Robot to remove melted nuclear fuel debris from Japan’s Fukushima reactor

Critics say the 30- to 40-year cleanup target set by the government and TEPCO for Fukushima Daiichi is overly optimistic.

The operator of Japan’s destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant demonstrated Tuesday how a remote-controlled robot would retrieve tiny bits of melted fuel debris from one of three damaged reactors later this year for the first time since the 2011 meltdown.

Judge Denies Limited Gag Order Request in Trump Documents Case

The decision was made on procedural grounds and left open the possibility that federal prosecutors could try again to restrict Donald Trump from making statements that could endanger F.B.I. agents.

Celine Dion Revealed That She Almost Died From Stiff Person Syndrome

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Porsche’s first hybrid 911 ‘deeply’ integrates CarPlay, but not the next-gen kind

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Porsche has announced the 2025 Porsche 911 Carrera GTS, its first hybrid electric model, a car that it says can go from zero to 60mph in 2.9 seconds and tops out at 194mph.

There’s also some new tech in the dash, including an all-digital instrument cluster on a 12.6-inched curved display that now shows information from CarPlay, which it says is “integrated more deeply into the vehicle.”

But Porsche’s “all-digital cockpit” doesn’t appear to be the...

Opera adds Google’s Gemini to its browsers

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Opera browser users can get more up-to-date information and more conversational responses as it integrates Google’s Gemini AI models into its existing Aria AI extension.

Aria, released last year, acts like an AI assistant to answer user queries, write code, and perform other tasks. According to Opera, Aria does not rely on one AI model to respond to users but chooses the AI model it feels will work best for the specific task. With this new...

Can McLaren and Ferrari keep the pressure on Red Bull and deliver an F1 title fight?

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After Charles Leclerc’s stunning win in the Monaco Grand Prix, is F1 on the cusp of a true title fight?

What a difference a year makes.

Following the 2023 Canadian Grand Prix, the eighth race of the 2023 Formula 1 season, two things were clear: Absent a shocking development, Red Bull was winning the Constructors’ Championship, and Max Verstappen was winning the Drivers’ Championship. As the grid departed Montreal, Red Bull led the field with...

RBC Canadian Open: Odds, predictions, value picks, preview for Canada’s biggest event

Nick Taylor celebrates with his caddie after making a 72-foot eagle putt on the fourth playoff hole at the 2023 RBC Canadian Open. | Photo by Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images

The PGA Tour heads north of the border to Hamilton Golf and Country Club for the 2024 RBC Canadian Open

Not unlike last week’s Charles Schwab Challenge, which saw PGA Tour players compete on a revitalized Colonial Country Club, this week’s event will also take place on a refurbished layout.

Hamilton Golf and...

LPGA's Thompson, 15-time winner, to retire at 29

LPGA golfer Lexi Thompson, the winner of 15 events who was just 12 when she qualified for her first U.S. Women's Open, is retiring from full-time competition at 29.

How to cancel Peacock

There are a lot of streaming service subscriptions out there, and sometimes it's hard to keep up.

If you're a Peacock user and want to cancel your subscription, there's an easy way to do it on your desktop. You'll find a step-by-step guide below.

You can also check out the Mashable guides to canceling Netflix, Hulu, Apple+, Prime Video, and Disney+.

Amazon deal of the day: The 10th gen iPad is down to a new all-time low of $299.99

Amazon deals of the day at a glance: OUR TOP PICK 2022 Apple iPad 10th gen (64GB, WiFi) $299.99 at Amazon (save $49.01 with on-page coupon) ...

Why we need a mental health moonshot

Hackensack Meridian Health outlines four steps to launching next-generation behavioral healthcare for the 1 in 4 people struggling with mental health issues in the U.S.

For the third year in a row, 100,000 Americans died of an overdose, the Center For Disease Control (CDC) announced in May. Fifty million Americans struggle with mental health issues, including addiction. In fact, 45% of adults in their 30s and 40s report having a mental health diagnosis, up from 31% just five years ago. And...

Melinda French Gates to donate $1 billion to these women and girls organizations

$250 million is to be awarded to organizations working to improve women’s mental and physical health worldwide.

Melinda French Gates announced Tuesday that she plans to donate $1 billion over the next two years to organizations supporting women and girls around the world. French Gates will leave the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which she co-founded with her ex-husband Bill Gates, next week and receive $12.5 billion from Gates as part of their divorce agreement.

People Are Revealing Their Husbands' Biggest Secrets They Learned While Married To Them, And Holy Crap

"We're divorced now for a different reason, but I wish he'd have told me sooner."

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The 10th-gen iPad drops to $300 for the first time

At just $300, Apple’s entry-level iPad offers even better value if you’re looking for a powerful tablet for basic entertainment purposes and light productivity. | Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge

I got a nice sunrise surprise this morning. Sure, trees and power lines in my little corner of Texas were being hewn to the ground by the storms ripping across the central South, and I’m still without power as of this writing — but I have just enough juice in my power bank to inform...

Lexi Thompson shockingly announces retirement plans ahead of U.S. Women’s Open

Lexi Thompson during the first round of the 2024 Mizuho Americas Open. | Photo by Adam Hunger/Getty Images

Lexi Thompson, one of the biggest stars on the LPGA Tour, announced at the U.S. Women’s Open that she will retire.

At just 29 years old, Lexi Thompson, one of the faces of the LPGA Tour, will call it quits after the 2024 golf season.

Set to make her 18th appearance at the U.S. Women’s Open this week at Lancaster Country Club, Thompson will address the media at 2:30 p.m. on...

6 2024 NFL Draft sleepers that could soon become household names

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Which under-the-radar 2024 draftees are in the best position to succeed?

We’re now solidly in the NFL’s offseason and the dust stirred up by the chaos surrounding the 2024 NFL Draft is finally dying down.

We spend months getting ready for the draft every year, but we spend most of that time concentrating on the first-round prospects. There’s a good reason for that, as picks in the first round tend to be the most valuable and have the most...

Everything Google announced at its big Chromebook showcase

Google announced a bunch of Chromebook stuff! Let's talk about it.

At a showcase on Tuesday, Google to announce some Chromebook-related products.Here's everything Google showed off.

Google's showcase included six new Chromebooks, some of which are in the premium "Chromebook Plus" category, meaning they will get access to advanced AI features...

T-Mobile keeps getting bigger: Now it’s buying U.S. Cellular to beef up service in rural areas

The announcement comes one month after T-Mobile’s deal to scoop up Mint Mobile was approved and four years after it merged with Sprint.

T-Mobile is on the move—in terms of mergers and acquisitions.

California’s 2,200-year-old tree, General Sherman, is okay for now, but threats loom

Giant sequoias are increasingly threatened by extreme heat, drought, and wildfires.

High in the evergreen canopy of General Sherman, the world’s largest tree, researchers searched for evidence of an emerging threat to giant sequoias: bark beetles.

The climbers descended the towering 2,200-year-old tree with good news on Tuesday.

“The General Sherman tree is doing fine right now,” said Anthony Ambrose, executive director of the Ancient Forest Society, who led the expedition. “It seems...

Robert De Niro and the Biden Campaign Trolls Trump Outside Courthouse

Holding a news conference with Robert De Niro and two former Capitol Police officers, the Biden campaign signaled it was growing more assertive on Donald Trump’s legal troubles.