A plane fueled by fat and sugar has crossed the Atlantic Ocean (wapo.st)
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Wind and solar energy are booming in surprising places | Areas that used to host fossil fuel industries are getting a large share of solar, wind, and clean energy manufacturing, a new analysis finds (wapo.st)
Half of Americans can’t install solar panels. Community solar is how they can plug into the sun. (wapo.st)
Scores of new small solar farms that sell clean, local electricity directly to customers are popping up. The setup, dubbed “community solar,” is designed to bring solar power to people who don’t own their own homes or can’t install panels — often at prices below retail electricity rates.
Danny DeVito is down for whatever (wapo.st)
He doesn’t look like a movie star. He doesn’t act like one, either. And if a role requires DeVito to disrobe and get ‘greased up like a halibut,’ so be it.
Most of the world’s wind is over deep water. Floating machines can harvest it. (wapo.st)
China’s quest for human genetic data spurs fears of a DNA arms race (wapo.st)
The food industry pays ‘influencer’ dietitians to shape your eating habits (wapo.st)
Registered dietitians are being paid to post videos that promote diet soda, sugar and supplements on Instagram and TikTok...
‘Tron’ fan finds rare ‘holy grail’ arcade game abandoned on sidewalk (wapo.st)
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Acceptance is on the horizon for Iceland’s drag performers (wapo.st)
Inside “Apocalypstick,” the drag cabaret at the heart of Reykjavik’s vibrant LGBTQ+ drag scene...
Philippine court acquits Nobel laureate Maria Ressa of final charges (wapo.st)
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Musk may have violated FTC privacy order, new court filing shows (wapo.st)
The Justice Department makes the accusation in its response to motion from X asking that the consent decree be dismissed...
Some say the sky lit up before Morocco’s earthquake. It’s a real phenomenon. (wapo.st)
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Your Gmail and Instagram are training AI. There’s little you can do about it. (wapo.st)
It’s your data. Do you know what Big Tech is doing with it? Our tech columnist found Google, Meta and Microsoft are taking your conversations, photos or documents to teach their their AI....
Threads blocks searches related to covid and vaccines as cases rise (wapo.st)
Public health experts denounced the platform’s moderation policies, which they say restrict access to critical health information...
Lee remains major hurricane as risk of impacts in New England grows (wapo.st)
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How to talk to an AI (wapo.st)
An ordinary human’s guide to getting extraordinary results from a chatbot like ChatGPT...
5th Circuit finds Biden White House, CDC violated First Amendment (wapo.st)
The Court upheld many restrictions on the White House and Surgeon General’s office’s contacts with tech companies, finding that they ‘coerced’ platforms’ content decisions...
Scientists found a ‘golden egg’ deep in the sea near Alaska. But what is it? (wapo.st)
…expedition coordinator Candio said, “we still are not able to identify it beyond the fact that it is biological in origin.” He added, “We likely won’t learn more until we are able to get it into a laboratory setting.”...
Powerful Hurricane Lee plows westward with land threats 6 to 10 days away (wapo.st)
The storm, briefly a Category 5, could affect Bermuda, eastern New England and the Canadian Maritimes in 6 to 10 days, but the track remains uncertain...
Where dangerous heat is surging (wapo.st)
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Gayle Hunnicutt, Texan actress who thrived in Britain, dies at 80 (wapo.st)
She made headlines for her marriage to British film star David Hemmings. Two decades later, she returned to the U.S. to appear in the prime-time soap opera ‘Dallas.’...
Scientists warn invasive pests are taking a staggering toll on society (wapo.st)
The authors of a major new U.N.-backed report say invasive species are costing the world more than $423 billion a year...
The endless battle to banish the world’s most notorious stalker website (wapo.st)
The anonymous forum, known as Kiwi Farms, keeps popping back online despite a relentless campaign by transgender activists and a former insider...
Trump’s Truth Social facing a key funding deadline (wapo.st)
The ‘blank check’ ally of former president Donald Trump’s media start-up was once a stock-market star. It’s now days away from potential liquidation....