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As a proof of concept in one of their experiments, the researchers scooped a soda can-sized water sample from a creek in St. Augustine, Fla.… Read More »Your DNA can now be pulled out of thin air. Privacy experts are concerned.
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Declaring “We’re back,” former Fox News host Tucker Carlson said on Tuesday he was starting a new show on Twitter, a sign that negotiations to… Read More »Tucker Carlson says he will start a new show on Twitter
Enlarge / Screenshot of Trevor Jacobs YouTube video “I Crashed My Airplane.” A YouTuber who deliberately crashed a plane to “get fame and make money”… Read More »YouTuber who crashed plane admits he did it for money and views
Those same writers may be able to make productive use of AI tools; the WGA calls for guardrails, not bans. And the imminent threat of… Read More »Striking writers worry that AI viewers should be too.
If you’ve been worried about how you’re going to upload explicit images from your desktop to Reddit after Imgur’s May 15 ban and purge, you… Read More »Reddit welcomes NSFW desktop image uploads prior to Imgur’s ban
TikTok has become one of America’s most popular apps, even as lawmakers try to ban it. The New York Times wants to learn more about… Read More »Have something to share about TikTok?
Enlarge / Track all your stuff, with Android, in a totally non-scary way. Google After the release of Apple’s AirTags, Google has suddenly taken an… Read More »Bluetooth tags for Android’s 3 billion strong tracking network are here
Engineers like Royale Lee, 31, are one of the reasons Taiwan is the world’s largest contract producer of the microchips that power nearly all electronics.… Read More »Taiwan is running low on a strategic asset: engineers
Google has reached an $8 million settlement with Texas over deceptive ads promoting the Pixel 4 smartphone, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced today. Google’s… Read More »Google pays $8 million settlement for ‘lying to Texans’, says AG
Last October, construction plans for a colossal semiconductor factory of a major state-backed company in central China went haywire. The Biden administration had escalated the… Read More »‘De-Americanize’: how China is reshaping its chip business
Enlarge / Shareholders of the Swiss National Bank (SNB), take part in a demonstration against the central bank’s investments in the East African Crude Oil… Read More »The challenges and promises of climate litigation
