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It’s summer! Protect your tech from the heat

It’s summer! Protect your tech from the heat

[ad_1] Tech is expensive, and there are endless ways to ruin yours. While we’re talking money, I put together a list of tech freebies you can grab right now.  Now, some bad news: Your smartphone hates the heat. Smartphones work best between 35 and 95 degrees. Colder or hotter, you risk hardware damage and shorter battery life.  So, what can …

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LK-99 superconductor breakthrough could mark ‘new era’

LK-99 superconductor breakthrough could mark 'new era'

[ad_1] Imagine riding a levitating train at speeds of 14,000 miles per hour — cutting the trip from New York to Los Angeles to just 20 minutes. A team of South Korean researchers say the science fiction fantasy is closer to reality than ever before with what they claim is a revolutionary breakthrough in superconductors. The researchers published their findings …

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NASA loses contact with probe in deep space for 47 years

NASA loses contact with probe in deep space for 47 years

[ad_1] Somebody really spaced out on this one. NASA has lost contact with its deep space, Voyager 2 probe after giving the spacecraft an incorrect command two weeks ago. On Tuesday, it was announced that NASA had only first heard back from the vessel when a “heartbeat signal” was picked up by deep space network antennas massively positioned throughout Earth. …

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Adobe employees fear its AI products could prompt clients to lay off workers

Adobe employees fear its AI products could prompt clients to lay off workers

[ad_1] Adobe employees raised red flags about their company’s new generative AI features, fearing the enhanced design tools could spur clients to fire workers, according to a report. The Silicon Valley-based multinational best known for its Photoshop and Acrobat software recently rolled out Firefly, a generative AI tool that allows users to extend images and add or remove objects using …

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Fox anchor Bob Kelly sucker punched at Jersey Shore bar

Fox anchor Bob Kelly sucker punched at Jersey Shore bar

[ad_1] A Philadelphia TV news anchor known as the “Dean of Traffic” sported a visibly swollen eye while on the air Tuesday — the result of being sucker punched in an attack he blamed on a TikTok challenge. Bob Kelly, a longtime meteorologist for Fox 29 in the City of Brotherly Love, was slammed in the face by a brute …

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Apple-1 computer signed by Steve Wozniak up for auction

Apple-1 computer signed by Steve Wozniak up for auction

[ad_1] A vintage Apple computer signed by company co-founder Steve Wozniak is being sold at auction. The Apple-1 set in motion the company that in June became the first publicly traded business to close a trading day with a $3 trillion market value, according to RR Auction in Boston. The computer has been restored to a fully operational state and comes …

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Feds open probe into 280K new Tesla cars over steering issue

Feds open probe into 280K new Tesla cars over steering issue

[ad_1] US auto safety regulators said Tuesday they have opened an investigation into 280,000 new Tesla Model 3 and Model Y vehicles over reports of loss of steering control and power steering. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened a preliminary evaluation after it received 12 complaints from owners of 2023 Tesla Model 3 and Model Y vehicles. One Model 3 driver reported in …

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Instagram boss moves back to US days after Threads loses half its users

Instagram boss moves back to US days after Threads loses half its users

[ad_1] The head of Instagram has ditched working from London after a highly-publicized move across the Pond last year to return to the US — as Threads struggles to retain users. Adam Mosseri, who oversees the Instagram-linked “Twitter killer” app, said the recent launch of Threads made working from a distant time zone too challenging. “A year is not enough …

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Elon Musk’s X sign removed from San Francisco HQ after complaints

Elon Musk's X sign removed from San Francisco HQ after complaints

[ad_1] It is gone. A giant, glowing X no longer marks the spot on the San Francisco high-rise that is headquarters to Elon Musk’s messaging company X, formerly known as Twitter. The city building department logged 24 complaints after a weekend of the big X, which on Friday was erected on the roof of the company’s downtown San Francisco headquarters, on …

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