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DOJ proposing forced sale of Google Chrome, could fetch $20 billion if judge OKs: Report

3 mn readThe U.S. Department of Justice aims to force the sale of Google Chrome, which could fetch as much as $20 billion if a federal judge agrees to the browser’s sale, Bloomberg reported, a potentially huge blow to the world’s second-largest technology company. The fate of the Chrome browser owned by Alphabet Inc., the parent holding […]

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Winter storm updates: Lake-effect snow won’t stop soon; 5 feet of snow in a week

4 mn readLa Casa De Pizza was open for business Tuesday, but the outdoor seating at the cozy little restaurant on Main Street in North East, Pennsylvania, probably won’t be needed. The National Weather Service says the borough of 4,100 people has been slammed with more than 55 inches of snow since a lake-effect storm began pounding […]

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The surprising strategies animals use to survive the winter

4 mn readWhile we can simply throw on a sweater or turn up the heat, wild animals must have strategies to make it through the winter months. Take spiders. Many ground-dwelling North American species, such as wolf spiders, get through the winter by burrowing in the soil, under leaf litter, or inside logs.  “The difference in temperature between a frozen […]

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‘I got major doubt from the movie guys’: Julie Taymor on turning The Lion King into the most successful musical ever

4 mn readDisney’s stage version of their hit film is an unmatched global phenomenon. Twenty-seven years on from its premiere, its director discusses why it was a big risk that paid off 10 billion-fold. The Lion King musical is a beast of a show – captivating US audiences since 1997, it is the highest-grossing production of all […]

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How the bullet train transformed Japan

2 mn readSixty years after the world’s first high-speed train launched, rail enthusiast Paul Carter rides the bullet train along what’s been dubbed the “New Golden Route”. Standing on platform 19 at Tokyo Station, a bustling cathedral to modern rail travel, it’s hard to believe that it was 60 years ago this year that the first Shinkansen […]

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Cloned AI customer voice beats bank security checks

3 mn readArtificial intelligence can now clone human voices so well they that they are almost indistinguishable from the real thing. But how would it fare against the voice recognition tech that is supposed to protect people’s bank accounts? As part of the BBC’s Scam Safe Week, I have been investigating the power of voice cloning. The […]

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