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Burning Man Descends Into Chaos as Attendees Told to “Shelter in Place”

Don't Get Burned The Burning Man festival is known for its controlled chaos, but that madness seems quite a bit less controlled this year as massive rainstorms hit the Nevada desert where it's held, causing some to flee and others to "shelter in place." As the Reno Gazette Journal and other outlets have reported, event […]
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Dead Star Devouring Rival, Using Its Flesh to Shoot “Cosmic Cannonballs”

Astronomers have discovered a mysterious pulsar that has been stripping material from its companion star for decades, launching the stolen matter into the cosmos like "cosmic cannonballs." Pulsars are highly magnetized remains of dead stars that release electromagnetic pulses at surprisingly regular intervals. But a pulsar called PSR J1023+0038, which is roughly 4,500 light-years away […]
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That Millionaire With the Bizarre Health Regimen Is Doing Something Strange to His Genitals

We regret to inform you that biohacking tech millionaire Bryan Johnson — you know, the one who is obsessed with and painstakingly documenting efforts to rewind his biological age to 18 — is back at it again, and this time, his penis is the main attraction. After finding that he received "no benefit" from getting […]
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Community Horrified by Plan to Burn Tires to Produce Bitcoin

Rubber Band Man A Pennsylvania crypto company wants to burn tires to fuel Bitcoin mining — and community members from the area surrounding the proposed blazes are seeing red. In interviews with The Guardian, residents and environmentalists of Nesquehoning, the quaint Poconos township where Stronghold Digital Mining has asked the Environmental Protection Agency for permission to […]
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Microsoft Patents Bizarre AI-Powered Backpack, Bristling With Sensors

Backpack, Backpack Microsoft is, apparently, looking to take wearable tech to the next level with its sensor-full, AI-powered backpack patent that would be able to, well, spy on you. First flagged by the MSPowerUser blog, the backpack patent, which was approved last week, includes some very strange specs, including that the would-be wearable may be able […]
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New York subway system disables feature that could let stalkers track your trips

/ The MTA has disabled the OMNY system’s trip history feature after an investigation uncovered a serious privacy concern. p>span:first-child]:text-gray-13 [&_.duet–article-byline-and]:text-gray-13″> By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more.…

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