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Covid-19 news: India reports a record number of new cases
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Apple hit with $50 million ransom demand in attack against manufacturing partner
TL;DR: Apple has been indirectly hit with a ransomware attack. On April 20, the same day as its Spring Loaded…
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Polymer-Eating Enzymes Make “Biodegradable” Plastics Truly Compostable
A modified plastic (left) breaks down after just three days in standard compost (right) and entirely after two weeks. Credit:…
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Nanofiltration membranes to treat industrial wastewater from heavy metals
Credit: National University of Science and Technology MISIS NUST MISIS scientists together with Indian colleagues from Jain University and Sri…
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Climate change in graphics: The charts that show we must act now
Global warming is already happening as carbon emissions keep on rising, with effects from sea level rise to more and…
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The Best Free Antivirus Software for 2021 | Digital Trends
For years, if you wanted the best antivirus software, you had to pay for genuine protection and security. Any free…
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DLSS finally arrives in CoD: Warzone; Nvidia claims up to 70% performance boost
What just happened? Over three months since it announced the feature was on its way, DLSS has finally come to…
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First human-monkey embryos created: A small step toward a huge ethical problem
Scientists have created the world’s first monkey embryos containing human cells in an attempt to investigate how the two types…
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Razer invests in sustainable toilet paper to celebrate Earth Day
WTF?! Razer is getting into toilet paper. While this sounds like a three-week-late April Fool’s Day joke, it’s technically accurate.…
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Nearly 400,000 users of a Turkish crypto exchange fear millions of dollars may be stolen after its CEO abruptly fled the country, reports say
Thodex CEO, Faruk Fatih Ozer. Haber Global/YouTube Several users of Turkish cryptocurrency exchange Thodex fear their investments worth millions of…
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Battlefield Coming to Mobile Devices in 2022 | Digital Trends
The Battlefield series is coming to coming mobile devices in 2022 with Battlefield Mobile. EA says that the game is…
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Seagate adds an external gaming HDD and Hub to its FireCuda range
In brief: The FireCuda Gaming Hard Drive has been launched in 1 TB, 2 TB, and 5 TB capacities, while…
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NASA’s Webb Telescope to study young exoplanets on the edge
Left: This is an image of the star HR 8799 taken by Hubble’s Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS)…
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The Garmin Venu 2 Offers Fashionable All-Day Health Tracking | Digital Trends
Today is a good day to move, according to Garmin, which just announced the launch of the Venu 2 series…
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Produces Oxygen on Mars – Key “First” for Human Exploration of the Red Planet
This illustration depicts NASA’s Perseverance rover operating on the surface of Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The milestone, which the MOXIE instrument…
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In a mixed bag of nuts, the big ones end up on top. Here’s how
A new experiment reveals, in a nutshell, why the largest particles in some mixtures tend to gather at the top.…
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Breakthrough Sets Stage for Biotech to Generate 1 Billion Vaccine Doses in Less Than a Month
With the new iVAX biomanufacturing platform, healthcare professionals can simply add water to a test tube with freeze-dried vaccine components.…
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Know your ally: Cooperative male dolphins can tell who’s on their team
Three male dolphins and one female. Credit: Dr Simon Allen When it comes to friendships and rivalries, male dolphins know…
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Global stocks stabilize ahead of European Central Bank meeting despite steep rise in COVID-19 cases in Asia
Visitors look at an electronic board at the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange (B3), in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on October 10,…
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Fat-footed tyrannosaur parents could not keep up with their skinnier adolescent offspring
Artistic reconstruction of a tyrannosaur creating footprints. Credit: José Vitor Silva. New research by the University of New England’s Palaeoscience…
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Google warns ‘costs and challenges’ of Brexit could take a toll on future UK revenues
Google’s UK office has warned of the unforeseen ‘costs and challenges’ of Brexit. The firm warned rules against data transfers…
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Best Pet Food Container: Cat, Dog Food Storage | Popular Science
Ever wondered how to get your pet to leave a five-star review after their daily dining experience? Well, a good…
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The Best Places to Land in Fortnite | Digital Trends
Fortnite is a game in which every moment and decision makes the difference between early death and a Victory Royale.…
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Violent Stellar Flare From Sun’s Nearest Neighbor Breaks Record
An artist’s impression of a flare from Proxima Centauri, modeled after the loops of glowing hot gas seen in the…
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Antibiotics protect apples from fire blight, but do they destroy the native microbiome?
Anna Wallis in apple orchard. Credit: Anna Wallis Like humans, certain plants are treated with antibiotics to ward off pathogens…
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Natural Cosmic Telescope Helps ALMA Discover Rotating Infant Galaxy
Image of the galaxy cluster RXCJ0600-2007 taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, combined with gravitational lensing images of the…
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24 hidden iPhone settings that are actually useful
This post has been updated. It was originally published on January 10, 2018. Part of the iPhone’s appeal of its…
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The highest-spec new iPad Pro costs $2,400
In brief: Apple introduced its latest iPad Pro models yesterday, and as was heavily rumored, the 12.9-inch model features mini-LED…
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T. rex dominated the Earth for more than 125,000 generations | Popular Science
Tyrannosaurus rex was the apex predator of the Cretaceous period, around 66 to 68 million years ago. But scientists had…
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Oculus Gaming Event Gives More Detail on Resident Evil 4 VR | Digital Trends
Oculus held its first-ever digital gaming showcase, which heavily focused on Resident Evil 4 VR. The 25-minute presentation provided updates…
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SpaceX’s Crew-2 Astronaut Launch Delayed by 24 Hours | Digital Trends
The launch of SpaceX’s Crew-2 mission to the Internationals Space Station has been delayed by 24 hours due to unfavorable…
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Advanced Quantum-Enhanced Receiver Boosts Fiber Optics Communications
Illustration showing how single-photon detection is used for feedback. Once correct parameters for the reference beam are established, the input…
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Research Shows Substantially Higher Burden of COVID-19 Compared to Flu
Study conducted at BIDMC is among the first to compare the impact of COVID-19 on patients and hospital resources versus…
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Biden is set to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide, despite warnings from Turkey it could ‘worsen ties’ even more
Biden is set to formally recognize the Armenian Genocide on Saturday, the NYT reported. No US president has officially recognized…
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Stop-Smoking Drug Chantix Does Not Increase Risk of Psychiatric Problems
A new analysis of data from a randomized controlled trial of the stop-smoking drug varenicline (brand name Chantix in the…
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NASA’s Perseverance rover just turned CO2 into oxygen. The technology could help future astronauts breathe on Mars.
NASA sent the Perseverance rover to Mars with some bonus technology: a device that can turn carbon dioxide into oxygen,…
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Bipartisan Senate bill would block law enforcement agencies from purchasing Clearview AI data
(Lack of) privacy: Maintaining privacy has become increasingly difficult in the digital era. Automated data scraping bots scour the internet…
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Collaborative research could help fine-tune the production of antimalarials, chemo drugs
Taxol, the anti-cancer drug, is produced naturally in the bark of Pacific Yew trees, which take 80 years to grow.…
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Chinese air pollution data was altered, statistical analysis suggests
By Matthew Sparkes Air quality in Shanghai is poor Shutterstock Official Chinese air pollution data has previously shown evidence of…
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Illuminating the Mystery of Sea Turtles’ Epic Migrations
Loggerhead sea turtle. Credit: Pixabay North Pacific loggerhead turtles’ years-long oceanic journeys remain poorly understood. Using data from satellite tracking…
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AI analysis shows two scribes wrote one of the Dead Sea Scrolls
By Krista Charles The Great Isaiah Scroll was written by two scribes ART Collection/Alamy Artificial intelligence has helped to solve…
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Intel’s Core i5 vs. i7 | Digital Trends
Intel’s Core i5 and i7 CPUs are still the most popular processors you can buy — and for good reason.…
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Lighting it up: Fast material manipulation through a laser
A femtosecond burst of light drives an exotic electronic transition in a semi-metallic crystal, on an unprecedently fast timescale. Credit:…
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The best cheap car insurance in Maine
Personal Finance Insider writes about products, strategies, and tips to help you make smart decisions with your money. We may…
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Xbox Series X|S consoles now support some of AMD FidelityFX features
What just happened? During Microsoft Game Stack Live 2021, AMD announced it has made available the FidelityFX feature set for…
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Swing vote ‘trumped’ turnout in 2016 election
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Swing voters in battleground states delivered Donald Trump his unexpected victory in the 2016 presidential election,…
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Intuitive Surgical jumps past $100 billion market value as 1st-quarter earnings report trounces even the most bullish forecasts
Shares of Intuitive Surgical jumped as much as 9.8% on Wednesday to a record high of $891.15 after the robotic…
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Fast radio bursts could help solve the mystery of the universe’s expansion
Astronomers have been arguing about the rate of the universe’s expansion for nearly a century. A new independent method to…
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Outriders: tips and tricks to playing the Trickster | Digital Trends
Outriders features four different classes for players to choose from. The Pyromancer, Technomancer, Devastator, and Trickster all come with unique…
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Knuckles will be featured in Sonic the Hedgehog movie sequel, set photos reveal
What just happened? Paramount Pictures in the summer of 2020 confirmed that the next Sonic the Hedgehog movie would open…
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