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10 hours ago+3 3 0Anniversary: Nintendo Switch Launched Four Years Ago Today
Four years ago today on 3rd March 2017, the Nintendo Switch was first released across most regions worldwide. With its monstrous sales records and incredible library of games, it's not especially easy to remember how different things were for Ni ...
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11 hours ago+7 7 0Salt-based energy storage trial taps “first-class” Australian technology
Swedish plans to develop and trial a salt-based energy storage system will enlist the electric kiln technology of award-winning Australian company Calix, in an agreement with Sweden-based SaltX Technology.
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7 days ago+14 14 0Traffic Noise Is a Silent Killer
The ruckus of cars and planes can damage not just your ears, but also your heart.
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9 days ago+24 24 0Apple Surpassed Samsung as World's Largest Smartphone Maker in Fourth Quarter
Apple overtook Samsung to become the largest smartphone vendor worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2020, a feat not achieved by Apple since 2016, according to market data by Gartner. In the final quarter of 2020, Apple sold 80 million new iPhones, lar ...
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10 days ago+15 15 0Man with world's largest penis weighs it to prove it's real
Roberto Esquivel Cabrera wants to be in the Guinness World Record book
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13 days ago+15 15 0NASA's next Mars rover is ready for the most precise landing yet
What to expect when the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover arrives at the Red Planet on Feb. 18, 2021
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2 weeks ago+26 26 0PS5 scalpers want you to feel sorry for them – and yes, they’re being serious
PS5 scalpers believe that their reputation of being deplorable, immoral, greedy opportunists isn’t fair. And they’re being deadly serious. In an interview with Forbes, a PS5 scalper by the name of Jordan has voiced his disappointment that the public ...
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2 weeks ago+21 21 0CEOs of Reddit and Robinhood and ‘Roaring Kitty’ slated to testify in GameStop hearing
Reddit CEO Steve Huffman, Robinhood co-CEO Vlad Tenev, and Keith Gill (aka Roaring Kitty) are all on the witness list for an upcoming hearing before the House Financial Services Committee, according to a release from Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-CA). ...
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3 weeks ago+10 10 0The long history of Larry King’s women and the money he left them
“When Larry wanted you, he brought out the big guns:” Ex-loves of the late talk show host dish on his philandering ways.
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3 weeks ago+11 11 0Republicans rally to keep Cheney in power
The establishment wing of the GOP won a rare and dramatic victory Wednesday night when Rep.
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3 weeks ago+27 27 0 x 1Amazon is using AI-equipped cameras in delivery vans and some drivers are concerned about privacy
Amazon has deployed the cameras from Netradyne in Amazon-branded cargo vans used by a handful of companies that are part of its delivery service partner program.
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1 month ago+16 16 0Two-thirds of the world’s population think climate change is an emergency
The UN conducted the survey through ads in popular games like Angry Birds and Words With Friends.
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1 month ago+15 15 0Police round up more than 350 at Russia protests backing jailed Kremlin foe Navalny
Police detained more than 350 people across Russia on Saturday and broke up rallies around the country as protesters defied bitter cold and a ban by authorities to demand the release of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny.
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1 month ago+3 3 0Wild lynx could be reintroduced into Scottish Highlands
Study tests public support for bringing back species after 500-year absence, while farmers fear for sheep
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1 month ago+17 17 0Chipmaking is being redesigned. Effects will be far-reaching
The global semiconductor business is becoming at once more diverse and more concentrated. This brings opportunities—and risks
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1 month ago+12 12 0Cleaner air and a climate solution, are now within reach — if we have the political will
Clean air, cheaper energy and responding to climate change all have the same solution — and Americans are ready.
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1 month ago+12 12 0World's oldest known cave painting found in Indonesia
Picture of wild pig made at least 45,500 years ago provides earliest evidence of human settlement in region
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1 month ago+11 11 0PGA announces plans to move 2022 championship from Trump property
The Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA) of America announced on Sunday its plans to move the 2022 championship away from property owned by President Trump.
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1 month ago+4 4 0Amazon buys Boeing jets from Delta, WestJet as aircraft prices drop
Amazon said Tuesday it’s buying 11 used Boeing 767-300 jets from Delta and WestJet, the latest sign of how cargo carriers are growing while passenger airlines rush to shrink their fleets as Covid-19 hurts travel demand. The expansion comes as Amazon ...
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1 month ago+4 4 0Nearly 30% of working professionals would quit if they had to return to office after pandemic
Many companies plan to ask their employees to return to the office once a COVID-19 vaccine is widely available later this year. Good luck with that. Twenty-nine percent of working professionals say they would quit their jobs if they couldn't con ...