All three casino projects slated for New York City won approval by the New York State Gaming Commission on Monday,… Continue reading New York Approves Three Casino Licenses, Clearing Way for First Full-Scale NYC Casinos The post New York Approves Three Casino Licenses, Clearing Way for First Full-Scale NYC Casinos […]
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Merriam-Webster’s word of the year delivers a dismissive verdict on junk AI content
Dictionary codifies the term that took hold in 2024 for low-quality AI-generated content.
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The fast and the future-focused are revolutionizing motorsport
When the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship launched its first race through Beijing’s Olympic Park in 2014, the idea of all-electric motorsport still bordered on experimental. Batteries couldn’t yet last a full race, and drivers had to switch cars mid-competition. Just over a decade later, Formula E has evolved […]
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OpenAI’s chief communications officer Hannah Wong will leave in January; Wong joined in 2021 and led PR during Sam Altman’s brief ouster and return in 2023 (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)
Maxwell Zeff / Wired: OpenAI’s chief communications officer Hannah Wong will leave in January; Wong joined in 2021 and led PR during Sam Altman’s brief ouster and return in 2023 — Hannah Wong told staff she is moving on to her “next chapter.” The company will be running an executive […]
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I tested Leica’s divisive M EV1 — it’s easier to the eye, but loses some of that rangefinder soul
The Leica M EV1 is the first Leica rangefinder without… the optical rangefinder. In its place, a useful EVF, which can make manual focusing much simpler.
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The Best Climber, Best Descender, & Overall Winner of the 2026 Trail Bike Field Test
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Live coverage: ULA Atlas 5 launch will put Amazon’s 180th broadband satellite in low Earth orbit
This will be the sixth and final launch of the year for United Launch Alliance. Teams are targeting liftoff from pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at 3:49 a.m. EST (0849 UTC).
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Why does the same side of the Moon always face Earth?
Why does the same side of the Moon always face Earth? I know this is called tidal locking, but what is the underlying mechanism for this? Bill CarrollChicago, Illinois When the Moon first formed, it was a sea of molten lava. The immense gravity of Earth stretched this molten sea, […]
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Unexpected Trajectory: Erin Sholl’s Path to Human Spaceflight Safety
Career paths are rarely a straight line and often include some unexpected curves. That is certainly true for Erin Sholl, deputy chief of the Space Transportation Systems Division within the Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. From struggling with multiplication tables in elementary school […]
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Finding the point of no return: Sun’s shifting, spiky atmospheric boundary mapped in detail for 1st time
Scientists have created the first detailed maps of the sun’s atmospheric boundary, where solar material breaks free and streams into space.