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Captured: How Silicon Valley is building a future we never chose (codastory.com)

9 hours ago | defrost | codastory.com | frontpage

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Space Debris: Is It a Crisis? (esa.int)

20 hours ago | defrost | esa.int | frontpage

2

Only known gay prison now listed on NSW Heritage Register (abc.net.au)

2 days ago | defrost | abc.net.au | newest

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Magnificent, rare worm with its own campaign song: the giant Gippsland earthworm (theguardian.com)

5 days ago | defrost | theguardian.com | newest

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Archaeologists find 'unprecedented' Iron Age hoard (bbc.com)

a week ago | defrost | bbc.com | newest

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OTF, which backs Tor, Let's Encrypt etc., sues to save funding from Trump cuts (theregister.com)

a week ago | defrost | theregister.com | newest

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A Climate of Truth by Mike Berners-Lee: white-hot environmental policy takedown (theguardian.com)

a week ago | defrost | theguardian.com | newest

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Tax revenue could drop by 10 percent amid turmoil at IRS (washingtonpost.com)

a week ago | defrost | washingtonpost.com | newest

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Largest 3D map of the universe hints dark energy is becoming weaker (abc.net.au)

2 weeks ago | defrost | abc.net.au | newest

2

Greenhouse gases reduce the satellite carrying capacity of low Earth orbit (nature.com)

3 weeks ago | defrost | nature.com | newest

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Death on Delivery: Civilian harm from intensifying drone warfare across Africa (dronewars.net)

3 weeks ago | defrost | dronewars.net | newest

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Slow-moving burning object in Australian skies calls for space junk regulation (abc.net.au)

3 weeks ago | defrost | abc.net.au | frontpage

4

Earth's oldest impact crater was just found in Australia (theconversation.com)

3 weeks ago | defrost | theconversation.com | newest

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Developer sabotaged ex-employer with kill switch that activated when fired (theregister.com)

3 weeks ago | defrost | theregister.com | frontpage

2

Why Trump's tariffs are better than you think – and much worse (crikey.com.au)

4 weeks ago | defrost | crikey.com.au | newest

2

US embassies end pollution data popular in China and India (phys.org)

4 weeks ago | defrost | phys.org | newest

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Scotland now home to Europe's biggest battery as windy storage site fires up (theregister.com)

4 weeks ago | defrost | theregister.com | frontpage

2

Park rangers battle Australian rare earth miners in old Mojave gold mine (phys.org)

a month ago | defrost | phys.org | newest

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Membership of NZ's domain registry suddenly triples, not entirely welcomed (theregister.com)

a month ago | defrost | theregister.com | newest

13

The Hollow Men of Silicon Valley (notesfromthecircus.com)

a month ago | defrost | notesfromthecircus.com | frontpage

1

The Outernet with Declan Ganley (spacenews.com)

a month ago | defrost | spacenews.com | newest

1

Underground compressed air energy storage facility green-lit at Broken Hill (abc.net.au)

a month ago | defrost | abc.net.au | newest

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'Amateur and dangerous': Historians weigh in on viral AI history videos (bbc.com)

a month ago | defrost | bbc.com | frontpage

5

Thailand ready to welcome 7k trafficked scam call center victims back (theregister.com)

a month ago | defrost | theregister.com | newest

4

[dupe] Will That Asteroid Strike Earth? Risk Level Rises to Highest Ever Recorded (nytimes.com)

a month ago | defrost | nytimes.com | newest

4

White House Admits Musk and Doge Violated the CFAA (techdirt.com)

a month ago | defrost | techdirt.com | newest

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'Like an underwater bushfire' images as heatwave bleaches Ningaloo (watoday.com.au)

a month ago | defrost | watoday.com.au | newest

3

Teapot Dome Scandal (wikipedia.org)

a month ago | defrost | wikipedia.org | newest

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After Australia's ban, Indonesia mulls minimum age for social media (aljazeera.com)

a month ago | defrost | aljazeera.com | newest

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Have I Been Pwned likely to ban resellers from buying subs (theregister.com)

a month ago | defrost | theregister.com | frontpage

2

Turns out there's a lot of hardcore porn on Australian government websites (crikey.com.au)

a month ago | defrost | crikey.com.au | frontpage

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[flagged] Clark County Election Analysis (electiontruthalliance.org)

a month ago | defrost | electiontruthalliance.org | frontpage

3

BorderAge promises 100% anonymous age assurance with hand gesture modality (biometricupdate.com)

a month ago | defrost | biometricupdate.com | newest

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Extreme heat: Where 50C temperatures could hit this week (sbs.com.au)

a month ago | defrost | sbs.com.au | newest

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Privacy Commissioner warns of 'digital doppelgangers' (theregister.com)

a month ago | defrost | theregister.com | newest

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66M-year-old vomit discovered in Denmark (bbc.com)

3 months ago | defrost | bbc.com | newest

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British Museum says ex-contractor 'shut down' IT systems, wreaked havoc (theregister.com)

3 months ago | defrost | theregister.com | newest

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Astronomers seek global ban on space advertising (spacenews.com)

3 months ago | defrost | spacenews.com | frontpage

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Biggest iceberg A23a drifting towards penguin-packed island (abc.net.au)

3 months ago | defrost | abc.net.au | newest

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A third of the Arctic's carbon sink now a source of emissions (theguardian.com)

3 months ago | defrost | theguardian.com | frontpage

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Why nuclear build costs are soaring; and Australia faces the biggest increases (crikey.com.au)

3 months ago | defrost | crikey.com.au | newest

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Games Workshop and the big ambition of a miniatures business (bbc.com)

3 months ago | defrost | bbc.com | frontpage

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Australian Open resorts to animated caricatures to bypass broadcast restrictions (crikey.com.au)

3 months ago | defrost | crikey.com.au | best

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Will China welcome TikTok refugees? (crikey.com.au)

3 months ago | defrost | crikey.com.au | newest

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Foundation model for tabular data slashes training from hours to seconds (theregister.com)

3 months ago | defrost | theregister.com | newest

1

Our remote isle celebrates New Year on 13 January (bbc.com)

3 months ago | defrost | bbc.com | newest

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2024 first year to pass 1.5C global warming limit (bbc.com)

3 months ago | defrost | bbc.com | best

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Indonesia joins BRICS group of emerging economies (aljazeera.com)

3 months ago | defrost | aljazeera.com | newest

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State of the Cryosphere 2024 – Lost Ice, Global Damage (iccinet.org)

3 months ago | defrost | iccinet.org | newest

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1 Dead After a Cybertruck Explodes Outside the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas (nytimes.com)

3 months ago | defrost | nytimes.com | newest

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Critics decry Vietnam's 'draconian' new internet law (theguardian.com)

4 months ago | defrost | theguardian.com | frontpage

2

Final black and white Doctor Who to air in colour (bbc.com)

4 months ago | defrost | bbc.com | newest

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Complete Mastodon Jaw Unearthed Marks Major Discovery in New York (nysed.gov)

4 months ago | defrost | nysed.gov | newest

2

Commercial Fusion Systems (cfs.energy)

4 months ago | defrost | cfs.energy | newest

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Low-interest electric vehicle loans for workers earning less than $100k (abc.net.au)

4 months ago | defrost | abc.net.au | newest

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Top lawyers question law that stops Operation Ironside High Court challenge (abc.net.au)

4 months ago | defrost | abc.net.au | newest

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Interpol wants everyone to stop saying 'pig butchering' (theregister.com)

4 months ago | defrost | theregister.com | frontpage

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Bronze Age massacre victims likely cannibalised (bbc.com)

4 months ago | defrost | bbc.com | newest

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Kennedy's Lawyer Has Asked the FDA to Revoke Approval of the Polio Vaccine (nytimes.com)

4 months ago | defrost | nytimes.com | frontpage

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Australia lays fiendish tax trap for Meta – with an expensive escape hatch (theregister.com)

4 months ago | defrost | theregister.com | newest

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Geomagnetic storms cause "mass migrations" of satellites (spacenews.com)

4 months ago | defrost | spacenews.com | newest

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Eurocops take down 'secure' criminal chat system known as Matrix (theregister.com)

4 months ago | defrost | theregister.com | newest

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Employee sues Apple over 'spying' claims tied to mandatory devices (theregister.com)

4 months ago | defrost | theregister.com | frontpage

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USC Student Rocket Club Reaches Space, Claims World Record (aviationweek.com)

5 months ago | defrost | aviationweek.com | newest

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Crypto entrepreneur eats banana art he bought for $6.2M (theguardian.com)

5 months ago | defrost | theguardian.com | newest

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Aftershock II (uscrpl.com)

5 months ago | defrost | uscrpl.com | frontpage

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Enormous cache of rare earth elements hidden inside coal ash waste (phys.org)

5 months ago | defrost | phys.org | frontpage

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Australia declines to join UK and US-led nuclear energy development pact (abc.net.au)

5 months ago | defrost | abc.net.au | newest

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Hardware barn denies .004 seconds of facial recognition violated privacy (theregister.com)

5 months ago | defrost | theregister.com | newest

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Trump's pick to run the FCC has told us what he plans (theregister.com)

5 months ago | defrost | theregister.com | frontpage

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Climate solution or distraction? Carbon capture at Chevron's Gorgon project (abc.net.au)

5 months ago | defrost | abc.net.au | newest

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Can you solve it? The knotty problem of Paddington in Peru (theguardian.com)

5 months ago | defrost | theguardian.com | newest

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Microsoft Recall is NOT Mandatory?? [video] (youtube.com)

6 months ago | defrost | youtube.com | newest

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NASA's Crew-8 mission members return to Earth on SpaceX capsule (npr.org)

6 months ago | defrost | npr.org | frontpage

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Polish broadcaster OFF Radio Kraków replaces presenters with AI hosts (abc.net.au)

6 months ago | defrost | abc.net.au | newest

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Women in tech still face a torrid time from LinkedIn lechers (crikey.com.au)

6 months ago | defrost | crikey.com.au | frontpage

3

Blade Runner 2049 maker sues Musk over robotaxi images (bbc.com)

6 months ago | defrost | bbc.com | newest

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Social media 'greatest destruction of human potential' US author tells Australia (abc.net.au)

6 months ago | defrost | abc.net.au | newest

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Tool promised to help non-verbal people- did it manipulate them instead? (bbc.com)

6 months ago | defrost | bbc.com | newest

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Global Threats (Faced by the U.S.) (nytimes.com)

7 months ago | defrost | nytimes.com | newest

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Starlink's new satellites emit 30x more radio interference than before (theregister.com)

7 months ago | defrost | theregister.com | frontpage

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Australia arrests dozens over app allegedly used by criminals worldwide (aljazeera.com)

7 months ago | defrost | aljazeera.com | frontpage

2

QLD Gov. promises to make 50¢ public transport permanent if re-elected (abc.net.au)

7 months ago | defrost | abc.net.au | newest

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One of England's biggest school academy trusts to ban phone use (bbc.com)

7 months ago | defrost | bbc.com | newest

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Elon Musk dubs Australia's gov't 'fascists' over misinformation law (aljazeera.com)

7 months ago | defrost | aljazeera.com | newest

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Royal Society Report: Space 2075 (royalsociety.org)

7 months ago | defrost | royalsociety.org | newest

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In Slingshot, a mission to Titan goes off course (spacenews.com)

7 months ago | defrost | spacenews.com | frontpage

2

Human activities now fuel two-thirds of global methane emissions (iop.org)

7 months ago | defrost | iop.org | newest

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Colorado: Man on office retreat 'got left behind on mountain' (bbc.com)

8 months ago | defrost | bbc.com | frontpage

1

Sticky beaks: Birds of prey defy strata company to raise family (sbs.com.au)

8 months ago | defrost | sbs.com.au | newest

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Buying a PC for local AI? These are the specs that matter (theregister.com)

8 months ago | defrost | theregister.com | newest

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Chinese spacecraft appear to reach lunar orbit despite launch setback (spacenews.com)

8 months ago | defrost | spacenews.com | newest

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Rare blue supermoon to light up Monday night sky (theguardian.com)

8 months ago | defrost | theguardian.com | newest

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Conversational LLM AI Amplified False Memories in Witness Interviews (arxiv.org)

8 months ago | defrost | arxiv.org | newest

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Aukus demonstrated 'real-time' AI tests at US Army's Project Convergence (breakingdefense.com)

8 months ago | defrost | breakingdefense.com | newest

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How to survive a 1,200 mile walk with your teenage son (bbc.com)

8 months ago | defrost | bbc.com | newest

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Chinese rocket stage breaks up into cloud of > 700 pieces of space debris (spacenews.com)

8 months ago | defrost | spacenews.com | frontpage

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Huawei made network monitor so sensitive it spotted impact of single faulty chip (theregister.com)

8 months ago | defrost | theregister.com | newest

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Man charged over theft of unreleased, limited edition Bluey coins (abc.net.au)

8 months ago | defrost | abc.net.au | newest

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U.S. Army seeks to expand space expertise among soldiers (spacenews.com)

8 months ago | defrost | spacenews.com | newest