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5 days agoCurrent Event hiihii
New study finds that politicians typically enjoy longer lives than
New data show politicians have a considerable survival advantage over general populations, based on information from 11 countries and over 57,500 politicians. In some countries this survival advantage is at the highest level for 150 years, and life expectancy at age 45 was found to be around seven years higher for politicians compared to general populations in certain countries.
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8 days agoCurrent Event hiihii
A.I. that guesses your emotions could be misused and shouldn't be available to everyone, Microsoft decides
Starting Tuesday, Microsoft announced new customers can no longer use its features to read emotions and will have to apply for approval to use its other facial recognition tools.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event hiihii
‘I put on 40 pounds of muscle. Holy mackerel!’ Pablo Schreiber on playing Halo’s ripped hero
The videogame has finally been adapted for TV – with the former Wire actor in the lead. He talks about his lean years after the legendary show aired – and losing his Halo character the Master Chief’s famous helmet
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event hiihii
World's slow embrace of efficiency is "inexplicable," says global energy chief
The cleanest power available, by far, is the power we don't use.
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2 weeks agoExpression hiihii
TikTok’s parent company is gearing up to invest a lot of money in VR
ByteDance is hiring more people to work on VR.
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2 weeks agoExpression hiihii
‘The Sopranos’ ended 15 years ago but we still want to know: Did Tony die?
“The Sopranos” finale, “Made In America” which aired 15 years ago, draws the epic and ambiguous conclusion of Tony Soprano, played by the late James Gandolfini. But did the …
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2 weeks agoAnalysis hiihii
Summer Could Bring Rolling Blackouts as Power Grids Get More Unstable
To avoid power shortages and keep the grid running smoothly, we may have to adjust our expectations around the transition to green energy.
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1 month agoCurrent Event hiihii
The big idea: could the greatest works of literature be undiscovered?
When the great library at Alexandria went up in flames, it is said that the books took six months to burn. We can’t know if this is true. Exactly how the library met its end, and whether it even existed, have been subjects of speculation for more than 2,000 years.
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1 month agoCurrent Event hiihii
They once worked for big oil’s enablers. Now they refuse to be complicit
Workers within industries that prop up fossil fuels said they could no longer ignore the climate crisis. So they quit
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1 month agoCurrent Event hiihii
ProtonMail rebrands as Proton: VPN, email and cloud storage now available under one bundle
Proton Mail, Proton VPN and Proton Drive now fall under a single $9.99/month subscription
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1 month agoExpression hiihii
The Johnny Depp–Amber Heard Trial Is Not as Complicated as You May Think
The entirety of the case rests on twelve words.
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1 month agoAnalysis hiihii
You Eat a Credit Card’s Worth of Plastic Every Week
What is our hidden consumption of microplastics doing to our health?
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1 month agoAnalysis hiihii
No, MIT's new AI can't determine a person's race from medical images
MIT researchers claim they've built an AI that can determine a person's race from medical X-Rays. That would be a miraculous breakthrough.
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1 month agoCurrent Event hiihii
Cambridge Analytica scandal: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg sued by Washington, DC AG
The Cambridge Analytica scandal returned to haunt Meta aka Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg with Washington District of Columbia Attorney General Karl A Racine announcing that his office is suing the social media behemoth's founder for his role in Facebook's misleading privacy practices and failure to protect millions of users' data.
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1 month agoExpression hiihii
‘SNL’ and the Ugly Comedians Feasting on Amber Heard’s Misery
The Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial sparked a revolting online circus. By joining in, “SNL” proved it’s no longer influencing meme culture but instead embracing its worst impulses.
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1 month agoExpression hiihii
Future foods: What you could be eating by 2050
Scientists say we need to future-proof our diets in a warming world by eating little-known plants.
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1 month agoExpression hiihii
The Depp-Heard trial is monstrous. It’s just the start.
Amber Heard is just the first target of a new extremist playbook.
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1 month agoCurrent Event hiihii
Facebook secretly planted op-eds in local papers to lobby against tech reform: report
Facebook used a front group to secretly plant op-eds in local newspapers nationwide in order to lobby Washington to back down from antitrust legislation aimed at improving competition in tech, acco…
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1 month agoCurrent Event hiihii
Elon Musk wants to know how many fake accounts Twitter has, but experts say his approach is all wrong
Researchers say Elon Musk’s suggested approach for tabulating fake accounts on Twitter is woefully deficient.
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1 month agoCurrent Event hiihii
Ukraine Wins Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final 2022
Kalush Orchestra of Ukraine was named the winner, pushed to the top by the public vote. The band was victorious with a performance of a rousing, anthemic song delivered as a tribute to Ukraine as a motherland.
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1 month agoCurrent Event hiihii
Apple restructuring Services team to focus more on streaming and advertising businesses
According to a report, Apple wants to restructure its Services team to make the category even more profitable with streaming and ads.