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1 day ago+18 18 0Twitter to Stop Unverified Accounts From Appearing in Recommended Tweets
Twitter will prevent posts from unverified accounts from appearing in its "For You" algorithmic feed starting Saturday, April 15, CEO Elon Musk announced on Tuesday. The new policy means that only posts originating from paid-for Twitter Blu ...
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1 day ago+12 12 0200 malicious Android and iOS apps draining bank accounts — check your phone now
If you need another reminder to be careful when downloading new apps for your devices, a new batch of malicious apps has been discovered stealing both data and money from unsuspecting users. As reported by Laptop Mag(opens in new tab), these 203 mali ...
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3 days ago+18 18 0Gurman: iOS 17 to Provide Several 'Most Requested Features'
Apple changed the strategy for iOS 17 later in its development process to add several new features, suggesting that the update may be more significant than previously thought, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports.
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3 days ago+15 15 0At Apple, Rare Dissent Over a New Product: Interactive Goggles
The company is expected to unveil an augmented reality headset in a few months. Some employees wonder if the device makes sense for Apple.
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4 days ago+19 19 0Letting Go Of Our Love Of Lawns
In the face of a drier future, that iconic piece of Americana is on its way out in Southern California.
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5 days ago+14 14 0Can a ‘Fingerprint’ of Your Brain Help Predict Disorders?
When she gets ready for bed, Ava Manning doesn’t bother wearing an eye mask or earplugs, but she takes five minutes to strap on her electroencephalography (EEG) headband. The accessory is made of plush foam and adorned with six electrodes that press ...
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7 days ago+17 17 0TikTok has a plan to avoid getting banned in the US
TikTok CEO Shou Chew has presented written testimony ahead of meeting the US House Energy and Commerce Committee to discuss accusations around the platform's ties to China. Chew is appearing in front of the committee on March 23, 2023, in order ...
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7 days ago+19 19 0New research finds when small talk becomes awkward, we are more likely to blame ourselves
A recent study published in the Journal of Applied Psychology found that individuals are more likely to blame themselves when casual conversations become difficult. The findings reveal that the self-serving bias you find in many other human activitie ...
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8 days ago+19 19 0iOS 16.4 Adds Voice Isolation for Cellular Phone Calls
The iOS 16.4 update that is set to be released to the public in the near future includes voice isolation for cellular calls, according to notes that Apple shared today. Apple says that Voice Isolation will prioritize your voice and block out the ambi ...
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9 days ago+19 19 0Alex Jones reportedly concealing funds to avoid $1.5bn payout to Sandy Hook families
The conspiracy theorist was ordered to pay the families of the victims damages for claims that 2012 shooting was a hoax
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9 days ago+23 23 0Bird Flu Associated with Hundreds of Seal Deaths in New England in 2022, Tufts Researchers Find
A study from Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine is the first to connect highly pathogenic avian influenza to a large scale mortality event in wild mammals.
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11 days ago+17 17 0How the Silicon Valley Bank’s Crash Will Impact the Future of Finance
While the government is reassuring depositors that their funds are safe, the collapse has highlighted some fundamental flaws in our banking…
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12 days ago+18 18 0Denzel Washington in Talks to Join Paul Mescal in ‘Gladiator’ Sequel
The Paramount project is set to be a follow-up to Scott’s best picture-winning 2000 feature, which followed Maximus Decimus Meridius (Russell Crowe), a former general who is forced into being a common gladiator under the rule of Commodus (Joaquin Pho ...
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12 days ago+15 15 0NASA selects Firefly Aerospace for mission to moon's far side in 2026
NASA has selected Firefly Aerospace to land payloads on the moon and send another into orbit to provide communications with the lunar far side. The mission will use Texas-based Firefly Aerospace's robotic Blue Ghost lander to safely deliver two ...
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12 days ago+20 20 0Sam Neill: Jurassic Park actor reveals he is being treated for stage-three blood cancer
The actor Sam Neill has revealed that he is being treated for stage-three blood cancer in a candid memoir to be released on Tuesday. In an interview with the Guardian about his book, Did I Ever Tell You This?, the 75-year-old Jurassic Park star discu ...
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2 weeks ago+15 15 0GPT-4 Faked Being Blind So a TaskRabbit Worker Would Solve a CAPTCHA
Fully intent on being the next Skynet, OpenAI has released GPT-4, its most robust AI to date that the company claims is even more accurate while generating language and even better at solving problems. GPT-4 is so good at its job, in fact, that it re ...
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2 weeks ago+20 20 0'My watch warned me I had an undiagnosed heart condition'
A man has credited his digital watch for pointing medics towards an undiagnosed heart condition. Author Adam Croft, 36, from Flitwick in Bedfordshire, awoke to find his Apple device had been alerting him throughout the night that his heart was in atr ...
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2 weeks ago+27 27 0 x 1Google To Make Changes To Android In India After Antitrust Setback
Google said on Wednesday it will allow device makers in India to license its individual apps for pre-installation and give an option to users to choose their default search engine, announcing sweeping changes to how its Android system operates.
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2 weeks ago+12 12 0How a Lone Researcher Faced Down Millions of Army Ants on the March in Ecuador
Renowned entomologist Frank Nischk remembers when the determined insects tried to invade a field station. One afternoon, I was sitting on the veranda at the small research station in the reserve. I was alone, because my botanical colleagues were busy ...
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2 weeks ago+19 19 0White House says intelligence shows Russia is stirring unrest in Moldova
The White House says that U.S. intelligence officials have determined that people with ties to the Russian intelligence community are planning to stage protests in Moldova in hopes of toppling the Moldovan government.