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World’s first crewed liquid hydrogen plane takes off::undefined

Older adults who regularly use the internet have half the risk of dementia compared to non-regular users::A longitudinal study, published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, found that older adults who regularly use the internet have about half the risk of developing dementia compared to non-users, even after...

A nightmare scenario previously only imagined by AI researchers, where AI image generators accidentally spit out non-consensual pornography of real people, is now reality.

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AirBnB Authorizes Monitoring Devices That Are Totally Not Creepy at All::Minut – know exactly what your guests are up to 24/7 with the new and discreet telescreen.

In a surprising move, Apple has announced today that it will adopt the RCS (Rich Communication Services) messaging standard. The feature will launch via a software update “later next year” and bring a wide range of iMessage-style features to messaging between iPhone and Android users....

Virgin Atlantic suspends its route from London to Austin because it says the city’s tech boom is over::Virgin Atlantic in a Friday statement said that in Austin “demand in the tech sector is not set to improve in the near term.”

Over 10 Years After It Was Announced, Star Citizen’s Single-Player Squadron 42 Is ‘Feature Complete’ - IGN::Star Citizen developer Cloud Imperium Games has said Squadron 42, the single-player portion of its controversial space sim, is finally “feature complete”, over a decade after it was announced.

How a slick accounting maneuver led to a $29 billion tax bill for Microsoft::In the largest tax audit in U.S. history, the IRS rejected Microsoft’s efforts to assign profits to a small factory in Puerto Rico.

Future Motion, the maker of the Onewheel electric skateboard, is recalling every one of them, including 300,000 Onewheel self-balancing vehicles in the US. Alongside the US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), the company now seeks to remedy the products after four known death cases — three without a helmet — between...

X sues Calif. to avoid revealing how it makes “controversial” content decisions::X decried law’s “draconian financial penalties” up to $15K per violation per day.

Lawmakers across the country (United States) are trying to protect kids by age-gating parts of the internet.

Ford lays off 700 who were building electric version of F-150 | CNN Business::Ford is laying off about 700 workers who build the F-150 Lightning, the electric version of its best-selling pickup truck, and unlike other recent layoffs this one has nothing to do with the ongoing strike by the United Auto Workers union.

Buffalo Shooting Survivors Sue Social Media & Gun Companies::Survivors and a family member of a victim of the mass shooting at Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York are suing social media platforms, gun companies, and the shooter’s parents.

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Microsoft AI suggests food bank as a “cannot miss” tourist spot in Canada::AI-penned Microsoft Travel article recommends food bank as a must-see destination.

With iPhone 14, Apple introduced Emergency SOS via Satellite, which lets users contact emergency services in places where there’s no...

Alien life may not be carbon-based, new study suggests::Self-sustaining chemical reactions that could support biology radically different from life as we know it might exist on many different planets, a new study finds.

IBM Software mandates in-office work for employees living within 50 miles | “Software Executive Focals” will be laying down the law::undefined

Windows 11 has made the “clean Windows install” an oxymoron | Op-ed: PC makers used to need to bring their own add-on bloatware—no longer.::Op-ed: PC makers used to need to bring their own add-on bloatware—no longer.