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Building Mobile Qubits On Flexible Hardware
Engineers try to build mobile qubits on flexible substrates, but rigid semiconductor processes clash with bending, stretching and precise quantum control.
2026-05-09
Asus Shrinks the Stream Deck Sidekick
Asus introduces a compact secondary touchscreen to rival Elgato, betting that even a very small side display can still earn space beside crowded gaming monitors.
2026-05-09
Hantavirus Cruise Passengers Sent To Nebraska
Seventeen Americans from the MV Hondius cruise are being moved to a Nebraska quarantine site after nine confirmed or suspected hantavirus cases linked to the voyage.
2026-05-09
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Entertainment
Eye-Level Party Levels Every Guest
An Oakland event used custom foam platforms to equalize guests’ height, turning a casual party into a live experiment in status, posture and eye contact.
2026-05-04
Why Nintendo Keeps Super Mario Galaxy Movie Racing
Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto argues the rapid pace of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie mirrors game design, trading character pauses for dense visual action to hold broad, impatient audiences.
2026-05-03
Letterboxd Owner Quietly Tests the Exit Door
Letterboxd’s controlling investor is exploring a stake sale, forcing the film-focused social platform to weigh new ownership, fresh capital and the risk of losing its loyal cinephile identity.
2026-04-27
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Technology
Discord restores service after major outage
Discord restored core functions after a widespread outage that blocked logins and triggered increased API error messages for many users.
2026-05-09
Moderna Jumps on Early Hantavirus Vaccine Data
Moderna shares spike on early hantavirus vaccine progress, reviving the mRNA pipeline story as investors weigh scientific risk, regulatory timelines, and revenue potential beyond Covid.
2026-05-09
Google pushes more links into AI Overviews
Google is reshaping AI Overviews to surface more direct links, new source labels and richer citations, aiming to calm publishers and keep users clicking the open web.
2026-05-09
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Delicacy
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Maryland confirms imported measles case
Maryland health officials confirmed an imported measles case in a Baltimore-area resident who traveled abroad and are tracing contacts and urging MMR vaccination.
2026-04-20
Five surreal sci-fi anime for a Pragmata mood
Pragmata’s eerie, low-orbit isolation has clear cousins in five surreal sci-fi anime that mix cosmic dread, fragile humanity and brutal visual imagination.
2026-04-19
Capturing Affection Through Lenses
2024-04-03
Health
Norovirus Outbreak Hits Caribbean Princess
A norovirus outbreak on the Caribbean Princess has sickened 115 passengers and crew, triggering a CDC investigation and onboard control measures.
2026-05-09
Houston ramps up ivermectin campaign amid rising hantavirus concerns
A Houston physician is again promoting ivermectin, this time as a response to rising hantavirus concern, drawing renewed warnings from infectious‑disease experts and regulators.
2026-05-09
Breakfast staple tied to lower Alzheimer’s risk
Research from Loma Linda University links frequent nut consumption at breakfast with a lower risk of Alzheimer’s disease in older adults, highlighting specific nutrient mechanisms in brain protection.
2026-05-09