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Big study uncovers 22 links between viral infections and brain disease:
New research looking at health records from nearly half a million people has identified 22 different associations between viral infections and neurodegenerative diseases.
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27 January 2023.
Condenser microphone and audio interface combined into one iRig:
IK Multimedia's iRig range has included microphones and audio interfaces in the past, but now the company has launched one device that combines the two, claiming that the iRig Stream Mic Pro is "virtually an entire studio setup in one elegant, compact design that can be easily taken anywhere.
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26 January 2023.
Facebook And Instagram Agree To Restore Trump’s Accounts:
In a move that shouldn’t really surprise anyone, Meta has said that both Facebook and Instagram will be restoring Donald Trump’s accounts, which it had “indefinitely” suspended in the wake of the January 6th insurrection two years ago.
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26 January 2023.
India's Attempts To Censor BBC Documentary Make More People Want To See It:
The Indian government has dismissed the series, which is critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's role in the 2002 Gujarat riots, as "propaganda.
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26 January 2023.
This ‘Welcome to YouTube’ Video is not the Platform’s Oldest, ‘Me at the Zoo’ from 2005 Still Holds the Title:
Most know that ‘Me at the Zoo’, uploaded to YouTube on April 23, 2005, is officially the platform’s oldest video, but recently a ‘Welcome to YouTube‘ clip claims to have premiered on April 6, 2005.
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27 January 2023.
Top 10 AI Content Generator & Writer Tools in 2022:
Are you looking for a way to create content that is both effective and efficient? If so, then you should consider using an AI content generator.
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15 November 2022.
Space, The Boring Frontier:
Suppose you randomly go 1 million miles somewhere away from our Sun.
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28 December 2021.
Biden vows to veto Republican plans that threaten economic ‘chaos’ – as it happened:
‘I will not let that happen – not on my watch’, president saysSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailThe US economy expanded at a 2.
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27 January 2023.
Feline uncertain? Cats do give clues if the fur’s about to fly, study finds:
Study of 105 pairs of interacting felines decodes the cat behaviour that puzzles humans – and flags up the unsubtle battle cry of claws and yowlingWhen cats get together it can be difficult to tell rough and tumble play from a full-blown scrap.
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27 January 2023.
Save 40% on this Anker power generator ahead of more winter storms:
Winter blizzards and springtime storms can wreak havoc on the power grid.
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27 January 2023.
Government green heating scheme off to slow start:
Take up of the Boiler Upgrade Scheme is lagging behind schedule.
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26 January 2023.
Robot Cars Are Causing 911 False Alarms in San Francisco:
City agencies say the incidents and other disruptions show the need for more transparency about the vehicles and a pause on expanding service.
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26 January 2023.
Social media's role in Jan. 6 was left out of the final report:
Washington Post reporter Drew Harwell says the unpublished report shows that tech companies didn't respond to employees' warnings about violent rhetoric on their platforms.
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26 January 2023.
Study suggests UK underestimates its methane emissions from oil and gas production; other countries probably do as well:
Methane is the second most important greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide, contributing about 1 degree Fahrenheit of present-day global warming relative to pre-industrial times.
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26 January 2023.
TikTok’s New Defense in Washington: Going on the Offense:
Keeping its head down has not paid off for the company, which now faces regulatory pressure on many fronts.
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27 January 2023.
S&P500 (ES) Testing Weekly Chart Downchannel Resistance:
The S&P500 (ESH23) is consolidating after the strong reversal off the Wednesday Hammer low, hesitating as it bumps against downchannel resistance (on the weekly chart).
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27 January 2023.
Newly Discovered Asteroid Passes Close to Earth:
First detected just days ago, 2023 BU approached within 2,200 miles of our planet’s surface before moving on.
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27 January 2023.
Humans can correctly identify several gestures made by apes, a new study shows:
On average, half the participants in a study by the University of St.
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26 January 2023.
Why This Landing Won’t Be Coming in Straight:
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27 January 2023.
NYC Will Replace Its Largest Fossil Fuel Plant With Wind Power:
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Electrek: New York City's largest fossil-fuel plant, which powers 20% of the city, will be replaced with offshore wind power.
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27 January 2023.
Facebook restores Trump's account, two years after Jan. 6:
Facebook announced that it will be restoring former President Donald Trump’s personal account in the upcoming weeks.
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26 January 2023.
NASA spies Martian rocks that look just like a teddy bear:
A broken hill, an ancient crater and the human tendency to find faces everywhere may explain the teddy bear on Mars.
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26 January 2023.
Meet the scientist at the center of the covid lab leak controversy:
On a foggy morning in early February last year, dozens of journalists from around the world gathered outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
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09 February 2022.
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
