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People with paralysis navigate a room via a mind-controlled wheelchair

People with paralysis navigate a room via a mind-controlled...

Three people with paralysis of all four limbs navigated a cluttered room via a mind-controlled...

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Nord Stream gas pipe explosions were sabotage, say investigators

Nord Stream gas pipe explosions were sabotage, say investigators

A Swedish Security Service investigation has found traces of explosives at a location...

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Meta's Galactica AI can write scientific papers, but is it any good?

Meta's Galactica AI can write scientific papers, but is...

An artificial intelligence from Facebook owner Meta that is designed to write scientific...

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Tiny clam that was thought to be extinct found alive

Tiny clam that was thought to be extinct found alive

The only evidence of a species of centimetre-long white clam was a fossil collected...

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Rare triple dip La Niña expected to occur for first time this century

Rare triple dip La Niña expected to occur for first time...

The eastern Pacific is expected to be unusually cold for the third winter in a row,...

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COP27: Forecasting overhaul may reduce extreme weather hazards

COP27: Forecasting overhaul may reduce extreme weather...

A UN program to revamp weather forecasting in lower-income countries could improve...

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Twitter's ex-head of Trust & Safety on why he resigned: a Twitter whose policies are defined by unilateral edict has little need for a trust and safety function (Yoel Roth/New York Times)

Twitter's ex-head of Trust & Safety on why he resigned:...

Yoel Roth / New York Times:Twitter's ex-head of Trust & Safety on why he resigned:...

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Sources: $300M of FTX's $420M raise in October 2021 went to Sam Bankman-Fried in a share sale he said was partial reimbursement for buying out Binance's stake (Wall Street Journal)

Sources: $300M of FTX's $420M raise in October 2021 went...

Wall Street Journal:Sources: $300M of FTX's $420M raise in October 2021 went to...

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Apple's plan to use TSMC plants in the US and possibly Europe, a PR victory, buries the truth: capacity will be tiny and the chips will use an older 5nm process (Tim Culpan/Bloomberg)

Apple's plan to use TSMC plants in the US and possibly...

Tim Culpan / Bloomberg:Apple's plan to use TSMC plants in the US and possibly Europe,...

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Carvana plans to lay off about 1,500 people, or ~8% of its workforce, on top of the ~2,500 workers the company laid off in May 2022 (Kathryn Hardison/Wall Street Journal)

Carvana plans to lay off about 1,500 people, or ~8% of...

Kathryn Hardison / Wall Street Journal:Carvana plans to lay off about 1,500 people,...

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LGBTQ dating app Grindr closed up 213.84% at $36.50 per share in its NYSE debut under the new ticker GRND following its SPAC merger (Alex Harring/CNBC)

LGBTQ dating app Grindr closed up 213.84% at $36.50 per...

Alex Harring / CNBC:LGBTQ dating app Grindr closed up 213.84% at $36.50 per share...

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Internal emails: Google sets rules for hosting HQ guest speakers, like making a business case and considering company goals, after row over an Indian historian (Paresh Dave/Reuters)

Internal emails: Google sets rules for hosting HQ guest...

Paresh Dave / Reuters:Internal emails: Google sets rules for hosting HQ guest speakers,...

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A New York judge issues a default ruling against two Russians Google accused of running a botnet infecting 1M+ devices, ordering them to pay Google's legal fees (Jude Karabus/The Register)

A New York judge issues a default ruling against two Russians...

Jude Karabus / The Register:A New York judge issues a default ruling against two...

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Robin Wheeler, Twitter's head of ad sales, seems to have left the company, a week after Elon Musk reportedly convinced her to stay; sources say she was fired (Mitchell Clark/The Verge)

Robin Wheeler, Twitter's head of ad sales, seems to have...

Mitchell Clark / The Verge:Robin Wheeler, Twitter's head of ad sales, seems to have...

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Pickle Robot Company, which makes robots for unloading trucks at warehouses, has raised a $26M Series A led by Ranpak, JS Capital, Soros Capital, and others (Brian Heater/TechCrunch)

Pickle Robot Company, which makes robots for unloading...

Brian Heater / TechCrunch:Pickle Robot Company, which makes robots for unloading...

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ISEE, which develops tech to turn the most common logistics yard trucks into autonomous vehicles, has raised a $40M Series B led by Founders Fund (Brianna Wessling/The Robot Report)

ISEE, which develops tech to turn the most common logistics...

Brianna Wessling / The Robot Report:ISEE, which develops tech to turn the most common...