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Social media awash in misinformation, but Musk’s X is the most egregious

While Twitter has always struggled with combating misinformation about major news events, it was still the go-to place to find out what’s happening in the world. But the Israel-Hamas war has underscored how the platform now transformed into X has become not only unreliable but is actively promoting falsehoods.

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Are Apple’s new ‘Vision Pro’ goggles what VR has been looking for?

Apple on Monday unveiled a long-rumored headset that will place its users between the virtual and real world, while also testing the technology trendsetter’s ability to popularize new-fangled devices after others failed to capture the public’s imagination.

As Lake Mead declines, so do its visitation numbers

A National Park Service spokesman says it is not possible to say why visitors to Lake Mead National Recreation Area dropped off without further research.

Twitter glitches reported as links, logins fail

Twitter experienced a bevy of glitches Monday as links stopped working, some users were unable to log in and images were not loading for others.

27 weird UFO facts that will leave you scratching your head

You could say that anything flying in our air space that is unidentified is strange — to say the least. Whatever we don’t understand raises a lot of speculation.

8 states, DOJ sue Google over digital advertising dominance

The Justice Department and several states sued Google on Tuesday, alleging that its dominance in digital advertising harms competition.

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