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2 years ago+20 20 0Robot Nerf Alarm Blasts You Awake With Foam
Waking up is hard; sometimes you need more than a little chiming alarm to get you out of bed. When [Vinnie Satriale] started unconsciously switching his alarms off, he went all out, deciding to build a Nerf sentry blaster to wake him up instead.
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2 years ago+12 12 0NASA's gamma-ray observatory is in safe mode after a possible wheel failure
NASA's Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has temporarily stopped its science observations while the mission team investigates an issue. On Tuesday night (Jan. 18), the observatory, a gamma-ray hunting space telescope originally called the Swift Gam ...
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2 years ago+24 24 0Google hired union-busting consultants to convince employees “unions suck”
For years, Google has attempted to kill employee-led unionization efforts under an initiative codenamed “Project Vivian.” In the words of one senior manager, Project Vivian existed “to engage employees more positively and convince them that unions su ...
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2 years ago+12 12 0Whither Jon Stewart?
The comedian's brand of satire once made him the perfect culture critic. But as his latest Internet imbroglio proves, his smarter act is out while righteous indignation runs amok.
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2 years ago+18 18 0iPhone 14 series to return the fingerprint sensor and use a punch-hole display
The iPhone 13 series has been in the market for about three months but there have been several reports regarding its successor. From the reports so far, it appears that the iPhone 14 series will be significantly better than the iPhone 13 series. Acco ...
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2 years ago+13 13 0Baby driver: Philadelphia woman gives birth in front seat of Tesla on autopilot
A Philadelphia mother has given birth to what is believed to be the world’s first Tesla baby: an infant delivered in the front seat of an electric smart car while it was driving on autopilot. The remarkable delivery, reported by the Philadelphia Inqu ...
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2 years ago+17 17 0How ‘Succession’ Turns Getting What You Want Into Hell
The characters in HBO’s prestige hit let us set aside judgment and just marvel at how ardently, how comically, people will chase after the worst thing for them. Two years ago, as HBO’s “Succession” finished its second season, we saw Logan Roy, the he ...
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2 years ago+19 19 0Pro-Trump counties now have far higher COVID death rates. Misinformation is to blame
Since May 2021, people living in counties that voted heavily for Donald Trump during the last presidential election have been nearly three times as likely to die from COVID-19 as those who live in areas that went for now-President Biden. That's ...
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2 years ago+3 3 0New study suggests conservatives' aversion to masks is a uniquely American phenomenon
Politically conservative Americans are less likely than liberals to comply with recommended health-protective behaviors such as mask wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic, but this is not true of conservatives in other nations, according to new cross- ...
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2 years ago+2 2 0‘Concerning’ asteroid will break into Earth’s orbit in a week: NASA
2021 could end with a huge close call. NASA has warned that a giant asteroid bigger than the Eiffel Tower will break into Earth’s orbit in a week.
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2 years ago+10 10 0Remote Work Is Failing Young Employees
Unless carefully designed, pandemic office culture risks hurting the least experienced workers in our organizations.
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2 years ago+4 4 0US Still Committed To Iran Diplomacy But Has Options If It Fails
President Joe Biden's national security adviser told his Israeli counterpart on Tuesday that diplomacy is the best way to rein in Iran's nuclear program. Biden senior aide Jake Sullivan also reaffirmed Biden's warning to Tehran that Wa ...
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2 years ago+17 17 0Disney officially teases Obi-Wan Kenobi series with special first look
In honor of Disney+ Day on November 12, Star Wars fans got their official first look at the highly-anticipated Obi-Wan Kenobi series. And though it’s not the first trailer many had been hoping for, we at least have a glimpse at what’s to come with a ...
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2 years ago+4 4 0NASA picks landing site at the moon's south pole for ice-drilling robot
NASA has set its sights on the moon's south pole in its quest for ice. This week, the space agency and the company Intuitive Machines announced Shackleton Crater landing site at the south pole of the moon for a small lander set to launch next ye ...
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2 years ago+12 12 0India looks to deepen its reliance on coal as other countries cut back
India, the world's third largest emitter of greenhouse gases, has said it doesn’t want to commit to carbon neutrality, instead staking its claim on the right to development and asking for more international aid to reduce emissions. It has also s ...
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2 years ago+22 22 0Skin patch coated in covid-19 vaccine may work better than injections
Covid-19 vaccines in use today have to be stored at cold temperatures, but a patch covered in tiny plastic spikes coated in a vaccine could provide an alternative.
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2 years ago+17 17 0God and robots: Will AI transform religion?
Artificial intelligence is changing how we interact with everything, from food to healthcare, travel and also religion. Experts say major global faiths are discussing their relationship with AI, and some are starting to incorporate this technology in ...
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2 years ago+22 22 0MacBook Air Coming in 2022 Also Rumored to Feature Notch Design
The next-generation MacBook Air that's set to be released in 2022 will also feature a notch, according to the same leaker who was first to mention the notch coming to the 2021 MacBook Pro models.
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2 years ago+12 12 0A ‘Pacemaker for the Brain’: No Treatment Helped Her Depression — Until This
It’s the first study of individualized brain stimulation to treat severe depression. Sarah’s case raises the possibility the method may help people who don’t respond to other therapies.
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2 years ago+21 21 0Facebook apologises as services including Instagram hit again
The brief outage comes just days after Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp went down for hours globally.