North Korea’s state security bureau in North Hamgyong province has ordered the replacement of roughly 40% of its agents at municipal and county offices along the border in a...
How lizards keep detachable tails from falling off
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Lizards are famous for losing their tails, but perhaps the bigger question should be: How...
A technique borrowed from ecology hints at hundreds of lost medieval legends
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King Arthur’s lasting renown is one for the books. But a...
Artificial intelligence challenges what it means to be creative
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When British artist Harold Cohen met his first computer in 1968, he wondered if...
European Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders has threatened to slap sanctions on WhatsApp for pressuring EU-based consumers to accept controversial privacy changes.
Updates to WhatsApp’s terms...
Meta has promoted former U.K. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg to its president of global affairs, reporting directly to CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
“Nick will now...
Sunlight helps clean up oil spills in the ocean more than previously thought
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Sunlight may have helped remove as much as 17 percent...
PARIS — Facebook’s parent company Meta Wednesday announced a series of initiatives on its platforms to fight disinformation ahead of the French presidential election, including...
Nudge theory’s popularity may block insights into improving society
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Imagine removing a branch of the U.S. government, say the Supreme Court. What are...
San Francisco: Cupertino-based tech giant Apple is reportedly planning to launch its latest Apple M2 silicon processor in an updated 13-inch MacBook Pro model...
The European Commission wants to build a €6 billion satellite system that can provide broadband internet communications and also help keep Europe’s diplomatic and...
Brussels may be ramping up its rhetoric against intrusive spyware, but EU governments don’t seem to have gotten the memo.
At the European Parliament’s...
‘From Data to Quanta’ defends Niels Bohr’s view of quantum mechanics
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From Data to QuantaSlobodan PerovićUniv. of Chicago, $45
Ever since Max Planck introduced...
