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Leonardo’s wood charring method predates Japanese practice
The Japanese technique of burning wood surfaces creates a protective carbonized layer in bioarchitecture....
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Here are the top 10 most-watched shows of 2025, including Apple TV hit series
In the age of streaming, it can be hard to get a solid grasp of any given show’s overall popularity. But Nielsen is widely seen as providing the most accurate s...
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Get $100 Off Apple Watch Series 11 In Time For New Year's, Starting at $299
Amazon and Best Buy this week have all-time low prices on the Apple Watch Series 11, with $100 discounts across numerous models of the smartwatch. These discoun...
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2025 was the year AI got a vibe check
AI’s early-2025 spending spree featured massive raises and trillion-dollar infrastructure promises. By year’s end, hype gave way to a vibe check, with growing s...
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D7VK reaches version 1.1 and adds new frontend and experimental Direct3D 6 support — Direct3D 7-to-Vulkan translation layer runs old games with native performance
D7VK has added experimental Direct3D 6 support, opening up near-native performance for older PC games without emulation....
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Rainbow Six Siege X servers are back online after a hack completely shut down the game — Ubisoft rolling back free ultra-rare skins and billions of credits
Rainbow Six Siege has recovered from yesterday's attack, with servers now fully operational once again. The only issues players will experience re-entering the...
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China drafts world’s strictest rules to end AI-encouraged suicide, violence
China wants a human to intervene and notify guardians if suicide is ever mentioned....
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How to tweak your online platform algorithms
Here’s how you can see more or less of certain content being pushed to you on Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok, and more. Love them or hate them, more than half o...
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A quirky guide to myths and lore based in actual science
Folklorist/historian Adrienne Mayor on her new book Mythopedia: A Brief Compendium of Natural History Lore...
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Pluribus finale ending was revised in big way after Apple exec note
Pluribus wrapped up its first season last week, and the creative team has revealed that the ending for the finale was revised in a big way after an Apple TV exe...
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Samsung's Year End Sale Introduces Major Discounts on Popular Monitors and TVs
Samsung kicked off a new end-of-the-year sale this week, introducing great deals on monitors, TVs, Galaxy smartphones, and home appliances. Many of these deals...
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Nvidia's $20 billion Groq IP deal bolsters AI market domination — hardware stack and key engineer behind Google TPUs included in bombshell agreement
Nvidia has announced a $20 billion deal to acquire Groq’s intellectual property, though not the company itself, and absorb key members of its engineering team....