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1 year ago+23 23 0 x 1Current 11-Inch iPad Pro Now Been Available Longer Than Any Previous Model
In April 2021, Apple introduced new 12.9-inch and 11-inch iPad Pro models featuring the M1 chip, a Thunderbolt port, 5G connectivity, Center Stage, and a mini-LED display for the larger model. They are still on sale and have now been available for ...
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1 year ago+18 18 0‘This is what a river should look like’: Dutch rewilding project turns back the clock 500 years
On the way to being one of the most beautiful nature areas in Europe,” reads a sign overlooking a construction site near the village of Grevenbicht on the Meuse River in the southern Netherlands. Looking at the diggers, other bits of large machinery ...
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1 year ago+14 14 0Rocket Report: SpaceX fires up seven Raptors; SpinLaunch raises big funding round
Welcome to Edition 5.11 of the Rocket Report! Apologies for the lack of a report last week, but I was on assignment with the crew of the forthcoming Polaris Dawn mission. The upside is that this week's edition is extra-long—running to 2,500 word ...
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1 year ago+13 13 0Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II draws crowds of mourners so large they're visible from space
Earth-imaging satellites have spied the massive crowds that gathered in London for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. Images taken by the WorldView-3 satellite operated by Colorado-based satellite company Maxar Technologies on Saturday (Sept. 17) sho ...
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1 year ago+4 4 0On the Run
Without any sort of power, no cars, airplanes, or any type of machinery, the world was filled by a complete lack of any noise, and even though I had been living with it for months, it was something that still bothered me. Especially early in the morn ...
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1 year ago+15 15 0Nuclear fusion reactor sustains plasma at 100 million C for 30 seconds
Scientists in South Korea have managed to get a nuclear fusion reactor to operate a stable plasma for 30 seconds, marking another promising step toward unlimited clean energy. Nuclear fusion, a process that physicists and engineers have been working ...
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1 year ago+17 17 0Sports stars "discouraged" from talking about mental health - Vettel
Sebastien Vettel discussed how sports stars should talk more openly about mental health struggles, rather than it being seen as a sign of weakness. The German - who announced that he will be retiring from Formula 1 at the end of the year - says there ...
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1 year ago+15 15 0Dee Snider Epically Rips 'MAGAT Fascists' Who Sing 'We're Not Gonna Take It': 'F**K OFF!'
Twisted Sister rocker Dee Snider lashed out at "MAGAT FASCISTS" who've used the band's hit song "We're Not Gonna Take It" during campaign rallies for former Republican President Donald Trump and candidates that have ...
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1 year ago+21 21 0Yelp to begin prominently labeling crisis pregnancy centers to avoid confusion
Yelp on Tuesday said it is introducing a new label to more clearly identify crisis pregnancy centers, which do not perform abortions and typically attempt to persuade people from terminating pregnancies, in the latest example of tech companies adapti ...
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1 year ago+13 13 0Were bones of Waterloo soldiers sold as fertilizer? It’s not yet case closed
When Napoleon was infamously defeated at Waterloo in 1815, the conflict left a battlefield littered with thousands of corpses and the inevitable detritus of war. But what happened to all those dead bodies? Only one full skeleton has been found at the ...
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1 year ago+18 18 0Data recoverers finally crack the locked down Apple M1 chip
Apple’s highly secure M1 chip is a tough nut to crack, but it appears the experts at DriveSavers have finally done it. The company announced they “may be the first” to recover data from the M1 in a recent press release. DriveSavers is confident in th ...
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1 year ago+23 23 0Apple no longer requires most corporate employees to wear masks
Apple will no longer require corporate employees to wear masks at "most locations," according to an internal email from the company's COVID-19 response team seen by The Verge. "We are writing to share an update to our current prot ...
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1 year ago+11 11 0Debris from China rocket launch to crash-land — and no one knows where
China’s latest launch of a rocket is, once again, raising alarm that the debris will crash into the Earth’s surface in an uncertain location and at great speed.
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1 year ago+19 19 0Twitter enforces its ban on calling people groomers as anti-LGBTQ hate speech
This week, Twitter confirmed that the term “groomer” is banned as hate speech on the platform under its Hateful Conduct policy. Facing calls for the social media company to follow the lead of other platforms like Reddit, Facebook, and TikTok which ba ...
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1 year ago+3 3 0Wild tiger numbers 40% higher than thought, says conservation group
There are 40% more tigers in the wild than previously thought, with as many as 5,578 around, though they remain an endangered species, according to a leading conservationist group. The jump in numbers was due to improved monitoring, with the populati ...
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1 year ago+16 16 0Inside the Universe Machine: The Webb Space Telescope’s Ultra-Reliable Radio
When the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveals its first images on 12 July, they will be the by-product of carefully crafted mirrors and scientific instruments. But all of its data-collecting prowess would be moot without the spacecraft’s communi ...
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1 year ago+16 16 0Taiwanese prosecutors allege Chinese company stole Apple IP
The New Taipei District Prosecutor's Office has alleged that a Chinese company hired local employees of a company that supplies parts to Apple, then bid for work with the iGiant. A Friday press release alleges a Chinese company named Luxshare Pr ...
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1 year ago+9 9 0What $15 Million Verdict? Amber Heard Living It Up In The Hamptons With Expensive Dinners As She Fights Ex Johnny Depp Over New Trial
Amber Heard doesn’t appear to have put herself on a budget despite owing her ex-husband Johnny Depp millions of dollars. Sources spotted the 36-year-old Aquaman actress hiding out in the Hamptons after her massive court loss. Heard has been seen visi ...
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1 year ago+4 4 0Juul's e-cigarettes could be banned from sale in the US
The Food and Drug Administration could be set to bring the hammer down on vape pen maker Juul. The agency is preparing to order it to stop selling e-cigarettes in the US and the decision could come as soon as today, according to The Wall Street Journ ...
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1 year ago+13 13 0Fathom Events Will Screen ‘The Thing’ in Original Aspect Ratio After Fan Outrage
Fathom Events has planned screenings of John Carpenter’s 1982 horror film “The Thing” with projection in the original aspect ratio of 2.35:1 widescreen after previous screenings displayed the film in a cropped ratio of 1.85:1. Over this past weekend, ...