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The newest AirPods Pro are back down to $199
WIRED has rated Amazon’s Prime Day deals including Beats Fit Pro, Beats 2nd Gen Echo Buds and Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 Pro. The 2nd Gen Echo Buds offer solid sound, speedy pairing and are easy to use voice controls. The Beats Fit Pro are the best pair of workout earbuds you can currently get, the…
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Two U.S. nationals are charged with trying to Feed Russia’s War Machine
Seven Russian nationals have been charged in the US for conspiring to ship advanced electronics and equipment to Russia in defiance of US sanctions. The accused used a network of shell companies and bank accounts to acquire and ship the goods to Russia, which they can use for military and space-based applications, according to the…
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Look to the night sky for a breathtaking sight as Venus and Jupiter dance
Venus and Jupiter have been coming in closer and closer for a “little nighttime kiss”, astronomer Jackie Faherty said. “They’ve been separated by…a pencil-blue circle held up in the sky,” Faherty added. “They’re going to be very close,” she further said, adding, “What is happening is a Venus-Jupiter conjunction, that’s what astronomers call it.”
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January’s first astronomy event is a shower of Quadrantid meteors
On October 28, a partial “Hunter’s Moon” solar eclipse will be visible for people in Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and much of South America. The partial lunar eclipse of the hunter’s moon will be visible to those in Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and parts of North America and much of South America. A penumbral lunar…
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Some cute animals are not part of the opinion
Scientists have identified two new species of solenodon, one of which is thought to be the oldest species remaining in the world today. Rikki Gumbs, a conservationist at the Zoological Society of London, said the two solenodon were the only ones that existed around 76 million years ago. They diverged so long ago from their…
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Right now is when the best phone to buy is
Samsung’s Galaxy S23 has been praised for its “high-quality” display with a “bright and colourful” display. “This is once again a major highlight of this year’s Galaxy device,” said PC World. “It feels redundant to say that a Samsung phone has a bright, colourful and ultra-smooth display, but it’s once again a major highlight of…
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At The Game Awards Naoki Yoshida presented a new Final Fantasy trailer
Square Enix’s game director Naoki Yoshida made his first ever appearance at ‘The Game Awards’ and shared the latest trailer for ‘Final Fantasy XVI’, the single-player version of the series. The game will release on June 22 in Japan and on June 23 in North America. “There’s an idea…[it’s] more about teenagers saving the world…
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Congress looks at China as economic and security threats loom
US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday held a one-on-one meeting in Vietnam, the first time they have met in over 10 years. “I’m very happy with the result of this meeting,” Xi said after the meeting. However, Biden’s spokesman said that the two leaders had agreed that they would not…
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Why did Ron DeSantis take over Disney World’s special district?
Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill on the doorstep of Disney World that will give him new power over the entertainment giant and will punish them for speaking out against Republican Party. It allows the governor to replace the Reedy Creek Improvement District’s existing board, mostly people with ties to Disney with a five-member…
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A mother and daughter are working to find new worlds
Natasha Batalha, who collaborated with her daughter Natalie Batalha on the observations of WASP-39a, a hot exoplanet with aSaturn-like mass, said she wanted to work for an organisation that made space programs. But she got an internship studying the atmosphere of Gliese 1214b, an exoplanet orbiting a star 48 light years (14.7 parsecs) from Earth.
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The win by ‘everything Everywhere All at Once’ was a first for the awards
Yeoh won an award at the Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, becoming the first Asian woman to win in that category. This was her second Golden Globe award for her role in ‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’. Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Quan also…
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Scott Adams, creator of the comic strip “Dilbert”, lashed out at minorities in the strip
Comedian-actor Adam Adams, known for his comic strip “Dilbert”, was criticised for his remarks on Black Americans and said that he’d be backing off from being a helpful Black person. In a YouTube clip, Adams said, “White people should get the hell away from them. It makes no sense to help Black Americans if you’re…
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Publishers of sci-fi are bracing for an artificial intelligence battle
Clarkesworld Editor-in-Chief, James Yeatts, has said the magazine received over 700 submissions written by humans and 500 machine-generated stories. “In February alone, we received 700 submissions written by humans…and 500 machine-generated stories,” he added. Clarkesworld is working with the FFO team to train staff readers to look for certain story elements as they’re taking a…
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It is possible to turn yourbackyard into a biodiversity hot spot
A study of bee diversity in US’ Saint Louis has found that the city has the most bee-diverse city anywhere in the world. Ed Spevak, director of the Saint Louis Zoo’s WildCare Institute Center for Native Pollinator Conservation, said, “We are the most bee-diverse city of any city anywhere in the world so far that’s…
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The second phase of the COVID origin’s investigation has been abandoned by WHO
US House foreign affairs committee Chairman Mike McCaul said he was “pleased” that the Department of Energy “has finally reached the same conclusion” that he had earlier come to. McCaul had released a report in 2016 that found evidence that COVID-19 was caused by a leak from a laboratory in China’s Wuhan. “A lot of…
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There’s a cautionary sign after inflation eases in January
The US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates for the sixth straight time this year after it increased them by one-quarter of a percentage point to a range of 2.75%-3.0%. The latest increase brings the Fed’s three-hike cycle to four, which is the longest since the 1990s. The US central bank also said it expects…
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The documents raise questions about the suspension of the ecologist
University of California, Los Angeles professor Priyanga Amarasekare, who was removed from her position last year, has said she’s “devastated” to be dropped. Amarasekare said, “This has been a deeply personal and painful experience for me…I don’t have the answer.” Amarasekare was accused of breaching the faculty code of conduct after she criticised her colleagues…
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Elizabeth Banks directed ‘Cocaine Bear’
Actor Ray Liotta, who played the role of a drug dealer in ‘Cocaine Bear’, will be next seen in ‘M3GAN’, a computer-animated film based on a story by author Kristen Roupenian. The movie is based on the real-life incident of a drug dealer who lost a shipment of cocaine in Georgia, US. ‘M3GAN’ is scheduled…
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A treasury official stated that US monitoring and countervailingRussian intelligence services as part of the sanctions cracking
The US on Friday imposed sanctions on Russian and third-country actors that are “supporting Russia’s war effort” in Ukraine. It targeted over 200 individuals and entities, including both Russian and third- country actors across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. It also imposed sanctions on companies tied to Russia’s aerospace, technology and electronics sectors.
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China’s chief diplomat calls conflict a “warfare” and says it will propose a peace plan
US State Department Deputy Secretary Anthony Blinken has said the US has “seen Chinese companies providing non-lethal support to…Russia for use in the Ukraine”, adding that the US would put some restrictions on Chinese companies involved in evading sanctions related to the conflict. The US has recently seen disturbing trends in China’s support for Russia’s…
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The deaths of 4 University of Idaho students are being investigated by police
Four college students were shot dead in the US state of Idaho last month. The victims were found inside a house in Moscow, a city near the University of Idaho. The police have said they believe the man who committed all four murders is Timothy Kohberger, a student at the university.
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The S23 Ultra has a camera that is worth its high price
The Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra is the world’s first smartphone to feature an “ultra-wide” camera, with the ability to take pictures up to 10 times faster than a ‘normal’ camera, The Verge wrote. It features a 13MP camera with a wider field of view, along with Optical image stabilisation and an SD card slot for…
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Biden administration was divided over the path for Ukraine as Milley advocated diplomacy
China said that it’s “firmly opposed” to US President Joe Biden’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali. The Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said, “We believe that the US’ policy on Taiwan and its ‘One China’ policy has not changed despite the meeting between Biden and China’s…
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7 voices reflect on one year of Putin’s war
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s energy war “is a signal to Russia, not Ukraine, but to the world and to Russia”, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said. “The things we held dear, like…memory of the Second World War, for instance, became completely compromised,” Clinton added. “I think around now, what Putin is considering is how…
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Discrimination and racism were not uncommon for black Americans in WWII
During World War II, Black Americans were treated differently in the US military than they were at home, and they experienced “intense racism” in both the military and at home, a woman who served during the first Black American war has said. “They (black Americans) organised the fight for civil rights,” Ella Baker said. The…