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1 hour agoCurrent Event grandtheftsoul
NASA's DART asteroid mission might completely deform small moonlet
A new simulation of NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission suggests that rather than leaving a crater behind, the DART impactor could severely deform the small asteroid it will collide with.
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2 days agoCurrent Event grandtheftsoul
Alien super-Earths may get a habitability boost from hydrogen-rich atmospheres
Alien rocky worlds cocooned in hydrogen and helium could prove habitable to life as we know it for billions of years, with key features such as temperate conditions and liquid water, a new study finds.
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3 days agoCurrent Event grandtheftsoul
Placebo Power: Patients Still Feel Relief Even When They Know They are Taking Placebos
You don’t think you’re hungry, then a friend mentions how hungry he is or you smell some freshly baked pizza and whoaaa, you suddenly feel really hungry. Or, you’ve had surgery and need a bit of morphine for pain. As soon as you hit that button you feel relief even though the medicine hasn’t even hit your bloodstream.
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4 days agoCurrent Event grandtheftsoul
Sarah Jessica Parker says she’s not ‘brave’ for having gray hair
Sarah Jessica Parker is tired of people calling her “brave” for embracing her silver strands. The “And Just Like That…” star, 57, opened up to Allure about people’s strong reactions whenever she rocks her natural color — specifically last summer, when photos of her grabbing lunch in New York City with Andy Cohen went viral, thanks to her gray roots and makeup-free face.
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7 days agoCurrent Event grandtheftsoul
Mark Zuckerberg is more interested in the metaverse than election integrity, report says
Mark Zuckerberg's intense focus on the metaverse has replaced securing elections as the Meta CEO's top concern, four Meta employees with knowledge of the situation told The New York Times. Zuckerberg has been public with his desire to transform Meta — formerly known as Facebook — into a metaverse company, ploughing billions of dollars into developing metaverse technology.
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10 days agoCurrent Event grandtheftsoul
NY State is giving out hundreds of robots as companions for the elderly
The state of New York will distribute robot companions to the homes of more than 800 older adults. The robots are not able to help with physical tasks, but function as more proactive versions of digital assistants like Siri or Alexa — engaging users in small talk, helping contact love ones, and keeping track of health goals like exercise and medication.
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10 days agoCurrent Event grandtheftsoul
Apple AR Glass now in design development stage; iPhone 15 Pro's periscope camera raises questions
As Apple readies its mixed reality headset, the AR Glass could be coming late in 2024. According to a note by Haitong Intl Tech Research analyst Jeff Pu seen by 9to5Mac, this device has now entered the design development stage. Last week, Pu said that Luxshare would remain one of Apple’s main suppliers for devices to come between late 2022 and 2024. In addition, the company’s AR Glass product would be coming in the second half of 2024.
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11 days agoCurrent Event grandtheftsoul
The race to reclaim the dark
On dark nights when the Moon is hidden and the clouds are at bay, Kevin Hughes sits at the bottom of his garden and gazes up at a velvety black sky. In contrast to his childhood growing up in London amidst the glare of orange sodium-vapour lights, he usually sees hundreds – and, as his eyes adjust, thousands – of stars studding the night sky.
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12 days agoCurrent Event grandtheftsoul
US TikTok user data accessed in China despite denials, report suggests
Private information from TikTok users in the United States may have been accessed in China, according to a report Friday.
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12 days agoCurrent Event grandtheftsoul
Sheep sentenced to serve three years at military camp for killing woman
Once the ram has served its time, it will be given to the victim's family along with five cows.
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13 days agoCurrent Event grandtheftsoul
Puffco Proxy — $299 innovative, modular cannabis vaporizer
Puffco has long led the market with innovative cannabis vaporizers. The Puffco Peak Pro is easily one of the best e-rigs available, and the company just unveiled a new vape called the Proxy. It offers the best of the Peak Pro and can be built into various form factors.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event grandtheftsoul
Intel Germany Mega Site Gets €6.8bn in European Chips Act Funding
Intel will benefit from €6.8bn ($7.3bn) of European Chips Act funding as it builds and commissions its mega site in Magdeburg, Germany. Martin Kröber, the Magdeburg member of the Bundestag (Social Democratic Party), revealed the decision on Friday, and the amount of funding due this year was confirmed in a federal budget statement (German language PDF link).
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event grandtheftsoul
Leah Remini reminds fans about Tom Cruise's connection to Scientology amid 'Top Gun' success: 'Don't let the movie star charm...
Leah Remini criticized Tom Cruise as his newest film, "Top Gun: Maverick," continues to dominate the box office. Despite "Top Gun: Maverick" hitting theaters less than three weeks ago, the film scored $100 million during opening weekend and garnered high praise from fans. However, Remini blasted the film and Cruise in a Twitter post over his connection to the Church of Scientology.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event grandtheftsoul
Michael Moore Urges 2nd Amendment Repeal: Get Dogs, Not Guns
"You don't need a gun," filmmaker says on his podcast
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event grandtheftsoul
Apple's newest homegrown chips present a fresh challenge to Microsoft's Windows business
Apple could gain share from Microsoft Windows in PC shipments after announcing its new and more powerful M2 processors.
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2 weeks agoAnalysis grandtheftsoul
New CRISPR-based map ties every human gene to its function
A new CRISPR-based map ties every human gene to its function using a tool called Perturb-seq. The work was led by Jonathan Weissman and colleagues at MIT and the Whitehead Institute, and is free for other scientists to use.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event grandtheftsoul
Not-so dumb waiter: UK restaurant chain Bella Italia trials robot service
Hospitality businesses look to hi-tech gadgets amid staff shortages after Covid pandemic and Brexit
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event grandtheftsoul
Cloud gaming ban on the App Store, and mandatory WebKit usage, both declared anticompetitive
Apple’s ban on cloud gaming services in the App Store, and its insistence that all iOS browser apps must use its own WebKit browser engine, have both been declared to be anticompetitive by the UK competition watchdog.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event grandtheftsoul
Monarch butterfly populations are thriving in North America
For years, scientists have warned that monarch butterflies are dying off in droves because of diminishing winter colonies. But new research from the University of Georgia shows that the summer population of monarchs has remained relatively stable over the past 25 years. Published in Global Change Biology, the study suggests that population growth during the summer compensates for butterfly losses due to migration, winter weather and changing environmental factors.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event grandtheftsoul
Qualcomm will beat M2 chips, claims CEO, with the help of former Apple engineers
Qualcomm will beat M2 chips in the laptop and desktop PC sector, claims the company’s CEO, thanks to expertise from three former Apple Silicon engineers. It’s a claim we’ve heard before, of course, from both Qualcomm and Intel in relation to the M1 chip.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event grandtheftsoul
Can we grow a personalized human heart?
Dr. Doris Taylor, who directed regenerative medicine research at Texas Heart Institute in Houston until 2020, shows off groundbreaking technology in which she took a ghost-like shell of a pig's heart, and infused it with beating human stem cells. Her talk took place on stage at the 2022 Life Itself conference, a health and wellness event presented in partnership with CNN.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event grandtheftsoul
The Fight Against Robocall Spam and Scams Heats Up in India
A new proposal by India's telecom regulator aims to make accurate caller ID mandatory, but critics say it may be fundamentally flawed.
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3 weeks agoCurrent Event grandtheftsoul
Australia accuses Airbnb of misleading customers on price
Australia's antitrust regulator has filed a lawsuit against Airbnb Inc (ABNB.O), accusing the accommodation-sharing website of misleading users into paying more than advertised for their stays, widening its scrutiny of global technology platforms. From 2018 to 2021, the San Francisco-based internet giant advertised and charged room rates in U.S. dollars without indicating the much higher figures in Australian dollars, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said in a court...