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Record $4.5 Billion EU Fine Punished Its Innovation, Google Tells EU Court(2025-01-29 09:00:05)

Google has appealed a record $4.5 billion EU antitrust fine to the European Court of Justice, arguing that the European Commission's decision punished its innovation and imposed unfair penalties for agreements requiring pre-installation of its apps on Android devices. Reuters reports: Google's appea...
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CVS Might Let You Open Locked Shelves With Your Phone(2025-01-29 06:00:12)

A new update to CVS's mobile app includes a feature that allows some customers to access items on locked shelves using their phone -- "without having to summon an overworked employee to open it first," reports The Verge. The feature is currently being trialed in a handful of stores, but will be expa...
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Microplastics Found In the Brains of Mice Within Hours of Consumption(2025-01-29 03:00:03)

A team of biologists have found that it takes microplastics consumed by mice just a few hours to reach their brains. "Wondering if the plastic in their brains was causing any impairment, the researchers tested several of the mice and found that many of them experienced memory loss, reductions in mot...
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Technology For Lab-Grown Eggs Or Sperm On Brink of Viability, UK Watchdog Finds(2025-01-29 00:00:06)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Bolstered by Silicon Valley investment, scientists are making such rapid progress that lab-grown human eggs and sperm could be a reality within a decade, a meeting of the Human Fertilization and Embryology Authority board heard last week (PDF). ...
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'Ghost' That Haunts South Carolina Rail Line May Be Caused By Tiny Earthquakes(2025-01-28 21:00:03)

sciencehabit shares a report from Science: Legend has it that if you walk along Old Light Road in Summerville, South Carolina, you might see an eerie glow hovering over an abandoned rail line in the nearby woods. Old-timers will tell you it's a spectral lantern held by the apparition of a woman sear...
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