Three bizarre home devices and a couple good things at CES 2025
And yet, this week, in a CES-adjacent announcement, Google reminded me that Matter can really, uh, matter. All of Google ...
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Public health emergency declared amid LA’s devastating wildfires
The US health department on Friday declared a public health emergency for California in response to devastating wildfires in the ...
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Coal likely to go away even without EPA’s power plant regulations
A backstop That said, the team behind the analysis argues that, depending on other factors, the rules could play a ...
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Intuitive Machines set for second landing, looking to build a lunar economy
Five years ago, a small company in Houston named Intuitive Machines had just 30 employees, a couple of 3D printers, ...
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Here’s how hucksters are manipulating Google to promote shady Chrome extensions
The people overseeing the security of Google’s Chrome browser explicitly forbid third-party extension developers from trying to manipulate how the ...
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As US marks first H5N1 bird flu death, WHO and CDC say risk remains low
The H5N1 bird flu situation in the US seems more fraught than ever this week as the virus continues to ...
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Ants vs. humans: Solving the piano-mover puzzle
Who is better at maneuvering a large load through a maze, ants or humans? The piano-mover puzzle involves trying to ...
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Apple will update iOS notification summaries after BBC headline mistake
Nevertheless, it’s a serious problem when the summaries misrepresent news headlines, and edge cases where this occurs are unfortunately inevitable. ...
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Meet the man keeping hope, and 70-year-old pinball machines, alive
It was about this time that something else began: The Pinball Resource. Becoming The Resource Young’s obsession with pinball dates ...
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VW fixes ID.4 door handles, will restart production, sales
Last September, faulty door handle hardware caused Volkswagen to take the rather drastic steps of suspending sales and production of ...
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