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4 years ago
+24 24 0FBI: Remains found in Florida park ID'd as Brian Laundrie
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The FBI on Thursday identified human remains found in a Florida nature preserve as those of Brian Laundrie, a person of interest in the death of girlfriend Gabby Petito while the couple was on a cross-country road trip.
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4 years ago
+26 26 0Microsoft president Brad Smith reportedly told Bill Gates to stop emailing female employees 'more than a decade ago'
Two top executives at Microsoft told the company's billionaire founder Bill Gates to stop emailing female employees "more than a decade ago," according to The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources. In 2008, the company became awa ...
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4 years ago
+17 17 0'Squid Game' success shines a light on how cheap it is to make TV shows outside the U.S.
In the streaming wars, one company’s hit is another company’s failure. Netflix’s “Squid Game” is an exception. Netflix has its biggest hit ever with “Squid Game,” the gory dystopian South Korean series that has taken the world by storm. More than 111 ...
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4 years ago
+21 21 0These virtual obstacle courses help real robots learn to walk
An army of more than 4,000 marching doglike robots is a vaguely menacing sight, even in a simulation. But it may point the way for machines to learn new tricks. The virtual robot army was developed by researchers from ETH Zurich in Switzerland and ch ...
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4 years ago
+4 4 0Senate Republicans sow disinformation after $480bn US debt ceiling deal
Top Republicans in the Senate are advancing a campaign of disinformation over the debt ceiling as they seek to distort the reasons for needing to raise the nation’s borrowing cap, after they dropped their blockade on averting a US debt default in a b ...
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Expression
4 years ago
+13 13 0Why Japanese Games Are Increasingly Releasing at the Same Time Across The Globe - IGN
Japanese publishers and developers are increasingly pushing for worldwide releases of games, and while there are plenty of upsides to this method, some key challenges are still a major factor in the process.
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Review
4 years ago
+12 12 0Squid Game is a brutal show about social inequalities — and it's Netflix's next major hit
Netflix has recently announced that South Korean dystopian horror series Squid Game -— famed for its brutal violence — could be its biggest release ever. CBC News spoke with two culture experts to understand its themes and origins.
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Current Event
4 years ago
+14 14 0Economists slash their forecasts for America's growth
Business economists are marking down their forecasts for US growth this year as the Delta variant takes a toll on the recovery, according to a survey released Monday.
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4 years ago
+16 16 0We created holograms you can touch: You could soon shake a virtual colleague's hand
The TV show "Star Trek: The Next Generation" introduced millions of people to the idea of a holodeck: an immersive, realistic 3D holographic projection of a complete environment that you could interact with and even touch.
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Expression
4 years ago
+14 14 0‘We’re like Mork and Mindy!’ Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, music’s odd couple
Fourteen years after their Grammy-winning debut, the roots duo have reunited – facing high expectations. They explain how they left their comfort zones with a ‘nuts but tasteful’ all-star band
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4 years ago
+28 28 0 x 1Tim Cook Faces Surprising Employee Unrest at Apple
Hundreds of current and former Apple workers are complaining about their work environment, a rarity for the once tight-lipped company.
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4 years ago
+18 18 0What to Expect at the September 14 Apple Event: iPhone 13, Apple Watch Series 7, and More
Apple is holding its annual iPhone-centric event on Tuesday, September 14, and like last year, it will be entirely digital. We've been hearing rumors about what's coming for many months now, so we have a good idea of what to expect.
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4 years ago
+19 19 0Major win for Epic Games: Apple has 90 days to open up app store payments
On Friday, the Northern California judge handling the closely watched Epic Games v. Apple court case turned in a ruling that, in many ways, works out in Apple's favor—but with one massive, App Store-changing exception. The ruling from US Distric ...
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4 years ago
+18 18 0Engineers Are Creating a Real Space Elevator. Can They Succeed?
Imagine a tether made out of super-tensile material that reaches from the surface of Earth to a station in geostationary orbit — aka. geosynchronous equatorial orbit (GEO). Transportation to and from orbit would be provided by high-speed vehicles ins ...
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4 years ago
+11 11 0FBI begins declassifying documents into Saudi 9/11 links
The FBI has released a newly declassified document that looks into connections between Saudi citizens in the US and two of the 9/11 attackers. Relatives of victims have long urged the release of the files, arguing Saudi officials had advance knowledg ...
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Analysis
4 years ago
+15 15 0Using electricity to give chemistry a boost
Metal organic frameworks (MOFs) are a promising class of materials that have many applications as catalysts, sensors and for gas storage. Widely studied over the past two decades, MOFs are typically produced using chemical processes that require high ...
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Current Event
4 years ago
+13 13 0Texas website for snitching on abortion "abetters" may violate web company's privacy rules
The website's domain registry service forbids any sites that "breach any duty of confidentiality" or private information. That might include details about medical procedures, like abortions.
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Current Event
4 years ago
+4 4 0US dairy farmers to receive $350m in COVID-19 payments for market volatility
The announcement is the first step in a programme that will provide a package of over $2bn for the industry.
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4 years ago
+12 12 0UN criticised over statement on overuse of antibiotics in farming
Animal health experts and UN leaders have called for a significant reduction in antimicrobial drug usage in food animals, which is already causing a “silent pandemic”. But critics say the statement is “a real missed opportunity”, pointing to its fail ...
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4 years ago
+22 22 0Hackers hit Japanese crypto exchange, steal nearly $100 million
Hackers have drained Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid of $97 million worth of Ethereum and other digital coins. The company, in a tweet posted late Thursday, announced the compromise and said it is moving assets that were not affected into mor ...




















