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Positivity spreads like a contagion among bumblebees:
Bumblebees have a way of looking both adorable and slightly overserved, wobbling from flower to flower like fuzzy little potatoes.
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07 December 2025.
Super-sized grow kit allows wasabi to be farmed anywhere in the world:
Japanese cuisine gourmands keen on the snappy, nose-tingling, eye-watering bite of wasabi that accompanies sushi might not know that green daub on their plate may actually be horseradish in disguise.
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08 December 2025.
Your Job Was Stopping CSAM? Trump Says No Visa For You!:
You want to see actual government censorship in action? And have it done by people claiming they’re doing it to stop censorship? Check out last week’s revelation (originally reported by Reuters) that the US State Department will now start denying H-1B visas for anyone who has anything to do with trust & safety, fact checking, […].
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08 December 2025.
What is Blockchain: Everything You Need to Know (2025):
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24 November 2025.
AI chatbots can effectively sway voters – in either direction:
A short interaction with a chatbot can meaningfully shift a voter’s opinion about a presidential candidate or proposed policy in either direction, new Cornell research finds.
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04 December 2025.
More than 200 environmental groups demand halt to new US datacenters:
Exclusive: Congress urged to act against energy-hungry facilities blamed for increasing bills and worsening climate crisisA coalition of more than 230 environmental groups has demanded a national moratorium on new datacenters in the US, the latest salvo in a growing backlash to a booming artificial intelligence industry that has been blamed for escalating electricity bills and worsening the climate crisis.
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08 December 2025.
Ancient Egyptian pleasure boat found by archaeologists off Alexandria coast:
First-century luxury vessel matches description by the Greek historian Strabo, who visited city around 29-25BC An ancient Egyptian pleasure boat that matches a description by the first-century Greek historian Strabo has been discovered off the coast of Alexandria, to the excitement of archaeologists.
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08 December 2025.
Ring vs. Blink: I compared the two most popular security camera brands, and here's who wins:
Both Ring and Blink sell some of the most common security cameras on the market, yet they're very different.
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08 December 2025.
Watch: Moment Hawaii volcano eruption engulfs camera:
Kilauea, one of the world's most active volcanoes, has been erupting intermittently since December last year.
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07 December 2025.
ICEBlock app sues Trump administration for censorship and 'unlawful threats':
The app lets people anonymously share the locations of immigration agents but Apple removed it from its app store under pressure from the Trump administration.
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08 December 2025.
Who Is Andrew Ferguson, the FTC Chairman Who Tilted the Agency to Trump?:
Andrew Ferguson has used the Federal Trade Commission’s consumer protection mandate to investigate issues important to President Trump and his base.
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08 December 2025.
Dan Ives: White House is realizing it has to give Nvidia access to China:
Dan Ives, Wedbush Securities, joins 'Closing Bell' to discuss Nvidia's sale of H200 chips to China, if it's a 'watershed' moment and .
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08 December 2025.
Stampeding Turtles Might Have Made Fossil Tracks in Italian Cliffs:
Researchers suggest that an earthquake spooked a mob of sea turtles gathered together in a prehistoric sea.
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08 December 2025.
This High Arctic rhino may change what we know about ancient animal migrations:
A 23-million-year-old rhinoceros fossil is reshaping scientists' understanding of mammal evolution.
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04 December 2025.
Republican Bruce Blakeman planning to enter race for New York governor:
ALBANY, New York — Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman is preparing to enter the race for New York governor as soon as Tuesday, according to two people with direct knowledge of his plans.
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08 December 2025.
Social Media's Relentless Shopping Machine Has Created an Army of Debt-Laden Buyers:
The influencer economy that Goldman Sachs projects will reach nearly half a trillion dollars by 2027 depends on a less-examined population: the influenced, millions of people who find themselves accumulating debt and clutter after years of exposure to what amounts to a 24/7 digital infomercial.
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08 December 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.
Glue strong enough to tow a car made from used cooking oil:
Chemists used waste cooking oil to create a sustainable, super-sticky adhesive that's strong enough to hold up hundreds of pounds of weight.
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08 December 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.
Longer term weather forecast
