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A beginner’s guide to Mastodon, the open source Twitter alternative | TechCrunch
Unless if you’re really in the know about nascent platforms, you probably didn’t know what Mastodon was until Elon Musk bought Twitter and renamed it X. In the initial aftermath of the acquisition, as users fretted over what direction...
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Fizz social app’s CEO on why anon works | TechCrunch
Fizz is betting that Gen Z is tired of performing their lives on Instagram and TikTok. What started as a pandemic-era group chat frustration has turned into the dominant social platform on college campuses across the US, focused on the 99% of...
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The 3 things you should do this New Year to foster a positive mindset
Olivia Remes is a mental health and well-being researcher at the University of Cambridge, author of This Is How...
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Heart Association Revives Theory That Light Drinking May Be Good For You – Slashdot
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: For a while, it seemed the notion that light drinking was good for the heart had gone by the wayside, debunked by new studies and overshadowed by...
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How a Teen’s CubeSat Could Change Flood Response
High school sophomore Abigail Merchant has made it her mission to use technology to reduce flood-related deaths. The 15-year-old lives in Orlando, Fla., a state where flooding is frequent in part because of its low elevation.The changing climate is...
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Could 2026 be the year we start using quantum computers for chemistry?
Whether quantum computers can actually solve practical problems is one of the biggest unanswered questions of this growing industry...
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Investors predict AI is coming for labor in 2026 | TechCrunch
Concerns about how AI will affect workers continue to rise in lockstep with the pace of advancements and new products promising automation and efficiency.Evidence suggests that fear is warranted.A November MIT study found an estimated 11.7% of jobs...
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Three supermassive black holes have been spotted merging into one
Three galaxies with supermassive black holes at their centres appear to be in the process of merging into a...
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Swansea man paralysed by wave says AI could help him walk again
Dan explained he was trying two different treatments simultaneously in Germany - a stem cell treatment straight into his spinal cord, alongside using a Hybrid Assistive Limb (HAL) suit, which is a machine that works on brain waves."It's one...
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U.S. says China’s military activities near Taiwan “increase tensions unnecessarily”
Chinese war games around Taiwan "unnecessarily" spiked tensions in the region, the U.S. State Department...