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Having AIs train robot dogs to balance makes them a lot cheaper

Having AIs train robot dogs to balance makes them a lot...

An AI has been used to train robot dogs to toss cups into a garbage can or wipe...

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Blue whales could be eating 10 million pieces of plastic every day

Blue whales could be eating 10 million pieces of plastic...

Combining data on pollution concentrations and whale feeding habits has revealed...

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COP27 must deliver on existing promises, says Egypt's climate diplomat

COP27 must deliver on existing promises, says Egypt's climate...

Mohamed Nasr, Egypt’s chief climate negotiator, tells New Scientist that COP27 will...

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The US megadrought won't just end – it will change the land forever

The US megadrought won't just end – it will change the...

Patterns of drought and deluge are common throughout history, but human-driven climate...

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Crooked star clusters may be a sign that Einstein’s gravity is wrong

Crooked star clusters may be a sign that Einstein’s gravity...

Astronomers have found an unexpected asymmetry in stars escaping from their clusters,...

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Abortions are up 11 per cent in US states where it is still legal

Abortions are up 11 per cent in US states where it is still...

Since the US Supreme Court overturned the right to abortion, the number of abortions...

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Malaria outbreak in Ethiopia linked to invasive mosquito from Asia

Malaria outbreak in Ethiopia linked to invasive mosquito...

A malaria outbreak in Ethiopia earlier this year has been linked to an invasive...

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Debunking five myths that may be sinking Meta's stock, including claims of Facebook users deserting, Instagram engagement falling, and TikTok dominating (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)

Debunking five myths that may be sinking Meta's stock,...

Ben Thompson / Stratechery:Debunking five myths that may be sinking Meta's stock,...

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Sources: Elon Musk pulled 50+ Tesla employees, mostly Autopilot software engineers, two Boring Company employees, and one Neuralink employee to help at Twitter (Lora Kolodny/CNBC)

Sources: Elon Musk pulled 50+ Tesla employees, mostly Autopilot...

Lora Kolodny / CNBC:Sources: Elon Musk pulled 50+ Tesla employees, mostly Autopilot...

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Sources: Elon Musk told Twitter engineers to work on a Vine reboot that may be ready by the end of 2022; Twitter acquired Vine in 2012 and shut it down in 2016 (Axios)

Sources: Elon Musk told Twitter engineers to work on a...

Axios:Sources: Elon Musk told Twitter engineers to work on a Vine reboot that may...

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SEC filing: Jack Dorsey rolled over his remaining 2.4% stake in Twitter, worth $1B+, into X Holdings, which Elon Musk didn't have to pay to acquire the company (Kali Hays/Insider)

SEC filing: Jack Dorsey rolled over his remaining 2.4%...

Kali Hays / Insider:SEC filing: Jack Dorsey rolled over his remaining 2.4% stake...

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Sources: the EU is set to launch an in-depth probe into Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition after Microsoft didn't file remedies to antitrust enforcers (Samuel Stolton/Politico)

Sources: the EU is set to launch an in-depth probe into...

Samuel Stolton / Politico:Sources: the EU is set to launch an in-depth probe into...

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GameStop launches its NFT marketplace out of beta on the Ethereum-based ImmutableX platform, letting users access Web3 games on the layer 2 scaling product (Cameron Thompson/CoinDesk)

GameStop launches its NFT marketplace out of beta on the...

Cameron Thompson / CoinDesk:GameStop launches its NFT marketplace out of beta on...

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Sources: Apple VP of Online Retail Anna Matthiasson is leaving the company, to be replaced by Karen Rasmussen; CIO Mary Demby is retiring after three decades (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Sources: Apple VP of Online Retail Anna Matthiasson is...

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:Sources: Apple VP of Online Retail Anna Matthiasson is leaving...

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Bright Machines, which automates manufacturing tasks with AI and robotics, raised a $100M Series B and $32M in debt after pulling its SPAC deal in December 2021 (Brian Heater/TechCrunch)

Bright Machines, which automates manufacturing tasks with...

Brian Heater / TechCrunch:Bright Machines, which automates manufacturing tasks with...

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Anchorage Digital plans to custody a "significant portion" of Apollo Global Management's crypto portfolio and offer crypto custody services to Apollo's clients (Andrew Throuvalas/Decrypt)

Anchorage Digital plans to custody a "significant portion"...

Andrew Throuvalas / Decrypt:Anchorage Digital plans to custody a “significant portion”...