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Quartz· 24 hours agoA team of astronomers has managed to calculate the speed of a distant supermassive black hole’s spin thanks to the object’s chance meeting with a star—which it promptly destroyed. All black ...
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Quartz· 5 hours agoOn Friday, Earth was hit by the strongest geomagnetic storm in 20 years. Intense solar activity sent bursts of radiation toward Earth, causing fluctuations in the upper atmosphere that led to ...
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Quartz· 8 hours agoThis malady was known as sweating sickness, and even today, scientists don’t know where it came from, why it seemed to suddenly leave, and whether it could ever return again. Canada’s wild hogs ...
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Quartz· 7 hours agoTSA started testing a new “self-checkout” lane in Las Vegas on Wednesday for pre-checked flyers. Network TV morning shows billed it as the future of airport security. The new TSA self-checkout ...
A New Archaeological Discovery Has Ripped Up the Map of Human Migration
Popular Mechanics· 7 days agoWhile experts know that the first humans arrived on what eventually became the Australian continent...
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Quartz· 7 hours agoSnap CEO Evan Spiegel is making no secret of the threat TikTok poses. At Snap Partner Summit yesterday (Apr. 19), when Spiegel was asked for his stance on a possible TikTok ban, he replied, ...
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Quartz· 11 hours agoIt’s an expensive device, to be sure, even for something Humane describes as your “second brain.” The device itself is powered with its own OS, dubbed Cosmos. Humane has pledged that some AI ...
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Quartz· 7 hours agoBoeing filed a lawsuit against Virgin Galactic, accusing it of retaining trade secrets that the two companies had exchanged while working to develop a new mothership, which is still in development ...
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Quartz· 12 hours agoApple would prefer that newfound owners of its brand spanking new Vision Pro headset enjoy their “spatial computer” in the comfort of their home, hopefully, while they’re on the couch and far ...
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Quartz· 7 hours agoThere may be bad news if you purchased one of Amazon’s “Overall Picks” for video doorbells in recent months. New tests from Consumer Reports find that popular doorbell cameras sold under names ...
