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9 hours agoCurrent Event wildcat
At Least One iPhone 14 Model Three Weeks Behind Schedule Due to China Lockdowns
Development of at least one iPhone 14 model is three weeks behind schedule due to Chinese lockdowns and in a worst case scenario could impact initial production volumes, according to a new report today.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event wildcat
Pope Francis warns pro-war Russian patriarch not to be 'Putin's altar boy'
Pope Francis warned the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, not to become “Putin’s altar boy,” he said in an interview this week. In his strongest words to date against the pro-war Patriarch, Francis also slammed Kirill for endorsing Russia’s stated reasons for invading Ukraine.
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1 month agoCurrent Event wildcat
The weird world of non-C operating systems
Believe it or not, not everything is based on C. There are current, shipping, commercial OSes written before C was invented, and now others in both newer and older languages that don't involve C at any level or layer. Computer hardware is technology yet very few people can design their own processor, or build a graphics card. But software is a form of culture. Open source is created by volunteers, even if they end up getting paid jobs doing it. Even rejecting open source is a choice: paying...
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1 month agoCurrent Event wildcat
Your electric car can power your house in the future
Electric car demand is continuously increasing as manufacturers release new models. New electric vehicle sales in the United States nearly doubled in 2021 and are expected to double again in 2022, from 600,000 to 1.2 million. Automakers predict that by the end of the decade, electric vehicles will account for at least half of all new car sales in the United States.
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1 month agoCurrent Event wildcat
Ivermectin Does Not Reduce Risk of Covid Hospitalization, Large Study Finds
“At some point it will become a waste of resources to continue studying an unpromising approach,” one expert said.
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1 month agoAnalysis wildcat
Artificial sweeteners cause cancer in mice. Here's worrying data from humans.
In a new study, researchers used data from over 100,000 people to better pinpoint whether consumption of artificial sweeteners is linked with an increased risk of cancer in humans.
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2 months agoCurrent Event wildcat
AirPods Max: A Parent’s Point of View
We have two little girls; a 4-year-old and a 2-year-old. Both are more like 15- and 13-year-olds. Our house is full of pinks, purples, dresses, dolls and Lego Duplo. It’s the Madhouse on Madison here most nights.
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2 months agoCurrent Event wildcat
Utah bans transgender athletes in girls sports despite veto
GOP lawmakers in Utah pushed through a ban on transgender youth athletes playing on girls teams Friday, overriding a veto and joining 11 other states with similar laws amid a nationwide culture war.
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2 months agoCurrent Event wildcat
Building a Heart One Layer at a Time Using Advanced 3D Bioprinting Techniques
Using advanced 3D printing techniques, Mark Skylar-Scott and his team of Stanford bioengineers want to transform a paste made of living cells into hearts and other organs.
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2 months agoCurrent Event wildcat
Volkswagen officially unveils its ID.Buzz EV, the hippie bus reborn
The Microbus is back, baby! Nearly 75 years since the first Volkswagen Type 2 rolled off its assembly line and into the annals of Americana as an icon of 1960s counterculture, VW is re-releasing the emblematic vehicle — this time as a full EV.
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2 months agoAnalysis wildcat
How badly will Russia's war torpedo hopes for global climate cooperation?
Russia was an international foot dragger on climate solutions before it invaded Ukraine, but it was cooperating on Arctic issues. Are those days over?
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2 months agoAnalysis wildcat
Paper airplanes show off new aerodynamic effects
The findings enhance our understanding of flight stability and could inspire new types of flying robots and small drones. “The study started with simple curiosity about what makes a good paper airplane and specifically what is needed for smooth gliding,” says Leif Ristroph, an associate professor at New York University’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and an author of the study in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics.
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2 months agoCurrent Event wildcat
Anonymous 'hacks Russian TV to show footage from Ukraine front lines'
Hacking group Anonymous has claimed it was able to hack into Russian TV stations and show footage from Ukraine. The group said it was trying to ‘broadcast the truth’ about what is happening in the conflict. Pro-Kremlin Russian television stations have been criticised for repeating Vladimir Putin’s ‘propaganda’ that the invasion is a ‘special operation’ and Russia is not the aggressor.
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3 months agoCurrent Event wildcat
Cosmonaut brains are 'rewired' by space missions, scientists find
Our brains change as we age and grow here on Earth. But what happens to the human brain after being in space for a long time?
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3 months agoCurrent Event wildcat
Whoopi Goldberg Returns To ‘The View’ After Two-Week Suspension: “We’re Going To Keep Having Tough Conversations”
Whoopi Goldberg returned to The View on Monday after a two-week suspension, opening the show by telling viewers, “Yes, I am back.”
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3 months agoCurrent Event wildcat
Eminem kneels during Super Bowl halftime show performance
Headliners reportedly came under heavy censorship from the NFL ahead of the halftime show