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3 days agoCurrent Event yuriburi
Mastercard and Mercedes-Benz let you pay at the gas pump via fingerprint
Mercedes-Benz and Mastercard have teamed up to let people pay at the gas pump using fingerprint sensors.
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2 months agoAnalysis yuriburi
A worm has been revived after 46,000 years in the Siberian permafrost
Scientists have revived a worm that was frozen 46,000 years ago — at a time when woolly mammoths, sabre-toothed tigers and giant elks still roamed the Earth.
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2 months agoAnalysis yuriburi
A new technique uses remote images to gauge the strength of ancient and active rivers beyond Earth
Rivers have flowed on two other worlds in the solar system besides Earth: Mars, where dry tracks and craters are all that's left of ancient rivers and lakes, and Titan, Saturn's largest moon, where rivers of liquid methane still flow today.
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2 months agoCurrent Event yuriburi
'Fewer swings but better swings': Netflix sets stage for next phase of content growth
Netflix is entering its next phase of content growth as the company looks to trim costs and boost engagement in an increasingly competitive streaming landscape.
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3 months agoAnalysis yuriburi
The US documented 3 locally transmitted malaria cases for the first time in 20 years. It's not a reason to panic, but sheds a light on the concer...
Two cases were confirmed in Florida, and one case was confirmed in Texas, according to local reports, but experts say that there is no evidence there will be widespread transmission.
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3 months agoCurrent Event yuriburi
North Korea holds rallies denouncing ‘imperialist US’
Tens of thousands attend events in Pyongyang as country marks the anniversary of the start of the Korean War in 1950.
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3 months agoCurrent Event yuriburi
FDA warns stores to stop selling Elf Bar, the top disposable e-cigarette in the U.S.
The warning from the Food and Drug Administration is the latest attempt by regulators to crack down on illegal disposable vapes that have poured into U.S. stores in recent years.
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3 months agoCurrent Event yuriburi
Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked 'Pentagon Papers,' dies at 92
Daniel Ellsberg, the U.S. military analyst whose change of heart on the Vietnam War led him to leak the classified "Pentagon Papers," revealing U.S. government deception about the war and setting off a major freedom-of-the-press battle, died on Friday at the age of 92, his family said in a statement.
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3 months agoExpression yuriburi
Sweeping new law will force replaceable batteries on smartphones
A new EU law will require smartphones to have easily replaceable batteries. This could change the very fundamentals of the modern phone.
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3 months agoCurrent Event yuriburi
Performers Worry Artificial Intelligence Will Take Their Jobs
Leaders of the SAG-AFTRA actors’ union say the group’s members are concerned that they will lose work because of Artificial Intelligence, or AI, tools. The labor organization started talks with Hollywood movie studios about a new contract this week. Duncan Crabtree-Ireland is the main person speaking with movie studios on behalf of the actors. He is SAG-AFTRA’s negotiator.
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3 months agoCurrent Event yuriburi
Men with higher levels of marital satisfaction have lower burnout risk
Workplace burnout is widespread and has a detrimental effect on employee performance, wellbeing, and the overall productivity of the organization. The literature contains numerous studies exploring the causes and mechanisms of workplace burnout; however, the role of personal relationships in this context has not received sufficient attention.
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3 months agoCurrent Event yuriburi
Fantasy fears about AI are obscuring how we already abuse machine intelligence | Kenan Malik
We blame technology for decisions really made by governments and corporations
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3 months agoExpression yuriburi
Telly dual-screen TV first look: it’s free and may be the future
No, you can’t just cover the smaller screen that shows ads.
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4 months agoCurrent Event yuriburi
North Korea spent the pandemic building a huge border wall
Kim Jong Un upgraded security on the Chinese and Russian frontiers, blocking routes for smugglers and defectors
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4 months agoCurrent Event yuriburi
Do not call: States sue telecom company over billions of robocalls
Attorneys general across the U.S. have joined a lawsuit against a telecommunications company accused of making more than 7.5 billion robocalls to people on the national Do Not Call Registry
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4 months agoCurrent Event yuriburi
Built-in ChatGPT-driven Copilot will transform Windows 11 starting in June
Copilot is coming alongside another batch of new Windows 11 features this year.