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About 10 months before he was arrested on fraud charges, cryptocurrency mogul Sam Bankman-Fried posed for a photo during the 2022 Super Bowl in Inglewood,… Read More »The Super Connector that built Sam Bankman-Fried’s Celebrity World
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Enlarge / Astronomers studying a powerful gamma-ray burst (GRB) may have observed a never-before-seen way to destroy a star. Int’l Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Garlic/M. Zamani When… Read More »Stars collided in galactic demolition derby, triggering an oddball gamma-ray burst
“We’ve never had an accident like this,” James Cameron, the Oscar-winning director of “Titanic,” said Thursday. Mr. Cameron, an expert on submarines, has dived dozens… Read More »‘Titanic’ director James Cameron points out flaws in the Titan Sub’s design
Enlarge / President Joe Biden speaking on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 15, 2023. Getty Images | Alex… Read More »The US could finally force cable TV companies to advertise their actual prices
Ms. Wilkinson also argued that it would be nonsensical for Microsoft to remove Call of Duty and other titles from other platforms, such as Sony’s… Read More »Microsoft says it can stop the Activision deal if the judge delays it
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Getty Images America was a dangerous place to be a pedestrian in 2022. Preliminary data analyzed by the Governors Highway Safety Association (GSHA) showed that… Read More »In a handful of states, pedestrian fatalities will skyrocket by 2022
In the digital cold war between the United States and China, US officials are increasingly turning their attention to a new target: Chinese cloud computing… Read More »Chinese cloud computing companies express concern about the US
Enlarge / Examples of engravings discovered in the Roche-Cotard cave in France. (left) A “circular panel” with arched covers. (right) A “wavy panel” with two… Read More »Could these cave wall markings be the oldest known Neanderthal “finger paintings”?
