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Increased drinking during the pandemic has had a real effect on our collective mortality, new research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows. The study found that between 2020 to 2021, nearly 500 deaths a day could be attributed to excessive alcohol use—significantly higher than the death toll seen…

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Dolby Atmos uses object-based mixing to spread sound effects in all directions.

Dolby Atmos is a popular spatial audio format that aims to enhance your movie-watching, music-listening, and gaming experience with sound effects from all directions, including from above your head. 

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Amazon flagged Apple's FineWoven iPhone case as a "frequently returned item" following a slew of negative reviews.
  • Amazon labeled Apple's FineWoven iPhone 15 case as a "frequently returned item." 
  • The tech giant flagged the case to warn customers to read the reviews — many of which are one-star. 
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Lake Mead, formed by the dam on the Colorado River in the southwestern United States, at 47 percent capacity as viewed on August 14th, 2023. | Photo by George Rose / Getty Images

2023 can now boast a terrifying record: planet-heating carbon dioxide emissions from global energy use hit a record.

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Conspiracy theorists spent Thursday trying to claim President Joe Biden had accidentally “admitted” that directed-energy weapons were being used to start devastating wildfires like the one in Texas this week that’s become the largest in state history. But you won’t be surprised to learn that the video clip these…

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Spotify has added another subscription option. This time around, it's offering a plan that has little to do with music. The Audiobooks Access Tier (which is US-only for now) offers 15 hours of audiobook listening each month for $10. You'll have access to Spotify's library of more than 200,000 titles You can, of course, still listen to ad-supported music via Spotfy's free tier.

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Footage appearing to show a Ukrainian drone boat attacking the Ivanovets, a Russian warship.
Footage appearing to show a Ukrainian drone boat attacking the Ivanovets, a Russian warship.
  • Ukraine's fleet of naval drones has been used to damage and destroy Russian warships.
  • Moscow has made some efforts to defend against this threat, like putting machine gun crews on ships.
  • But Kyiv is "still a few steps