Opinion

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Comet 3 Times Size of Everest Returns to Sun After 71 Years—to Converge With Total Solar Eclipse

A comet returning after seven decades and putting on a spectacular show in our solar system is expected to soon appear at the highly-anticipated April total solar eclipse over North America. It took 71 years—but Comet P12/Pons-Brooks has finally returned to our inner solar system after traversing its gargantuan elliptical orbit around the sun. The […]

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Supreme Court Refuses Injunction Against Apple Over Its App Store

App makers say the company is the ‘largest monopoly in history.’

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Boeing Has Been Prioritizing Production Over Safety, FAA Chief Says

The FAA chief has recommended that Boeing shift its focus to safety and quality.

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Electricity Grid Needs £58 Billion for Net Zero: Report

The ESO said the UK’s need for electricity to heat homes and businesses and charge cars is expected to increase by 64 percent by 2035.

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Supreme Court Justices Reveal How They Maintain Respect, Civility During Deliberations

‘We do not interrupt one another and we never raise voices,’ Justice Amy Coney Barrett said.

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US Military Evacuates US Embassy Personnel in Haiti, Adds Security Forces

Violence in the country has spiraled out of control in recent months.

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Florida Legislature Passes Another Social Media Bill Aimed at Protecting Minors

The state’s 2024 legislative session ends on March 8.

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Ex-Google Engineer Arrested, Charged With Stealing AI Trade Secrets for China

The Chinese national boasted about the ability of his Chinese startup to adapt Google’s computational power platform for China’s national conditions.

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Supreme Court Denies Request to Stop Boy Scouts’ Bankruptcy Settlement

Alleged sex-abuse victims said it would be unfair to allow the bankruptcy settlement to move forward.

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WikiLeaks Founder Assange Faces Last Legal Roll of the Dice in Britain to Avoid US Extradition

LONDON—Julian Assange’s lawyers opened a final UK legal challenge Tuesday to stop the WikiLeaks founder from being sent to the United States to face spying charges, arguing that American authorities are seeking to punish him for exposing serious criminal acts by the U.S. government. Lawyer Edward Fitzgerald said Mr. Assange may “suffer a flagrant denial […]

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FBI Director Wray Sounds Alarm Over CCP’s Cyber Threat to Critical US Infrastructure

China’s hacking program is more significant than that of every other major nation combined, the FBI director said.

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Cyberattacks on Hospitals Are Likely to Increase, Putting Lives at Risk, Experts Warn

WASHINGTON—Cybersecurity experts are warning that hospitals around the country are at risk for attacks like the one that is crippling operations at a premier Midwestern children’s hospital, and that the U.S. government is doing too little prevent such breaches. Hospitals in recent years have shifted their use of online technology to support everything from telehealth […]

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Meta CEO Zuckerberg Apologizes to Parents at Intense Senate Hearing

Parents told lawmakers that their children had been exploited, bullied, or molested online while using one of Mr. Zuckerberg’s many platforms.

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Supreme Court Sets Date for COVID Social Media Censorship Case

Murthy v. Missouri is just one of many social media cases the Court is considering this term.

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Alaska Airlines Has Begun Flying Boeing Max 9 Jetliners Again and United Flies Plane on Saturday

Alaska Airlines has begun flying Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners again since they were grounded after a panel blew out of the side of one of the airline’s planes. The airline said in a statement that it has completed its final inspection of their group of the aircraft. They said they resumed flying the Max […]