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The internet says goodbye to Skype, and thanks for all the calls (washingtonpost.com) The internet says goodbye to Skype, and thanks for all the calls By Leo Sands 2025050514034800 Skype users bade farewell to the online communication service Monday, reminiscing about late-night calls with friends, long-distance dates and free catch-ups with far-flung family — along with pixelated faces and "Can you hear me?" moments.

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Leo Sands

Teens threatened with kidnapping charges over lacrosse team hazing (washingtonpost.com) Teens threatened with kidnapping charges over lacrosse team hazing By Leo Sands 2025043012342200 Authorities in Upstate New York have given a group of high-schoolers, accused of staging an extreme lacrosse team hazing ritual, an ultimatum: hand yourselves in within 48 hours or face felony charges for kidnapping.

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Leo Sands

2 hours agoVideo Lacross team incident is ‘hazing on steroids’: DAA hazing incident in Syracuse, New York, has prompted police to give 11high schoolers an ultimatum: surrender now, or face kidnapping charges. 1 hour agoMystery in South Africa after police officers found dead in riverPolice in South Africa are searching for answers after the bodies of three police officers - who had been missing for six days - were found in a river.

2 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Leo Sands

A satellite with a 40-foot extendible antenna has launched into spacewith a giant mission: to map all of the world’s forests, ecosystems that are crucial for sucking up carbon and slowing climate change. The Biomass mission willpaint adetailed global picture of Earth’s forests, the European Space Agency said, peeking beneath their canopies to reveal where they are thickest and how that is changing — including as a result of climate change and deforestation.

2 weeks ago | tech.sme.sk | Leo Sands

Planéta zažíva už štvrtý globálny prípad bielenia koralov. Ilustračná fotografia. (Zdroj: Adobe Stock)Text vyšiel pôvodne v denníku The Washington Post. Koralové útesy na celom svete v bezprecedentnom rozsahu strácajú farbu v dôsledku rastúcich teplôt morí, pričom takzvanému bieleniu koralov čelí od roku 2023 až 84 percent útesov, oznámili vedci.