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Daily Crunch: T-Mobile confirms ‘highly sophisticated cyberattack’ affecting 47M customer accounts

To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here.Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for August 18, 2021! Good news up

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U.S. allegations of China hacking disingenuous and self-defeating

Editor's note : Andy Mok is a research fellow at the Center for China and Globalization. The article reflects the author's opinions and not necessarily the views of CGT

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U.S. allegations of China hacking disingenuous and self-defeating

Editor's note : Andy Mok is a research fellow at the Center for China and Globalization. The article reflects the author's opinions and not necessarily the views of CGT

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Hundreds of worms being sent into space for research on human muscle loss

As part of a new project involving UK scientists, the worms will be flown to the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday.

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Pesticide pollution threat looms on two-thirds of global farmland

More than 64 percent of agricultural land globally is at the risk of pesticide pollution, which will contaminate surface and groundwater with toxic chemicals harming humans and wildlife, warned a

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The “worm" moon rises

Click arrows to view gallery If you’re lucky enough to get a good view of the sky Sunday evening you will see the “worm” moon rising in the eastern sky. It will be

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Researchers look to ‘worm blobs’ to improve robotic movement

What, you are no doubt asking, is a worm a blob? Well, it’s a blob of worms, obviously. More specifically, it’s a blob of California blackworms. It’s not a flock, nor a swam nor a school. It’s a big,

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Guinea worm closer to eradication as cases halve in a year

Extracting a Guinea worm is a slow and painful process. Some historians believe the medical symbol known as the Staff of Asclepius—a snake coiled around a stick—was inspired by the age-old method

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5 days left to save on early bird passes to TC Sessions: Mobility 2020

TC Sessions: Mobility 2020 kicks off in 37 days, but the countdown clock on early-bird pricing runs out in just five. Engage with the mobility community’s brightest minds, makers, visionaries and inve

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Feature: Lebanon's farmers suffer from low production of pine cones

Salem Al-Huwaili, a 46-year-old Syrian displaced man, climbs up a tall pine tree in a forest in the town of Kfar Hamam in the eastern side of southern Lebanon. Nicknam

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Scientists learn how tiny critters make ocean 'snot palaces'

Master builders of the sea construct the equivalent of a complex five-story house that protects them from predators and funnels and filters food for them, all from snot coming out of their heads.And

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Max Q: SpaceX launches astronauts to orbit

This was a HUGE week in space: SpaceX flew its first ever human spaceflight mission, with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken hopping a ride on a Crew Dragon to the International Space Station

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SpaceX's 1st astronaut launch breaking new ground for style

The first astronauts launched by SpaceX are breaking new ground for style with hip spacesuits, gull-wing Teslas and a sleek rocketship – all of it white with black trim.The color coordinating is t

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Meet Dennis Rodman, a five-time NBA champion blue-collar defender

Dennis Rodman (C) of the Chicago Bulls celebrates in the game against the Orlando Magic at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, February 25, 1996. /VCG In the newly released Episode 3 of th

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NASA and SpaceX add some retro flair to the Falcon 9 rocket flying the first crewed Dragon launch

NASA and SpaceX are moving ahead full-steam with the Demo-2 launch of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft – the first launch to carry astronauts to space aboard a private launch vehicle from Ameri

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Does coronavirus need a brand?

Stay with me here. As we enter the full throes of coronavirus spread in the US, it’s becoming incredibly evident that we cannot depend on the Federal apparatus to clearly communicate any of the necess

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Fireflies face extinction risk

01:43 The future of fireflies is under threat, with many species facing extinction due to habitat loss, exposure to pesticides and artificial light pollution.The study, which was repor