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Justine Calma

Big Tech has cozied up to nuclear energy

Steam rises out of the nuclear plant on Three Mile Island on March 26, 2019 before it closed later that year. | Photo: Getty Images

Major tech firms, in search of carbon pollution-free electricity for data centers, are helping to revive nuclear energy in the US.

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Zach Montague

Campus Protest Investigations Hang Over Schools as New Academic Year Begins

Dozens of discrimination complaints brought by conservative and pro-Jewish groups after the Oct. 7 attacks last year have spawned lengthy federal inquiries that some worry could chill free speech on campus.

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Amanda Taub

What Game Theory Tells Us About the Threat of an Israel-Iran War

Each side must predict how the other will react to avoid mutual destruction.

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Kate Selig

Michigan Father Dies in Israeli Airstrike in Lebanon, Family Says

Kamel Ahmad Jawad, a U.S. citizen, was remembered by friends and relatives as someone who chose to stay behind to help others who couldn’t flee.

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42 Tips That Prove Making Changes To Your Home Doesn't Have To Be A Huge Undertaking

These small changes will make a big impact.

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Dan Goodin, Ars Technica

Stealthy Malware Has Infected Thousands of Linux Systems for Years

Perfctl malware is hard to detect, persists after reboots, and can perform a breadth of malicious activities.

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Andrew Mearns

MLB Playoffs: ALDS Preview

The AL Central takes center stage in the ALDS! The Royals and Yankees renew an old playoff rivalry while the upstart Tigers and Guardians duke it out.

The American League Central doesn’t get much respect. Some of this is due to its history as one of baseball’s “newer” divisions. The AL Central’s only two World Series champions in 30 seasons of play are the 2005 White Sox and 2015 Royals. Neither were part of a lasting dynasty, and aside from them, it’s been a complete...

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Demetrius Bell

MLB Playoffs: NLDS preview

Two sets of division rivals face off with a trip to the NLCS on the line.

The Wild Card series has come and gone and as far as the National League goes, we’ve been left with a pair of spicy divisional matchups that are very likely to deliver when it comes to intensity and drama. The San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers are getting quite used to seeing each other in the postseason, while the Philadelphia Phillies are seeing a completely different divisional rival in the NLDS...

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Andrew Webster

Starfield’s big Shattered Space expansion isn’t weird enough

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It’s been a long time coming for Starfield players. Bethesda’s sci-fi take on Skyrim originally launched last summer, and while there have been some updates and improvements since then, it’s taken more than a year for the game to get its first major expansion. This lead-up means there’s a lot riding on Shattered Space — which is a perfectly fine addition to the game that also feels incredibly underwhelming. After a promising setup, it ends up mostly being...

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42 Products People Have Taken On International Trips And Highly, *Highly* Recommend

You'll be *immensely* grateful to have an Apple AirTag and luggage lock on your stuff when you're jetsetting from country to country.

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Pete Thamel

Sources: Texas A&M to make game-time QB call

Texas A&M quarterback Conner Weigman's injured shoulder is improving and he's healthy enough where he's expected to dress and be available for the game against No. 9 Missouri on Saturday, sources told ESPN.

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Ryan Waniata

Sony Bravia Theater Quad Review: Crazy Immersion, Crazy Expensive

Sony’s discreet new surround sound system offers incredible immersion for an incredible fee.

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Noa Dalzell

Alyssa Thomas, Sun fall to Lynx: “This was a poor display of what Connecticut basketball is about”

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Stephanie White and Alyssa Thomas both expressed their disappointment with the Sun’s performance in a 90-81 loss against the Lynx.

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Normally, Connecticut Sun head coach Stephanie White begins her opening statement at the podium with some iteration of: “I’m proud of our group.”

But, after the Sun’s 90-81 loss to the Minnesota Lynx, White took a different tune.

“That was a tough one for us,” White said. “They got...

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Jay Peters

Epic has a plan for the rest of the decade

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Just over a year ago, Epic Games laid off around 16 percent of its employees. The problem, Epic said, was its own big ideas for the future and just how expensive they were to build. “For a while now, we’ve been spending way more money than we earn,” Epic CEO Tim Sweeney wrote in an email to staff.

On Tuesday, onstage at the Unreal Fest conference in Seattle, Sweeney declared that the company is now “financially sound.” The...

Mashable

Imagine 3 stars orbiting each other every 4 weeks. It's real.

Scientists have found a trio of stars dancing a high-speed cosmic do-si-do. 

In fact, the stars' tempo is so rapid, astronomers have labeled this a new record: Here, a pair of stars orbit each other in less than two Earth days, while a third makes a trip around them in 25 days. Before this discovery, the fastest known three-star grouping was Lambda Tauri, with its farthest star circling in 33 days.

It took 68 years to beat the record holder. A NASA satellite, MIT researchers, artificial...

Fast Company

Francine Maroukian

4 things executives could learn from top freelancers

You don’t become a successful freelancer without developing expertise in navigating uncertainty, and that’s a valuable skill for any top executive.

I am not a business coach. But as life in corporate America shifts, I’ve become a version of one to many of my C-suite clients who now find themselves in a career holding pattern. As the ground shifts beneath these executives, they are suddenly mighty curious about the lessons I’ve learned from four decades of navigating the kind of...

Fast Company

Lance Lambert

Housing market update: More than 4 million homeowners could refinance their mortgages

The potential pool of homeowners who could refinance has quadrupled since June.

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Fast Company

Emily Guy Birken

A brief guide to affording eldercare for aging parents

Caregiving for elderly parents is costly, whether you’re spending time or money. Here’s how to make the math work for your family budget.

As an adult, you’ve gotten used to certain things about your parents that your childhood never prepared you for—like your mom’s affinity for pickleball or your dad’s sudden fascination with ancient alien documentaries. But the frailty that comes with aging can be the most difficult change to see in your parents. You might be tempted to ignore...

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20 Things On Sale At Wayfair’s Way Day That Just Might Make You Think “My Home Needs An Upgrade”

From accent furniture to sheets — every area of your house deserves some sprucing this Way Day.

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Wired Top Stories

Justin Stebbing

Alcohol Plays a Major Role in New Cancer Cases

A new report estimates that 40 percent of all cancer cases are associated with factors we can change—alcohol consumption being a prominent one.

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