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After 50 years, US to return to Moon on January 25

After 50 years, US to return to Moon on January 25

A new mission will land an unmanned craft on the Moon, from the United States on January 25th. It's likely to be the first private company to touch down as well. Takeoff from Florida, will be on Christmas Eve. More to come...More than 50 years after the last Apollo...

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Checking Email? You’re Probably Not Breathing. – DNyuz

Checking Email? You’re Probably Not Breathing. – DNyuz

A strange report states that many of us engaging in email, web surfing, doomscrolling, and more, are holding our breath, or at least changing the patterns. Linda Stone is a former exec at Microsoft, and now calls this screen apnea. The report is that we are being...

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Zoom CEO Says It’s Hard to Build Trust Over Zoom

Zoom CEO Says It’s Hard to Build Trust Over Zoom

Zoom's CEO, Eric Yan, seems to be out of touch with where the money comes from for his company. We all are aware that Zoom came to the rescue when we all had to work from home. Even today many refer to the calls as Zoom calls, even if using a different product. So,...

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ChatGPT leans liberal, research shows

Some researchers checked out OpenAI's ChatGPT by running some political questions and tests by them. During this test, the results found a "significant and systematic political bias", and this bias was towards the left leaning parties in the US, Brazil, and the UK....

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Max Is Bleeding Subscribers Following Its Boneheaded Rebrand

Max Is Bleeding Subscribers Following Its Boneheaded Rebrand

Amazon posted double-digit profit growth in Q2. In streaming, Max, which used to be HBO Max, lost about 2% of their subscribers in Q2. They played it down, but....The service lost 1.8 million subscribers as Warner Bros. Discovery announced a $10.3 million loss in...

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Plant Vogtle’s Unit 3 now operational, says Georgia Power

Georgia is now home to a new nuclear reactor, the first newly constructed unit in over 3 decades. It'll power 500,000 homes and businesses when at full strength. I'm fond of this, as it is one of the better long term options for electricity generation. It is better...

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The Chevy Bolt EV is officially making a comeback

The Chevy Bolt EV is officially making a comeback

A strange bit of news came out on the Chevy Bolt, which was the first "affordable Electric Vehicle". It was discontinued by an official announcement during the Q1 2023 earnings call, but then this week, at the Q2 call, they said it will be back. Yes, it's going to go...

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Twitter is being rebranded as X – The Verge

Twitter is being rebranded as X – The Verge

Twitter is in the middle of a rebranding. X.com, owned by Elon Musk for a while, now points to Twitter.com. Additionally, there is a large rollout of the new X logo through the company. The social media platform is in the middle of a reboot, so this isn't as...

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Why Some Safeway Stores Added Security Gates to Self Checkout

The usage of tech to harass shoppers now includes a grocery store chain, Safeway, to put up barrier gates to prevent you from exiting self-checkout unless you scan your receipt. Mind you, this idea of having us work for the stores, and then be subjected to this type...

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BMW Launches ConnectedRide SmartGlasses for Motorcyclists

BMW Launches ConnectedRide SmartGlasses for Motorcyclists

BMW has entered into the world of smartglasses, and it's not as strange as you might think. Take the heads-up display from a car, and place it into sunglasses. Why there? Because it's not for the car, but for BMW motorcycle riders. Next up, add in basic speed,...

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Goldman may be trying to bail on Apple Card | TechCrunch

Goldman may be trying to bail on Apple Card | TechCrunch

Four years ago, the Apple card was introduced. Goldman Sachs is the team behind the Apple branded Mastercard, but now the luster on the titanium metal plate is no longer as shiny. While they did expand recently to add in some nice yield savings accounts for Apple Card...

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Secrets of Amazon Prime Day

Secrets of Amazon Prime Day

No secret, Amazon Prime Day is July 11... and 12. It's got deals, but it's also turning into another Black Friday hype machine with good deals on Amazon items, and scattered random distractions which will result in spot deals here and there. My personal chjeck will be...

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The Vatican Releases Its Own AI Ethics Handbook

The Vatican Releases Its Own AI Ethics Handbook

When it comes time to talk about ethics, many consider church to be a good source of guidance. This past week, the Vatican released a set of guidance in regards to AI. The title is "Ethics in the Age of Disruptive Technologies: An Operational Roadmap", and is intended...

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Costco Puts a Stop to Sharing Membership Cards

Costco Puts a Stop to Sharing Membership Cards

Following in the footsteps of Netflix, Costco is also stopping the abuse of their previous kindness, and moving to stop the sharing of their membership cards. Costco mirrors Netflix's password-sharing policy with a crackdown on non-members shopping at its stores. See...

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RIP to my Pixel Fold: Dead after four days | Ars Technica

RIP to my Pixel Fold: Dead after four days | Ars Technica

I remain concerned about folding screens. A reporter was doing simple review in the office, without the rigors of daily monotonous use, said that after 4 days, the Pixel Fold was dead. The closed display halves almost touch, and that can smash debris into the screen....

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Amazon Prime Day 2023: Everything you need to know | PCWorld

Amazon Prime Day 2023: Everything you need to know | PCWorld

Amazon Prime Day is July 11th and 12th. Day? Days? Whatever...Amazon's bacchanalia of consumer deals is coming in July. Here's what you need to know to get ready. See full story on Amazon Prime Day 2023: Everything you need to know | PCWorldFound at www.pcworld.com

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US government hit in global cyberattack | CNN Politics

US government hit in global cyberattack | CNN Politics

There's a software called MOVEit, and it's used for moving various diles back and forth. Simple enough, except it has a vulnerability in it that has left companies, as well as some US federal agencies reeling under a ransomware attack. The problem started about 2...

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Can you trust your ears? AI voice scams rattle US

AI voice scams are being pulled more and more. The ability for AI to listen to small portions of audio, then be reused into things like the grandparent scam is scary. The grandparent scam is to reach out, and say that grandkid is in trouble. But now with the AI voice,...

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Windows 11 Is Trying to Unify RGB Device Settings

Windows 11 Is Trying to Unify RGB Device Settings

Rather than making Windows 12, Microsoft made a small change to Windows 11 to control custom lighting of your keyboard or other system lights, if so enabled.RGB controls on PCs are a mess, with each accessory or component manufacturer usually having their own tool for...

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Huawei may face EU-wide 5G network ban • The Register

Huawei was banned in the US late last year by the Biden administration, and now they are facing a ban from 5G networks by the EU. Sanctions-hit Huawei is facing another potential blow amid reports the EU is mulling a mandatory ban on member states using kit from...

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Google Drive Is Ending Support for Older Windows PCs

Google has jumped on the bandwagon to partially support Microsoft with Windows 11 in a strange way. Some users of Windows 10, specifically those with a 32-bit version, will find that Google Drive will no longer be supported in just a couple of months. Fortunately,...

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