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1 day ago+14 14 014-Inch and 16-Inch MacBook Pro Models With XDR Displays Expected to Launch Later This Year
Apple yesterday unveiled a new 12.9-inch iPad Pro with a Liquid Retina XDR display that uses mini-LED backlighting to achieve up to 1,000 nits of...
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3 days ago+5 5 0Who Got It Right: Orwell or Huxley?
When I first began hearing that emigres from Communist countries see America inching towards totalitarianism, I didn't take it seriously. Totalitarianism was Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, in which the state controlled everyone through the ...
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4 days ago+14 14 0Mars helicopter flight test promises Wright Brothers moment for NASA
NASA hopes to score a 21st-century Wright Brothers moment on Monday as it attempts to send a miniature helicopter buzzing over the surface of Mars in what would be the first powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet.
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5 days ago+14 14 0FedEx: Mass shooter was a former employee of the company
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Police scoured a Fedex facility in Indianapolis and searched the gunman's home Friday, looking for a motive for the latest mass shooting to rock the U.S.
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7 days ago+15 15 0Coinbase valued at close to $100 billion in its Nasdaq debut
Coinbase held its direct listing on the Nasdaq on Wednesday, luring public market investors who've been waiting to get into the cryptocurrency exchange.
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12 days ago+25 25 0Why the volcano erupting in the Caribbean has such a deadly reputation
La Soufrière on the island of St. Vincent, which last erupted in 1979, has a long and tragic history of powerful but mercurial blasts.
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2 weeks ago+12 12 0Frog skin cells turned themselves into living machines
The “xenobots” can swim, navigate tubes, move particles into piles and even heal themselves after injury, a new study reports.
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3 weeks ago+2 2 0A Dog Who Kept Sneaking into a Dollar General for a Unicorn Toy Gets His Plush and a New Start
The animal control officer who moved Sisu from the North Carolina Dollar General store to the shelter bought the stray dog his unicorn toy before bringing the canine in
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1 month ago+19 19 0Don’t Arm Robots in Policing
A new bill would “prohibit the New York City Police Department (NYPD) from using or threatening to use robots armed with a weapon or to use robots in any manner that is substantially likely to cause death or serious physical injury.”
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1 month ago+14 14 0Stanford study finds walking improves creativity
Stanford researchers found that walking boosts creative inspiration. They examined creativity levels of people while they walked versus while they sat. A person's creative output increased by an average of 60 percent when walking.
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1 month ago+14 14 0Apple bent its rules for Russia—and other countries will take note
Russian iPhone buyers soon to see prompts to install software developed in Russia.
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1 month ago+15 15 0Marvel announces first gay Captain America
A teenager who “stands for the oppressed, and the forgotten” is to become the first LGBTQ+ character to take on the mantle of Captain America. Marvel Comics is celebrating the 80th anniversary of the US hero with the launch of a new series, The Unite ...
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1 month ago+22 22 0Microsoft and Google openly feuding amid hacks, competition inquiries
Google and Microsoft are at knives drawn. Driven in part by pressure from lawmakers and regulators over the extraordinary power the two technology companies wield over American life, the California-based search engine giant and Washington-based softw ...
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1 month ago+4 4 0Newfound super-Earth alien planet whips around its star every 0.67 days
We keep getting reminders that the Milky Way's planetary diversity dwarfs what we see in our own solar system. The newfound exoplanet TOI-1685 b is yet another case in point. Astronomers found it circling a dim red dwarf star about 122 light-yea ...
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1 month ago+15 15 0Mars on Earth: Turkish lake may hold clues to ancient life on planet
As NASA's rover Perseverance explores the surface of Mars, scientists hunting for signs of ancient life on the distant planet are using data gathered on a mission much closer to home at a lake in southwest Turkey.
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1 month ago+17 17 0Greta Thunberg says Biden isn’t doing ‘nearly enough’ on climate change
The Biden administration must “treat the climate crisis like a crisis,” the Swedish activist says
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1 month ago+13 13 0New brain imaging research sheds light on the neural underpinnings of emotional intelligence
Recently published neuroimaging research provides evidence that the directional connectivity between several brain regions plays an important role
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1 month ago+15 15 0T-cells recognise new Covid variants, study finds
A crucial wing of the immune system appears to be just as good at recognising all the new coronavirus variants, a study has found. In laboratory tests, T-cell responses in those vaccinated or previously infected with coronavirus were largely unaffect ...
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1 month ago+19 19 0The Prices on Your Monopoly Board Hold a Dark Secret
The property values of the popular game reflect a legacy of racism and inequality.
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1 month ago+4 4 0300,000+ Demand Biden Stop Line 3 and Dakota Access Pipelines to 'Secure the Livable Future We All Deserve'
"If we're going to build back better, as Biden says, we'll need to end dangerous pipeline construction, prevent all new fossil fuel infrastructure, and Build Back Fossil Free."