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The fight to expose corporations' real impact on the climate
Say you are a maker of computer graphics cards, under pressure from investors questioning your green credentials. You know what to do. You email your various departments, asking them to tally up their...
Garmin's Forerunner 955 review: Still king for runners and cyclists
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From $499 at Garmin ...Climate change enables spread of flesh-eating bacteria in US coastal waters
Cases of a potentially fatal infection from a seawater-borne pathogen have increased off the US Atlantic coast as ocean waters warmed over the last 30 years and are expected to rise further in future ...
Yellowjackets season 2 is more of an appetizer than a feast
Winter was always coming for the Yellowjackets, so it's no surprise that the new season sees the team barely living off bear remains and root tea amidst vicious blizzards and slow, miserable starvatio...
Utah governor signs new laws requiring parental consent for under-18s to use social media
Utah has enacted controversial restrictions that will require minors to obtain the consent of a guardian to use social media platforms, the first US state to introduce such measures. Two laws signed b...
How The New York Times managed to avoid ruining Wordle
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At a presentation at the Game Developers Conference Thursday, Times game producer and industry veteran Zoe Bell said the new owners expected Wordle's daily users "would just im...Dream Chaser is delayed again, raising questions about Vulcan launch plans
The long-awaited debut of a winged space plane will have to wait a little longer. This week NASA updated its internal schedule to show that Sierra Space's Dream Chaser spacecraft will now berth to the...
RISC-Y Business: Arm wants to charge dramatically more for chip licenses
What's in store for the future of chip maker Arm? The company's owner, Softbank, has been in financial trouble lately, and that has caused Arm to bounce from one dramatic possibility to another. Initi...
ChatGPT gets "eyes and ears" with plugins that can interface AI with the world
On Thursday, OpenAI announced a plugin system for its ChatGPT AI assistant. The plugins give ChatGPT the ability to interact with the wider world through the Internet, including booking flights, order...
Microsoft wins battle with Sony as UK reverses finding on Activision merger
UK regulators reviewing Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard reversed their stance on a key question today, saying they no longer believe Microsoft would remove the Call of Duty fra...
Two more dead as patients report horrifying details of eye drop outbreak
Two more people have died and more details of horrifying eye infections are emerging in a nationwide outbreak linked to recalled eye drops from EzriCare and Delsam.
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In a case re...Countdown to GA4: 100 days to make the switch
As the sun begins to set on Google Analytics Universal Analytics (UA), businesses are (or should be) gearing up for the transition to Google Analytics 4 (GA4).With just 100 days left until UA is offic...
Dark store clampdowns are the newest headache for rapid grocery delivery in Europe
When Barcelona decided to clamp down on dark stores, it opened a new chapter in the story of rapid grocery delivery. In January, the city's authorities rolled out new restrictions on buildings used by...
How to pitch your startup: 9 tips from an expert
Ah, the joys of pitching. Your entire masterplan squeezed into a few sentences, a room of powerful strangers with your future in their hands, and mere seconds to impress them. Who doesn't love a quick...
Ford will lose $3 billion on electric vehicles in 2023, it says
There's no doubt that Ford is embracing electrification. It was first to market with an electric pickup truck for the US market, and a darn good one at that. It has a solid midsize electric crossover ...
The Leia Lume Pad 2 is a $1,100, glasses-free 3D Android tablet
Does anyone out there want a 3D Android tablet? ZTE and a company called Leia--like the Star Wars princess, I guess--is making a 12.4-inch, $1,100 Android tablet with a glasses-free 3D display. Intern...
There's a simpler answer to 'Oumuamua's weird orbit: Outgassing hydrogen
In late 2017, our Solar System received its very first known interstellar visitor: a bizarre cigar-shaped object hurtling past at 44 kilometers per second, dubbed 'Oumuamua (Hawaiian for "messenger fr...
How The Verge gamed Google with its ‘best printer 2023’ article
Technology news publisher The Verge has published a 600-word article half-filled with ChatGPT content and a heavy dose of sarcasm that has been outranking more in-depth, well-researched and arguably m...
The new Bing making (small) gains on Google Search
It's still very early in the AI search engine arms race, but it appears Microsoft has made gains on Google thanks to the new Bing. Microsoft has previously told us that one-third of preview users were...