Apple loses fight for third stab at $300 million patent lawsuit
Apple has been denied a third trial in its patent dispute with Optis technology by a Texas judge, and will now have to pay $300 million to the outfit over claims it willfully infringed on patents relating to wireless connectivity.
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1 month ago+12 12 0Research breakthrough means warp speed ‘Unruh effect’ can finally be tested
A major hurdle for work at the forefront of fundamental physics is the inability to test cutting-edge theories in a laboratory setting. But a recent discovery opens the door for scientists to see ideas in action that were previously only understood i ...
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1 month ago+16 16 0Ukraine Is in Worse Shape than You Think
It has been said that, given how massively Ukrainian troops were believed be outmatched early in Russia’s invasion, not losing the war is itself a form of victory for Ukraine. The difference between expectations and the surprising resilience of Ukrai ...
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1 month ago+4 4 0Samuel L. Jackson teases Nick Fury's future in 'Secret Invasion'
'There are things that even I really didn't know,' Samuel L. Jackson says of Nick Fury in the upcoming Disney+ series 'Secret Invasion.'
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1 month ago+22 22 0 x 1Congress holding UFO hearing Tuesday morning: Watch it live (and what to expect)
The proceedings begin at 9 a.m. EDT (1300 GMT).
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1 month ago+17 17 0Texas law prohibiting social media companies from banning users over their viewpoints reinstated by appeals court
The court did not evaluate the law on its constitutionality but will allow it to go back into effect while a legal case plays out. Texas lawmakers passed the law, saying social media platforms have an anti-conservative bias.
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1 month ago+13 13 0‘Westworld’ Season 4 Teaser Trailer Revealed
The long-awaited fourth season of HBO’s dystopian sci-fi drama now has a creepy teaser trailer and a premiere date. Below is a first look at the lavish-looking new season, with a trailer set to Lou Reed’s classic “Perfect Day,” and some footage that ...
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1 month ago+19 19 0Unemployed 'Wonder Years' Star Fred Savage Doing Yard Work In First Sighting Since Being Fired Over 'Inappropriate Conduct' Allegations
Fred Savage wasted no time, breaking cover for the first time since being axed over alleged "inappropriate conduct" on the set of The Wonder Years reboot. The fired star, who served as an executive producer and director on the ABC revival, ...