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Thursday 13 June 2019

Chernobyl: 10 burning questions we still have after watching the HBO miniseries

If you're like us, after watching the HBO miniseries about the catastrophic nuclear meltdown of Chernobyl, you still have many burning questions about what really happened. Here are some answers to those the series doesn't cover.

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Europa's ocean may be more Earthlike than previously thought

Color composite view combines violet, green, and infrared images of Europa in natural color (left) and ...

A new study by researchers at Caltech and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, indicates that the subterranean world ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa may be more Earthlike than scientists believed. Visible-light spectrographic analysis show that yellow stains on Europa's icy crust are common table salt, suggesting that the Europan ocean may be similar to its terrestrial counterparts.

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Pinterest bans anti-abortion group Live Action - CNET

The group had previously linked Planned Parenthood with the sales of harvested fetal body parts.

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Iron Man leads our Father's Day picks for best sci-fi and fantasy dads - CNET

They might get themselves killed or put their own kids in danger. But we're buying them all ugly ties for Father's Day anyway, at least in spirit.

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New Zealand Fibre Max connections average over 520Mbps

Speeds held back by an interconnect issue, with top speeds to be much higher in future.

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Google promises to play nice with ad blockers (again)

Google relaxes control on new Chrome extensions API that would have crippled ad blockers.

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Was your flight delay due to an IT outage? What a new report on airline IT tells us

From 2015 through 2017, most airline IT outages were serious enough to disrupt flights, according to a government agency, but the full impact of the industry's IT problems is hard to calculate.

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Danny Boyle's Yesterday Is a Fascinating, Complex Fantasy Set to the Music of the Beatles

Danny Boyle’s latest film, Yesterday, makes pleasure feel guilty, but it’s not a guilty pleasure. Instead, it’s an expertly crafted film telling the surprisingly complex emotional story of one man’s impossible dilemma involving some of the greatest art ever made—and it makes us question our own personal morals in the…

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Where to go for cheap phone service when your free year of Sprint is up - CNET

The gravy train is pulling into the station. Smaller carriers aren't free, but plans start as low as ... well, you probably wouldn't believe me.

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How to stream the entire 2019 24 Hours of Le Mans - Roadshow

Here's how to clap eyes on the biggest motorsport event of the year if you can't fly to France.

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League of Legends dev Riot Games is officially under investigation for discrimination

The developer of the popular League of Legends game has been facing down allegations and lawsuits over what’s reportedly a toxic workplace culture, culminating in a mass walkout when the company tried to force two women into arbitration instead of having their day in court. But it now appears that the State of California has been quietly investigating the game developer as well — and that Riot hasn’t been playing ball.

The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing just announced (via Kotaku) that it’s attempting to legally force Riot to cough up employee pay data so it can see whether Riot is paying women less than men, because Riot has refused to provide that data voluntarily.

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ESA developing radiation-hardened computer for Hera mission

Artist's concept of Hera surveying Didymos

The European Space Agency (ESA) is working on a specially radiation-hardened computer to control its Hera deep-space probe on its task to observe the effects of the Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment (AIDA) mission. Scheduled to launch in October 2023, Hera will be controlled by an autonomous computer that can operate in the radioactive environment of interplanetary space 490 million km (304 million mi) away from Earth for a period of four years.

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Uber wants to be the 'Amazon and Google of transportation'


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AT&T's Galaxy S10 5G arrives June 17th, but only for business


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What net neutrality? FCC head Ajit Pai would rather regulate Facebook

Ajit Pai isn't known for being a fan of regulation, but in a Senate hearing on May 12, he called Silicon Valley tech companies a threat in response to a question about net neutrality.

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The Apple Watch Series 4 is still at its lowest price for Father’s Day

Sales are continuing on select Apple Watch at both Amazon and Walmart through Father's Day, including a deal on the 38mm Series 3 GPS that is one of the lowest prices we've seen yet, and the new and slightly larger 40mm Series 4.

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Nine Items To Create the Ultimate Car Camping Kit

Not everyone is cut out for backpacking and really, that is easy to understand. After all, schlepping a mountain of gear on your back for an ungodly amount of mileage doesn’t necessarily sound appealing. But, communing with nature is typically high on everybody’s priority list, and that is where car camping comes into…

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Huawei is reportedly chasing Verizon for $1B over patent infringements - CNET

The carrier owes big bucks for its use of Huawei patented technology, a report says.

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Japan's working on a new driver's licensing system to help protect elderly drivers - Roadshow

The number of fatal crashes caused by elderly drivers in Japan is on the rise and the government is looking for a way to stop that.

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Huawei files trademark for Hongmeng OS while objecting to US ban, reports say - CNET

The Android ban means Huawei could be launching its own phone operating system.

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Everything we think we know about the Pixel 4, from Google’s Pixel 4 reveal

Google decided to jump ahead of leakers today and post a very early photo of the Pixel 4. It’s a basic shot, just showing the back of the phone, but there’s a lot we can tell just by looking at it: it confirms this will be the first Pixel with dual rear cameras, it confirms that Google is significantly changing the Pixel’s design language, and it offers a handful of other details about what to expect from the phone.

Here’s what we can see so far.

Dual cameras

Let’s start with the biggest one: there are two cameras very clearly positioned in the middle of that bulbous square popping out of the back of the phone. Google has made a point in recent years of differentiating the Pixel by sticking with a single rear camera, yet still managing...

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Baby Scale, Multi-Function Digital Baby Scale with Free Growth Chart to Measure Your Baby, Pets Weight Accurately. 3 Weighing Modes, Holding Function, Blue Backlight, Height Tray - CNET

Baby Scale, Multi-Function Digital Baby Scale with Free Growth Chart to Measure Your Baby, Pets Weight Accurately. 3 Weighing Modes, Holding Function, Blue Backlight, Height Tray

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9 dorm room essentials worth buying early - CNET

Because you need more than just a mini fridge.

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