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Stronger Than Fentanyl: A Drug You’ve Never Heard of Is Killing Hundreds Every Year – MSN

Stronger Than Fentanyl: A Drug You’ve Never Heard of Is Killing Hundreds Every Year  MSN Lethal drug could cause ‘biggest public health crisis’ since 1980s  The Independent Traces of deadly synthetic opioids found at needle and syringe disposal sites in SA  Scimex Stronger than Fentanyl – a new drug Nitazenes is sweeping Europe  Northlines Lethal opioids ‘more potent than heroin’ found in syringes in …

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Mastercard and Visa face backlash after hundreds of adult games removed from online stores Steam and Itch.io | Censorship

Mastercard and Visa face backlash after hundreds of adult games removed from online stores Steam and Itch.io | Censorship

Payment companies such as Visa, Mastercard and Stripe are facing public backlash, including from billionaire Elon Musk, for pressuring online gaming platforms to remove hundreds of games in response to a campaign from an Australian anti-porn lobby group. Itch.io, an independent gaming platform, last week removed all adult or not-safe-for-work (NSFW) games from appearing in its library in a hasty …

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Southwest flight from Burbank drops hundreds of feet to avoid possible collision

Southwest flight from Burbank drops hundreds of feet to avoid possible collision

A Southwest flight climbing away from Burbank Airport suddenly descended hundreds of feet Friday afternoon, possibly to avoid a mid-air collision. The plane was at 14,100 feet above Angeles National Forest headed northeast to Las Vegas at 12:03 p.m. when it abruptly dropped to 13,625 feet, data from Flightradar24 showed. The drop of around 500 feet came moments after the …

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Hundreds of Job Cuts Loom With Skydance Merger

Hundreds of Job Cuts Loom With Skydance Merger

Employees of Paramount Global have been through the wringer over the last year and a half. And the uncertainty hanging over their heads is far from over. After M&A talks with Skydance Media that started in late 2023 whipped back and forth, the parties in July 2024 announced they had reached a deal to merge. Then Paramount endured another year …

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Qi2 25W is official, promises hundreds of devices will support it

Qi2 25W is official, promises hundreds of devices will support it

The Qi v2.2.1 standard now has a fancy marketing name: Qi2 25W. And as that name implies, this is a wireless charging spec that goes up to 25W. It was officially unveiled today by the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC). The WPC promises that “major Android smartphones” (whatever that means) are about to “join the Qi2 ecosystem for the first time …

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Snake and Spider Venom Produce Hundreds of ‘Promising’ Potential Antibiotics

Snake and Spider Venom Produce Hundreds of ‘Promising’ Potential Antibiotics

A dwarf sand adder snake – credit Arno Moller, Unsplash Hundreds of potential antibiotics have been discovered in snake and spider venom thanks to AI. A screening of global venom libraries, powered by artificial intelligence uncovered dozens of “promising” new drug candidates. AI has already been used to complete screenings of plant compounds and existing drugs in search of potential …

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Hundreds of NASA Employees Condemn Trump Administration Cuts in Public Letter – The New York Times

Hundreds of NASA Employees Condemn Trump Administration Cuts in Public Letter  The New York Times ‘Catastrophic impacts’: NASA workers sign declaration to protest changes they say threaten safety and progress  CNN Bipartisan Congressional Letter: Alarm Over NASA Science Cuts Threatening U.S. Leadership in Space  NASA Watch Congress Shows Resistance to Trump’s Science Budget Cuts  Inside Higher Ed Rally protesting NASA Glenn Budget Cuts held …

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