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Mozilla is changing Firefox’s release schedule from September, with new stable versions planned every two weeks instead of once a month. The faster release cadence will, Mozilla says, make the schedule more predictable and allow features and improvements which are ready to ship to do so sooner. Fancy testing? OMG!Continue Reading

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Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Ontario Wildfire Smoke Moves East Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on Earth Human Dimensions Natural Events Oceans Remote Sensing Technology Snow & Ice Water More Content Collections Global Maps World of ChangeContinue Reading

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Latest government measure aimed at curbing digital harm comes after under-16 social media ban announced last month., The latest government measure aimed at curbing digital harm comes after an under-16 social media ban was announced last month. The United Kingdom has proposed an overnight social media curfew for older teenagersContinue Reading

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Environmental campaigners are urging Ireland to protect the public interest and resist industry pressure as the country takes up the presidency of the EU Council. The EU’s top agricultural polluter took the helm earlier this month (1 July) amid a wider push for deregulation that has left key green protections diluted, delayed or scrapped. Over the next six months, Ireland will beContinue Reading

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Weston 16.0 released with major advances in HDR, color management, and Wayland protocol support. After about five months of development, the Weston project has officially released Weston 16.0, the reference Wayland compositor. This version brings important improvements that will help desktop environments like GNOME, KDE, and Enlightenment achieve better andContinue Reading

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On Wednesday, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr announced his scheme to repeal a limit that Congress set on the national reach of broadcast-television conglomerates. Lifting the cap from its congressionally mandated limit of 39 percent of national audience is key to a proposed merger between two giant broadcast conglomerates:Continue Reading

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Monitor ranks Toronto as having the worst air quality on earth, surpassing Kinshasa, DR Congo, and New Delhi, India., Monitor ranks Toronto as having the worst air quality on earth, surpassing Kinshasa, DR Congo, and New Delhi, India. Toronto’s air quality has ranked the worst among all major cities inContinue Reading