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Rumours across social media platforms that a huge comet is on a collision course with Earth have been circulating, with some users describing it as a major threat to humanity. Others are debating how the comet – known as 3I/ATLAS and detected by NASA’s ATLAS telescope on July 1 – might be diverted from the Earth. Some have even gone …

As the dust settled on Microsoft’s shock price rise for Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, which jumped 50% from $19.99 to $29.99 in the U.S. in what amounts to an extra $120 a year, fans reacted with a mixture of anger, cancelations, and frantic subscription stacking. Meanwhile, a poll of 10,000 IGN readers showed 45% of our audience isn’t interested in …

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s official: AOL’s dial-up internet has taken its last bow. AOL previously confirmed it would be pulling the plug on Tuesday (Sept. 30) — writing in a brief update on its support site last month that it “routinely evaluates” its offerings and had decided to discontinue dial-up, as well as associated software “optimized for older operating …

Just A Few WTF Facts That Made Me Want To Never Go On The Internet Again Hello! I’m Crystal, and I write the That Got Dark newsletter, BuzzFeed’s weekly roundup of all things creepy, macabre, and horrible AF. And if you looooove this kind of content, you should subscribe to get your weekly dopamine hit of the macabre delivered RIGHT …

President Donald Trump on Thursday issued a stark warning that violence in the United States would “go back on” what he called the “radical left,” a comment critics denounced as dangerous and tantamount to incitement. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images Stewart F. House / Getty Images “Radical left rhetoric. The radical left is causing the problem,” said Trump. “They’re saying …

SpaceX launched two dozen more of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit this morning. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink craft lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base on California’s central coast today at 12:26 a.m. EDT (0426 GMT; 9:26 p.m. on Sept. 25 local California time). About 8.5 minutes later, the Falcon 9’s first stage touched down on …

Another batch of Amazon’s Project Kuiper broadband satellites has taken flight this morning (Sept. 25). A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket topped with 27 Project Kuiper craft lifted off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today, at 8:09 a.m. EDT (1209 GMT). Image 1 of 2 A ULA Atlas V rocket launched another batch of Amazon’s Project …

Calif. could detect massive earthquakes with internet cables. Here’s how.  SFGATE Fiber Optic Cables Could Revolutionize Earthquake Detection and Monitoring  KQED The self-taught seismologist: Monitoring earthquakes from optic fibers with AI  EurekAlert! Source link

A remote Maryland island in the Chesapeake finally gets high-speed internet  The Washington Post One of Maryland’s most remote communities celebrates 5G with a visit from the Governor  WBOC TV Verizon brings innovation to Smith Island, connecting one of America’s most secluded communities  Yahoo Finance Governor Moore Announces Completion of Broadband Infrastructure Project to Bring High-Speed Internet to Smith Island  Office of Governor Wes …

Google has spent a decade sharpening its “weapons” in an industry that helps sustain large swaths of the open internet, the Justice Department argued before a federal judge Monday. After years of operating an illegal monopoly in two ad tech markets and unlawfully tying its products together, nothing short of a break up will suffice to overcome Google’s “massive head …