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The 7.5- magnitude earthquake beneath Japan's Noto Peninsula on Jan. 1, 2024, occurred when a 'dual-initiation mechanism' applied enough energy from two different locations to break through a fault barrier -- an area that locks two sides of a fault in place and absorbs the energy of fault movement, slowing it down or stopping it altogether.
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Never short of a slang word or three, Australians now have âenshittification,â which has become their national dictionaryâs Word of the Year. The Macquarie Dictionaryâs previous winners of the accolade include âcancel cultureâ (2019) and âmilkshake duckâ (2017), the latter being a popular social media personality whoâs later found to have a dark and reputation-damaging... Read more » Read more âș
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Apple today shared its annual holiday season ad. The video is titled "Heartstrings" and highlights the new hearing aid feature on AirPods Pro 2. "For so many of us, sound and how we hear shape how we connect to the world around us," said Apple, in the video description. "Yet, people with hearing loss wait an average of 10 years before getting their hearing tested and fitted for hearing aids.... Read more âș
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Tote your photo and video gear around in style. We tested more than 80 packs and rounded up our favorites. Read more âș
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I bought Forspoken on PS5 for ÂŁ5. I didn't want to play Forspoken at all, but I had ÂŁ5. Forspoken on PS5 has sat on my desk (complete with character cards) sealed since November 17, 2023. Yes, this was a waste of ÂŁ5. I'm an idiot who does stuff like this (glances over at a shelf full of Mega Drive games I can't play as I don't own a Mega... Read more âș
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Engadget Black Friday officially starts tomorrow, but hereâs the deal: Nearly all of the best deals are live now, and we donât expect further major price drops. Really. And that goes for Cyber Monday as well. So for Thanksgiving, we thought we'd give you a sort of executive summary of the best tech deals this year. This list includes some Engadget team favorites (and some personal ones) along with a... Read more âș
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US car prices would rise by over $2,000 if President-elect Donald Trump pushed ahead with tariffs on Canada and Mexico, Wells Fargo said in a note. Read more âș
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The Galaxy S24 Ultra is a class of its own and leads the charge in smartphone innovation. Read more âș
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Fodor's travel guide's 2025 "No List" includes 15 places struggling with tourism, including Venice, Barcelona, and Koh Samui, Thailand. Read more âș
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Tencent development studio Polaris Quest has announced Light of Motiram, an open-world survival crafting game with mechanised animal-like creatures which - no matter which way you shake it and squint - looks remarkably similar to Guerrilla's Horizon series, but with some additional Palworld elements thrown in for good measure. Read more Read more âș
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It has somehow been nearly five years since work from home became such a norm (for obvious reasons) and companies are still competing to be glared at on your screen come 9AM Monday. Often, this involves copying each other's ideas because really how much can you innovate when it comes to work communication? The most recent example comes courtesy of Google, which has announced the creation of huddles. That's right,... Read more âș
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Catch rare savings on Nintendo Switch hardware as well as major discounts on titles like Super Mario, Pokemon, Zelda and many more. Read more âș
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Open world pocket monster survival game Palworld will gain a major new update in December, that adds its largest new landmass yet. Read more Read more âș
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Black Friday is usually the best sale of the year on cameras and accessories and this year there are some particularly great deals this time around. Most of the major manufacturers including Sony, Canon, DJI, Nikon and GoPro are offering substantial discounts across a wide range of products, whether you're looking to spend a couple hundred dollars or several grand. Those include multiple options from our guide to the best... Read more âș
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The Tesla rival was granted a $6.6 billion loan from the Department of Energy to restart construction of a stalled EV factory in Georgia. Read more âș
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In an era of dwindling glaciers, Southern Patagonia has managed to hold on to a surprising amount of its ice. But, a new study suggests that this protective effect might be pushed up against its limits soon. Read more âș
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Researchers recently collaborated on a novel, highly specific strategy to treat type 1 diabetes (T1D) using a tagged beta cell transplant in tandem with localized immune protection provided by specialized immune cells also tagged with a complementary but inert targeting molecule. Read more âș
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Physical reservoir computing (PRC) utilizing synaptic devices shows significant promise for edge AI. Researchers from the Tokyo University of Science have introduced a novel self-powered dye-sensitized solar cell-based device that mimics human synaptic behavior for efficient edge AI processing, inspired by the eye's afterimage phenomenon. The device has light intensity-controllable time constants, helping it achieve high performance during time-series data processing and motion recognition tasks. This work. Read more âș
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Archaeologists have collected data which indicates the presence of a large-scale pre-Columbian fish-trapping facility. Discovered in the Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary (CTWS), the largest inland wetland in Belize, the team dated the construction of these fisheries to the Late Archaic period (cal. 2000-1900 BCE), pre-dating Amazonian examples by a thousand years or more. Read more âș
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A new study warns that current plans to achieve zero emissions on the grid by 2050 vastly underestimate the required investments in generation and transmission infrastructure. The reason: these plans do not account for climate change's impacts on water resources. Specifically, changes in water availability caused by climate change could decrease hydropower generation by up to 23% by the year 2050, while electricity demand could increase by 2%. Read more âș
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Infants whose mothers regularly use language to describe what their child is thinking or feeling, have higher levels of the hormone oxytocin, finds a new study. Read more âș
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An international team of researchers has made new observations of an unusual supernova, finding the most metal-poor stellar explosion ever observed. Read more âș
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Scientists have recently identified electrons and positrons with the highest energies ever recorded on Earth. They provide evidence of cosmic processes emitting colossal amounts of energy, the origins of which are as yet unknown. Read more âș
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You may have heard sleep described as something of a magic pill for the body. With the right amount, timing, and quality, it can work wonders -- strengthen the immune system, improve blood sugar, even decrease the risk of heart attacks and strokes. Sleep differences have been reported for some time in men and women, but it is not well known whether the characteristics of sleep serve different functions in... Read more âș
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We distance ourselves from completely neutral products if they are liked by people who have political views that we find disagreeable. Even chocolate can be political, according to new research from Sweden. The behavior is reinforced if we have to make a decision when others are watching. Read more âș
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