enlarge † Kindles still won’t open ePub files directly, but there’s now one less hoop to jump through. Andrew Cunningham Amazon’s Kindles are some of… Read More »Kindle e-readers finally support (sort of) ePub books
BEIJING (AP) – Chinese aircraft carrier group Liaoning has embarked on a “realistic combat” training mission in the western Pacific Ocean, the Chinese navy said… Read More »Chinese Aircraft Carrier on Combat Training in the Western Pacific
Kimbal Musk and Mr. Gracias, who left the Tesla board last year to serve as SpaceX director, declined to comment on this article. Today, Mr.… Read More »How Elon Musk has winged it with Twitter and everything else
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The sound of the echoes of a binary black hole, courtesy of Erin Kara and Kyle Keane of MIT. Animation calculated by Michal Dovciak. Black… Read More »Hear the X-ray echoes of a black hole as it devours a companion star
Nina Jankowicz’s new book, “How to Be a Woman Online,” details the vitriol she and other women have encountered from trolls and other evil actors.… Read More »Partisan struggle breaks out over new disinformation board
Kim Kardashian strolled the red carpet next to boyfriend Pete Davidson during the 2022 Met Gala Monday in Marilyn Monroe’s famous dress. Before the “The… Read More »Kim Kardashian Dons Famous Marilyn Monroe Dress at 2022 Met Gala
enlarge † A COVID-19 test tent stands in Times Square on April 27, 2022 in New York City. Getting through an initial omicron infection may… Read More »Omicron subvariants BA.4, BA.5 evade protection from previous ommicron infection
Yellow and green auto rickshaws are ubiquitous on New Delhi’s roads, but Mahendra Kumar’s vehicle stands out: It has a rooftop garden meant to keep… Read More »Delhi driver grows garden on auto rickshaw roof to beat the heat
Growing labor organization efforts at Amazon took a hit Monday when workers voted by a wide margin against unionizing at a second warehouse on Staten… Read More »Amazon Union loses vote in Second Staten Island Warehouse
Australian man admits pushing gay American off cliff
enlarge † Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin is seen ahead of Russia-China talks at the Moscow Kremlin. Mikhail Metzel/TASS via Getty Images This weekend it happened… Read More »The Western Space Community Should ‘Ignore’ Dmitry Rogozin
Ukrainian army inspects some of destroyed Russian equipment in Zaporizhzhya Oblast. Apr 30, 2022. Also read: Day 68 of Putin’s war. Ukraine wants to continue… Read More »Russia will face coup after Putin’s defeat in Ukraine, interior minister’s adviser says
Less than two years after Google fired two researchers who criticized the biases built into artificial intelligence systems, the company fired a researcher who questioned… Read More »Another Fire Under Google’s AI Brain Trust and More Disagreements
enlarge † CEO Elon Musk at the SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, on October 10, 2019. Elon Musk has raised $8.5 billion by selling part… Read More »Elon Musk sold $8.5 billion worth of Tesla stock after agreeing to a $44 billion Twitter deal
