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2 years ago+17 17 0Leah Remini to Write Scientology Memoir
Leah Remini, the actress who famously quit Scientology, is writing a memoir about her experiences in and out of the church, Random House imprint Ballantine Books announced Thursday.
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2 years ago+16 16 0Invasion of Ukraine fuels fears among draft-age Russian youths
As Moscow’s forces bog down in Ukraine, many young Russians of draft age are increasingly jittery about the prospect of being sent into combat. Making those fears particularly acute is an annual spring conscription that began Friday and aims to round ...
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2 years ago+18 18 0What really happened after Sonic lost to Mario
Al Nilsen, a former Sega of America marketing director, tells it like this: There was a time in the early 1990s where Sonic the Hedgehog was more popular in the United States than Mickey Mouse. He’s based this on something called a “Q Score,” or “quo ...
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2 years ago+15 15 0ESA Suspends ExoMars Mission, Ends Cooperation with Russia
Russia has been the target of extensive economic sanctions in the weeks since its invasion of Ukraine, but Moscow’s space program has been largely unaffected until now. The European Space Agency (ESA) has decided to postpone the ExoMars mission, a jo ...
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2 years ago+13 13 0Nvidia and IBM have a plan to connect GPUs straight to SSDs
Nvidia, IBM, and researchers have a plan to make the lives of those working in machine learning a bit easier: connecting GPUs directly to SSDs. Detailed in a research paper, the idea is called Big accelerator Memory (BaM) and involves connecting GPUs ...
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2 years ago+17 17 0Company Plans to Dig World's Deepest Hole to Unleash Boundless Energy
A company that plans to drill deeper into Earth than ever before, creating holes that would extend a record-shattering 12 miles under our planet’s surface, has raised a total of $63 million since its launch in 2020. Most recently, Quaise Energy, a st ...
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2 years ago+4 4 0‘Lots of happy tears’: joy as New Zealand opens border after two years of isolation
Tears, hugs, laughter and the shouts of children echoed through the arrivals halls of New Zealand, as the country opened its borders and lifted isolation requirements. “I’ve been waiting six months for this moment,” says Steve, 72, who was waiting fo ...
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2 years ago+14 14 0The largest known galaxy was just discovered, and you won’t believe how massive it is
Scientists have discovered the largest known galaxy ever. The new discovery is located around 3 billion light-years away. The galaxy, which is named Alcyoneus, is a giant radio galaxy. The galaxy is roughly 16.3 million light-years long. For referenc ...
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2 years ago+16 16 0A robot bought my seven-year-old car for more than I paid brand-new
In December 2014, I bought a Honda Fit right off the lot. It had 23 miles, and I paid $20,814.80, including accessories and an extended warranty. This December, a buzzy startup called Carvana drove away with my car, cutting me a check for $20,905 — l ...
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2 years ago+19 19 0Folding iPhone flip phone concept imagines Apple Watch-like secondary display
A new folding iPhone flip phone concept shows what such a device might look like if Apple took the same approach as the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip. Unlike a conventional-sized phone which unfolds to something iPad-like, the flip concept envisages a conven ...
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2 years ago+13 13 0Real Estate Cryptocurrency Takes People’s Money, Then Shuts Down and Vanishes
The crypto and real estate worlds have become increasingly intertwined as both sectors have grown dramatically in recent years. “Crypto kings'' are real estate’s newest whales, and real-estate startups are figuring out ways to mint NFT mort ...
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2 years ago+11 11 0Starving Afghans Use Crypto to Sidestep U.S. Sanctions, Failing Banks, and the Taliban
WHEN THE TALIBAN took over Afghanistan in August of last year, Fereshteh Forough feared that the group would close her school in Herat, the country’s third-largest city. Code to Inspire, an NGO Forough founded, was teaching computer programming to yo ...
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2 years ago+4 4 0Tesla says the SEC delivered another subpoena in ongoing conflict over Musk tweets
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued a new subpoena to Tesla in November 2021, a financial filing from the company revealed on Monday. The financial regulator is trying to determine whether Elon Musk and his electric car maker complied ...
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2 years ago+4 4 0Enormous 'twilight zone' coral reef discovered off the coast of Tahiti
Scientists made an incredible discovery in November: acres of giant, pristine, rose-shaped corals blossoming from the sea floor in what's known as the ocean's "twilight zone."
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2 years ago+14 14 0Canadians donate thousands to animal-rescue organizations in honour of Betty White
Animal rescue organizations across Canada have received thousands of dollars in honour of the late Betty White, the much-loved actor and animal-rights advocate. Monday would have marked White's 100th birthday, but she died on Dec. 31.
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2 years ago+23 23 0Florida restaurant employs robot waiter as staff shortages plague industry
As the hospitality industry continues to experience major staffing shortages, one restaurant is attempting to continue serving customers in a creative way. Eat District in Boca Raton, Florida, recently introduced a new server named Bella. Developed b ...
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2 years ago+14 14 05 months on, Apple has yet to fix iOS bug that sends devices into a crash spiral
Apple has been taking its time fixing an iOS bug that makes it easy for miscreants to completely disable an iOS device unless the victim performs a factory restore and follows other cumbersome steps, a researcher said. HomeKit is an Apple-designed co ...
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2 years ago+12 12 0Mexico On Its Way To Become World's Most Visited Destination in 2022
Mexico aims to earn up to $35.1 billion in revenue from its tourism industry in 2022. If figures are accurate, the country would be on its way to becoming one of the world’s most visited
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2 years ago+18 18 0Tesla's Musk says he will pay over $11 bln in taxes this year
Electric-car maker Tesla Inc's Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said on Sunday on Twitter that he will pay more than $11 billion in taxes this year.
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2 years ago+17 17 0Minecraft crosses 1 trillion views on YouTube, most popular game ever on platform
Minecraft is already one of the best selling games ever made, up there with Tetris, Mario and Grand Theft Auto. Now it's crossed a new milestone, counting more than 1 trillion views across YouTube.