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American model Kim Kardashian is facing internet backlash for allegedly spreading rumors about the Royals. Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, is currently the most talked-about person online, among media outlets and royal followers. With each passing day, conspiracy theories about her whereabouts post mysterious surgery spread like wildfire, while Kensington Palace awaits the right time for the princess's public appearance. American model Kim Kardashian is facing internet backlash for allegedly spreading…

Reds and yellows show where Pacific waters were warmer in 2024 than in 2022. The abnormally warmer region along the equator is what we call El Niño. Weak El Niño events occur every few years, with strong events like this averaging once every 10 to 20 years. Credit: NOAA Wild weather has been roiling North America for the past few months, thanks in part to a strong El Niño that sent temperatures surging in 2023. The climate…

This week, Daimler Truck and Linde Engineering presented sLH2, a jointly developed refueling technology for sub-cooled liquid hydrogen – and they’ve made the technology openly available to anyone who wants it. Engineers from both Daimler and Linde have co-developed sLH2, a new process for handling and storing sub-cooled liquid hydrogen – an approach that allows for a higher hydrogen storage density, faster refueling, and superior energy efficiency than gaseous hydrogen. The best part? sLH2 can do…

Big Pharma has invested big money in the organizations planning what a MAGA policy agenda will look like in a new Trump administration. Not surprisingly, that policy playbook contains a major gift for the drug industry: a swift end to the Biden administration’s landmark program to allow Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices. For two decades, Congress barred Medicare from negotiating prescription drug prices, which is a major reason why Americans pay higher prices for drugs than anyone else in the world. In 2022,…

Your smartphone is likely always listening to you. It has to be in order for voice-recognition assistants like Siri, Bixby, or Alexa to work. But is your device listening to your conversations and using them to target you with personalized ads?While there is no definitive proof that this is happening, some experts suggest that it is possible for some apps to access your device’s microphone and record snippets of your conversations without your consent. This is the concern Mark has and why he wrote to us asking,"2 days…

HAIAN, CHINA - NOVEMBER 7, 2023 - A crab farmer sells crabs via a live webcast at Xinhai village in Haian city, Jiangsu province, China, Nov 7, 2023. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesBEIJING — Livestream shopping is taking off in China, driving development of new tech products such as virtual human streamers and mobile data packages.It's an attempt to monetize — and innovate — in one of the few bright spots for an economy that's largely slowing in growth.Livestreaming…

Credit: Taylor & Francis Society has gone backwards in its treatment of women with the internet fueling new forms of misogyny, according to the author of a new book. Linguist and researcher Deborah Cameron says that prejudice, discrimination and abuse should not be regarded as yesterday's problems. Rather than fading away in…

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Used cooking oils, animal byproducts—and soon your trash—are being used to cut a major source of global emissions: air travel. WSJ explores whether the recent surge in investment in sustainable aviation fuel will help the industry finally take off. Used cooking oils, animal byproducts—and soon your trash—are being used to cut a major source of global emissions: air travel. WSJ explores whether the recent surge in investment in sustainable aviation fuel will help the industry finally take off. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE…

Social media companies are once again under scrutiny, this time in France as the country's president blames TikTok, Snapchat and other platforms for helping fuel widespread riots over the fatal police shooting of a 17-year-old driver. On Friday, French President Emmanuel Macron accused social media of playing a "considerable role" in encouraging copycat acts of violence as the country tries to tamp down protests that surfaced long-simmering tensions between police and young people in the country. French Interior Minister…