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Bluesky backlash misses the point

Bluesky is missing an opportunity to explain to people that its network is more than just its own Bluesky social app. In recent weeks, a number of headlines and posts have surfaced questioning whether Bluesky’s growth is declining, if the network has become too much of a left-leaning…

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Chasing rainbows

Living with colorblindness feels like you’re constantly being pranked by the world in subtle, irritating ways. The other day, I was booking a flight on Kayak, trying to figure out which dates are the cheapest by looking at their low fare calendar. See any issues? Oh, sorry –…

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Meta inks a new geothermal energy deal to support AI

Meta’s geothermal ambitions are growing with a new agreement to support projects in New Mexico.  It announced the deal with XGS Energy today, a company developing next-generation geothermal technologies that make it possible to use this energy source in places where it was unfeasible before. The plan is…

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It's Not Just You, a Lot of Sites and Services Are Down

If you’re finding some websites slow or totally unresponsive, you’re not alone. Much of the internet is currently impacted by outages. Downdetector, a site that tracks user reports of site outages, is reporting 48 sites and services that are down as of this article. These platforms certainly run…

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