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The Yellowstone supervolcano destroyed an ecosystem but saved it for us
50 years of excavation unveiled the story of a catastrophic event and its aftermath.
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After two rejections, Apple approves Epic Games Store app for iOS
European iOS users will see the alternative app store launch sometime soon.
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Kathryn Hahn is ready to walk the Witch’s Road in Agatha All Along trailer
"I can be that witch again."
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Massive car dealer ransom attack is mostly over after 2 weeks of work-arounds
CDK outage likely slumped June auto sales, may have cost more than $600M.
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“Immensely disappointing”: Nike killing app for $350 self-tying sneakers
Without updates or ability to download after August, app will become useless.
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The president ordered a board to probe a massive Russian cyberattack. It never did.
The Cyber Safety Review Board missed an opportunity to prevent future attacks, experts say.
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First-known TikTok mob attack led by middle schoolers tormenting teachers
Legal options limited to stop fake TikTok accounts harming teachers, school says.
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Notepad’s spellcheck and autocorrect are rolling out to everybody after 41 years
It's still bare-bones by most standards, but Notepad has evolved a lot recently.
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Boeing to plead guilty to conspiracy to defraud FAA Aircraft Evaluation Group
Families say deal with US "fails to hold Boeing accountable" for 346 crash deaths.
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Here’s NASCAR’s idea for a fully electric stock car
The prototype is here to gauge interest and promote NASCAR's sustainability push.
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Brad Pitt stages a Formula One racing comeback in first teaser for F1
Pitt: "You've never seen speed, you've never seen just the G forces like this."
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Review: Catching up with Doctor Who and Ncuti Gatwa’s stellar freshman season
The Sex Education actor brings sparkling energy, charisma, and superb style to the role.
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Alaska’s top-heavy glaciers are approaching an irreversible tipping point
As the plateau of the icefield thins, ice and snow reserves at higher altitudes are lost.
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Egalitarian oddity found in the Neolithic
Men, women, and immigrants all seemed to have similar dietary inputs.
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The greening of planes, trains, and automobiles
We need new fuels as society moves away from coal, natural gas and oil.
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Rocket Report: Firefly delivers for NASA; Polaris Dawn launching this month
The all-private Polaris Dawn spacewalk mission is set for launch no earlier than July 31.
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What we know about microdosing candy illnesses as death investigation underway
Medical toxicologist walks through what we know and don't know about the cases.
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ITER fusion reactor to see further delays, with operations pushed to 2034
Full fusion power won't happen until nearly 2040 on new timeline.
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ChatGPT’s much-heralded Mac app was storing conversations as plain text
The app was updated to address the issue after it gained public attention.
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Elon Musk denies tweets misled Twitter investors ahead of purchase
Elon Musk says lawsuit over late disclosure of Twitter stake “makes no sense.”
Paul Sutter walks us through the future of climate change—and things aren’t great
This episode of Edge of Knowledge focuses on our rapidly transforming world.
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Here’s why SpaceX’s competitors are crying foul over Starship launch plans
Competitors have tried and failed to keep SpaceX from establishing launch sites before.
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To guard against cyberattacks in space, researchers ask “what if?”
A hack on satellites could cripple much of our digital infrastructure.
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Amazon is bricking $2,350 Astro robots 10 months after release
Amazon giving refunds for business bot, will focus on home version instead.
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How the Lincoln Nautilus surprisingly won me over with its ride, huge screen
How I stopped worrying and learned to love the big screen.
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SpaceX video teases potential Starship booster “catch” on next flight
A booster landing would be a calculated risk to SpaceX's launch tower infrastructure.
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The “Netflix of anime” piracy site abruptly shuts down, shocking users
Animeflix shutters amid intensifying global crackdown on anime piracy.
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Judge says FTC lacks authority to issue rule banning noncompete agreements
Authority cited by FTC just a "housekeeping statute," US judge in Texas rules.
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Tool preventing AI mimicry cracked; artists wonder what’s next
Artists must wait weeks for Glaze defense against AI scraping amid TOS updates.
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Swarm of dusty young stars found around our galaxy’s central black hole
Stars shouldn't form that close to the black hole, so these would need explaining.
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The dangers of sneezing—from ejected bowels to torn windpipes
The benefits of a good sneeze can sometimes come with a greater risk of injury.
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384,000 sites pull code from sketchy code library recently bought by Chinese firm
Many website admins, it seems, have yet to get memo to remove Polyfill[.]io links.
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High-altitude cave used by Tibetan Buddhists yields a Denisovan fossil
Cave deposits yield bones of sheep, yaks, carnivores, and birds that were butchered.
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The hunt for the most efficient heat pump in the world
A new generation of engineers has realized they can push heat pumps to the limit.
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“Everything’s frozen”: Ransomware locks credit union users out of bank accounts
Patelco Credit Union in Calif. shut down numerous banking services after attack.
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Japan wins 2-year “war on floppy disks,” kills regulations requiring old tech
But what about fax machines?
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Soda additive “no longer considered safe,” gets long-awaited FDA ban
Brominated vegetable oil (BVO) is used in citrus sodas but has largely been phased out.