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Back when Apple announced the Journal app as part of the iOS 17 preview at WWDC in June, it understandably got a lot of attention. The app would subsequently miss the September iOS 17 release and is now finally available after iOS 17.2 landed on iPhones around the world yesterday, and it could be a big deal for people who have been trying to get into journaling but haven't quite been able to make it stick.While a first-party journaling app has the potential to bring the mindful practice to more people than ever, one key…

New research explores the possibility that dark matter consists of theoretical particles called axions, focusing on detecting them through additional light from pulsars. Initial observations haven’t confirmed axions yet, but the research is crucial for understanding dark matter. The central question in the ongoing hunt for dark matter is: what is it made of? One possible answer is that dark matter consists of particles known as axions. Recent research by astrophysicists from the universities of Amsterdam and Princeton…

Plenty of room for solar: China’s two major deserts, the Gobi and Taklamakan, are home to more and more solar. Credit: TheDrive/Wikimedia, CC BY-ND With an energy-hungry economy, an historic reliance on coal and vast manufacturing enterprises, China is the world's single largest emitter, accounting for 27% of the world's carbon dioxide and a third of all greenhouse gas emissions. …

What goes in the toilet, and what goes in the trash? It’s the kind of discussion one has with a 2-year old, and is all the more delightful because it’s a topic generally regarded as taboo in polite conversation. You get to say things such as only “the three Ps” — pee, poop and paper — go in the toilet. Everything else goes in the trash can. Right?Alas, modern human life is much more complicated and the conversation far more difficult, though fundamentally important for health, safety and good manners. The last century…

Some people prefer a "clicky" key with a higher gf. It's a very personal thing. However, after using a "clicky" switch (red linear) on my UKH for nearly 10 years, I found my fingers and forearms were starting to give me problems.Before I continue, understand that I type anywhere between 6,000 and 10,000 words a day. I'm banging on a keyboard for hours. To compound this issue, I type very fast. So, on top of the pain I was beginning to suffer, my fingers were no longer able to keep up with my brain. It took me a while…

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) said Monday that his office is opening an investigation into Media Matters for America over its recent reports accusing X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, of placing ads for mainstream brands next to pro-Nazi and white nationalist content. Paxton’s office said it is investigating the liberal media watchdog group for “potential fraudulent activity” after X sued Media Matters in federal court in Texas, alleging it “manipulated the algorithms” on the platform in order to…

Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk made good on a promise late Monday to file a lawsuit against Media Matters for America, the progressive watchdog he has been publicly feuding with for days. The federal suit, filed in Texas, comes on the heels of a Media Matters report that outlined how X — the platform formerly known as Twitter, which Musk now owns — is placing advertising next to hateful content. It also comes as Musk himself is under fire for antisemitic activity on his own account. The Media Matters…

Elon Musk's social media company X filed a lawsuit against liberal advocacy group Media Matters for America on Monday, saying it manufactured a report to show advertisers' posts alongside neo-Nazi and white nationalist posts in order to “drive advertisers from the platform and destroy X Corp.” Media Matters, a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit, called the lawsuit “frivolous.” Advertisers have been fleeing the site formerly known as Twitter over concerns about their ads showing up next to pro-Nazi content — and hate…

Elon Musk followed through with his threat to sue Media Matters Tuesday after the nonprofit reported last week that Twitter/X “has been placing ads for major brands next to content that touts Adolf Hitler and his Nazi party.” This resulted in several major advertisers, including Disney, Paramount, NBCUniversal, Comcast, and Lionsgate, pulling their ads from the site. The suit was expected. The location the company filed it—in a Texas federal court—was a bit less so. And the flanking support Musk got in his fight against…

In the suit against MMFA, X claims that “99% of X’s measured ad placement has appeared adjacent to content scoring above the Global Alliance for Responsible Media’s brand safety floor”—an advertising industry standard to prevent monetization around harmful content—and that MMFA had “manipulated” the platform’s algorithm to return results that, the suit claims, are otherwise rare.In response, X CEO Linda Yaccarino claimed that “not a single authentic user on X saw IBM’s, Comcast’s, or Oracle’s ads next to the content in…