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20 hours ago+13 13 0Olympic chiefs provide pathway for Russians to compete at Paris 2024 games
President Bach has condemned Putin's invasion of Ukraine, but believes governments calling for a blanket ban on Russians in sport amounts to political interference
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1 day ago+12 12 0Succession Season 4 Premiere Hits Series Viewership High
The “Succession” Season 4 premiere hit a new series viewership high as it debuted to 2.3 million viewers across its linear and HBO Max platforms, according to Nielsen and first party data. Sunday evening’s episode, titled “The Munsters,” saw a 62% up ...
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2 days ago+21 21 0 x 1The science of sailing: inside the race across the world’s most remote ocean
After a long hiatus, the epic Ocean Race is back – but this year the teams are gathering crucial data from places even research vessels rarely reach
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3 days ago+15 15 0At least 25 are dead after a rare, long-lasting tornado tore through Mississippi
A rare, long-track tornado left a trail of devastation across western Mississippi on Friday night — killing at least 25 people, tearing buildings and leaving thousands of homes without power. At least one person also died in storms in Alabama.
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5 days ago+14 14 0Ron DeSantis forced into U-turn after calling Ukraine war ‘territorial dispute’
Likely Republican contender for White House says remark was ‘mischaracterised’ but calls Vladimir Putin a war criminal
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9 days ago+20 20 0How AI could upend the world even more than electricity or the internet
The rise of artificial general intelligence -- now seen as inevitable in Silicon Valley -- will bring change that is "orders of magnitude" greater than anything the world has yet seen, observers say.
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2 weeks ago+22 22 0AI-powered robots cut out weeds while leaving crops untouched
In farming, weeds can strangle crops and destroy yields. Unfortunately, spraying herbicides to deal with the intrusive plants pollutes the environment and harms human health and there simply aren't enough workers to tackle all the weeds by hand.
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2 weeks ago+20 20 0Software engineer David Auerbach: ‘Big tech is in denial about not being in control’
David Auerbach is a writer and software engineer who has worked for Google and Microsoft. He also teaches the history of computation at the New Centre for Research & Practice in Seattle, US. His new book is Meganets: How Digital Forms Beyond Our ...
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2 weeks ago+17 17 0Oregon eyes mandate for climate change lessons in schools
Oregon lawmakers are aiming to make the state the second in the nation to mandate climate change lessons for K-12 public school students, further fueling U.S. culture wars in education. Dozens of Oregon high schoolers submitted support of the bill, s ...
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3 weeks ago+31 31 0History of Technology Timeline
Learn more about the history of technology from the first tools to the space age to the computer age.
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3 weeks ago+25 25 0Astronomers spy new class of dark, water-rich asteroids like dwarf planet Ceres
Astronomers are slowly shining light on the dark objects hovering in a narrow part of the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. In a new study, researchers found that 10 well-known asteroids have features much like the belt’s largest object, the dw ...
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3 weeks ago+35 35 0 x 1Self-Driving Cars Need to Be 99.99982% Crash-Free to Be Safer Than Humans
As companies race to build self-driving cars, there’s always a question: How safe is safe enough? After all, humans drivers still crash every day — surely a system that crashes less, even if it’s not perfect, is better than your average FaceTiming mo ...
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3 weeks ago+22 22 0The Case That Could Ban the Abortion Pill Nationwide Is in the Hands of the Worst Possible Judge
Abortion advocates are waiting for a ruling in a lawsuit filed in Texas that could result in the main abortion drug being pulled from the market nationwide. (Such a ruling wouldn’t end all medication abortions, but it would create more confusion and ...
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1 month ago+17 17 0Can you tell if a 'bomb train' is coming to your town? It's complicated.
In the wake of the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment, Governor Mike DeWine called on Congress to look into why the rural village didn’t know ahead of time they had volatile chemicals coming through town. “We should know when we have trains carryi ...
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1 month ago+22 22 0Apple headphones snatched off wearers' heads in New York
Police say at least 21 people have fallen prey to moped-riding thieves
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1 month ago+21 21 0‘Dilbert’ Cartoon Dropped From Many News Outlets Over Creator Scott Adams’ Racial Remarks
Newspapers across the country are pulling the “Dilbert” cartoon after a podcast racial rant from creator and author Scott Adams. Adams said on his his Coffee with Scott Adams online vid…
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1 month ago+19 19 0Don’t Just Deactivate Facebook—Delete It Instead
Facebook has been under fire of late. The Mark Zuckerberg-owned firm is suffering as Apple’s privacy changes combined with a tough economic climate hit revenues. Then this week Facebook owner Meta confirmed it was trialling subscriptions, with users ...
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1 month ago+25 25 0Tech Companies Are Getting Into Neuroscience. Should We Worry?
The past few decades of neuroscience research have produced a wide array of technologies capable of measuring human brain activity. Functional magnetic resonance imaging, implanted electrode systems, and electroencephalograms, or EEGs, among other te ...
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1 month ago+19 19 0Bernie Sanders says it's time for a four-day work week
A four-day workweek pilot program out of the UK found that revenue was up, workers slept better, and many firms won't return to five days.
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1 month ago+25 25 0Apple, please don’t take all of the buttons away
Headphone jack, SIM tray, and now buttons?