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Scientists genetically engineer a lethal mosquito STD to combat malaria:
Mosquitoes have long been among humanity’s most formidable adversaries, plaguing us for thousands of years and causing more deaths than any other animal.
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16 June 2025.
Construction finally begins on NYC's floating river-filtering + Pool:
Some 14 years after we first reported on it – and following multiple challenges and false starts – the ambitious plan to create a self-filtering floating public pool in a New York City river is now finally under construction.
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16 June 2025.
Agent Mulder Was Right! (Sort Of):
It’s one of those things I don’t discuss on main.
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17 June 2025.
Top 10 AI Tools That Will Transform Your Content Creation in 2025:
Looking to level up your content creation game in 2025? You're in the right place! The digital landscape has evolved dramatically, and AI tools have become essential for creators who want to stay ahead of the curve.
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02 January 2025.
Inside the medical crash cart robot: Designing for urgency, collaboration, and clarity:
Cornell Tech researchers unveiled a robot that helps emergency room teams locate life-saving supplies faster, revealing how design can shape collaboration under pressure.
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13 June 2025.
Makers of air fryers and smart speakers told to respect users’ right to privacy:
Information Commissioner’s Office takes action as people report feeling powerless over data gathering at homeMakers of air fryers, smart speakers, fertility trackers and smart TVs have been told to respect people’s rights to privacy by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
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17 June 2025.
Israeli stands at Paris airshow shut down ‘by order of French government’:
Four booths hidden from view, prompting fury from Israel’s defence ministry and visiting US RepublicansBusiness live – latest updatesThe four main Israeli company stands at the Paris airshow have been shut down after exhibitors reportedly refused to remove some weapons from display.
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17 June 2025.
Kali Linux gets a UI refresh, new tools, and an updated car hacking toolset:
The ever-popular penetration testing Linux distribution is now better refined for ethical hacking, penetration testing, audits, and network research.
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17 June 2025.
'Forever chemical' found in all but one of tested UK rivers:
The long-term impact of the chemical on human health is still unclear and being researched.
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15 June 2025.
President Trump fires a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission:
Christopher Hanson was appointed to serve on the commission overseeing the nation's nuclear reactors by President Biden in 2020.
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16 June 2025.
Train teachers on how to get parents involved in children's learning, say researchers:
Over half of primary and secondary school teachers in England have not been trained in how to support parents' involvement in children's learning and education at home and at school.
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16 June 2025.
WhatsApp Introduces Ads in Its App:
They will appear in only one part of the Meta-owned messaging service, it said.
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17 June 2025.
BOJ Holds Rates, Plans Slower Tapering of Bond Buying Next Year:
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17 June 2025.
Kali Linux gets a UI refresh, new tools, and an updated car hacking toolset:
The ever-popular penetration testing Linux distribution is now better refined for ethical hacking, penetration testing, audits, and network research.
Posted on
17 June 2025.
Graduate Students Push Back Against Science Funding Cuts:
Hundreds of graduate students are writing to their hometown newspapers to defend their research, as the Trump administration drastically reduces science funding.
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17 June 2025.
Could humans' unique nasal 'fingerprints' give us information about our health?:
Take a big inhale through your nose.
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13 June 2025.
BOJ Holds Rates, Plans Slower Tapering of Bond Buying Next Year:
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Posted on
17 June 2025.
Social Media Now Main Source of News In US, Research Suggests:
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: Social media and video networks have become the main source of news in the US, overtaking traditional TV channels and news websites, research suggests.
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17 June 2025.
Georgia leads toward a nuclear future with its first operating reactor:
Georgia Power Co. announced one of its two new reactors reached self-sustaining nuclear fission on Monday.
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07 March 2023.
Apollo astronauts discovered the moon is covered in tiny orange glass beads. Now we finally know why.:
Tiny, orange glass beads discovered on the moon during the Apollo era may reveal an untold history of lunar volcanism.
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16 June 2025.
Some of the tech in my workday
Best programming language?
The PYPL PopularitY of Programming Language Index is created by analyzing how often language tutorials are searched on Google.
The TIOBE Programming Community index measures popularity based on the number of skilled engineers world-wide, courses, third party vendors and search engine activity.
w3techs analyses page content to determine the technology used, and also uses publicly available information from sources such as Alexa, Google, Microsoft and ipinfo.io.
While Java and Python top the popularity charts, more than 80% of all websites run on PHP.
Longer term weather forecast
