When Andrew Wiles proved Fermat’s Last Theorem in the early 1990s, his proof was hailed as a monumental step forward not just for mathematicians but for all of humanity. The theorem is simplicity itself—it posits that x n + yn = zn has no positive whole-number solutions when n is greater than 2. Yet this…
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Two major grocery store chains in Michigan are reporting that workers have died of COVID-19. Kroger representatives confirmed Saturday that four of its employees from Detroit-area stores have died from the COVID-19. Meijer spokesperson Frank Guglielmi confir…
Elaine McDevitt was going to die. "I thought heart failure was something old people had when they were dying," the 59-year-old of Cumru Township, Pennsylvania, told Business Insider. "I didn't know you could walk around with heart failure." In 2014, after …
On Friday, Apple and Google announced a joint collaboration to make a Covid-19 "contact tracing" framework available for legions of Android and iOS smartphones. Slated for release next month, the platform will give public health organizations the ability to track infections and use Bluetooth proximity analysis to warn people if they've come into contact with…
Tesla started Friday to furlough its gross sales and provide crew — with the least skilled workers bearing the brunt of the motion — days after a companywide email announced…
FORT SMITH, Ark. —A Van Buren driver died after a police pursuit ended in a crash Friday morning, according to Arkansas State Police Public Information Officer, Bill Sadler. Justin Battenfield, 34, died from his injuries after police said Battenfield led the…
A woman who accused Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden of sexually assaulting her when she worked for him in 1993 has filed a formal criminal complaint with the Washington, DC, police about the alleged incident, Business Insider has learned. The wom…
Which is why it’s especially cynical for many of us that Google banned employees from using Zoom’s shady desktop app on the same day that Zoom hired Facebook’s former security bobblehead as a consultant on its hazy privacy and security triage campaign. Everyone working remotely:ZOOM monitors the activity on your computer and collects data on…
Greetings, and welcome to Replay, WIRED's rundown of all of the week's big videogame news. This time around we have news about the forthcoming PlayStation 5, Final Fantasy XIV, and Google Stadia. Let's get going, shall we?The PlayStation 5 Will Have a Controller... And it seems like a nice one! In a new blog post…
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