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1 year ago+25 25 0 x 1Welcome to the first ever McDonald's where you're served by robots—in Texas
McDonald's has begun testing its first-ever robot restaurant in Texas, sparking debate and intrigue in equal measure. In Fort Worth, Texas, the branch is fully automated and requires no human contact to order and pick up your favorite meal.
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1 year ago+28 28 0Millie Bobby Brown called out by intimacy coordinator: "Consent is mandatory"
Millie Bobby Brown has been criticised by an intimacy coordinator for her behaviour on Enola Holmes 2. Brown had discussed a scene from the Netflix sequel on the streamer’s TikTok account, recalling a moment she kissed her co-star Louis Partridge.
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1 year ago+17 17 0Twitter Aided the Pentagon in its Covert Online Propaganda Campaign
Internal documents show Twitter whitelisted CENTCOM accounts that were then used to run its online influence campaign abroad.
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1 year ago+19 19 0The 'Trashcan' Mac Pro: Remembering One of Apple's Most Controversial Designs Nine Years Later
Apple launched the controversial "trashcan" Mac Pro nine years ago today, introducing one of its most criticized designs that persisted through a period of widespread discontentment with the Mac lineup. The redesign took the Mac Pro in an ...
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1 year ago+23 23 0The Samsung Galaxy S23 is coming soon - here's what we know so far
The Samsung Galaxy S23 is one of the most anticipated smartphones of 2021 and it looks like it's getting closer and closer to its release date. We've been
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1 year ago+25 25 0 x 1Apple Watch and iPhone crash detection software an issue for search and rescue crews
Search and rescue organizations are warning hikers and wilderness enthusiasts about relying too much on technology if they get lost or need help. One of the new features on the iPhone and Apple Watch is crash detection. It is designed to detect car c ...
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1 year ago+14 14 0Inside ‘The Sandman’s’ Lengthy Renewal Journey — and Why Netflix Still Won’t Call It Season 2
It took Neil Gaiman 30 years to get a proper adaptation of “The Sandman” made, and what felt like 30 more years (to fans who adored the final product, at least) for Netflix to renew the fantasy epic following its August premiere.
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1 year ago+19 19 0Harvey Weinstein Jurors Posed a Question and Asked to Hear Testimony, But Still No Verdict
The jurors in the Harvey Weinstein trial asked a question and sought readback of testimony from the trial last week, court officials confirmed on Tuesday. The jury has been deliberating for seven days on charges of rape and sexual assault against the ...
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1 year ago+15 15 0American journalist Grant Wahl dies after collapsing at Qatar World Cup
Wahl died after collapsing while covering Friday’s Argentina-Netherlands match. The circumstances around his death are unclear. He “collapsed” while covering Friday’s Argentina-Netherlands match, a witness told CNN.
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1 year ago+27 27 0 x 1Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney thinks “every politician should fear” Apple’s power
As the CEO of Epic Games, no one wants to see the Open App Markets Act become US law as much as he does. If passed by Congress before this lame-duck session ends and Republicans take control of the House of Representatives in January, the legislati ...
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1 year ago+19 19 0BlackRock says get ready for a recession unlike any other and 'what worked in the past won't work now'
A worldwide recession is just around the corner as central banks boost borrowing costs aggressively to tame inflation — and this time, it will ignite more market turbulence than ever before, according to BlackRock.
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1 year ago+15 15 0A more original bio on your dating profile makes you seem smarter, funnier, and more attractive, study finds
An analysis of 308 dating profiles revealed that people who show originality in their bios are seen as more intelligent and more funny, and in turn, more attractive. Original profile bios tended to contain more self-disclosure and more stylistic feat ...
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1 year ago+9 9 0Coral’s Microbiome “Reshuffles” During Hibernation
A new study has analyzed the microbiome of a species of coral before, during and after a period of “dormancy” during cold temperatures. The research found that Astrangia poculata's microbiome "reshuffles" during a period of quiescence.
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1 year ago+11 11 0If you unscrew your belly button, your bottom will fall off; and other things my Dad taught me.
My Dad died a year ago today, 5 December. My earliest memory is sitting on his shoulders watching a Guy Fawkes bonfire on one of several visits to the UK as a child. An electrical engineer by trade, he worked on some of the early mainframes before mo ...
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1 year ago+24 24 0The failure of Amazon's Alexa shows Microsoft was right to kill Cortana
Microsoft Cortana, we barely knew ye. 2023 is looking to be a rough year in tech, with layoffs already hitting various major companies as forecasts predict recession almost across the entire world. A combination of inflationary effects of money print ...
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1 year ago+17 17 0Scientists simulate ‘baby’ wormhole without rupturing space and time
It’s a mainstay of science fiction, it’s tiny and it doesn’t exist in physical space, but researchers say they’ve created what is, theoretically, a worm hole. Researchers have announced that they simulated two miniscule black holes in a quantum compu ...
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1 year ago+17 17 0Mother mouse’s high-fat diet changes her son’s brain
Pleasure sensations are blunted in male rodents whose mums ate fatty food during pregnancy.
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1 year ago+4 4 0People try to steal Banksy mural in Ukraine
A group of people have tried to take a mural in Ukraine by the graffiti artist Banksy, by cutting away a section of war-damaged wall where it was sprayed. The group managed to slice off a section of board and plaster bearing the image of a woman in a ...
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1 year ago+15 15 0An unsuccessful search for aliens: Is the end of humanity inevitable?
There are several theories as to why we haven’t found extraterrestrial intelligence. A team at NASA has turned its attention to a worrying one.
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1 year ago+15 15 0The Music Industry Was Built on Racism. Changing It Will Take More Than Donations
IN SEPTEMBER 1978, soul producer extraordinaire Kenneth Gamble helped launch the Black Music Association, an advocacy group set on pushing the music industry to “recognize and celebrate the economic and cultural power of black music as well as those ...