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New species of ghost shark may have been found in Costa Rica

Three species of ghost shark, a type of fish that is related to sharks, have been discovered elsewhere, in waters off South Africa, Taiwan, Australia, Japan and in the Atlantic between Greenland and Brazil.

1 week ago
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Meta lashes Australia's bid to make tech giants pay for news

Traditional media companies around the world are in a battle for survival as readers increasingly consume their news on social media. ...

1 month ago
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New York Times publisher slams AI companies' 'brazen theft' from news outlets

AI companies' "hijacking of the public square is made possible by the original sin that animates their A.I. products -- a brazen theft of intellectual property that has occurred at an unprecedented scale," said A.G. Sulzberger, according to his published remarks. ...

1 month ago

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Hackers breach website known for anti-trans campaigns

Internet forum Kiwi Farms was working to get back online Monday after a breach by hackers, in the wake of being blocked by internet infrastructure firm Cloudflare due to potentially dangerous rhetoric.

3 years ago
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Mars rover sees hints of past life in latest rock samples

While organic matter has been found on the Red Planet before, the new discovery is seen as especially promising because it came from an area where sediment and salts were deposited into a lake -- conditions where life could have arisen.

3 years ago
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TikTok search results rife with misinformation: report

TikTok is serving up misinformation to users searching for news about politics, climate change, COVID-19, the war in Ukraine and more, according to a report released on Wednesday.

3 years ago
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Webb telescope captures 'breathtaking' images of Orion Nebula

An international research team on Monday revealed the first images of the Orion Nebula captured with the James Webb Space Telescope, leaving astronomers "blown away."

3 years ago
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NASA’s Moon mission pushed back, again

NASA is now targeting Sept. 27 as the earliest possible launch date for its uncrewed Artemis 1 mission to the Moon, the agency said in a blog post on Monday.

3 years ago
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Why go back to the Moon?

It was the height of the Cold War and America needed a big victory to demonstrate its space superiority after the Soviet Union had launched the first satellite and put the first man in orbit.

3 years ago
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Ancient skeleton found in Kalimantan reveals amputation surgery 31,000 years ago

Previously, the earliest known amputation involved a 7,000-year-old skeleton found in France, and experts believed such operations only emerged in settled agricultural societies.

3 years ago
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Ancient skeleton reveals surgical amputation 31,000 years ago

A skeleton discovered in a remote corner of Kalimantan rewrites the history of ancient medicine and proves that a surgical amputation was successfully performed around 31,000 years ago, scientists said on Wednesday.

3 years ago
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Apple unveils new gadgets despite supply chain woes

While a 90-minute presentation at the company's California headquarters did not include any surprise reveals, the tech giant did unveil new digital identification system to obviate the need for a physical sim card.

3 years ago
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Brazil fines Apple $2.4 million, prohibits sale of iPhone without charger

In an official notice, Brazilian authorities ordered "the immediate suspension of the distribution of iPhone brand smartphones, regardless of model or generation, that are not accompanied by a battery charger."

3 years ago
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Webb telescope captures its first image of exoplanet

Images from the most powerful space telescope ever built have thrilled observers in recent months as it orbits the Sun a million miles (1.6 million kilometers) from Earth.

3 years ago
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NASA Moon launch to attract up to 400,000 visitors

Up to 400,000 visitors are expected to flock to the Florida coast on Saturday, hoping to catch a glimpse -- and hear the roar -- of NASA's rocket launch to the Moon.

3 years ago
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‘I think Indonesia’s cybersecurity is run by 14-year olds’: hackers

Hackers behind recent data breaches disclose their modus operandi and goals  

3 years ago
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Trump social network unwelcome in Google store over moderation issues

Former US president Donald Trump's Truth Social app is unwelcome in Google's app store until it abides by rules regarding content moderation including violent threats.

3 years ago
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Skeleton of huge dinosaur unearthed in Portugal

Paleontologists in Portugal have unearthed the fossilized skeleton of what could be the largest dinosaur ever found in Europe.

3 years ago
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Virtual reality revives Iraq's war-ravaged heritage

An Iraqi museum is using computer technology and virtual reality headsets to turn back time, so visitors can explore heritage sites destroyed by jihadist fighters and in battles to defeat them.

3 years ago
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Webb telescope finds CO2 for first time in exoplanet atmosphere

Although the exoplanet would never be able to support life as we know it, the successful discovery of CO2 gives researchers hope that similar observations could be carried out on rocky objects more hospitable to life.

3 years ago
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Elon Musk's Twitter friendship with Indian superfan

Not many people can boast of having candid conversations about planetary conquest with Elon Musk, but for Indian software engineer Pranay Pathole, a friendly chat with Musk is just a tweet away.

3 years ago
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Ex-security chief accuses Twitter of hiding major flaws

Twitter misled users and federal regulators about glaring weaknesses in its ability to protect personal data, the platform's former security chief claimed.

3 years ago
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You’re crying! Study shows dogs get teary-eyed when they reunite with owners

Dog owners know the pure joy of returning home to be greeted by their tail-wagging companion. But those ecstatic canines might be shedding more than just fur on your clothes -- they might also be tearing up, according to a new study published on Monday in the journal Current Biology.

3 years ago
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Apple warns of flaw that lets hackers into iPhones, Macs

Patches were released Thursday and Wednesday by the tech titan to fix what it described as a vulnerability hackers already knew about and may be taking advantage of.

3 years ago
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Bionic hand can be updated with new gestures, anytime, anywhere

Bionic hands convert electrical impulses from the muscles in the upper arm into movement powered by motors in the hand, enabling a user to hold a glass, open a door or pick up an egg.

3 years ago
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US astronaut Jessica Watkins sets sights on Moon ... and Mars

At 34, Watkins has many years ahead of her at the United States space agency NASA, and could very well be one of the first women to step foot on the Moon in the coming years as a member of the Artemis team preparing for upcoming lunar missions.

3 years ago
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Fresh fears after Facebook's role in US abortion case

Facebook sparked outrage by complying with US police probing an abortion case, boosting simmering fears the platform will be a tool for clamping down on the procedure.

3 years ago
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Facebook use plunges among US teens: survey

TikTok has "emerged as a top social media platform for US teens" while Google-run YouTube "stands out as the most common platform used by teens," the report's authors wrote.

3 years ago
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Online hell: Cyberbullying in Indonesia remains vicious and rampant

Shocking details aside, the death of a bullied student in Tasikmalaya last July goes to show how widespread cyberbullying remains here.

3 years ago
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Twitter says Musk making up excuses to breach deal

Twitter said the notion Elon Musk was "hoodwinked" into inking a $44 billion buyout deal defies reason and the facts.

3 years ago
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SpaceX debris discovered in Australian sheep paddock

A charred chunk of space junk found jutting from a paddock by an Australian sheep farmer was part of one of Elon Musk's SpaceX missions, authorities confirmed on Thursday.

3 years ago
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Scientists revive cells and organs in dead pigs

Scientists announced Wednesday they have restored blood flow and cell function throughout the bodies of pigs that were dead for an hour, in a breakthrough experts say could mean we need to update the definition of death itself.

3 years ago
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Webb telescope captures colourful Cartwheel Galaxy

Located around 500 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Sculptor, the Cartwheel gained its shape during a spectacular head-on collision between two galaxies.

3 years ago
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