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1 year ago+12 12 0Fires from exploding e-bike batteries multiply in NYC — sometimes fatally
Four times a week on average, an e-bike or e-scooter battery catches fire in New York City. Sometimes, it does so on the street, but more often, it happens when the owner is recharging the lithium ion battery. A mismatched charger won't always t ...
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1 year ago+13 13 0Controversial new research suggests SARS-CoV-2 bears signs of genetic engineering
A string of about 30,000 genetic letters were all that it took to start the nightmare of covid-19, the death toll from which is likely to be more than 20m. Exactly how this story began has been hotly contested. Many think that covid-19’s emergence wa ...
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1 year ago+3 3 0How to stop rolling the dice on the destruction of human civilization
Since 1990, the United Nations Development Programme has been tasked with releasing reports every few years on the state of the world. The 2021/2022 report — released earlier this month, and the first one since the Covid-19 pandemic began — is titled ...
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1 year ago+26 26 0 x 1DeepMind’s game-playing AI has beaten a 50-year-old record in computer science
The problem, matrix multiplication, is a crucial type of calculation at the heart of many different applications, from displaying images on a screen to simulating complex physics. It is also fundamental to machine learning itself. Speeding up this ca ...
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1 year ago+12 12 0Trump "trying to hide his guilt" if he refuses 1/6 subpoena: Legal expert
"It's because he knows that if he's not going to perjure himself, he's going to have to convict himself," Laurence Tribe said.
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1 year ago+15 15 0Rise of delivery robots leaves drivers fearful of job losses
British shoppers looked on with surprise and delight as a supermarket worker casually handed over groceries to the newest members of the team - delivery robots. "Where are you going?" one passer-by asked a white robot, resembling a small fr ...
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1 year ago+15 15 0'Wobbling black hole' most extreme example ever detected
Researchers at Cardiff University have identified a peculiar twisting motion in the orbits of two colliding black holes, an exotic phenomenon predicted by Einstein's theory of gravity. Their study, which is published in Nature and led by Profess ...
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1 year ago+18 18 0Apple iCloud photo libraries will soon be viewable in Windows
It should soon be much easier to access your iPhone's photo collection on a Windows-based PC. Microsoft is updating Windows 11 with the option to directly view iCloud photo libraries in the Photos app — you won't need your browser, just an ...
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1 year ago+13 13 0TV producer Eric Weinberg charged with multiple counts of rape and sexual battery
Scrubs and Californication producer accused of using ‘his Hollywood credentials’ to sexually assault women during photo shoots
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1 year ago+24 24 0 x 1How criminals are using jammers, deauthers to disrupt WiFi security cameras
A new warning is being issued for anyone who uses wireless security cameras like "Ring" to protect their home.
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1 year ago+18 18 0‘House of the Dragon’ Viewers Outraged Over Scenes Too Dark to See, HBO Defends Them as ‘Intentional Creative Decision’
“Game of Thrones” fans might have experienced déjà vu while watching the seventh episode of HBO’s prequel series “House of the Dragon,” which resulted in outrage from …
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1 year ago+19 19 0What are wormholes? An astrophysicist explains these shortcuts through space-time
A wormhole is like a tunnel between two distant points in our universe that cuts the travel time from one point to the other. Imagine two towns on two opposite sides of a mountain. People from these towns would probably have to travel all the way aro ...
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1 year ago+20 20 080-minute flights from London to New York could be a thing of the not-too-distant future
An astonishing new plane could cut the time of transatlantic flights by more than five times, claims Spanish designer Oscar Viñals. The latest in a series of futuristic designs going viral, Oscar’s images show a super streamlined jet – dubbed the Hyp ...
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1 year ago+20 20 0There are 'no easy fixes' in Florida. But could Hurricane Ian's havoc bring a call for better planning?
Barbara Liz-Ortiz tried everything she could to bring her young daughter’s fever down, giving the child fluids and even a cold shower. The one thing she didn't have was medicine, and she couldn't leave her home to get any. Like thousands of ...
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1 year ago+17 17 0Christian Bale Reveals Why He Shunned Chris Rock On Set: 'I Can't Do It Anymore'
Christian Bale said he had a hard time on the set of “Amsterdam” with co-star Chris Rock, but it wasn’t because they didn’t get along. Just the opposite: Rock made Bale laugh so much he couldn’t stay in character while working on the David O. Russell ...
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1 year ago+12 12 0Netflix Dahmer doc backlash after critics remind viewers of real victims
Fans of Evan Peters are thrilled to watch him star as the titular serial killer in Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. But critics on social media are urging viewers to avoid "romanticizing" the actor in the role and to remember Dahmer' ...
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1 year ago+3 3 0How Much Horsepower Does a Horse Have?
This is an age-old question that pretty much everyone has asked themselves at least once during their lifetime and for good reason too. How much horsepower does a horse have? Shouldn’t it be just one since it is a horse that we’re talking about here?
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1 year ago+17 17 0Scientists stumped by strange polygon-shaped cyclones on Jupiter
Enormous polygon-shaped cyclone systems at Jupiter’s north and south poles have left scientists baffled over how they maintain their bizarre but beautifully geometric shapes for years. The hurricane-force storms — each the size of the continental Uni ...
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1 year ago+12 12 0The Decision Rests with You! The Day the Earth Stood Still, Seven Decades Later
There once was a highly evolved being who descended to Earth from the heavens, bringing a message of peace and salvation to the unwashed masses of humanity sprawled across their planet. These people reacted to this visitor from beyond their world wit ...
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1 year ago+21 21 0 x 1Get your first look at Halle Bailey as Ariel in 'The Little Mermaid'
Our first look at Disney's live-action remake of The Little Mermaid has finally made its way to the surface. A teaser for the long-awaited movie starring Halle Bailey as Ariel was released Friday during the studio's D23 fan expo. The clip s ...
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