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See what the total solar eclipse looked like from space

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Did you get out and see the eclipse Monday? It was quite the site to behold, or so I’m told as I’m nowhere near the path of totality. It looked mighty spectacular on the hundred of photos I’ve seen on Instagram in the last few hours, but those cell phone snaps have nothing on the view astronomers got from space…

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10 modern feats of automation that were just humans in disguise

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Amazon’s grocery stores ditched its“Just Walk Out” technology last week, though it turned out the automated checkout system included 1,000 reviewers in India. However, this is hardly the only example of times when automation breakthroughs were truly powered by human workers in hiding — a phenomenon known as “The…

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Tesla has settled a lawsuit over an Apple engineer's fatal 2018 crash involving Autopilot

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Tesla has reached a settlement with the family of a driver who died in a 2018 crash involving the use of Tesla’s driver assistance program just days before a trial in California state court was set to kick into gear.

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Starlink terminals are being sold by black market middlemen in Russia and other hotspots

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SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet terminals are showing up for sale on Russian online stores, being resold by Russian dealers, and being delivered to the front lines of Ukraine by Russian volunteer groups despite being in banned in the country, according to a new report.

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How to find out which apps are slowing down your Mac and Force Quit the unruly ones

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We’ve all been there. Sometimes something gets jammed in the works, the proverbial tubes get clogged, and the app you were using on your Mac or MacBook is no longer responding. First and foremost, you should simply quit out and restart the app, but if you’re having trouble there are a few simple things you can do to…

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Here's how you can use your iPad as a second Mac screen

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Using your iPad as a second screen for your Mac is a great way to enhance productivity. For instance, if you’re editing a film, you can view your content in full screen on your Mac and use your iPad for the editing panels. Or you can make use of Apple Pencil functionality on your iPad and use your Mac to display your…

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Let's talk about Elon Musk and 'free speech'

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Elon Musk spent the weekend embroiled in a war of words with the government of Brazil, which has reportedly opened an investigation into the X owner’s refusal to police misinformation on the social media site. And while Musk insists the battle is all about “free speech,” that argument falls apart pretty quickly when…

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