Volkswagen is gearing up to launch a new generation of its Transporter series of vans, the modern successor to the Type 2 van that most readers will recognize as the iconic Microbus.
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Astronomers investigate an ultraluminous X-ray source in NGC 5055
Using the Chandra and XMM-Newton spacecraft, astronomers from the Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center in Warsaw, Poland, have investigated an ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) in the galaxy NGC 5055. The study, detailed in a paper published August 5 on the arXiv preprint server, provides more insight into the properties of this […]
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A BMW M3 Touring wagon is in the works, but it’s not coming to US
BMW has teased enthusiasts with a combination to make them salivate: an M3 wagon.
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Facebook says it removed over 7 million pieces of ‘harmful’ COVID-19 content in quarter
Facebook says it removed over 7 million pieces misleading or “harmful” COVID-19 related posts from its social network and the company-owned Instagram in the second quarter.
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Tribune closing 5 newsrooms including NY Daily News
Tribune Publishing Company, which owns some of the most storied newspapers in American journalism, said Wednesday that it is closing the newsrooms at five of them, including New York’s Daily News and The Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland.
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Over 500,000 people watched Shroud’s return to Twitch
Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek, one of the most popular live streamers in the world, returned to Twitch on Wednesday following Microsoft’s decision to shut down the competing Mixer platform, attracting nearly 500,000 active viewers in his comeback stream before it even officially started. Many of those viewers showed up only to […]
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Shroud’s comeback stream shows the power of Twitch’s biggest names
Michael “Shroud” Grzesiek’s first stream back on Twitch after his departure for Mixer was, by any measure, a massive success. He came back with more than 500,000 concurrents, a tide of subscriptions, and a new goatee. Grzesiek’s stream was the most popular on Twitch for the time he was live […]
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Are part-worn tyres safe?
We consider the pros and cons of part-worn tyres, and what to look out for
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David Spiegelhalter: How to be a coronavirus statistics sleuth
THERE IS a quote from Nate Silver about statistics which I think is very nice: “The numbers have no way of speaking for themselves. We speak for them, we imbue them with meaning.” You can’t just collect some data and it’ll tell you the answer. There is an art to […]
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Inspired by real astronauts, Netflix sends Hilary Swank ‘Away’ to Mars
An American astronaut joins an international crew for a long-duration spaceflight and has to endure both the challenges of the mission and the effects of being separated from Earth.