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1 year ago+3 3 0Polar bear population discovered that can survive without sea ice
An isolated population of polar bears has been discovered in southeast Greenland1, which is free of sea ice for most of the year. Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) typically need sea ice to survive, so the discovery is raising hopes that some members of ...
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1 year ago+16 16 0Canada’s pork industry keeps pigs in feces and filth
How well we lionize physical courage while repudiating bravery’s rarer form — moral courage. That’s the ability to know what is right, writ-large, and what is wrong (no matter what the law) and then to act on it, not for self-profit or glory or even ...
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1 year ago+14 14 0Boeing Is Ready to Launch Starliner, a Rival to SpaceX’s Dragon
The company’s uncrewed spacecraft will fly to the International Space Station, and if successful, will give NASA astronauts another way to get to orbit.
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1 year ago+15 15 0Report blasts "manipulative" video game loot boxes
Consumer groups in 18 European countries have backed a report calling gaming loot boxes "exploitative." The contents of the virtual boxes are only revealed through either game play or by making a payment. While some contain useful tools or ...
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1 year ago+10 10 0YouTuber indulges in Steam Deck destruction to demonstrate device's durability
Are you, like me, still lost in Steam Deck pre order purgatory? Is "after Q3 2022" an infinite void swallowing up the future, with the promise of PC gaming on the go seemingly never to arrive? This video from DIY YouTube channel JerryRigEve ...
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1 year ago+8 8 0Boeing’s Starliner successfully docks to the International Space Station for the first time
This evening, Boeing’s new passenger spacecraft, the CST-100 Starliner, successfully docked itself to the International Space Station — demonstrating that the vehicle can potentially bring humans to the ISS in the future. It’s a crucial capability th ...
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2 years ago+12 12 0China to build a lunar communications and navigation constellation
China plans to set up a constellation around the moon to provide communication and navigation services for future operations on the lunar surface. China will take the lead in demonstrating a small, lunar relay communication and navigation system, Wu ...
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2 years ago+19 19 0TSMC's Chip Revenue From Apple Predicted to Grow Nearly 25% in 2022 as Apple Silicon Transition Nears Completion
Chip supplier TSMC's Apple business is predicted to grow almost 25 percent this year as the transition to Apple silicon nears completion and the two companies grow closer ties, DigiTimes reports.
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2 years ago+23 23 0 x 1Taiwan's Asus will be Entering the New Wave of Hybrid Tablet-Notebooks in the second half of the year joining HP and others
On April first Patently Apple posted a report about LG Display winning the contract for HP's 17" foldable display for a next-gen product referred to as a foldable notebook, wherein a large 17" display could act as a large tablet that c ...
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2 years ago+15 15 0Is Bitcoin Really That Bad For The Environment?
In March, The New York Times declared to its readers that a “single bitcoin transaction now requires more than 2,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity, or enough energy to power the average American household for 73 days”. The claim will have seemed cred ...
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2 years ago+4 4 0Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks to Russians in emotional plea against war in Ukraine
Arnold Schwarzenegger posted a heartfelt nine-minute video message on Twitter in an attempt to punch through propaganda and speak directly to the Russian people about the war in Ukraine. The legendary bodybuilder, action star and former California go ...
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2 years ago+3 3 020,000 Dockworkers Refuse to Unload Russian Cargo at 29 West Coast Ports
West Coast dockworkers are refusing to load or unload Russian cargo entering or leaving all 29 West Coast ports in the United States, one of the nation's most powerful unions announced Thursday. The action in solidarity with the people of Ukrain ...
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2 years ago+3 3 0Ukraine invasion: Russian and Belarusian athletes out of Paralympics in stunning U-turn
Organisers say other teams are "threatening not to compete" so they are changing their stance "to preserve the integrity of these Games and the safety of all participants".
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2 years ago+3 3 0A Mars Meteorite Shows Evidence of a Massive Impact Billions of Years ago
Researchers at Australia’s Curtin University have discovered evidence of a massive impact on the Martian surface after 4.45 billion years ago. This may not seem like a surprising revelation – after all, we know that there were several large impacts o ...
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2 years ago+20 20 0UK intelligence agencies are investigating cryptocurrency transactions
The UK’s intelligence agencies have asked Europe’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Bitstamp, to hand over information on at least some of its customers. The news suggests that bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are being used in serious organised cr ...
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2 years ago+14 14 0Our immune systems are remembering COVID-19 and fighting against its variants, study finds
Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers wanted to know how well human beings are holding up against an onslaught of new variants. But, to figure out if our immune systems are up to the task would require a mathematical feat. So researchers ...
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2 years ago+15 15 0Crypto Hack on Trezor Wallet | $2 Million in Funds Successfully Retrieved
In 2018, Crypto investor, Dan Reich, and a friend invested $50,000 in an up-and-coming cryptocurrency, called Theta (worth 2 cents at the time). It was transferred to a Trezor hardware wallet for safe-keeping and password protected for safety.
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2 years ago+14 14 0IRS will end use of facial recognition after widespread privacy concerns
The Internal Revenue Service has announced that it will transition away from the use of third-party facial recognition services for the verification of taxpayers’ identities, effectively ending a contract with facial recognition company ID.me that ha ...
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2 years ago+18 18 0Spotify CEO says company won't be "silencing" Joe Rogan
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek told employees Sunday that while he strongly condemns past racial slurs used by Joe Rogan, he won't cut ties with the platform's most popular podcaster, according to an internal memo obtained by Axios. Why it matters: ...
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2 years ago+4 4 0Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Wants to Join Joe Rogan on His Podcast Amidst Boycott Controversy
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson came out to support Joe Rogan after the U.S. podcaster clarified that he just wants to give a platform for free expression and will do his best to bring out a balanced perspective.