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This Day in History, April 11
On April 11th, 1970, Apollo 13 was launched. Read More
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San Diego County seeks new policy to govern use of AI
With artificial intelligence already affecting nearly every aspect of people’s lives, San Diego County supervisors want a formal policy that spells out how staff will use — or avoid — the technology.
The Board of ...Read more
Google accused of harming kids by secretly grabbing data from school-provided tech products
Google is secretly using its education products, including those used in many Bay Area schools, to identify students individually, track their online activity including sites they visit and links they click, and “steal�...Read more
Trump makes sweeping move to undercut state climate laws
LOS ANGELES — The Trump administration this week ramped up its efforts to erode nationwide climate progress with a sweeping executive order aimed at undermining states’ ability to set their own environmental policies. ...Read more
How a rainy day and finicky fish launched a Pennsylvania program dedicated to unpaved roads
PHILADELPHIA — Some unpaved roads reveal nature’s simple engineering, like the path deer chose in a forest centuries ago. Native Americans used the deer paths to travel, and those trails widened over time for horses ...Read more
Today's Word "moil"
moil \MOYL\ (intransitive verb) - 1 : To work with painful effort; to labor; to toil; to drudge. 2 : To churn or swirl about continuously.
(noun) - 1 : Toil; hard work; drudgery. 2 : Confusion; turmoil.
"Moil and toil, ...Read more
Four Doors
You are an expert on paranormal activity and have been hired to locate a spirit haunting an old resort hotel. Strong signs indicate that the spirit lies behind one of four doors. The inscriptions on each door read as follows:
Door A: It's behind B or C
Door B: It's behind A or D
Door C: It's in here
Door D: It's not in here
Your psychic powers have told you three of the inscriptions are false, and one is true. Behind which ...
View full teaser and answerPrehistoric mammoth-ivory artifacts challenge experts to explain their use
Around 400,000 years ago, prehistoric people living in western Ukraine found remains of Mammuthus trogontherii, or steppe mammoths.
The Paleolithic titans were just one animal that made survival in Central Asia possible, ...Read more
Today's Word "ululate"
ululate \UL-yuh-layt; YOOL-\ (intransitive verb) - To howl, as a dog or a wolf; to wail; as, ululating jackals.
"The other women thronged to her. They began to ululate again, rolling their tongues so that their spittle ...Read more
Number Patterns
What is the next in this pattern:
104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 89, 47, 13, 18, 33, 85, 79, 4, 5, ?
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This Day in History, April 10
On April 10th, 1912, the RMS Titanic begin its ill-fated voyage.
Gadgets: Tri-fold projector
When handheld trifold 3-in-1 chargers came out, I thought they were so cool and efficient. Now, I can hold a projector. I'm referring to the Aurzen Zip tri-fold ultra-portable projector, which transforms any space into ...Read more
California lawmakers tackle potential dangers of AI chatbots after parents raise safety concerns
When her 14-year-old son took his own life after interacting with artificial intelligence chatbots, Megan Garcia turned her grief into action.
Last year, the Florida mom sued Character.AI, a platform where people can ...Read more
Coalition urges California attorney general to halt OpenAI's for-profit restructuring
A coalition of California nonprofits, foundations and labor groups are raising concerns about ChatGPT maker OpenAI, urging the state attorney general to halt the artificial intelligence startup's plans to restructure ...Read more
New type of electric engine powering Graco's latest round of innovation
While flying one day in 2018, a Graco engineer read a short article in a trade journal about a small company developing a new kind of electric engine.
It was a lightbulb moment.
While the engines were being used for ...Read more
ULA sets up for 1st launch of year on landmark Amazon satellite mission
United Launch Alliance has not had a rocket lift off since last fall, but its first one of 2025 is set to open the gates for dozens planned to proliferate Amazon’s internet satellite constellation Project Kuiper.
An ...Read more
After a Century, Eloquence of 'Gatsby' Still Enchants Us
F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby," published 100 years ago this month, endures as a cherished novel in many of our hearts. As I note in my new book, "Gatsby's Secrets," the novel derives much of its power and ...Read more
Jim Rossman: Several ways to move content from your iPhone to a Windows PC
This week a reader writes, “Please help me with this. I have done it before but forgot. I want to send pictures and documents from my iPhone SE to my PC to print.”
There are several ways you can move photos and ...Read more
Gray whales are dying off the Pacific Coast again, and scientists aren't sure why
LOS ANGELES — Gray whales are dying in large numbers, again.
At least 70 whales have perished since the start of the year in the shallow, protected lagoons of Mexico's Baja California peninsula where the animals have ...Read more
Today's Word "toothsome"
toothsome \TOOTH-suhm\ (adjective) - 1 : Pleasing to the taste; delicious; as, "a toothsome pie." 2 : Agreeable; attractive; as, "a toothsome offer." 3 : Sexually attractive.
'"Rabbit is good, very good," the ancient ...Read more
Qoucorrian Math
While on your interplanetary vacation, you decide to stop at the planet Quocorri, a planet known for its many mathematical achievements.
While there, you decide to pick up on some of the Quocorrians mathematical variations. The Quocorrians won't tell you exactly how it works, only that it has some relationship to the Standard English math. They also give you four, true, Quocorrian math problems. They are:
2+2=9
4*1=1
5-2=16
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