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Intel Has Agreed To a Deal For US To Take 10% Equity Stake, Trump Says(2025-08-22 15:00:04)

President Donald Trump said on Friday the U.S. would take a 10% stake in Intel under a deal with the struggling chipmaker and is planning more such moves, the latest extraordinary intervention by the White House in corporate America. Reuters: The development follows a meeting between CEO Lip-Bu Tan ...
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Denmark To Abolish VAT On Books To Get More People Reading(2025-08-22 10:00:11)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Denmark is to stop charging VAT on books in an attempt to get more people reading. At 25%, the country's tax rate on books is the highest in the world, a policy the government believes is contributing to a growing "reading crisis." The culture m...
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Astronomers Discover Hidden Moon Orbiting Uranus(2025-08-22 05:00:06)

alternative_right shares a report from ScienceDaily: Southwest Research Institute led a James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) survey, discovering a previously unknown tiny moon orbiting Uranus. A team led by SwRI's Dr. Maryame El Moutamid discovered the small object in a series of images taken on Feb. 2...
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Americans' Junk-Filled Garages Are Hurting EV Adoption, Study Says(2025-08-22 00:00:25)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Time and again, surveys and studies show that fears and concerns about charging are the main barriers standing in the way of someone switching from gas to EV. A new market research study by Telemetry Vice President Sam Abuelsamid confirms this, ...
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Peer Reviewers More Likely To Approve Articles That Cite Their Own Work(2025-08-21 20:00:07)

Reviewers are more likely to approve a manuscript if their own work is cited in subsequent versions than are reviewers who are not cited, according to an analysis of 18,400 articles from four open-access publications. From a report: The study, which is yet to be peer reviewed, was posted online as a...
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