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Fallout pulls record viewer numbers for Amazon TV

Fallout — the Amazon Prime Video TV series — isn’t just a critical success. Amazon says the series drew 65 million viewers in its first two weeks, which makes it a crowd-pleaser, too. The Hollywood trade publication Variety reported on … Continue reading

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This highly rated game has arrived on Xbox Game Pass

A new game has been added to the Xbox Game Pass subscription service this week and reviews of gameplay are extremely favorable with an almost perfect rating on Steam. The Rewinder game is the newest addition and is available for … Continue reading

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Productive solar technologies draw investors as global off-grid solar sector funding slumps

Productive Use of Renewable Energy (PURE) technologies, especially those in the solar irrigation and cold chain segment, saw increased investor interest last year, despite a 43% funding slump recorded in the global off-grid solar sector. The global association for the … Continue reading

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Shinkei’s humane, quality-preserving fish-harvesting tech could upend the seafood industry

Shinkei raised $6 million to help it go from pilot to production, with a goal of 10 machines in actual use by the end of the year. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Meta hit with major EU probe into disinformation handling ahead of European elections

The European Commission is investigating Meta over concerns the company hasn’t done enough to tackle disinformation ahead of upcoming elections.

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Binance’s Founder Plans a Comeback Even as He Faces Prison Time

Since pleading guilty to violating money-laundering rules, Changpeng Zhao, who ran the giant crypto exchange Binance, has networked across the United States to set up his next act.

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8 Daily Newspapers Sue OpenAI and Microsoft Over A.I.

The suit, which accuses the tech companies of copyright infringement, adds to the fight over the online data used to power artificial intelligence.

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Meta Faces EU Investigation Over Election Disinformation

The inquiry is intended to pressure the tech giant to more aggressively police Facebook and Instagram ahead of the European Union’s closely watched elections in June.

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Killer Asteroid Hunters Spot 27,500 Overlooked Space Rocks

With the help of Google Cloud, scientists churned through hundreds of thousands of images of the night sky to reveal that the solar system is filled with unseen objects.

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Meet the Men Who Eat Meat

With the help of Joe Rogan, a social media trend with staying power emerged from a 2018 book, “The Carnivore Diet.”

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