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Research on system architecture has proved a very fundamental tradeoff that applies to ubiquitous connectivity. It tells us ...

As Mick Jagger famously sang, you can’t always get what you want. That applies to travel too — no matter how meticulously planned a trip, you can’t avoid bad weather, natural disasters, worker strikes ...

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Chinese scientists have allegedly developed a series of new photonic (light-based) microchips that could outperform NVIDIA’s leading artificial intelligence (AI) graphics processing units (GPUs) by ...

The White House is expanding its travel ban yet again, and this time it affects two popular Caribbean nations. Citizens coming from the nations of Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica will be restricted ...

A fire at a townhouse in Baltimore County caused no injuries after residents were safely evacuated, Baltimore County Fire said.Crews responded to Bourbon Court Dispute between neighbors leads to ...

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NPR staffers get around — both for fun and to report on stories from across the U.S. This year, we made our way to famous landmarks, but also saw off-the-beaten-path towns, quirky events and stunning ...

Fifty years after its release, WAR’s “Why Can’t We Be Friends?” still feels less like a song frozen in time and more like a question the world keeps circling back to. When frontman Lonnie Jordan talks ...

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