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3 weeks agoCurrent Event wetwilly87
Burning Man memes are swamping social media
Tens of thousands of festivalgoers are stranded in a remote Nevada lake bed, trapped in mud. The internet is less than sympathetic.
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1 month agoExpression wetwilly87
Of Course We’re Living in a Simulation
The only people who absolutely disagree are, well, scientists. They need to get over themselves and join the fun.
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2 months agoCurrent Event wetwilly87
Hops for beer flourish under solar panels. They're not the only crop thriving in the shade.
A farm in Bavaria is covering its hops with solar panels, providing electricity to 250 households and shading the plants from the increasingly scorching summer heat in the process.
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2 months agoExpression wetwilly87
How 'Jurassic Park' Is Becoming a Reality Thirty Years Later
To mark the 30th anniversary of Jurassic Park, Colossal CEO Ben Lamm shares how the movie influenced his company’s plans to de-extinct animals
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2 months agoCurrent Event wetwilly87
The AI boom has boosted the 'Magnificent 7' stocks' combined market cap to $11 trillion - that's nearly triple Germany's GDP.
A new assortment of mega-cap tech stocks is ruling the S&P 500 this year, also known as the "Magnificent 7." They are the seven largest US-listed companies – tech behemoths Apple, Microsoft, Google parent Alphabet, Amazon and Meta Platforms – as well as two new entrants Nvidia and Tesla.
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2 months agoCurrent Event wetwilly87
U.S. Is Destroying the Last of Its Once-Vast Chemical Weapons Arsenal
Decades behind its initial schedule, the dangerous job of eliminating the world’s only remaining declared stockpile of lethal chemical munitions will be completed as soon as Friday.
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2 months agoCurrent Event wetwilly87
Microsoft seems to think we’re getting a PS5 Slim this year
Microsoft also thinks Sony’s PlayStation handheld will be less than $300
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3 months agoCurrent Event wetwilly87
Georgia tech team unveils autonomous tennis robot to help you beat your foes
“It can also be my opponent. It can help me train. It could pretend to be that one guy I always lose to because he can exploit this weakness in my game."
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3 months agoCurrent Event wetwilly87
Twitter has suspended the accounts of a prominent Tesla and Elon Musk critic, PlainSite founder Aaron Greenspan
Before he bought Twitter, Musk remarked, "I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means."
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3 months agoCurrent Event wetwilly87
Canada Spent ‘Clean Air Day’ Choking On Climate Failure
Wildfires are just one example of our governments’ collective failure to face down massive systemic challenges.
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3 months agoCurrent Event wetwilly87
Watch moment trapped whale is cut free from net
A 10m humpback whale has been rescued after becoming entangled in a shark net off Australia’s Gold Coast. Workers used delicate equipment to cut the whale free during the early morning operation. Environmental groups have pushed for the removal of nets during the whale migration season, which sees tens of thousands of the mammals pass Australia’s east coast.
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4 months agoCurrent Event wetwilly87
Cooler Master’s bizarre gaming shoe costs a cool $6,000
People who love PCs and people who love sneakers are both deeply enthusiastic about their chosen passions, but what if you’re into both? Well, Cooler Master thinks it has the answer in the form of its Sneaker X custom PC, an utterly bizarre computer that is shaped like a chunky, garish piece of premium footwear.
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4 months agoCurrent Event wetwilly87
Netflix Hires Arnold Schwarzenegger as Chief Action Officer
Netflix has hired Terminator, Predator, and Jingle All the Way star Arnold Schwarzenegger as its chief action officer. Announced in a promotional video on Netflix's YouTube, Schwarzenegger can be seen arriving at the streaming giant's headquarters in a tank. "No one loves action as much as I do," he said in the video. "That's why I've accepted the big new job as Netflix's chief action officer."
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4 months agoCurrent Event wetwilly87
New Zealand announces its biggest emissions reduction project in history
Move to power Glenbrook steel plant with electricity from renewables rather than coal will reduce emissions by 1% – or the equivalent of taking 300,000 cars off the road
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4 months agoAnalysis wetwilly87
New technology uses ordinary sunlight to disinfect drinking water
A low-cost, recyclable powder can kill thousands of waterborne bacteria per second when exposed to sunlight. Stanford and SLAC scientists say the ultrafast disinfectant could be a revolutionary advance for 2 billion people worldwide without access to safe drinking water.