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TL;DR: Although often labeled a "dark web" associated with criminal activity and illicit marketplaces, Tor is an invaluable tool for protecting online privacy. Developers are now working to make the ...

TL;DR: Microsoft Notepad for Windows 11 now supports table creation with an easy toolbar grid and enhanced AI-powered Write, Rewrite, and Summarize tools for faster text generation. While these ...

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The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

Ne-Yo is putting his longtime appreciation for the music of Garth Brooks and other country stars to use in his just-released new single “Simple Things,” produced by Dave Cohen and Young Lan. The ...

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. Clathrate hydrates are crystalline inclusion compounds with relevance to global ...

As the world races to build artificial superintelligence, one maverick bioengineer is testing how much unprogrammed intelligence may already be lurking in our simplest algorithms to determine whether ...

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In this video, I break down my favorite three-step formula for becoming a top table tennis player. I share how I read my opponent’s moves, keep my shots unpredictable, and add the perfect touch of ...

The dinner fork is one of the most common fixtures at tables worldwide—so ordinary, so unthreatening, that few give it a second thought. But for centuries, the fork was condemned as a symbol of ...