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1 year ago+9 9 0Why France is betting on deep tech instead of the metaverse
Deep tech, or technology based on scientific research and discoveries, is taking up more space at major innovation conferences like VivaTech, which takes place in Paris until June 18. In France, this approach is seen as particularly relevant to the p ...
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1 year ago+13 13 0The physics of accretion: How the universe pulled itself together
Accretion is one of the most fundamental processes in the cosmos. It is a universal phenomenon triggered by gravity, and the process by which bits of matter accumulate and coalesce with more bits of matter. It works inexorably on all scales to attrac ...
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1 year ago+22 22 0Scientists gave human-like skin to a robotic finger. Then they watched it heal itself
If you shook hands with a robot today, it would feel no different to grabbing a cold hunk of metal. But one day, it may not be much different from shaking hands with a fellow human.
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1 year ago+21 21 0Windows 11 update accidentally brings the OS to older machines
The first major update to Windows 11 (allegedly called Sun Valley 2) is reportedly ready for release, but some last-minute testing appears to have raised questions about Microsoft's strict hardware requirements to run the operating system. It wa ...
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1 year ago+15 15 0CEOs are enjoying huge paydays while their workers struggle to pay bills
Despite all the buzz about the “Great Resignation” and a renaissance for the working classes in America, a new report finds the gap between executive and worker pay is only widening. The typical low-wage worker’s pay didn’t keep pace with inflation l ...
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1 year ago+16 16 0China's Geely launches first nine low-orbit satellites for autonomous cars
China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group conducted its first successful satellite launch on Wednesday, sending nine into low earth orbit as it builds out a satellite network to provide more accurate navigation for autonomous vehicles.
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1 year ago+4 4 0A mysterious intergalactic force is pushing against the Milky Way
It sounds like the premise of a bad sci-fi movie: There's some mysterious entity, beyond the boundaries of our galaxy, that is pushing against us with incredible force. We don't know exactly what it is, and we don't know how long it ...
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1 year ago+4 4 0Marjorie Taylor Greene's "peach tree dish" blunder viewed over 1M times
Marjorie Taylor Greene's latest speech blunder has gone viral on social media and resulted in ridicule for the Georgia representative. Greene, who last week won her Republican primary, was speaking during her latest broadcast of "MTG Live,& ...
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1 year ago+17 17 0Texas police wouldn't let a tactical squad of federal agents go into the school to stop the gunman, NYT reports
Texas police who responded to Tuesday's mass shooting at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school wouldn't let a tactical squad of federal agents immediately go into the school to stop the gunman, two officials briefed on the situation told New Y ...
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1 year ago+14 14 0Lake Mead water level running well below predictions, could drop another 12 feet by fall
Federal officials have a sobering forecast for the Colorado River Basin: Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir which serves millions of people in the Southwest, will likely drop another 12 feet by this fall. It’s far below what the outlooks were ...
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1 year ago+19 19 0Corsair’s first-ever gaming laptop has a touch bar
Corsair, after having been a leader in the desktop space for decades, is releasing its first-ever gaming laptop. The new Voyager a1600 is an AMD powerhouse, equipped with both Ryzen 6000-series processors and AMD Radeon RX 6000 series. The device is ...
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2 years ago+16 16 0'Night-time solar' technology can now deliver power in the dark
UNSW researchers have made a major breakthrough in renewable energy technology by producing electricity from so-called ‘night-time’ solar power. The team from the School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering generated electricity from heat ...
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2 years ago+14 14 0Kim blasts pandemic response as North Korean outbreak surges
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un criticized officials over slow medicine deliveries and mobilized the military to respond to a surge in suspected COVID-19 infections, as his nation struggled to contain a fever that has reportedly killed dozens and sic ...
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2 years ago+29 29 0 x 1The dramatic untold story of what happened inside Apple after Steve Jobs died and Tim Cook and Jony Ive took over is told in a new book
When Apple founder and impresario Steve Jobs died in 2011, there were two competing narratives that dominated the conventional wisdom about the prospects for the company.
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2 years ago+13 13 0Humanity will go to Mars 'in this decade,' SpaceX president predicts
A crewed Mars mission could happen sooner than you think. Astronauts will likely make it to the Red Planet's surface before the end of the 2020s, SpaceX President and Chief Operating Officer Gwynne Shotwell told CNBC's Shepard Smith recentl ...
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2 years ago+10 10 0Netflix aims to curtail password sharing - and bring in ads
An unexpectedly sharp drop in subscribers has Netflix considering changes it has long resisted: Minimizing password sharing and creating a low-cost subscription supported by advertising. Looming changes announced late Tuesday are designed to help Ne ...
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2 years ago+20 20 0Biden administration to require U.S.-made steel and iron for infrastructure projects
The Biden administration is taking a key step toward ensuring that federal dollars will support U.S. manufacturing — issuing requirements for how projects funded by the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package source their construction material.
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2 years ago+12 12 0Nasa climate scientist who was arrested speaks about his tearful protest
Peter Kalmus was among a group of scientists who chained themselves to a JPMorgan Chase building in Los Angeles in protest of the bank’s financing of fossil fuels
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2 years ago+13 13 0Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov's $735 million superyacht Dilbar — the largest in the world — has been impounded in Germany
Germany's Federal Police have seized the largest megayacht in the world after determining it to be owned by the sister of Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov. The police said they were able to reveal the actual owner following an investigation into ...
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2 years ago+21 21 0Apple Says Plan for Nearly 50% Commission on Metaverse Purchases 'Lays Bare Meta's Hypocrisy'
Apple has responded to Meta's plan to take a nearly 50% commission for digital asset purchases made inside the metaverse after complaining about fees in the App Store, calling the decision hypocritical.