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Amanda Hoover Business Jul 29, 2023 7:00 AM This Is the Era of Zombie Twitter The bird may be dead, but Twitter—er, X—is still alive for communities, news, and memes. Photograph: Paul Taylor/Getty Images Save this story Save Save this story Save The bird is dead, but zombie Twitter is …

Lauren Smiley Business Jul 28, 2023 6:47 PM The Legal Saga of Uber’s Fatal Self-Driving Car Crash Is Over After five years of purgatory, Rafaela Vasquez, the operator of a self-driving Uber that killed a pedestrian in 2018, pleaded guilty to endangerment. Photograph: Cassidy Araiza Save this story Save Save …

Paresh Dave Business Jul 28, 2023 9:00 AM Hands On With Google Search’s Answer to ChatGPT Google’s new AI-powered search engine can feel more like artificial interference than artificial intelligence. Photograph: charles taylor/Getty Images Save this story Save Save this story Save Last weekend, I turned to Google Search for …

A juvenile great white shark washing up on a P.E.I. shore might have once been considered a rare occurrence. But scientists say such incidents are becoming more frequent. 'I was hoping to find sea glass, driftwood — but not a shark,' says startled tourist A shark doesn't wash up on …

LK-99 is all the buzz on social media, but it is just the latest of many claims to have created a room-temperature superconductor. What is it that has people so excited, and what — if anything — sets this claim apart? Room-temperature superconductors could change the world, but some physicists …

Researchers at the University of British Columbia are helping lead a first-of-its-kind project to improve Alzheimer's disease prevention, diagnosis and care for people of Asian ancestry across North America. Asian people could face particular risks but are underrepresented in most research Researchers at the University of British Columbia are helping …

Joel Khalili Business Jul 28, 2023 6:00 AM I Looked Into Sam Altman’s Orb and All I Got Was This Lousy Crypto Tools for Humanity has an iris-scanning Orb that decides whether you're human or a robot—and then gives you crypto. But is Worldcoin worth the price? Photograph: Joel Khalili …

Paresh Dave Business Jul 27, 2023 2:00 PM Meta Just Proved People Hate Chronological Feeds Some social media users and lawmakers say chronological feeds are healthier. A new study found that Facebook and Instagram users who were forced to see time-ranked posts turned to TikTok instead. Photograph: MirageC/Getty Images Save …

Vittoria ElliottParesh Dave Business Jul 27, 2023 1:59 PM Meta’s Election Research Opens More Questions Than It Answers Researchers were given unprecedented access to Meta’s data during the 2020 elections. Meta says their results show its platforms don’t cause political polarization. That’s not entirely true. Photograph: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images Save …

Of all the scientists involved in the Manhattan Project, only one walked away from the plan to build a nuclear bomb. But you won't hear the name Joseph Rotblat — or the story of how he brought the fight for nuclear disarmament to a small Nova Scotia village — in …