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Facebook introduces the 14-inch Portal+ and portable Portal Go smart displays
In brief: To rival the likes of Google Nest Hub and Amazon Echo Show devices, Facebook is expanding the Portal…
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Llama Antibodies Have “Significant Potential” As Frontline COVID-19 Treatment – Simple Nasal Spray
A unique type of tiny antibody produced by llamas could provide a new frontline treatment against Covid-19 that can be…
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Study explores the role of landlords in housing discrimination
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Examining the practices landlords use to screen potential tenants can offer significant insights into how racism…
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New Microsoft Surface Go Is Out, So the Original is $250 off | Digital Trends
Digital Trends may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site. It was a big day at…
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Microsoft unveils Surface Pro 8 and cheaper, WiFi-only Pro X with Windows 11
What just happened? Among the new Surface products Microsoft unveiled this week are updates to its 2-in-1 line—the Surface Pro…
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Astronomers Have Discovered a Gigantic Sphere-Shaped Cavity in Space
Astronomers have discovered a giant, spherical cavity within the Milky Way galaxy; its location is depicted on the right. A…
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Electoral cycles influence destruction of Atlantic rainforest areas in southern and southeastern Brazil
A study analyzed data for the period 1991-2014 and revealed that deforestation increased in election years. Credit: Simone Vieira/BIOTA-FAPESP Program…
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The Best Tech Inventions Developed by Latinos | Digital Trends
Like in many other areas of life, Latinos have excelled in the fields of science and technology. Some of the…
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Own one of these 11 Netgear routers? If so, patch it immediately
In brief: Netgear has issued firmware updates for nearly a dozen routers after learning of a vulnerability that can be…
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New Engine Design Could Muffle Roar of Fighter Jets – U.S. Navy To Test on F-18 Super Hornets
Lab tests show promise for reducing jet noise in commercial and military aviation. Aerospace engineers at the University of Cincinnati…
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Metals supercharge a promising method to bury harmful carbon dioxide under the sea
Credit: CC0 Public Domain There’s a global race to reduce the amount of harmful gases in our atmosphere to slow…
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Why Ray Tracing Is PC Gaming’s Greatest Edge Over Consoles | Digital Trends
As powerful as this new generation of gaming consoles are, the reality is that they’ll still be limited in terms…
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Alleged Intel Core i9-12900K and DDR5 combo beats AMD’s Threadripper in Cinebench
In brief: Ever since several engineering samples of Intel’s upcoming Core i9-12900K ended up on the Chinese market, there have…
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New COVID-19 Treatment for People With Diabetes Shows Early Promise
Transmission electron microscope image of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Credit: NIAID RML A new Covid-19 treatment for people…
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Seeking climate-smart strategies for root, tuber and banana crops in central Africa
Modeling showed an encouraging degree of RT&B resilience to future climates; however, targeted strategies would help ensure that crop suitability…
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Fortnite vs. Warzone: Which Battle Royale Should You Play? | Digital Trends
Two of the most popular and successful battle royale games are Call of Duty: Warzone and Fortnite. Both of them…
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Apple will keep Fortnite off iOS until all appeals are exhausted, Epic Games CEO furious
The big picture: According to the CEO of Epic Games, Apple has turned down Epic’s request to allow Fortnite back…
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Lunar Crater Named After Black Arctic Explorer Matthew Henson
A mosaic image of the south pole of the Moon. Henson crater is located just south of de Gerlache crater,…
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Sex and the symbiont: Can algae hookups help corals survive?
A dinoflagellate tetrad cell that will soon split into four separate cells, captured by Rice University scientists through a confocal…
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What Is YouTube TV? Here’s Everything You Need to Know | Digital Trends
When you think streaming video, you think YouTube. And so perhaps it’s fairly natural to have expected YouTube TV —…
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MIT developed a toolkit used to create 3D-printed muscle-sensing wearables
In a nutshell: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has developed tools that allow users to create wearable devices capable…
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Greenery May Be the Secret to Slowing the Biological Aging Process – At Least for Women
We all know being surrounded by greenery is good for the mind and soul, but can it be good for…
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NASA finds 2021 Arctic summer sea ice 12th-lowest on record
A still image visualizing Arctic sea ice on Sept. 16, 2021, when the ice appeared to reach its yearly minimum…
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Amazon Has An Echo Speaker With Billie Eilish’s Face On It | Digital Trends
Digital Trends may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site. Billie Eilish has managed to amass…
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Microsoft unveils Surface Laptop Studio, its most daring Surface yet
In brief: The successor to the Surface Book is here, but it’s probably not what you expected. Microsoft blended design…
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“Dead” Galaxies Mysteriously Ran Out of Fuel To Make Stars in the Early Universe
Galaxy clusters MACS J1341. Credit: Lead Author: NASA, ESA, Katherine E. Whitaker (UMass), Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI) Hubble Finds…
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Cavers find snakes but no genies in Yemen’s ‘Well of Hell’
Yemen’s Well of Barhout, a 112-metre deep sinkhole in the desert which locals call the ‘Well of Hell’, had been…
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How can we prevent and reduce food waste?
When you think of the most significant emitters of greenhouses gases, images of car exhausts and power stations usually spring…
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Surface Laptop Studio vs. Surface Laptop 4 | Digital Trends
Microsoft just announced the Surface Laptop Studio at its fall Surface event. It’s a new product in the Surface lineup,…
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HP briefly mentions an ‘RTX 3080 Super’ on its Envy 34 AIO store page
Rumor mill: It’s virtually impossible to get your hands on anything gaming hardware-related these days — whether it be a…
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Archaeological Evidence Shows Early Homo sapiens in Europe Faced Subarctic Climates
Current excavations at Bacho Kiro Cave of the 2021 season are unearthing new artifacts from the Middle Palaeolithic Neanderthal occupations.…
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NASA’s InSight finds three big marsquakes, thanks to solar-panel dusting
This selfie of NASA’s InSight lander is a mosaic made up of 14 images taken on March 15 and April…
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Take your programming, electronics, and robotics to the next level
All right, maybe you are learning Arduino from scratch, and you don’t know where to start? Or… you maybe you’re…
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Psychonauts 2: How to Use the Thought Tuner | Digital Trends
Psychonauts 2 features a brief main storyline, but its world is loaded with collectibles that’ll keep you playing for 30-plus…
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Intel Beast Canyon NUC 11 Extreme kit hits retail, it’s very expensive
In brief: Intel’s NUC 11 Extreme mini PC, aka Beast Canyon, is now available to buy at Amazon. Whether you…
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How To Modify RNA: Crucial Steps for Adding Chemical Tag To Transfer RNA Discovered
A new study by Penn State researchers has revealed the chemical steps involved in adding an important tag—a methyl sulfur…
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New insights into how KLF4 influences gene expression
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine has discovered a mechanism by which…
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Whirling maple seeds inspired these tiny flying sensors
Like helicoptering maple seeds, tiny new fliers whirl gracefully as they glide. The miniature aircraft, which can be made as…
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The 5 best new features in the iOS 15 update
Apple has pushed out iOS 15 to the masses, and if your phone runs iOS 14 then it’ll be able…
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The black hole paradox that thwarts our understanding of reality
Black holes devour stuff and then shrivel away over billions of years. Explaining what happens to anything that falls in…
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Surface Pro 8: Rumors, News, Price, Release Date, and More | Digital Trends
Microsoft’s big Surface event has come and gone, and one of the biggest surprises of the event was the new…
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ViacomCBS’ new bundle pairs Paramount+ with Showtime starting at $9.99 a month
In brief: ViacomCBS has launched a new bundle that pairs Paramount+ with Showtime at a low introductory price. Taking advantage…
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Methamphetamine-Involved Overdose Deaths Nearly Tripled in the United States Between 2015 to 2019
Overdose deaths involving methamphetamine nearly tripled from 2015 to 2019 among people ages 18-64 in the United States, according to…
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Rare rhino horns go up in flames in India anti-poaching campaign
The horns were placed in large furnaces before being set alight. Nearly 2,500 rare rhino horns were destroyed Wednesday in…
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DNA offers a new look at how Polynesia was settled
Polynesian voyagers settled islands across a vast expanse of the Pacific Ocean within about 500 years, leaving a genetic trail…
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WHO calls for lower limits on air pollution to save millions of lives
By Adam Vaughan Stricter air pollution regulations would limit exposure to tiny particulate matter ElcovaLana/Getty Images Millions of deaths could…
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Overwatch Executive Producer Leaving Amid SEC Investigation | Digital Trends
As publishing giant Activision Blizzard faces legal woes on all fronts, the company is beginning to bleed leadership. Blizzard’s president,…
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Zero-day flaw allows remote code execution even on fully-patched Macs
A hot potato: A security researcher found that Apple has only partially fixed a security flaw affecting all versions of…
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Brain Cells Decide on Their Own When To Release “Feel Good” Pleasure Hormone
In addition to smoothing out wrinkles, researchers have found that the drug Botox can reveal the inner workings of the…
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Antlions use sand-throwing to help capture prey
Figure 1. Antlion and pitfall trap. (a) Habitus of an antlion larva (Euroleon nostras), lateral view. (b,c) Sandpit used from…
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