A lawmaker just introduced the California Right to Repair Act, albeit with strong opposition from the tech industry. Such a law would give consumers more freedom when deciding how to fix their broken electronic devices.
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Researchers working at IBM’s labs have developed a new kind of synthetic molecule that targets superbugs without some of the worst side effects of conventional antibiotics.
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Apple Park, the circular “spaceship” that houses more than 12,000 of Apple’s employees, is an architectural beauty. The futuristic office’s glass and metal design, however, has given a number of workers headaches… and concussions.
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There’s now a law in the state of Washington that effectively reverses the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of 2015 net neutrality rules. The move creates an issue, though: what rule supersedes, the state’s or the FCC’s?
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Online hate speech has become more common than real life hate speech; after all, it’s easier to be nasty behind a computer screen. Stopping the flurry of hateful, hurtful words in social media is difficult, so some are turning to AI for help.
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Blockchain is taking flight. Airline companies are beginning to see the value of this revolutionary digital ledger, and Air France KLM wants to be at the forefront of the disruption by employing blockchain to track its maintenance and repair systems.
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This month has shown that Hawaii may be the U.S.’s most forward-thinking state. Earlier in June, it became the first state to formally accept the provisions of the Paris Climate Accord, and now, the state congress has passed a bill that puts Hawaii on the path to universal basic income.
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In a recent tweet, astrophysicist and popular science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson claimed that car accidents will be the leading cause of death in a world free of diseases and aging. The clearest way to combat this is the adoption of self-driving cars.
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Popular children’s toy brand LEGO is now powered 100 percent by renewable energy, hitting the goal three years ahead of schedule. To mark the milestone, the company built the world’s largest wind turbine made entirely of LEGO bricks.
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Two separate teams of astronomers have detected traces of one of life’s building blocks in the gas regions of a young star system similar to our Sun in its formative stages. These findings can help explain the origins of life within our own galaxy, as well as potentially help us find life beyond it.
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