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A cargo ship equipped with rigid sails, each the height of a 10-story building, has departed on its inaugural journey. The Pyxis Ocean vessel will test WindWings sails, designed to harness old-school air power to help reduce fuel usage — and the shipping industry’s CO2 emissions. The sail’s creators estimate the technology could decarbonize cargo ships by about 30 percent as the maritime sector

• Airlines have reportedly averaged multiple close-call incidents per week this year, the New York Times reported. 
• It's just one finding from a New York Times investigation into the startling

YouTube is embracing the future of artificial intelligence in the music industry by creating a YouTube Music AI Incubator to “protect” artists and their work, the company said in a press release on Monday. The streaming platform partnered with Universal Music Group (UMG) to launch the Music AI Incubator, working…

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With Samsung pouring its marketing money into its latest foldable phones, the company is trying to snatch up potential iPhone 15 customers by showing them all the fun and weirdness of using two screens, so long as they have an additional iPhone on hand and they’re easily distracted by playing a dull game of air hockey.

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• Chewy has become known and loved for surprising customers with portraits of their pets.
• In August, Chewy announced its new artist fee would increase from $30 to $35 per portrait.
• The $5 raise came with a new, more-restrictive contract.

Chewy's tradition of pet portraiture is in jeopardy.

The pet-food and -supplies

X, the Elon Musk-owned social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has a significant fake account problem. The proliferation of bots on the social network has been acknowledged by Musk himself, as he cited it as the main reason he originally tried to back out of acquiring the company.

And new research from the Observatory on Social Media at Indiana University, Bloomington paints a good picture

• A pollster included Rep. Ilhan Omar in a hypothetical match-up against President Joe Biden.
• The poll showed Biden beating her by 53 points.
• Omar dismissed the poll, noting that she's not even eligible to serve as president.

Ilhan Omar for President?

That's the

• After 2020, Americans' time spent socializing and communicating during weekdays plummeted.
• Unlike past recessions, that amount of socializing hasn't rebounded. We're not talking to each other.
• That's due to organic social opportunities falling away, and remaining ones getting more expensive.

Griffin Leeds knew something was off when someone walked into the restaurant he

The point of BeReal is simple: Keep your circle tight. The app where most accounts are private and users can only post once a day is unveiling a new Friends of Friends feature that allows users to explore what people they kinda know are up to.

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Garbo, a nonprofit platform focused on promoting safety and preventing harm online, has ended its partnership with Match Group, Tinder's parent company.

The two inked a deal in 2021, with Garbo helping to facilitate low-cost background checks on potential dates for Tinder users, then later rolling out similar features on Match's namesake app and and Stir. The integrated feature also allowed daters

Tesla has determined that two of its former workers are responsible for a massive data leak that includes personally identifiable information on over 75,000 employees, TechCrunch reports. According to a filing with the state of Maine’s attorney general office, Tesla’s data privacy officer, Steven Elentukh, reported the breach as