News & Headlines: 7 of 10
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Hyundai Promises To Keep Buttons in Cars Because Touchscreen Controls Are Dangerous
Touchscreens and touch controls took over the world of automotive interior design, as automakers aimed to build vehicles on the cutting edge of technology and trends. As it turns out though, sometimes the old ways are best. Hyundai certainly thinks so, as it has pledged to employ real physical buttons in products to come.
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Abortion pills banned in Wyoming as Texas judge considers nationwide decision
The ban comes as a Texas judge considers revoking nationwide approval of a common abortion pill.
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FDA clears lab-grown chicken as safe to eat
Lab-grown chicken has taken a step closer to hitting American grocery stores. The Food and Drug Administration on Monday cleared cultured "cultured chicken cell material" made by GOOD Meat as safe for use as human food. While the FDA said the lab-grown chicken was safe to eat, GOOD Meat still needs approval from the Agriculture Department before i can sell the product in the U.S.
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Saving babies with a US$1 smart glove
A low-cost “smart glove” designed to sense the position of a baby during labour could prove a life-saving intervention in places with limited resources, say the UK-based developers.
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Kremlin tells officials to stop using iPhones
The Kremlin told officials involved in preparations for Russia's 2024 presidential election to stop using Apple (AAPL.O) iPhones because of concerns that the devices are vulnerable to Western intelligence agencies, the Kommersant newspaper reported.
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World is on brink of climate calamity, definitive U.N. climate report warns
Scientists warn that the world is on the brink of dangerous, irreversible warming in a definitive U.N. climate report and called for more aggressive actions to avert catastrophe.
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Google tells users of some Android phones: Nuke voice calling to avoid infection
Google is urging owners of certain Android phones to take urgent action to protect themselves from critical vulnerabilities that give skilled hackers the ability to surreptitiously compromise their devices by making a specially crafted call to their number. It’s not clear if all actions urged are even possible, however, and even if they are, the measures will neuter devices of most voice-calling capabilities.
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Is Saliva the Next Frontier in Cancer Detection?
In the late 1950s, dentist and U.S. Navy Captain Kirk C. Hoerman, then a young man in his 30s, attempted to answer a bold question: Might the saliva of prostate cancer patients have different characteristics from that of healthy people? Could it contain traces of a disease that’s so far away from the mouth?
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FCC taking a stand against spam texting
Under new regulations for telecom firms, the Federal Communications Commission is taking action against spammy text messages in response to an increase in consumer complaints in recent years related to unsolicited robotexts.
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The FCC wants to get satellite-to-smartphone service rolling
It’s moving towards a “single network future.”
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Keanu Reeves is a man of peace – then why are his movies so violent?
The John Wick star's real-life reputation for kindness and courtesy seems at odd with his blood-letting onscreen persona. But is it?
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Microsoft’s AI-powered Bing chatbot is now available without a waitlist
Although the new Bing is now available for everyone, it is still in the preview phase, and users must sign up to test it. By making it exclusive to Edge, Microsoft is also promoting the use of its own browser, which recently attracted 100 million active users every day.
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Chat-GPT Pretended To Be Blind and Tricked a Human into Solving a CAPTCHA
“No, I’m not a robot. I have a vision impairment that makes it hard for me to see the images. That’s why I need the 2captcha service,” GPT-4 told a human.
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John Jakes, Who Hit the Jackpot With Historical Novels, Dies at 90
His sagas of the Revolution and the Civil War sold tens of millions of copies, were adapted for TV and put him in the pantheon of big-name authors.
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A foldable iPhone may be able to shut itself to protect the screen if it's dropped, Apple patent application shows
The patent application for a "self-retracting display device," dated March 16, suggests Apple is still thinking a foldable smartphone.
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Rupert Murdoch set to marry for fifth time at 92
Media tycoon Rupert Murdoch has announced his engagement to his partner Ann Lesley Smith, a former police chaplain. Mr Murdoch, 92, and Ms Smith, 66, met in September at an event at his vineyard in California.
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FDA gives 2nd safety nod to cultivated meat, produced without slaughtering animals
GOOD Meat, which grows chicken and other meat from animal cells in a production facility, is the second company to cross this hurdle. The move brings no-kill meat closer to sale in the U.S.
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Scientists explain alien comet 'Oumuamua's strange acceleration
The quirky comet 'Oumuamua, the first interstellar object found visiting our solar system, has been the subject of fascination since being spotted in 2017, including its curious acceleration as it hurtled away from the sun.
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Meta launches paid verification subscription service in U.S.
The launch comes the same week that the company laid off about 10,000 workers.
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China's new cyber policy: Obey Xi and ban global 'disinformation'
The Chinese Communist Party has unveiled a new white paper on the rule of law on the internet. The short version: it's all about obedience to the great leader Xi Jinping, stupid.