Exposure to extreme heat grew drastically in the world’s cities
People resting in a lawn on a hot summer day, at Rajpath near Vijay Chowk, on June 30, 2021 in
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Day: October 5, 2021
Blue Origin’s ideas to mimic SpaceX sound pretty brutal for employees
Image: Blue OriginIn an attempt to recreate SpaceX’s success, executives at spaceflight venture Blue Origin once praised the rival company’s
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A surgically implanted brain stimulation device could help treat severe depression
Sarah had no options left. Over five years, she’d tried every possible treatment for her severe depression, and nothing had
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Blue Origin is officially sending William Shatner to space
Photo by Phil Walter/Getty ImagesJeff Bezos’ spaceflight venture Blue Origin is launching William Shatner — aka Captain James T. Kirk
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What is BGP, and how might it have helped kick Facebook off the internet?
Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeOn Monday, Facebook was completely knocked offline, taking Instagram and WhatsApp (not to mention
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Facebook is back online after a massive outage that also took down Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Oculus
Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeJust as Facebook’s Antigone Davis was live on CNBC defending the company over a
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Facebook has finally given a reason for the six-hour outage Monday
Facebook was down for six hours on Monday | Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeFacebook said in a blog
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Twitter, Is It Down, and tons of other sites were struggling due to the Facebook outage
When something like Facebook drops off the internet, there are massive knock-on effects. For example, a website that’s meant to
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Volvo announces plans to go public in bid to accelerate shift to electric cars
Photo by Andrew Hawkins / The VergeVolvo, the Swedish luxury car maker owned by China’s Geely, announced its plan for
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