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Five years ago, a galaxy 300 million light-years away got a lot brighter in telescopes, radiating ultraviolet, optical, and infrared light out into space. This year, the resurgent galaxy started emitting X-rays, indicating that its initial brightening was really just a warmup.

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• I was born in Hawaii and spent 18 years living in Honolulu. 
• I wish tourists knew more about our history and how tourism is displacing Native Hawaiians.
• Visitors should be careful to use terms like "Hawaiian" and "aloha" correctly. 

I spent the first 18 years of my life in Honolulu.

When I tell people that I

At MWC earlier this year, Google announced Gemini's integration with Messages, giving you a way to access the chatbot from within the texting app. The feature was limited to newer Pixel and Samsung Galaxy phones at launch, but now Google has updated its Help page to say that all you need to access it is an "Android device with 6GB of RAM or higher." 9to5Google first reported the change, along with

Budget smart security camera company Blink is adding a neat trick to its app: Blink Moments automatically stitches together relevant clips from multiple cameras into a single video. The idea is to make it easier to see what’s been going on around your home and also to share

Xreal has made a name for itself with some surprisingly nice-looking augmented reality glasses, which put a display in front of your eyes so you can do things like watch TV or play games on a giant screen projected just for you. But unlike, say, Apple’s Vision Pro or Meta’s Quest 3, Xreal has no built

Maika Monroe teases an even darker sequel inThey Follow. The Doctor and Mel face a storm of death in Doctor Who’s season finale. Plus, what to expect from the next House of the Dragon. To me, my spoilers!

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• Internet satellite networks re-entering the atmosphere en masse could damage the ozone layer, a study warns.
• Elon Musk's Starlink is by far the biggest player in this field.
• The effects could "push pause on the ozone success story in decades to come," the scientists said.

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• The Biden administration unveiled a rule linking clean energy tax breaks to worker pay.
• Projects must hire apprentices and pay prevailing wages to qualify for increased tax breaks.
• The credits could boost clean energy job wages, helping close the pay gap with fossil fuel jobs

Amazon launched its RxPass in 2023, giving Prime customers access to generic medications that treat more than 80 common health conditions for $5 a month on top of a Prime subscription. Now, Amazon is expanding the program to Prime members on Medicare insurance, opening eligibility up to an additional 50 million customers, the company wrote in a press release.

As before, members get unlimited

• Buying a house right now is difficult for a whole bunch of reasons, Dave Ramsey said.
• But some people can't afford one as they waste money and rack up debt, the radio host said.
• Ramsey's tips include picking the right mortgage, repaying debts, and building an emergency fund.

Buying a house has become especially hard, but some people can't afford one because they're

• China is facing the prospect of further G7 sanctions. 
• The G7 has accused it of helping arm Russia against Ukraine. 
• Balancing its support for Russia with its European trading ties is becoming tricky for China. 

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg this week warned China it faces