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Does Mario feel pain? It’s complicated

The world of Super Mario is a dangerous place. In the games, the plumber falls off cliffs, gets jabbed with spikes, and has...

Shazam on Wear OS now works without your phone

The Shazam app for Wear OS just got a neat update: it can now work independently of your Android phone.The update, which was...

Funding Bias: How Female Entrepreneurs Can Win the Battle in Raising Capital

In a world where female-founded companies not only match but often surpass their male counterparts in revenue growth and profitability, the stark reality...

Biden’s EPA could jeopardize his key policies by imposing sweeping new environmental rules on chemicals used for chips manufacturing

It takes up to 500 highly specialized chemicals to manufacture one semiconductor chip. Some of these will soon be subject to misguided new...

The US tightens greenhouse gas emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the toughest US standards yet for greenhouse gas emissions from heavy-duty vehicles like big rigs and buses....

Is the Delta SkyMiles® Platinum Business Card worth it? Here’s how to decide

Terms apply to American Express benefits and offers. Enrollment may be required for select American Express benefits and offers. Visit americanexpress.com to learn...

It’s a ‘very long road ahead’ to rebuild collapsed Baltimore bridge, Maryland governor says, despite Feds’ $60 billion in aid

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore warned Thursday of a “very long road ahead” to recover from the loss of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge...

Microsoft knows you love tricking its AI chatbots into doing weird stuff and it’s designing ‘prompt shields’ to stop you

Microsoft Corp. is trying to make it harder for people to trick artificial intelligence chatbots into doing weird things.  New safety features are being...

$50,000 of public money was misused to build secret apartments inside Bay Area train stations, authorities say

A former employee of Caltrain, a mass transit system that connects Silicon Valley with San Francisco, and a former contractor for the transit...

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9 Double Texting Rules in Dating You Need to Know 

Double texting: the dating faux pas that can...

What Is a PDA Relationship? 19 Types of PDA and When to Use Them

Picture this: you're out with your partner, and...

151 Encouraging Words for Your Husband to Lift Him Up

When life gets tough, you're the one person...

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What’s open and what’s closed on Good Friday 2024?

Good Friday is a conundrum for many people....

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Opinion | The True Heroes in Kansas City

Drue Tranquill, a linebacker for the Kansas City...

From Panic to Relief: The Ultimate Guide to Bitcoin Recovery

Have you ever experienced the heart-stopping moment of realizing...

Opinion | Biden and Ukraine Need a Senate Deal

The West’s security and his presidency require a...

Opinion | Biden Decides to ‘March In’ on Drug Patents

Apparently not content with destroying the pharmaceutical industry...

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Here’s who was really steering the 95,000-ton ship when it ploughed into the Key Bridge this week

The expert pilots who navigate massive ships in and out of Baltimore’s port must often maneuver with just 2 feet (0.6 meter) of clearance from the channel floor...

Reeling from subway shootings, NYC launches metal detectors from a company accused of doctoring software results

New York City officials announced a pilot program on Thursday to deploy portable gun scanners in the subway system, part of an effort to deter violence underground and...

Fixing the Francis Scott Key Bridge that collapsed this week could cost more than $800 million—and take several years to repair

Rebuilding Baltimore’s collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge could take anywhere from 18 months to several years, experts say, while the cost could be at least $400 million — or more...

Does Mario feel pain? It’s complicated

The world of Super Mario is a dangerous place. In the games, the plumber falls off cliffs, gets jabbed with spikes, and has everything from wrenches to fireballs...

Shazam on Wear OS now works without your phone

The Shazam app for Wear OS just got a neat update: it can now work independently of your Android phone.The update, which was spotted by 9to5Google, basically removes...

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Does Mario feel pain? It’s complicated

The world of Super Mario is a dangerous place. In the games, the plumber falls off cliffs, gets jabbed with spikes, and has...

Shazam on Wear OS now works without your phone

The Shazam app for Wear OS just got a neat update: it can now work independently of your Android phone.The update, which was...

The US tightens greenhouse gas emission standards for heavy-duty vehicles

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the toughest US standards yet for greenhouse gas emissions from heavy-duty vehicles like big rigs and buses....

Sam Bankman-Fried is still gambling

Sam Bankman-Fried has learned nothing, and I’m not sure any of the rest of us have, either.At his sentencing, I sat several rows...

Apple sues former iOS engineer for allegedly leaking Vision Pro, Journal app details

Apple is suing a former employee for leaking confidential information, including unknown details about Apple’s Journal app, the development of the VisionOS headset,...