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Utah GOP Lawmaker Pushes Bill That Bans Pride Flags While Allowing Nazi Flags To Be Displayed

February 21, 2025

Utah state Rep. Trevor Lee is not going to like this headline. Too bad. It’s accurate, even if he’d like to pretend it isn’t. Trevor Lee is again pushing a…

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Trump EO Tries To Destroy Whatever Corporate Regulatory Oversight Hasn’t Been Already Killed By DOGE And The Supreme Court

February 21, 2025

Welcome to the golden age of corruption. Last year I warned repeatedly how a concussive series of Supreme Court rulings like Loper Bright were poised to dismantle already shaky regulatory…

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Apple, Lenovo lead losers in laptop repairability analysis

February 21, 2025

Apple and Lenovo had the lowest laptop repairability scores in an analysis of recently released devices from consumer advocacy group US Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Education Fund. While Apple’s…

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Small study suggests dark mode doesn’t save much power for very human reasons

February 21, 2025

If you know how OLED displays work, you know about one of their greatest strengths: Individual pixels can be shut off, offering deeper blacks and power savings. Dark modes, now…

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Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn’t illegal without proof of seeding

February 21, 2025

Just because Meta admitted to torrenting a dataset of pirated books for AI training purposes, that doesn’t necessarily mean that Meta seeded the file after downloading it, the social media…

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SpaceX engineers brought on at FAA after probationary employees were fired

February 21, 2025

Engineers who work for Elon Musk’s SpaceX have been brought on as senior advisers to the acting administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), sources tell WIRED. On Sunday, Sean…

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ISP sued by record labels agrees to identify 100 users accused of piracy

February 21, 2025

Cable company Altice agreed to give Warner and other record labels the names and contact information of 100 broadband subscribers who were accused of pirating songs. The subscribers “were the…

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Study: Cuttlefish adapt camouflage displays when hunting prey

February 21, 2025

Crafty cuttlefish employ several different camouflaging displays while hunting their prey, according to a new paper published in the journal Ecology, including mimicking benign ocean objects like a leaf or…

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti review: An RTX 4080 for $749, at least in theory

February 21, 2025

Nvidia’s RTX 50-series makes its first foray below the $1,000 mark starting this week, with the $749 RTX 5070 Ti—at least in theory. The third-fastest card in the Blackwell GPU…

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FTC investigates “tech censorship,” says it’s un-American and may be illegal

February 21, 2025

The Federal Trade Commission today announced a public inquiry into alleged censorship online, saying it wants “to better understand how technology platforms deny or degrade users’ access to services based…

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