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Hitting the Books: How crop diversity became a symbol of Mexican national...
Beginning in the 1940s, Mexico's Green Revolution saw the country's agriculture industrialized on a national scale, helping propel a massive, decades-long economic boom in what has become known as the...
View ArticleApple reportedly increases pay for many US retail employees
Apple is reportedly handing out raises to many of its retail employees in the US. According to Bloomberg, the company has increased the pay of some of its retail workers, including sales staff, Genius...
View ArticleUncharted’s Nathan Drake heads to ‘Fortnite’ on February 17th
Uncharted series protagonist Nathan Drake is about to make his way to Fortnite. Epic Games has yet to formally announce the crossover, but an unlisted video posted to the battle royale’s official...
View ArticleLamborghini wants to continue manufacturing gas-powered cars into the 2030s
Lamborghini hopes it can continue producing cars with internal combustion engines into the next decade, CEO Stephan Winkelmann told German newspaper Welt am Sonntag this week. “After hybridization, we...
View ArticleFacebook removed anti-vaccine trucker protest groups run by overseas actors
As anti-vaccine groups in the US attempt to stage their own version of Canada’s disruptive “Freedom Convoy,” foreign content mills have worked to bolster those efforts for their own gains. This week,...
View ArticleNFT marketplace halts most transactions due to proliferation of fake and...
Cent, the company that last year helped Jack Dorsey auction an NFT of his first tweet for $2.9 million, is temporarily halting most transactions to address “rampant” sales of fake and plagiarized...
View ArticleYou can help two lovelorn hamsters reunite with today’s Google doodle
Google’s tradition of dropping little interactive games for holidays and special occasions shows no signs of stopping for Valentine’s Day 2022. Today’s doodle features two hamsters whose love knows no...
View ArticleAdvocacy group sues Nigerian government over failure to publish Twitter...
A legal rights group has sued Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari to force his government to publish the agreement that allowed Twitter to return to the West African country last month following a...
View ArticleValve releases Steam Deck CAD files allowing anyone to 3D-print custom shells
With two weeks to go before its February 25th release date, Valve has published CAD files for Steam Deck’s exterior shell to GitHub. Making them available under a Creative Commons license, the company...
View ArticleDon't blame SpaceX for that rocket on a collision course with the Moon
This past January, astronomer Bill Gray said that the upper stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket would collide with the Moon sometime in early March. As you might expect, the prediction set off a flurry...
View ArticleVR-related claims increased by 31 percent in 2021, says UK insurance firm
Meta’s Reality Labs VR division has yet to disclose how many Quest 2 headsets it has sold to date. What we do know is that it recently became more popular than ever. On Christmas Day 2021, the Oculus...
View ArticleWatch Amazon's first trailer for 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power'
Amazon used Super Bowl LVI to show off the first trailer for its ambitious The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power series. The 60 second teaser gives us our first look at some of the main characters,...
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'Horizon Forbidden West' is the total package
When Guerrilla Games revealed that Horizon Forbidden West would have underwater gameplay, I was not excited. I was in the minority with this feeling, but I have a ridiculous, lifelong fear of large...
View ArticleDell's 34-inch QD-OLED monitor will cost $1,299 when it arrives this spring
Dell's Alienware monitor that uses Samsung's quantum dot OLED (QD-OLED) tech will arrive this spring for a surprisingly reasonable $1,299, the company announced via a tweet. Dell first unveiled the...
View ArticleAmazon sale offers up to 40 percent off Anker chargers and accessories
If you've been looking for wireless chargers, cables or high-speed chargers with surge protection, now is a good time to stock up. You can pick up various Anker products at Amazon with discounts up to...
View ArticleVolta is installing 1,000 EV fast-charging stations at Walgreens locations
More electric vehicle drivers will soon be able to charge their car's battery when they stop by the drugstore. EV charging network Volta is bringing another 1,000 DC fast-charging stalls to 500...
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The Morning After: Our verdict on ‘Horizon Forbidden West’
Finally, the two newest consoles are hitting their exclusive-game groove. Microsoft finally has its Halo, and while Forbidden West is available on PlayStation 4, it was made to sing on the more...
View ArticleUber CEO says you'll eventually be able to pay with cryptocurrency
Uber users will eventually be able to pay for rides using cryptocurrency, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi told Bloomberg. However, the company is essentially taking the same tack as Tesla by waiting for changes...
View ArticleSamsung's cellular Galaxy Watch 4 models drop to new record-low prices
Whether you pre-ordered one of Samsung's new Galaxy smartphones or have another Android handset, the company's Galaxy Watches are the wearables we'd recommend pairing with it. The Galaxy Watch 4 came...
View ArticleUK authorities seize NFTSs over $1.9 million in suspected tax fraud
The non-fungible token market is full of shady dealings, and British authorities hope to clean them up. BBC Newsreports HM Revenue and Customs has seized three NFTs as part of investigation into...
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