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Green herbicide may reside in the leaves of walnut trees:
Harsh, eco-unfriendly synthetic herbicides are definitely one of those things that you shouldn't be using if you don't have to.
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20 October 2025.
World's first wind-powered underwater data center has been unveiled:
China has finished construction of what’s being billed as the world’s first wind-powered underwater data center (UDC), located off the coast of the Lin-gang Special Area of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone.
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22 October 2025.
Measles Outbreaks Abound Under RFK Jr.’s Inaction:
You may be tired of hearing about measles by now, but measles is not tired of infecting Americans.
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23 October 2025.
Top 10 AI Tools That Will Transform Your Content Creation in 2025:
Looking to level up your content creation game in 2025? You're in the right place! The digital landscape has evolved dramatically, and AI tools have become essential for creators who want to stay ahead of the curve.
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02 January 2025.
Professor Thomas Ristenpart wins Test of Time Award for privacy research:
His award-winning paper was among the first to show how machine learning models can inadvertently leak sensitive information.
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22 October 2025.
Google hails breakthrough as quantum computer surpasses ability of supercomputers:
Algorithm performed task beyond capability of classical computers, although experts say real-world application still years awayGoogle has claimed a breakthrough in quantum computing after developing an algorithm that performed a task beyond the capabilities of conventional computers.
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23 October 2025.
Scientists create pigs resistant to classical swine fever:
Gene-edited animals remained healthy when exposed to highly contagious deadly diseasePigs that are resistant to a deadly viral disease have been created by scientists at Edinburgh’s Roslin Institute.
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23 October 2025.
My perfect MacBook Pro replacement is the Windows laptop you least expect:
The Razer Blade 14 sacrifices some raw power for an ultra-slim, travel-friendly build - easily one of the thinnest gaming laptops I've used.
Posted on
23 October 2025.
Fining firms for sewage spills will get 'quicker and easier', says government:
The plans would see automatic fines for some offences and the burden of proof lowered for others.
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22 October 2025.
The federal government ends funding for an ambitious AI project:
The Trump administration has pledged to invest in artificial intelligence.
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21 October 2025.
College faculty are under pressure to say and do the right thing. The stress also trickles down to students:
Heavy teaching loads, shrinking university budgets and expanding workload expectations have fueled stress and burnout among professors and other university employees in recent years.
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23 October 2025.
Google’s Quantum Computer Makes a Big Technical Leap:
Designed to accelerate advances in medicine and other fields, the tech giant’s quantum algorithm runs 13,000 times as fast as software written for a traditional supercomputer.
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23 October 2025.
Movie Review: 'Bugonia' is a darkly comic gut punch:
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23 October 2025.
The Electric Worm Gets the Fly:
By studying how worms use electric charge to jump onto flies, scientists are showing even physical strategies are embedded in evolution.
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23 October 2025.
Mental exercise can reverse a brain change linked to aging, study finds:
Scientists have found the first compelling evidence that cognitive training can boost levels of a brain chemical that typically declines as people age.
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22 October 2025.
A New Car vs. Health Insurance? Average Family Job-Based Coverage Hits $27K:
With the federal shutdown entering its fourth week, spurred by a stalemate over the cost of health insurance for 22 million Americans on Affordable Care Act plans, a new report shows that over 154 million people with coverage through an employer also face steep price hikes — and that the situation….
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23 October 2025.
A SiriusXM Update Sent Some Audi Screens Into a Forced-Reboot Loop For Months:
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Drive: This week, a reader wrote to us sharing that the infotainment in their 2020 Audi A4 had been "rebooting every five minutes all year.
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23 October 2025.
China’s humanoid robots are gaining ground – but they’re not there yet:
The U.S. and China are racing to build humanoid robots capable of performing many daily tasks – but the complexity of home and business environments makes that challenging.
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29 August 2025.
Scientists create ultrapowerful, squishy robotic 'eye' that focuses automatically and doesn't need a power source:
Inspired by animal vision, the eye could become part of soft robots without any electronic components.
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22 October 2025.
Some of the tech in my workday
Best programming language?
The PYPL PopularitY of Programming Language Index is created by analyzing how often language tutorials are searched on Google.
The TIOBE Programming Community index measures popularity based on the number of skilled engineers world-wide, courses, third party vendors and search engine activity.
w3techs analyses page content to determine the technology used, and also uses publicly available information from sources such as Alexa, Google, Microsoft and ipinfo.io.
While Java and Python top the popularity charts, more than 80% of all websites run on PHP.
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