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How sounds from space are revealing otherwise hidden cosmic phenomena

How sounds from space are revealing otherwise hidden cosmic...

Turning astrophysical data into audio has led to all sorts of surprising discoveries,...

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2023 could mark a turning point for the Amazon rainforest

2023 could mark a turning point for the Amazon rainforest

New political leaders in Brazil and Colombia have promised to protect the rainforest,...

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After shortages, chip inventories are swelling, mirroring the wider economy as consumers buy fewer gadgets; Susquehanna: lead times have fallen in recent months (Asa Fitch/Wall Street Journal)

After shortages, chip inventories are swelling, mirroring...

Asa Fitch / Wall Street Journal:After shortages, chip inventories are swelling,...

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Investigation: Amazon blue-and-white plastic shipping envelopes that US and Canadian consumers discard for recycling end up being burned in Muzaffarnagar, India (K Oanh Ha/Bloomberg)

Investigation: Amazon blue-and-white plastic shipping envelopes...

K Oanh Ha / Bloomberg:Investigation: Amazon blue-and-white plastic shipping envelopes...

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LastPass' breach update was full of lies, omitted damning info, tried to present the August 2022 incident and the data leak as two separate events, and more (Wladimir Palant/Almost Secure)

LastPass' breach update was full of lies, omitted damning...

Wladimir Palant / Almost Secure:LastPass' breach update was full of lies, omitted...

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Kuo: Apple plans to ship an updated iPad mini in late 2023 or H1 2024 with a new chip as its main selling point; a foldable iPad is unlikely to replace the mini (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)

Kuo: Apple plans to ship an updated iPad mini in late 2023...

Joe Rossignol / MacRumors:Kuo: Apple plans to ship an updated iPad mini in late...

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Shadowbanning is real and social media sites should be more transparent about it; survey: nearly 1 in 10 US social media users think they've been shadowbanned (Geoffrey A. Fowler/Washington Post)

Shadowbanning is real and social media sites should be...

Geoffrey A. Fowler / Washington Post:Shadowbanning is real and social media sites...

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Source: the DOJ launched a criminal investigation into the alleged $370M+ in assets stolen as FTX declared bankruptcy, separate from its fraud case against SBF (Ava Benny-Morrison/Bloomberg)

Source: the DOJ launched a criminal investigation into...

Ava Benny-Morrison / Bloomberg:Source: the DOJ launched a criminal investigation...

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Filings: the US arrested and charged a man with commodities fraud and manipulation for trying to steal ~$110M in October by rigging DeFi platform Mango Markets (Jonathan Stempel/Reuters)

Filings: the US arrested and charged a man with commodities...

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:Filings: the US arrested and charged a man with commodities...

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Court filing: Intel and VLSI Technology agreed to end a patent dispute in Delaware where Intel previously said VLSI had asked for more than $4B in damages (Blake Brittain/Reuters)

Court filing: Intel and VLSI Technology agreed to end a...

Blake Brittain / Reuters:Court filing: Intel and VLSI Technology agreed to end a...

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Sources: Instacart cuts its internal valuation to ~$10B, down ~75% from $39B in March 2021; the company slashed its valuation every quarter in 2022 (Erin Woo/The Information)

Sources: Instacart cuts its internal valuation to ~$10B,...

Erin Woo / The Information:Sources: Instacart cuts its internal valuation to ~$10B,...

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Southwest Airlines says the operational meltdown over the holiday weekend was partly caused by its scheduling software, which a union rep called as "outdated" (Taylor Rains/Insider)

Southwest Airlines says the operational meltdown over the...

Taylor Rains / Insider:Southwest Airlines says the operational meltdown over the...

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ZipRecruiter: 37% of laid off or fired tech workers were able to find a job within a month of starting their search and ~79% were able to within three months (Wall Street Journal)

ZipRecruiter: 37% of laid off or fired tech workers were...

Wall Street Journal:ZipRecruiter: 37% of laid off or fired tech workers were able...

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Kraken says it is closing its cryptocurrency exchange services in Japan, operated by Payward Asia, on January 31 2023, weeks after cutting its workforce by 30% (Bloomberg)

Kraken says it is closing its cryptocurrency exchange services...

Bloomberg:Kraken says it is closing its cryptocurrency exchange services in Japan,...

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Researchers discuss AI expectations for 2023: continued problematic art-generating apps, incoming regulations, open-source and decentralized efforts, and more (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Researchers discuss AI expectations for 2023: continued...

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:Researchers discuss AI expectations for 2023: continued...

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Bitcoin miner Argo Blockchain will avoid bankruptcy filing after agreeing to sell its Helios mining facility in Texas to Galaxy Digital for $65M and a $35M loan (Aoyon Ashraf/CoinDesk)

Bitcoin miner Argo Blockchain will avoid bankruptcy filing...

Aoyon Ashraf / CoinDesk:Bitcoin miner Argo Blockchain will avoid bankruptcy filing...