The weeks in the run-up to E3 – or what remains of it – are always something of a dry spell, which perhaps may explain some of the more outlandish nature of the topics for discussion this week. After a presentation from TV manufacturer, TCL, rumours are starting to gather pace that Pro/enhanced consoles will …
With a red baseball cap perched on his head and a Liverpool scarf wrapped around his neck, Sadio Mane waved to his adoring public during Sunday’s parade around the city on an open-top bus. In his mind, this was goodbye. The Senegal international, who has just 12 months remaining on his contract, has decided the …
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While the idea of living on Mars may sound like the plot of the latest science fiction blockbuster, firms including NASA and SpaceX are seriously considering it as a possibility. Several challenges currently stand in our way, including building a self-sufficient spacecraft that can take crew safely, and finding a way to shield astronauts from …
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Skit Beta 3.0 is packed with Material You, big screen enhancements, and new features Material You has made its way into many Google apps, but other big apps are still reluctant to add it, possibly fearing a dilution of their brand. Luckily, smaller indie developers are much more excited about Google’s new design paradigm, with …
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The Memorial Day holiday weekend is proving a messy one for many airlines, with carrier cancelling thousands of flights worldwide, including more than 500 in the U.S. on Sunday. On Monday, more than 1,250 flights had been canceled as of 10:49 a.m. Eastern time, according to flight tracking website FlightAware. That followed roughly 1,640 cancellations on …
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A very strange meteorite found in western Egypt in 1996 may have tiny pieces of the debris from a supernova in it, and not just any supernova but one created by the explosion of a white dwarf, the remnant core of a once Sun-like star. If so, this would be the first evidence of a …
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The CDC has identified nine monkeypox cases in seven states as of Wednesday, Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Thursday. Cases have been identified in Massachusetts, Florida, Utah, Washington, California, Virginia and New York. Most of the cases “are within gay [and] bisexual men and other men who have sex with men,” she said. Virginia announced …
Dozens of public health labs across the country now use a more generalized test for orthopoxvirus, a larger category that includes monkeypox, smallpox and other viruses. Two biotechnology companies, Roche and Abbott, have announced plans to roll out monkeypox PCR tests, although right now, their test kits are for research only. The US Centers for …
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PARIS — As the kids like to say these days, it’s on. Far sooner than many may have hoped, Novak Djokovic, the reigning French Open champion, will take on Rafael Nadal, a 13-time champion at Roland Garros, in a quarterfinal match on Tuesday, the first rematch of two of the leading men’s players since their …
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Astronomers have uncovered the first solid evidence that merger events between black holes can deliver a “kick” powerful enough to send a black hole spinning out of its galaxy. The team, which included Vijay Varma, a physicist at Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Albert Einstein Institute, Germany, examined gravitational-wave data from the merger event …
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