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Older Mac games could stop working in the next OS update
Mac gaming has come a long way, with more and more games supporting it by default. Older games may be in trouble, however. A new macOS called Catalina is coming out this month, and it won't support 32-bit apps by default. As game maker Paolo Pedercini points out on Twitter, that includes not just old games but basically anything made with Unity before its 5.5 update in 2016.
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Hong Kong withdraws extradition bill that sparked protests
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced Wednesday the government will formally withdraw an extradition bill that sparked months of demonstrations, bowing to one of the...
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Facebook brings face recognition to all users
Facebook Inc is opening up its face recognition technology to all users with an ...
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An AI system identified a potential new drug in just 46 days
The approach is based on two popular AI techniques: generative adversarial networks and reinforcement learning.The news: A team from AI pharma startup Insilico Medicine, working with researchers at the University of Toronto, took 21 days to create 30,000 designs for molecules that target a protein linked with fibrosis (tissue scarring).
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T. Rex had an air conditioner in its head, study suggests
Tyrannosaurus rex, one of the largest meat-eating dinosaurs on the planet, had an air conditioner in its head, suggest scientists who are challenging over a century of previous beliefs.
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SpaceX satellite was on “collision course” until ESA satellite was re-routed
SpaceX blames slow response to potential satellite crash on paging-system bug.
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Silicon Is Reaching its Limits. Up Next: Carbon Nanotubes
These tiny tubes of atomically thin carbon sheets are just nanometers in size, transport charge carriers very quickly, and are excellent semiconductors.
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Elon Musk: Humanity Is a Kind of 'Biological Boot Loader' for AI
AI is outpacing our ability to understand it, says the Tesla CEO. It will open a new chapter for society, replies the Alibaba cofounder.
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Nature Photographer of the Year image gallery
South Australian Museum. Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year. All photographs must be of natural fauna, flora or natural land formations and must have been taken in the ANZANG bioregion.
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Police hijack a botnet and remotely kill 850,000 malware infections
In a rare feat, French police have hijacked and neutralized a massive cryptocurrency mining botnet controlling close to a million infected computers. The notorious Retadup malware infects computers and starts mining cryptocurrency by sapping power from a computer’s processor.
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Facebook is thinking about hiding like counts, too
Instagram’s test seems to be going well
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NASA has officially attached a helicopter to the Mars 2020 Rover
The chopper aims to be the first aircraft to take flight on another planet.
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YouTube Has Been Harvesting Kids' Data for Years and the FTC Seems Fine with That
Kids watch a ton of YouTube. And for months, the Federal Trade Commission has reportedly been investigating the service for harvesting their data and selling it to advertisers. But experts consulted by the FTC believe the agency is about to go easy on the Google-owned platform by putting the onus on content creators to turn off ads for kids under 13, rather than segregate children’s programming onto a separate “YouTube Kids” service.
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Trump's new rules for SNAP benefits are cruel
We were recently vacationing at a cabin on Lake Vermilion in northern Minnesota. We take this weeklong annual pilgrimage to spend time with each other and soak up the last moments of summer. However, the trip this year was made somewhat daunting, because the only grocery store in town was damaged by a fire and has not reopened.
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Critical 'Backdoor Attack' Warning Issued For 60 Million WordPress Users
According to WordPress, over 60 million people have chosen the software to power their websites. An ongoing attack is currently trying to compromise as many of them as possible.
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Ex-Google employee calls out culture of sexual misbehavior that started ‘at the top’
A former Google employee accused the tech giant’s executive ranks of fostering a culture of sexual misbehavior in a scathing blog post detailing her...
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Benjamin Ingrosso - Costa Rica (Official Audio)
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Snorting Powdered Toad Secretions Just Once Is Linked to Feeling Happier For a Month
In the last few years, evidence has been emerging that several psychedelics seem to alleviate the symptoms of depression. Now scientists have tested a new compound - and early trials indicate that it, too, has potential.
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Google wants to kill text messages and the networks aren't happy
Google has pushed RCS messaging – a superior alternative to SMS – to Android phones in the UK and France. But only 43 mobile operators, out of around 850 globally, are working with the company
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Mysterious iOS Attack Changes Everything We Know About iPhone Hacking
For two years, a handful of websites have indiscriminately hacked thousands of iPhones.
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This Crab’s Blood Is the Reason You’re Alive
Horseshoe Crab blood is an irreplaceable medical marvel, and biomedical companies are bleeding thousands of crabs and throwing them back in the ocean.
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Canada will ban 'harmful' single-use plastics as early as 2021
Justin Trudeau said his government is drawing inspiration from EU in planning ban on water bottles, plastic bags and straws
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There's a Big Problem With Making Vaccines Mandatory, And It's Worth Paying Attention
In 1904, the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro shook with violence as citizens rioted. Property was destroyed, dozens were wounded, and 30 people lost their lives as the population rose up against a perceived common enemy: a mandatory vaccine for smallpox
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Audiobooks or Reading? To Our Brains, It Doesn't Matter
The same brain regions are activated when both reading and listening to stories, a new study says. It's a new insight into how our brains process semantic meaning.
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Alex Trebek announces return to ‘Jeopardy!’: ‘It’s going to be a good year’
Trebek was diagnosed with cancer back in March, but has since said his doctors told him he's "in near remission."
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Why climate change is so hard to tackle: Our stubborn energy system
Our dependence on fossil fuels has remained about the same for 30 years.
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Apple’s Watch Is Smarter, but My Casio Keeps Getting the Job Done
Casio’s basic watches have barely changed in decades, a rare achievement as planned obsolescence is elevated to a corporate art form, our columnist says.
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From Animal Farm to Catch-22: the most regrettable rejections in the history of publishing
Faber is being urged to make amends for turning down George Orwell’s novella in 1944. But it is far from the only publisher to miss out on a future bestseller
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YouTube shuts down 210 channels posting about Hong Kong
Google announced Thursday that it had disabled 210 YouTube channels that were uploading videos "in a coordinated manner" about the ongoing protests in Hong Kong.
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China’s Spies Are on the Offensive
China’s spies are waging an intensifying espionage offensive against the United States. Does America have what it takes to stop them?
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