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The remains of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore after it was struck by a container ship on Tuesday.
The remains of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore after a container ship struck it on Tuesday.
  • The Francis Scott Key bridge was "fracture critical," authorities said Wednesday.
  • That means the entire structure could crumple if one vital piece of bridge fails.
  • Of the 615,000 bridges in America, 17,468 are fracture-critical, the NTSB said.

The Baltimore bridge that



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Welcome back to Gizmodo’s March Madness bracket challenge to name the greatest app of all time! Duolingo’s surprise performance in the bracket was cut short in yesterday’s tournament and the unstoppable Flashlight advances to the Final Four. Today we have Google Earth taking on Calculator.

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  • Home prices will soar the moment mortgage rates drop to 6%, Barbara Cocoran predicted.
  • The "Shark Tank" investor is anticipating a wave of buyers coming to market once rates fall one percentage point. 
  • Buyers waiting for rates to come down may wind up paying more in the end, she warned.

Mortgage rates are edging closer to a "magic" number that will cause buyers to rush back to the market and



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Global YouTube star MrBeast poses with fans at the launch of the first physical MrBeast Burger Restaurant at American Dream on September 4, 2022 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
MrBeast — whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson but whose real title is YouTube's biggest star — opening a MrBeast restaurant in a New Jersey mall in 2022.
  • Google bought YouTube for $1.65 billion in 2006.
  • Now YouTube could be worth as much as $400 billion, per analyst Michael Nathanson.
  • YouTube is really big! Yet somehow, it flies under the radar for most



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  • A closely watched recession indicator has stopped flashing red after a 23-month decline. 
  • The Leading Economic Index gained 0.1% month-over-month in February.
  • "The end of extended Conference Board LEI declines has generally been a positive signal for stocks," Carson Group said. 

A closely watched recession indicator has stopped flashing red after a 23-month decline, and that


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A single wind turbine stands above the sea.
A wind turbine at the South Fork Wind Farm in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Long Island, New York, on December 7th, 2023. | Photo by Steve Pfost / Newsday RM via Getty Images

Labor groups inked a first-of-its-kind deal to support local hiring and union jobs with the developer of New York’s first offshore wind port. It’s an agreement for the South Brooklyn Marine



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Amazon now lets you sign up for its palm recognition service directly from your phone. It’s launching a new Amazon One app on iOS and Android you can use to take a photo of your palm and set up your account, allowing you to start scanning your palm at locations that support the verification tech.

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shine app and Marissa Mayer
Marissa Mayer's new app Shine is a photo-sharing app.
  • Marissa Mayer just launched an app called Shine, which is meant for group photo sharing. 
  • The design and concept looks straight out of 2009, and people are roasting it online.
  • But don't count it out so fast. There are uses for this among older or less tech-savvy people.

Marissa Mayer, former Yahoo CEO, just announced a new app from her



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Palmer Luckey, founder of Oculus and Anduril Industries, speaks during The Wall Street Journal's WSJ Tech Live conference in Laguna Beach, California on October 16, 2023.
Palmer Luckey, founder of Oculus and Anduril Industries.
  • Palmer Luckey says his defense tech startup is working on weapons that could change warfare.  
  • Anduril specializes in autonomous drones, weaponry and surveillance devices.
  • As AI-powered weapons advance, deterrence is key to national security, Luckey told the Financial Times.

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King Charles III in June 2018.
King Charles III.
  • King Charles III gave public remarks via an audio message at the Royal Maudy Service on Thursday.
  • Buckingham Palace announced in February that Charles is undergoing treatment for cancer.
  • King Charles and Queen Camilla will attend an Easter Sunday service this weekend.

King Charles III spoke about friendship and kindness in a series of remarks before his first