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Want to Win a Bike Race? Hack Your Rival’s Wireless Shifters

Professional cycling has, in its recent history, been prone to a shocking variety of cheating methods and dirty tricks. Performance-enhancing drugs. Tacks strewn on race courses. Even stealthy motors hidden inside of wheel hubs. Now, for those who fail to download a software patch for their gear shifters—yes, bike components …

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Nascar Pit Crews Are Using AI for the Perfect Pit Stop

Formula One’s paymaster, Liberty Media, may have thrust the sport deep into its American heartland—there are now three grand prix in the US—but it’s Nascar that continues to build its TV audience there against a slight decline for the “open wheel” F1 and IndyCar championships. European race fans are famously …

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How to wean your toddler off a tablet

It always starts with good intentions. Your toddler is fussy or irritable, and you’ve seen how the tablet calms them down. Why not hand it over for a few minutes to prevent a tantrum while you get dinner ready? It’s a scene that plays out successfully in many households everyday, …

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Scientists detect water sloshing on Mars. There could be a lot.

A pioneering NASA robot detected over a thousand quakes on Mars. It also may have revealed a huge reservoir of water. Planetary scientists used unprecedented data collected by the space agency’s InSight lander, which recorded geologic activity on Mars for four years, to reveal that water may exist many miles …

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Donald Trump Doesn’t Need X—but Elon Musk Desperately Needs Him Back

Former president Donald Trump is back on X, and Elon Musk appears to be ecstatic. In the hours after Musk and Trump’s meandering, disinformation-filled chat on X Spaces—which was, Musk claimed without evidence, delayed because of a cyberattack—the X owner stayed online well into early Tuesday morning, sharing dozens of …

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