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Enlarge (credit: SOPA Images / Contributor | LightRocket) Continuing to evolve the fact-checking service that launched as Twitter’s Birdwatch, X has announced that Community Notes can now be requested to clarify problematic posts spreading on Elon Musk’s platform. X’s Community…
Enlarge / Antonio Felix da Costa leads the way into turn one at Portland International Raceway. (credit: Sam Bagnall/Formula E) Formula E provided flights from Washington to Portland and accommodation so Ars could attend the Portland E-Prix. Ars does not…
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | SOPA Images ) Citing frustration with mobile carriers enforcing different phone-unlocking policies that are bad for consumers, the Federal Communications Commission is proposing a 60-day unlocking requirement that would apply to all wireless providers. The…
Enlarge (credit: Bloomberg Creative Photos) Although US coal consumption has fallen dramatically since 2005, the country still consumes millions of tons a year, and exports tons more—much of it transported by train. Now, new research shows that these trains can…
Enlarge (credit: hdaniel) Airlines, payment processors, 911 call centers, TV networks, and other businesses have been scrambling this morning after a buggy update to CrowdStrike’s Falcon security software caused Windows-based systems to crash with a dreaded blue screen of death…
Infections peak in the summer and winter. Up-to-date vaccinations, testing and masking can slow the spread.
So much is still unknown about consciousness, nevermind whether brain organoids will achieve it, explains a leading neuroscientist.
A group of Norwegian researchers recently examined the validity of the Emotional Promiscuity Scale, a popular measure of emophilia, on a Scandinavian population. Emophilia is a psychological trait that describes how easily and how often a person falls in love.…
Enlarge / A passenger sits on the floor as long queues form at the check-in counters at Ninoy Aquino International Airport, on July 19, 2024 in Manila, Philippines. (credit: Ezra Acayan/Getty Images) Millions of people outside the IT industry are…
Enlarge / Access to first-party games on launch day remains a major selling point for the Xbox Game Pass Ultimate tier. (credit: Microsoft) The FTC says the across-the-board price increases that Microsoft recently announced for its Xbox Game Pass subscription…
