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Business Insider8 hours ago
X users in Brazil temporarily regained access. Elon Musk's company says it was accidental
Elon Musk's X says it accidentally restored access in Brazil due to network provider changes, amid a feud over content moderation with a Brazilian judge.
Business Insider7 hours ago
Huawei's trifold smartphone is launching the same day as the iPhone 16 — and it's already creating a frenzy on resale sites
Huawei's new trifold smartphone, the Mate XT, is set to hit stores on Friday. Online scalpers are already looking to make a quick buck on it.
AccuWeather24 hours ago
Have fall allergies? At least it's not 'lunar hay fever'
Autumn allergies have folks coughing, sneezing and itching their eyes, but even in the depths of space thousands of miles away from the nearest plants, allergens can still be l…
Associated Press20 hours ago
Endangered sea corals moved from South Florida to the Texas Gulf Coast for research and restoration
Scientists have moved about 300 endangered sea corals from South Florida to the Texas Gulf Coast for research and restoration. The sea creatures were then loaded onto a van, t…
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Popular Mechanics1 day ago
Scientists found hidden physics inside Van Gogh's Starry Night
The legendary masterpiece is much more than just a beautiful painting.
Reuters14 hours ago
Who still uses pagers anyway?
But the tiny electronic devices remain a vital means of communication in some areas - such as healthcare and emergency services - thanks to their durability and long battery li…
Associated Press40 minutes ago
At Google antitrust trial, documents say one thing. The tech giant's witnesses say different
The judge who will decide whether Google holds a monopoly over technology that matches buyers and sellers of online advertising must choose whether to believe what Google execu…
Associated Press1 hour ago
Oregon governor uses new land use law to propose rural land for semiconductor facility
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek is using a new land use law to propose a rural area for a semiconductor facility, as officials seek to lure more of the multibillion-dollar semiconductor…
Reuters1 hour ago
Disney to stop using Salesforce-owned Slack after hack exposed company data, WSJ reports
Disney's CFO Hugh Johnston said most of the media and entertainment company's businesses would stop using the service later this year, the report said. Many teams have already …
Associated Press35 minutes ago
A new genetic analysis of animals in the Wuhan market in 2019 may help find COVID-19's origin
Scientists searching for the origins of COVID-19 have zeroed in on a short list of animals that possibly helped spread it to people, an effort they hope could allow them to tra…
Business Insider2 hours ago
The company behind Sam Altman's iris-scanning ID startup just revealed new tech. Its privacy chief explains how it works.
Tools for Humanity is building the tech behind Sam Altman's ambitious Worldcoin. Chief privacy officer Damien Kieran explains how "Face Auth" works.
Associated Press3 hours ago
The Lebanon explosions raise a question: Deep into the smartphone era, who is still using pagers?
The small plastic box that beeped and flashed numbers was a lifeline to Laurie Dove in 1993. Beepers and all they symbolized — connection to each other or, in the 1980s, to dr…
Associated Press3 hours ago
The exploding device attacks dealt a major but not crippling blow to Hezbollah, analysts say
The waves of remotely triggered explosions that hit pagers and walkie-talkies carried by Hezbollah members in grocery stores, on streets and at a funeral procession this week m…
Business Insider4 hours ago
I spent over 5 years setting up new iPhones in Apple stores. Here's what launch day is like for employees.
As Apple prepares for the iPhone 16 release, one former Apple Store worker shared how launch days involved intense preparations and overnight shifts.
Associated Press6 hours ago
European Union moves to compel Apple to open up operating system to rival tech
The European Union said Thursday it will outline steps to compel Apple to open up its iPhone and iPad operating systems to competing technologies under the bloc's tough new dig…
Reuters6 hours ago
Amazon adds chatbot for its sellers, boosting automation
Amazon.com announced on Thursday a new artificial intelligence application that it says will help its independent sellers with sales metrics, inventory maintenance and product …
Associated Press6 hours ago
A volunteer network of interpreters wants to make refugees' languages more accessible. Will AI help?
They may be Tigrinya speakers fleeing the authoritarian Eritrean government's indefinite military service policy. Through a new artificial intelligence partnership, Tarjimly t…
Business Insider5 hours ago
Jensen Huang thinks we're all going to have our own R2-D2 or C-3PO robots follow us around
Nvidia chief Jensen Huang referenced Star Wars when talking about the future of robotics during an appearance at T-Mobile's Capital Markets Day.
Reuters6 hours ago
Intel says it has no plans to divest majority stake in Mobileye
Mobileye shares, which are down 73% this year, took a beating earlier in the month after Bloomberg News reported that Intel was looking to sell a portion of its stake in the co…
CNN7 hours ago
Turbulent skies of Vincent Van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’ align with a scientific theory, study finds
A new study suggests Vincent van Gogh showed a deep, intuitive understanding of the mathematical structure of turbulence in his painting “The Starry Night.”
Reuters7 hours ago
EU antitrust regulators to spell out how Apple must open up to rivals
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -EU antitrust regulators launched proceedings on Thursday to ensure that Apple complies with landmark rules requiring it to open up its closed ecosystem to r…
CNN10 hours ago
Can these underwater habitats ‘make humans aquatic’?
Startup DEEP just revealed its pilot habitat, Vanguard, a precursor to its Sentinel system that it says will allow people to live in the ocean for up to a month.
CNN5 hours ago
The US led on nuclear fusion for decades. Now China is in position to win the race
US companies are worried they’re losing their lead in mastering this near-limitless form of energy, as new fusion companies sprout across China, and Beijing outspends DC.
Reuters11 hours ago
Alibaba accelerates AI push by releasing new open-source models, text-to-video
Chinese technology company Alibaba released on Thursday new open-source artificial intelligence models and text-to-video AI technology, intensifying its efforts to compete in t…
Associated Press24 minutes ago
Israel-Hamas war latest: Hezbollah leader says Israel crossed a `red line'
The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah is promising to retaliate for deadly attacks on its communication devices after Israel's defense minister announced a “new phase” of the war. …
Associated Press15 hours ago
Why is Congo struggling to contain mpox?
Health authorities have struggled to contain outbreaks of mpox in Congo, a huge central African country where a myriad of existing problems makes stemming the spread particular…
Associated Press34 minutes ago
Titan submersible's scientific director says the sub malfunctioned just prior to the Titanic dive
The scientific director for the company that owned the Titan submersible that imploded last year while on its way to the Titanic wreckage testified Thursday that the sub had ma…
Associated Press7 hours ago
A gold mining town in Congo has become an mpox hot spot as a new strain spreads
Slumped on the ground over a mound of dirt, Divine Wisoba pulled weeds from her daughter’s grave. The 1-month-old died from mpox in eastern Congo in August, but Wisoba, 21, wa…
Associated Press5 hours ago
Refugees in New Hampshire turn to farming for an income and a taste of home
It's harvest time in central New Hampshire, and one farm there appears to have been transplanted from a distant continent. Most workers at this Dunbarton farm are refugees who…
Associated Press18 hours ago
California laws cracking down on election deepfakes by AI face legal challenges
California now has some of the toughest laws in the United States to crack down on election deepfakes ahead of the 2024 election after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed three landmark p…
ABC News4 hours ago
'Spiders' on Mars? NASA scientists recreate mysterious Red Planet formations
Over two decades since NASA researchers first saw images of mysterious, spider-like formations across the southern hemisphere of Mars, the space agency announced it's recreated…
Associated Press16 hours ago
Musk's X skirts Brazil ban and returns to some users with change to server access
Some Brazilian users regained access to X on Wednesday despite a nationwide ban put in place by the country's Supreme Court, a reunion apparently resulting from the social netw…
Associated Press23 hours ago
'Hidden Figures' of the space race receive Congress' highest honor at medal ceremony
The hidden figures of the space race were recognized with Congress’ highest honor at a medal ceremony on Wednesday. The Congressional Gold Medal was presented to the families …
Associated Press23 hours ago
Lawsuits buffet US offshore wind projects, seeking to end or delay them
Opponents of offshore wind around the U.S. are pelting projects with lawsuits seeking to cancel them or tie them up for years in costly litigation. The court cases represent a…

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Science & Tech

Mannequins flew around the moon on a path astronauts could soon take. Scientists just revealed how they fared

New analysis of samples from Wuhan animal market supports its role as a central site of early spread of COVID-19

Scientists think a mega-El Niño helped spark the 'great dying'

Boeing Starliner astronauts will cast their votes from space

New iPhone 16 unveiled in Russia as retailers skirt Apple's export ban

Scientists finally cracked a 50-year-old bloody mystery

X users in Brazil temporarily regained access. Elon Musk's company says it was accidental

Huawei's trifold smartphone is launching the same day as the iPhone 16 — and it's already creating a frenzy on resale sites

Have fall allergies? At least it's not 'lunar hay fever'

Endangered sea corals moved from South Florida to the Texas Gulf Coast for research and restoration

Scientists found hidden physics inside Van Gogh's Starry Night

Who still uses pagers anyway?

At Google antitrust trial, documents say one thing. The tech giant's witnesses say different

Oregon governor uses new land use law to propose rural land for semiconductor facility

Disney to stop using Salesforce-owned Slack after hack exposed company data, WSJ reports

A new genetic analysis of animals in the Wuhan market in 2019 may help find COVID-19's origin

The company behind Sam Altman's iris-scanning ID startup just revealed new tech. Its privacy chief explains how it works.

The Lebanon explosions raise a question: Deep into the smartphone era, who is still using pagers?

The exploding device attacks dealt a major but not crippling blow to Hezbollah, analysts say

I spent over 5 years setting up new iPhones in Apple stores. Here's what launch day is like for employees.

European Union moves to compel Apple to open up operating system to rival tech

Amazon adds chatbot for its sellers, boosting automation

A volunteer network of interpreters wants to make refugees' languages more accessible. Will AI help?

Jensen Huang thinks we're all going to have our own R2-D2 or C-3PO robots follow us around

Intel says it has no plans to divest majority stake in Mobileye

Turbulent skies of Vincent Van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’ align with a scientific theory, study finds

EU antitrust regulators to spell out how Apple must open up to rivals

Can these underwater habitats ‘make humans aquatic’?

The US led on nuclear fusion for decades. Now China is in position to win the race

Alibaba accelerates AI push by releasing new open-source models, text-to-video

Israel-Hamas war latest: Hezbollah leader says Israel crossed a `red line'

Why is Congo struggling to contain mpox?

Titan submersible's scientific director says the sub malfunctioned just prior to the Titanic dive

A gold mining town in Congo has become an mpox hot spot as a new strain spreads

Refugees in New Hampshire turn to farming for an income and a taste of home

California laws cracking down on election deepfakes by AI face legal challenges

'Spiders' on Mars? NASA scientists recreate mysterious Red Planet formations

Musk's X skirts Brazil ban and returns to some users with change to server access

'Hidden Figures' of the space race receive Congress' highest honor at medal ceremony

Lawsuits buffet US offshore wind projects, seeking to end or delay them

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