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Google CEO Sundar Pichai Set To Testify Before Congress At Last
Google CEO Sundar Pichai will, at last, testify before the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday to answer questions about the company’s…
Read More »Scientists Find Out What Staring At A Smartphone Does To A Kid’s Brain
The first wave of data from a massive National Institute of Health (NIH) study found kids exposed to screens –…
Read More »2018 Tax Rules on Cell Phones are All Wrong
For tax year 2018, the rules have changed on business cell-phone tax deductions, and they are completely wrong. The IRS…
Read More »What’s The Shipping Industry’s Answer To Global Warming? Bring Back ‘Sails’
Shipping companies are considering a modern version of a centuries-old concept to power tankers essential for international trade and travel,…
Read More »Watch Live: SpaceX to Launch Dragon Resupply Mission Wednesday
SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, December 5 for the launch of its sixteenth Commercial Resupply Services mission (CRS-16) to the International…
Read More »Bypassing paralysis
By Tim Vernimmen, Knowable Magazine What if a brain still worked, but the limbs refused to listen? Could there be…
Read More »Republicans Hired DNC’s Cyber-Firm CrowdStrike — And Got Hacked in 2018
Republicans with the National Republican Congressional Committee hired cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike — a team led by a Russian ex-pat and…
Read More »How a second language can boost the brain
By Ramin Skibba, Knowable Magazine Even when you’re fluent in two languages, it can be a challenge to switch back…
Read More »Facebook CEO Zuckerberg “sent his cat” to testify at London meeting
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg “sent his cat” to an international committee meeting on “Fake News,” according to a Belgian representative—which…
Read More »The Whole Earth Shook This November And Scientists Don’t Know Why
Scientists still can’t agree on what caused a continuous and dull subterranean rumbling interrupted by regular bursts near Madagascar that shook every…
Read More »NASA to send three astronauts to International Space Station Monday [video]
Three space travelers, including two astronauts on their first flight, are scheduled to launch to the International Space Station on Monday, Dec. 3 for…
Read More »Study: U.S. Biology Textbooks Present Business in a Negative Light
Biology textbooks used in introductory college courses across the country present an overwhelmingly negative picture of businesses, according to a…
Read More »Holy Crap! Inception, yeah like the movie, is REAL [video]
If you’ve seen Inception, the blockbuster movie based on the idea that false ideas can be implanted in people’s heads…
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