New video shows critically endangered right whale mother and calf in Cape Cod Bay A young female right whale washed up dead on a Martha's Vineyard in January after getting entangled in fishing gear from Maine. Earlier this month, marine biologists found an adult whale with rope ... 04/23/2024 - 6:18 am | View Link
Critically Endangered Orangutan Baby Born via C-Section at Busch Gardens in Florida Earlier this month, a critically endangered Bornean orangutan was born at the Florida-based establishment, according to a press release obtained by PEOPLE. The animal, a girl, was delivered by c ... 04/20/2024 - 1:00 am | View Link
Right whale calving season ends with 19 born; one dead, four presumed dead While the overall numbers were higher than in previous years, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute said mothers and calves need to survive at a higher rate. 04/18/2024 - 1:34 pm | View Link
Endangered whale found entangled off New England in devastating year for species Right whales number less than 360 and are vulnerable to entanglement in fishing gear and collisions with ships. 04/13/2024 - 12:15 pm | View Link
5 critically endangered California condors born at LA Zoo The Los Angeles Zoo announced the birth of five critically endangered California condor chicks on Tuesday. "Our condor pairs here are having a pretty epic egg-laying season so far, and they are ... 04/9/2024 - 12:36 pm | View Link
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TikTok’s Beijing-based owner ByteDance tightened its grip over its US operations over the past two years, according to company insiders, even as momentum to ban the short-video app grew in Washington.
The US government passed legislation this week aimed at forcing TikTok to divest from its parent or face a countrywide ban, but prising the viral video app from its $268 billion parent company would present a formidable challenge.
More than two dozen current and former employees told the Financial Times that TikTok has only become more deeply interwoven with ByteDance as tensions over the app’s ownership escalated.
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As a SpaceX engineer working on the Starship program about five years ago, Jaret Matthews could see the future of spaceflight quite clearly and began to imagine the possibilities.
For decades everything that went to space had to be carefully measured, optimized for mass, and serve an extremely specialized purpose.
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Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X series of chips promises to be the company’s first that can go toe-to-toe with Apple Silicon, and the PC ecosystem is reacting accordingly. Microsoft reportedly plans for the Arm version of its next Surface tablet to be the flagship, and major apps like Chrome and Dropbox have recently released Arm-native Windows versions for the first time.
Ahead of the chips' launch late this year, Qualcomm announced a new lower-end model destined for cheaper devices.
Colorado lawmakers have passed new legislation in a years-long effort to curb foreclosures by homeowners associations and metropolitan districts that are based on unpaid fines and fees.
The reform bills — including one for metro districts that’s already been signed into law — have aimed to create new regulations for HOAs and metro districts by restricting foreclosure filings of the kind that hit thousands of homeowners in recent years.
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“Gadgets aren’t fun anymore,” sighed my wife, watching me tap away on my Palm Zire 72 as she sat on the couch with her MacBook Air, an iPhone, and an Apple Watch.
And it’s true: The smartphone has all but eliminated entire classes of gadgets, from point-and-shoot cameras to MP3 players, GPS maps, and even flashlights.
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS (AP Business Writer)
NEW YORK (AP) — Legislation forcing TikTok’s parent company to sell the video-sharing platform or face a ban in the U. S. received President Joe Biden’s official signoff Wednesday. But the newly minted law could be in for an uphill battle in court.
Critics of the sell-or-be-banned ultimatum argue it violates TikTok users’ First Amendment rights.