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1 year ago+11 11 0India is learning to love electric vehicles — but they're not cars
When most people think about electric vehicles, they think cars. in China, global sales of electric vehicles have surged. Two million EVs were sold in just the first quarter of 2022 — that’s a significant jump from a decade ago when sales hit only 12 ...
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1 year ago+15 15 0Kaleidoscope’s random-episode gimmick can’t save a Netflix heist show gone wrong
It’s tempting to believe a great heist story, whether it’s in a movie or a series, is like great jazz: A collection of seemingly disparate parts, each excellent but incomplete on their own, get combined together to create something transcendent. At l ...
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1 year ago+23 23 0iPhone 14's Car Crash Detection Still Triggering False 911 Calls, Forcing Dispatchers to Reallocate Resources Away From Real Emergencies
Despite optimizations made in an iOS 16 update in November, the iPhone 14's Car Crash Detection feature continues to accidentally call 911 when a user may be on a rollercoaster, skiing, or doing other physical activities the device misunderstand ...
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1 year ago+25 25 0Tesla 'full self-driving' triggered an eight-car crash, a driver tells police
A driver told authorities that their Tesla’s “full-self-driving” software braked unexpectedly and triggered an eight-car pileup in the San Francisco Bay Area last month that led to nine people being treated for minor injuries including one juvenile w ...
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1 year ago+3 3 0What it would take to discover life on Saturn's icy moon Enceladus
Surrounded by a vast ocean underneath a thick ice shell, Enceladus is a hot candidate for potentially harboring alien life. A team of researchers led by the University of Arizona concluded that a future mission could provide answers even without land ...
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1 year ago+3 3 0Tesla stock is stuck in its worst sell-off since the company went public in 2010
While much of Elon Musk's attention seems to be wrapped up in Twitter as of late, Tesla stock is enduring its worst sell-off since it debuted in public markets in 2010. Shares of the electric-vehicle maker are down roughly 62% since their peak i ...
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1 year ago+3 3 0'I Can’t Do This Anymore,' Trump's NFT Collection Pushes Even His Closest Sycophants to Their Limits
Former President turned Florida man Donald Trump has made a name for himself as possibly the world’s most successful online troll. While the bulk of his shitposting repertoire has mostly been reserved for observers on the political left, Trump shook ...
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1 year ago+24 24 0Nuclear fusion: Has there been a breakthrough and what will it mean?
A nuclear fusion reactor has reportedly created more energy than was put into it, for the first time ever. If the experimental results are confirmed, it will prove that fusion is a viable way to meet the planet’s growing energy demands by replicating ...
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1 year ago+4 4 0Victor Lewis-Smith, writer and broadcaster, dies at 65
The satirist Victor Lewis-Smith, who compiled the Funny Old World column in Private Eye for almost 30 years has died after a short illness. He was 65. Mark Borkowski, the publicist and Lewis-Smith’s agent who announced the news of his death in Bruges ...
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1 year ago+13 13 0Does Russia Have Escalation Dominance?
When we use the phrase, “escalation dominance,” it refers to a situation in which one party in a conflict is able to gain an advantage by escalating to a level that its opponent is either unwilling or unable to match or exceed. In this case, the part ...
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1 year ago+13 13 0Truck makers lobby to weaken U.S. climate policies, report finds
Truck manufacturers and an industry trade group privately lobbied to weaken U.S. climate policies while publicly promoting zero-emissions trucks, according to a new report from a think tank that tracks corporate influence on climate policy. Climate w ...
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1 year ago+8 8 0An asteroid large enough to destroy life on Earth was found hiding near Venus
The area between Venus and Earth is hard to observe because of the Sun's glare. This newly-observed space rock took astronomers by surprise
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1 year ago+3 3 0This radio telescope will be able to detect a phone in the pocket of an astronaut on Mars
The SKA observatory will be located in two different deserts and will have immense sensitivity. It will bring a new look at the cosmic dawn and many astronomical phenomena. This project started in the 1990s.
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1 year ago+20 20 0Intel says it can detect deepfake video in real time
Claims to be able to spot imposters in live video feeds within milliseconds
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1 year ago+8 8 0Kanye West’s Massive Reddit Page Overtaken by Taylor Swift Appreciation, Holocaust Awareness Content as Fans Abandon Him
The tables seem to have turned for Kanye West fans. Following the 45-year-old’s appearance on right-wing talk show host Alex Jones’ “Infowars” on Thursday, where he continued to spew anti-Semitic rhetoric and deliberately gave praise to Adolf Hitler ...
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1 year ago+19 19 0We all use phones on the toilet. Just don’t sit more than 10 minutes.
Phones and devices like the Nintendo Switch and Steam Deck have turned porcelain thrones into fortresses of solitude. But there are risks to sitting too long.
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1 year ago+19 19 0Major Canadian Crypto Exchange Coinsquare Says Client Data Breached
Coinsquare, one of Canada’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, may have been breached, but the company claims customer assets are “secure in cold storage and are not at risk.” The exchange, which touts itself as “Canada's trusted platform to secu ...
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1 year ago+4 4 0Saudi Arabia shock Argentina and Messi in one of biggest World Cup upsets ever
Saudi Arabia have beaten Argentina 2-1 to record one of the biggest shocks in World Cup history.
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1 year ago+3 3 0Steven Spielberg to Be Honored by Berlin Film Festival
Steven Spielberg will be honored by the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival with an homage and the fest’s honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement. Spielberg’s latest film, “The Fablemans,” his semi-autobiographical look at growing up as a f ...
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1 year ago+4 4 0Rep Confirms Power Ranger Jason David Frank Has Died
After the internet swirled with rumours early on Sunday morning, a rep for Power Rangers star Jason David Frank has confirmed to Geek Ireland that the actor has sadly died. The actor rose to fame playing Tommy Oliver, the Green Ranger, in the hit ser ...