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Photo: Jakub Porzycki / NurPhoto via Getty Images The New York Times Tech Guild went on strike at 12:01AM ET today, reports The Washington Post. The guild represents over 600 software engineers, product managers, data analysts, and designers for the media company. Its strike leaves the company bereft of crucial technical expertise just one day before Election Day, when the Times’ crucial backend systems will be under very heavy stress. The guild has been bargaining since 2022 for its first union contract with the company. Negotiations between it and the Times hit logjams over things like a “just cause” provision that prevents the company from firing workers unless it’s for something like misconduct, as well as pay increases, pay equity, and return-to-office policies, reports the Times. T... Continue reading…

Illustration: The Verge This weekend, X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, announced it’s “starting to launch” a controversial change to how blocking works on its platform. Company owner Elon Musk first revealed the change in September, which will allow people you’ve blocked to continue to see your posts, and, as noted by TechCrunch, your following and followers lists. Musk claimed that stopping people from seeing your public posts “makes no sense,” but due to a post-Musk change that stops logged-out users from scrolling even a public profile, this could make it easier for blocked users to continue harassing someone. In October, X’s engineering account argued that people who block others could say harmful things about the blocked person who wouldn’t know... Continue reading…

Apple's iPhone 17 should deliver a big change compared to the previous years. Most rumors say that Apple will introduce a new type of iPhone next September. The so-called iPhone 17 Air will be thinner than the other three models, replacing the iPhone Plus in Apple's lineup. As an iPhone 16 Plus owner who thinks this model is definitely too thick, I can't wait to see Apple make an iPhone 17 Air. The 2025 iPhone series should also deliver another big change. All four models will reportedly support a 120Hz refresh rate (ProMotion). That's a feature buyers of the cheaper iPhone models have wanted for years. I think Apple is finally doing it, not because it has to catch up to the competition, although that's always a good reason. Apple is doing it because it needs the feature on the iPhone 17 Air. Continue reading... The post iPhone 17 Air will force Apple to give its entire 2025 iPhone lineup one key upgrade appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Today’s deals: Rare Nintendo Switch sale, $729 black Apple Watch Ultra 2, 32% off LG G4 OLED TV, more Today’s deals: $56 for 2024’s easiest Halloween costume, $699 M2 MacBook Air, 20% off Dyson, more Today’s deals: $18 portable power bank, $120 electric standing desk, $220 TP-Link WiFi 7 router, more Today’s deals: Free Echo Pop & Amazon Smart Plug, $30 Philips OneBlade 360, $38 Sony headphones, more

A collaborative study by researchers from Baylor College of Medicine and Illumina has showcased the exceptional capabilities of the DRAGEN (Dynamic Read Analysis for GENomics) platform in comprehensive genome analysis.

A multi-institutional team of environmental scientists and physical limnologists has found that there may be a scientific explanation for Jesus' "miraculous catch of fish"—one that does not involve miracles. In their paper published in the journal Water Resources Research, the group describes their study of natural fish die-offs in Lake Kinneret, which is believed to be the Biblical Sea of Galilee mentioned in the Bible.

Like humans and other complex multicellular organisms, single-celled bacteria can fall ill and fight off viral infections. A bacterial virus is caused by a bacteriophage, or, more simply, phage, which is one of the most ubiquitous life forms on earth. Phages and bacteria are engaged in a constant battle, the virus attempting to circumvent the bacteria's defenses, and the bacteria racing to find new ways to protect itself.

Climate change has a profound impact on historical societal transformations. A recent study by Chinese researchers has found that the collapse of the Ming Dynasty, one of the most important dynasties in Chinese history, may have been triggered by the Wanli megadrought, decades earlier than previous thought.

Supermassive black holes exist at the center of most galaxies, and modern telescopes continue to observe them at surprisingly early times in the universe's evolution.