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Dozens of particles from halfway across the universe have landed in the IceCube experiment. These messengers could help answer some long-standing cosmic conundrums

Living in San Francisco means being a guinea pig for the tech industry — but I draw the line at my second-grader.

The singer-songwriter owes a lot to Georgie Fame and likes the romantic side of Jimi Hendrix – but which ringtone song can put him in a bad mood?

The measures come after Darya Shipilova, a lab technician at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute in Shelekhov, died after reportedly contracting plague on Oct. 2.

Not all workplaces are the same, but if you work in an office, some of the common features could be making it harder for you to get your best work done.

‘AbortOmat’ in Warsaw offers novel way to challenge country’s restrictions and allow women swift, anonymous access They call it the “world’s first parcel locker for abortion pills”. Polish campaigners have launched a new means of distribution as part of their ongoing effort to skirt the country’s near-total ban on abortion. Painted pink and framed by zebra-striped curtains, the 22-compartment “AbortOmat” in Warsaw allows women to access the pills swiftly and anonymously using a six-digit code. The service was envisaged for those who cannot or do not want to wait days for mail delivery due to a missed miscarriage or health complications, or who worry about receiving the pills at home. Continue reading...

In the Highlands, work is being done to protect the fragile ecosystem of the peatlands; one of the world’s most important stores of carbon

Claims about artisanship, heritage and sustainability are used to justify premium prices. But are they verified - or is there a risk of “craftwashing”?

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One of the comments on the announcement of LibreOffice 26.8 was a simple question: “So, no AI is now a feature?” LibreOffice does not reject artificial intelligence out of hand, but an office suite us...

Coming soon up a garden path near you: an Amazon.com Inc. driver wearing smart glasses, almost constantly taking pictures and sending them back to the company to be analyzed by humans and fed into an ...

Wave nearing southern California expected to reach San Francisco Bay Area by October as it crawls toward Alaska

The Rulers by Cecilia Rikap argues Big Tech rules through networked capitalism & intellectual monopolies, controlling knowledge, digital infrastructures & data