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Capt. Miles Morgan, managing director of flight training for United Airlines

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Aviation Safety Net Helps Keep Planes Safe If Controllers Lose Contact

One major issue: FAA computers are so old they can't handle all the data at full speed.

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 Megan Garcia stands with her son, Sewell Setzer III

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Is An Artificial Intelligence Chatbot - That Led A Boy To The Unthinkable - Protected By The First Amendment?

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Just Released, Above-Normal Hurricane Season Predicted

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Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at a Google I/O event in Mountain View, Calif.

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Google Shares Next Wave Of Artificial Intelligence: “AI Mode”

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Toppled dragon's blood trees are strewn on the ground on the Yemeni island of Socotra

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Climate Threats... And Goats Threaten These Trees That Only Grow One Place On Earth

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Darth Vader costume

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Actors' Union Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge: AI Used To Make Darth Vader's Voice In Fortnite

SAG-AFTRA determined to protect those voice actors, "including those who previously did the work of matching Darth Vader’s iconic rhythm and tone in video games.”

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A sketch by Bob Goodson that included a crude concept of what would become the Like button

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Who Came Up With The Internet 'Like' Button?

Reeves believes the Like button and the forces that coalesced to create it tapped into something uniquely human.

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Coinbase did not specify how many customers had their data stolen or fell prey to social engineering scams. But the company did pledge to reimburse any who did.

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Country's Largest Cryptocurrency Exchange Hit By Criminals, Users' Data Threatened, Ransom Payment Demanded

“(The stolen data) allows them to conduct social engineering attacks where they can call our customers impersonating Coinbase customer support and try to trick them into sending their funds to the attackers.”

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Antarctica Gained 200B Tons Of Ice In Recent Two-Year Period, Surprising Scientists

The southern continent has offered a surprise that, literally speaking, the worst effects of 'climate change' actually can be delayed and reversed.

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Musicians gather to break the record of most mariachis performing in unison, at the Zocalo, Mexico City's main square

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Hearing Your Favorite Song, Your Brain 'Physically Embodies' Music, Science Shows

Music makes us tap our feet and feel emotions without us consciously deciding to do so. But why?

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Sahara’s Towering Volcano

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Astronaut Discovers Hidden Salt Lake Atop Sahara’s 'Emi Koussi' Towering Volcano

Towering at 11,204 feet, it’s the highest point in the entire Sahara, surrounded by sunlit flats of pale desert sand.

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Image by NASA's Perseverance shows evidence of a visible aurora on Mars

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Like Earth, Mars Has Auroras, Too

Launched in 2020, Perseverance has been exploring Mars' Jezero Crater since 2021, collecting dust and rock samples for eventual return to Earth.

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Physicists At MIT Snap First-Ever Images of Atoms – In Their ‘Free-Range’ States

Particles never seen before.

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In the end, wearables are best understood as interesting but imperfect tools − not magic wands.

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Do You Wear A Smartwatch? 5 Definite Things To Keep In Mind, Like: Steps Aren’t Really Steps

People "might accept data at face value without considering how it was generated, whether it’s accurate, or even if it could put them at risk."

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