Amsterdam is investigating various options to combat air pollution caused by wood smoke, including a possible ban on wood-burning fireplaces.
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The Sun Unleashed a Huge Solar Flare at Earth, And We're on Aurora Alert
One of the most powerful ever measured!
Environment Read on ScienceAlertThe municipality of The Hague would not say anything about whether any extra security measures will be taken to protect the Israel, Iran, and Lebanon embassies. "We always do what is necessary.
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Brain Scans Reveal Why 'Girl With a Pearl Earring' Captivates Our Minds
The neuroscience of art.
Entertainment Read on ScienceAlertDutch watchmaker Kalle Slaap recently had the opportunity to answer a unique question: Can a Rolex be fixed after being eaten by a cow and then lying in a meadow for 50 years?
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Nearly 40% of Young People Could Be Shortsighted by 2050
Scientists are looking into it...
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The strategy a $69 billion hedge fund uses to make sure it never loses money in the stock market
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The race is on for better chips and data center capacity to handle AI workloads, but all that activity comes with a catch. Heavy processing power means heat — a lot of it — and that has massive implications, both for how well servers operate and the environment. With traditional cooling methods like air and […]
Environment Read on TechCrunchWP Engine has filed a lawsuit against Automattic, and WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg, accusing them of extortion and abuse of power.
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Type 1 Diabetes May Be Triggered by Bacterial Infections, Scientists Find
This could lead to new treatments.
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NASA Turns Off Voyager 2's Science Instrument as Power Supply Declines
After 47 years of space exploration.
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New Report Links Alcohol to Six Major Cancer Types
The statistics are sobering.
Health Read on ScienceAlertA federal judge blocked one of California’s new AI laws on Wednesday, less than two weeks after it was signed by Governor Gavin Newsom. Shortly after signing AB 2839, Newsom suggested it could be used to force Elon Musk to take down an AI deepfake of Vice President Kamala Harris he had reposted (sparking a […]
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Southwest director buys 3.6 million shares, opposes more leadership changes
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Ring just doubled the price of its alarm monitoring service for grandfathered customers
Did you, like me, buy a Ring Alarm system for your home because it offered the most affordable professional 24/7 monitoring around, at just $10 a month or $100 a year? Then I expect you — like me — just got an email stating you’ll now pay twice as much starting the next time you renew. Here’s the top of the email I received a few hours ago, telling me I’ll pay $20 a month or $200 a year starting in March, which matches the price of the Ring Protect Pro plan that Amazon started selling three years ago. I was previously on Ring Protect Plus: Price hikes are always annoying, but Ring is still a relatively affordable alarm service, I suppose. The truly infuriating part:...
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Billionaire Investor Who Predicted 2000, 2008 Crashes Says Market Euphoria Will Top Soon, Warns Of 'Black Swan Event'
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San Francisco’s Mission district isn’t known for corporate offices, but it’s now home to two of the world’s most well-funded AI startups. Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, xAI, recently moved into a new office in the Mission: the same building that served as OpenAI’s headquarters for several years, according to the San Francisco Business Times. […]
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Perseverance Found a Zebra-Striped Rock on Mars, And NASA Is Excited
There may be nothing else like it.
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Charter will offer Peacock for free with some cable subscriptions next year
Charter’s Spectrum TV Select cable plan will include a free ad-supported Peacock Premium subscription next year, reports Reuters. The addition comes as Charter announced today that it has reached a new “multi-year deal” with NBCUniversal, which owns Peacock, to keep its TV channels in Charter’s cable lineup. Charter recently lined up a similar agreement with Disney that lets it bundle Disney’s ad-supported Disney Plus Basic with Spectrum TV Select. (Upgrading to Spectrum TV Select Plus adds ESPN Plus, too.) It’s all part of Charter’s new hybrid approach to bundles that allows it to bundle other companies’ streaming subscriptions with its cable plans and even sell them to its internet customers, too. That lets the company boost the...
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