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Today Microsoft finally provided a use for those Microsoft points you probably didn't even know you had!  They seem to have come to the realization that there are still huge swaths of…

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Scientists at USC and Caltech, in collaboration with startup company Calcarea, have developed a promising shipboard system that could remove up to half of carbon dioxide emitted from shipping vessels by converting it into an ocean-safe solution.

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Imagine a future in which people with disabilities can walk on their own, thanks to robotic legs. A new project from Northern Arizona University is accelerating that future with an open-source robotic exoskeleton.

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Taiwan's blacklisting of 601 Chinese firms, including Huawei and SMIC, over national security concerns have provoked fierce condemnation from Beijing, which threatened retaliatory measures.

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When it comes to storing images, DNA strands could be a sustainable, stable alternative to hard drives. Researchers at EPFL are developing a new image compression standard designed specifically for this emerging technology.

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Gigabyte has announced the GeForce RTX 5050 OC Low Profile 8G for compact systems.

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Last Updated on June 25, 2025 We’re always in the mood for finding new fan-made creations. The world of cosplay is a great place to find this kind of thing, even more so now that people have really unlocked...

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Scammers are using crypto ATMs as a tool to defraud victims out of their savings.

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Google Earth is celebrating its 20th anniversary by allowing users to access historical Street View images directly in the geographic visualization app. Users can scroll through older views of locations and see how areas have changed over time. The...

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The United States is trying to decouple its economy from rivals like China. Efforts toward this include policymakers raising tariffs on Chinese goods, blocking exports of advanced technology and offering subsidies to boost American manufacturing. The goal is to...

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Windows 10 goes EOL on October 14 2025 and I’m testing three alternative Linux distros that the community are raving about.

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A research team at the University of Barcelona (UB) has shown how artificial intelligence (AI) models can detect personality traits from written texts, and for the first time has managed to analyze in detail how these systems make decisions....

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