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Does Dante's Inferno from the 14th century depict an asteroid impact?

Dante’s famous 14th century epic poem, “Inferno,” which is the first part of the Italian writer’s “Divine Comedy,” represents the first time a giant impact of a massive object falling from the heavens was envisaged, according to an expert in the specialized field of geomythology. In the poem, the massive object in question is the Devil himself, Lucifer, who fell onto the Earth after…
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Digg tries again, this time as an AI news aggregator

Digg is back from the dead. Again. Just months after launching, the reboot of Kevin Rose’s once-popular link-sharing site shut down in March as the company shifted course. Originally redesigned as a competitor to the massive community forum site Reddit, the new Digg found that it wasn’t able to effectively manage the bot traffic invading its platform and hadn’t differentiated itself enough…
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Cheat sheet: Lightroom Classic's Distraction Removal tools at a glance

Lightroom Classic’s Distraction Removal panel can easily get overlooked. But rather than spend time manually cloning out dust spots or unwanted passers-by with the cloning and healing tools or AI Remove tool, take a look at the Distraction Removal panel first. It uses AI to automate tasks you might previously have done manually – so no more brushing, no more object selection, just one-click…
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Tesla postpones Model S/X Signature delivery event, leaving attendees holding the bag

Tesla has postponed its highly anticipated Signature Edition delivery event that was scheduled for May 12 at the Fremont factory. The company sent a brief email to attendees today — just three days before the event — offering no explanation and no new date. The last-minute postponement is leaving buyers who already spent thousands of dollars on plane tickets and hotel reservations holding the…
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