• Travel
  • July 26, 2024
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Comment: Tourists have turned Europe into a nightmare. I was part of the problem

Ten years ago, Rick Steves wrote in an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times recommended readers to swallow their fears of terrorism and disease, “just get on a plane” and…

No sex? No problem. These tiny, asexual animals steal genes to make their own medicine

Bdelloid rotifers are ancient, asexual, strange creatures. The tiny freshwater animals seem to have survived without sex, and the evolutionary advantages it brings, for an estimated 25 million years. New…

What is Microsoft's 'blue screen of death' problem? Here's what it means and how to fix it.

The Microsoft outage caused by a faulty CrowdStrike software update has led to the return of a familiar – and dreaded – screen for many Windows users: what has become…

  • Art
  • July 17, 2024
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Why Electric Vehicles Have a Leasing Problem

PartShare article via FacebookShare article via TwitterShare article via LinkedInShare article via email In the first three months of 2024, less than a quarter of car buyers leased vehicles, but…

  • Business
  • June 27, 2024
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The IRS is causing unconscionable delays on a major problem, the watchdog says. Here's what you need to know.

The IRS is far too slow to solve a major problem for taxpayers who have to wait nearly two years for the Internal Revenue Service to clear up identity theft…

  • Science
  • June 17, 2024
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NASA gets Voyager 1 back online from 15 billion miles away after a technical problem

NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is sending data again after a technical problem in November. Voyager 1 drifts through the space between galaxies on a mission to collect information about plasma…

  • Sports
  • June 17, 2024
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England start Euro 2024 with a win, but there was the familiar problem of losing control

Jude Bellingham wasn't having it. He didn't let Serbia get pushed back in this match and once the match was over he didn't let anyone rain on his or England's…

  • Business
  • June 4, 2024
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Tractors are once again thundering through the streets in the run-up to the EU elections. Agriculture is a major problem and the extreme right is taking advantage

BEERSEL, Belgium — The far-right party Vlaams Belang had set up the demonstration in the beautiful rolling fields south of Brussels, further away the four-day elections for the European Union…

  • Business
  • June 3, 2024
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Due to a technical problem, half a million people are left without child benefits

Around half a million people are without their child benefit due to a technical problem with HMRC. The batch processing problem caused about 30% of Monday's scheduled payments to not…

  • Business
  • June 3, 2024
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Wall Street encounters a technical problem, causing Berkshire's shares to briefly plummet

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) experienced a technical glitch Monday morning that briefly caused Berkshire Hathaway's stock price to drop nearly 100 percent and halted trading in dozens of…