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Gold pocket watch owned by the richest man on the Titanic, who died when the ship sank, fetches...
Business Insider· 12 hours agoThe watch was owned by John Jacob Astor IV, a businessman who died when the Titanic sank in 1912.
Newest luxury submersible offers ocean explorers champagne and blackjack
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 4 days agoEight passengers and a pilot can dive up to 200 meters in Triton’s new luxury submersible. When ...
Open Sourcing DOS 4 - Slashdot
Slashdot· 3 days agoMicrosoft releases one of the most popular versions of MS-DOS as open source today. stikves shares a post:Ten years ago, Microsoft released the source for MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0 to the Computer ...
Biden Signs TikTok 'Divest or Ban' Bill Into Law - Slashdot
Slashdot· 5 days agoPresident Joe Biden signed a foreign aid package that includes a bill that would ban TikTok if China-based parent company ByteDance fails to divest the app within a year. While just recently ...
Russian Court Sentences Meta Spokesperson To Six Years in Absentia, Calls Meta 'Extremist...
Slashdot· 7 days agoA military court in Moscow on Monday sentenced Meta spokesperson Andy Stone to six years in prison for "publicly defending terrorism," a verdict handed down in absentia, RIA news agency reported ...
New Rule Compels US Coal-Fired Power Plants To Capture Emissions - or Shut Down - Slashdot
Slashdot· 3 days agoCoal-fired power plants would be forced to capture smokestack emissions or shut down under a rule issued on Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). From a report: New limits on ...
'The Simpsons' Producer Responds to Fans Mourning Longtime Character
Entertainment Tonight· 3 days agoThe Simpsons fans were hit with rare heartfelt moment on Sunday's episode, as the show killed off a...
Europe Baked in 'Extreme Heat Stress' Pushing Temperatures To Record Highs - Slashdot
Slashdot· 6 days agoScorching weather has baked Europe in more days of "extreme heat stress" than its scientists have ever seen. The Guardian: Heat-trapping pollutants that clog the atmosphere helped push temperatures ...
Biden Marks Earth Day by Announcing $7 Billion in Solar Power Grants - Slashdot
Slashdot· 6 days agoPresident Joe Biden travels to Triangle, Virginia, Monday to mark Earth Day, where he'll unveil $7 billion in grant funding for solar power under the Inflation Reduction Act and announce new ...
Chinese Drone Maker DJI Might Get Banned Next in the US - Slashdot
Slashdot· 2 days agoU.S. authorities consider DJI a security threat. Congress is weighing legislation to ban it [non-paywalled link], prompting a lobbying campaign from the company, which dominates the commercial ...