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Could my neighbours black bamboo make my home uninsurable?
Patrick Shine
I live in a housing estate and about three years ago a wall-sharing neighbour planted five black bamboo trees on his side, as well as two other trees next to walls adjoining other neighbours. In the ...[Continue Reading]
The Irish Times
about 1 year ago
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Lucasfilm Keeps Telling Authors Not to Bring Back Mara Jade
James Whitbrook
Its been over a decade since Disney and Lucasfilm rebootedStar Wars canon and consigned the former Expanded Universe to the status of Legendsand in that time, many parts of the old EU have found ...[Continue Reading]
Gizmodo.com
1 day ago
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MacOS Tahoe 26.4.1 Update Released with Bug Fixes
Paul Horowitz
Apple has released MacOS Tahoe 26.4.1 as a software update for Mac users running the Tahoe operating system. The update includes unspecified bug fixes, making it recommended for all Tahoe users to in ...[Continue Reading]
Osxdaily.com
1 day ago
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As Mass Drownings Add Up, Emperor Penguins Officially Join the Endangered List
Gayoung Lee
As a decades-long penguin lover, a (perhaps futile) comfort I took despite climate change was that penguins werent outright endangered, save for a few species. But of course, with all things climate ...[Continue Reading]
Gizmodo.com
1 day ago
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What Makes You Wealthy? Its Not Money
Bobby Hoffman Ph.D.
Are you wealthy? Standards of affluence vary according to many factors, including geography, cultural norms, family history, education, and the type of work we are willing to do. Personal wealth can ...[Continue Reading]
Psychology Today
1 day ago
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OpenAI: Hey, We Also Have a New Tool That Is So Scarily Powerful We Cant Release It
AJ Dellinger
A frontier AI company has a new tool that is simply too powerful for the general public and could upend cybersecurity as we know it. Sound familiar? Just days after Anthropic announced that it is rol ...[Continue Reading]
Gizmodo.com
1 day ago