China has landed on Mars
A photo of Mars captured by China’s Tianwen-1 probe in February. | Photo: Xinhua via Getty ImagesChina landed its first
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Day: May 15, 2021
Whale hugs, ‘active sea serpents,’ and the wild world of whale sex
Northern right whale.Eubalaena glacialis.Courting group. Several males approach a female (on left). Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick, Canada. | Photo
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Starlink review: broadband dreams fall to Earth
Starlink’s Dishy McDishface satellite dish.SpaceX’s satellite internet service is a technological marvel — when it works Continue reading…
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Twitter politely asks you to protect its targeted ad dollars in new iOS 14.5 prompt
Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeAs part of iOS 14.5, Apple’s App Tracking Transparency forces developers to ask permission
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eBay will enact a sex ban starting June 15th
Photo illustration by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesIf you’re hoping to turn a dollar on that extremely explicit hentai you
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Venmo shows who you’re friends with even if you’re Joe Biden
Photo by T.J. Kirkpatrick-Pool/Getty ImagesVenmo has a major privacy flaw that’s been well-known for years: there’s no way to keep
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Ireland refuses to pay ransom demand in attack on its national health service
Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeIreland’s health service, the HSE, shut down all of its IT systems on Friday
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A driverless Waymo got stuck in traffic and then tried to run away from its support crew
Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The VergeOne of Waymo’s fully autonomous minivans got stuck at an intersection in Chandler, Arizona,
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How the USPS mail trucks could still go fully electric
Illustration by Grayson Blackmon / The VergeThe biggest government fleet is about to start turning over — but the replacements
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