Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response.
2 mn readOmincom is reportedly in advanced talks to acquire Interpublic Group (IPG) in a deal that would create the largest advertising and marketing services firm in the world. The Wall Street Journal broke news of the deal on Sunday (Dec. 8) and reported that a transaction could be announced as early as the coming week. Terms of the […]
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3 mn readA team of American researchers beat its own speed record by drawing inspiration from the iconic sea creatures to improve their ability to control the robot’s movement in the water. The record-breaking robot has fins shaped like a manta ray, and is made of a material that is stable when the fins are spread wide. […]
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2 mn readVideo game publisher Ubisoft plans to lay off more than 150 employees as part of its plan to close a studio in San Francisco that maintains XDefiant, its free-to-play first-person shooter. The move will affect 152 workers, according to documents Ubisoft filed with the state. In a statement released Tuesday, the company said XDefiant did not […]
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3 mn readEight members of the OPEC+ alliance of oil exporting countries decided Thursday to put off increasing oil production as they face weaker than expected demand and competing production from non-allied countries — factors that could keep oil prices stagnant into next year. The OPEC+ members decided at an online meeting to postpone production increases that […]
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3 mn readA pair of European satellites rocketed into orbit Thursday on the first mission to create artificial solar eclipses through fancy formation flying in space. Each fake eclipse should last six hours once operations begin next year. That’s considerably longer than the few minutes of totality offered by a natural eclipse here on Earth, allowing for […]
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3 mn readRacist text messages invoking slavery raised alarm across the country this week after they were sent to Black men, women and students, including middle schoolers, prompting inquiries by the FBI and other agencies. The messages, sent anonymously, were reported in several states, including New York, Alabama, California, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Tennessee. They generally used a […]
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