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China's TCL Overtakes Samsung in Premium Market For Ultra-Large TVs(2024-12-20 06:00:07)

Chinese TVs, once dismissed as "cheap and low-quality," are making strides in the premium market, overtaking Samsung, the world's top TV manufacturer. From a report: TCL, a leading Chinese TV brand, surpassed Samsung in the 80-inch and larger TV market for the first time in the second quarter. Anoth...
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Russia Space Chief Says Country Will Fly On Space Station Until 2030(2024-12-20 03:00:03)

Ars Technica's Eric Berger reports: In a wide-ranging interview with a Russian television station, the chief executive of Russia's main space corporation said the country is now planning to participate in the International Space Station project all the way to NASA's desired goal of 2030. "In coordin...
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Is There a Brain Microbiome?(2024-12-20 00:00:08)

An anonymous reader quotes an opinion piece from The Guardian, written by Prof Mark Pallen and Dr Aimee Parker (Quadram Institute, Norwich), Prof Nick Loman (University of Birmingham), Prof Alan Walker (University of Aberdeen): Contrary to what is implied in [this article], the weight of expert opin...
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Waymo's Driverless Cars Are Apparently an Insurance Company's Dream(2024-12-19 21:00:02)

A study by reinsurer Swiss Re found that Waymo's autonomous vehicles have demonstrated significantly fewer property damage and bodily injury claims compared to human-driven cars, with reductions of up to 92% in some metrics. Engadget reports: Swiss Re analyzed liability claims from collisions coveri...
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Craig Wright Convicted For Repeatedly Lying About Inventing Bitcoin(2024-12-19 18:00:10)

Craig Wright, an Australian computer scientist living in the UK, has been found guilty of contempt of court for persistently and falsely claiming to be Bitcoin's creator, Satoshi Nakamoto, despite a High Court ruling against his claim. He has been sentenced to 12 months in prison, suspended for two ...
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