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🔥 Wildfire smoke erases prenatal clean‑air gains A University of Maryland study (Frontiers in Environmental Health) finds rising wildfire activity is “systematically offsetting” prenatal air-quality progress. Researchers modeled PM2.5 for about 65 million births over 16 years,…

🧮 TI’s Grip on Graphing Calculators The same Texas Instruments graphing calculator has been on most students’ back‑to‑school lists since the early 2000s, and the company’s dominance in this niche goes back even farther. A new look tells the story of how one firm captured the…

📱 Surprise and shine: Apple sets Sept 9 iPhone event Apple will hold its next launch on September 9 at 1 PM ET at the Steve Jobs Theater in Apple Park, with a livestream on its website. Media invites went out Wednesday with the tagline “Surprise and shine.” Expectations…

🎬 Why add a streamer to a smart TV? Not all TV software is equal: aging sets get slow, crash, and lose updates. A cheap streaming box/dongle brings a newer, faster OS and is easier to replace than the TV. Dedicated hardware focuses on one job—streaming—so menus stay snappy and…

🎮 Xbox refunds: what qualifies and how long it takes Microsoft takes refund requests for digital Xbox games, apps, add‑ons and some content; if approved, you lose access. Typical approvals are within 14 days of purchase with no “significant” playtime (unspecified). You can…

🎮 Game Boy-style hi-res music player tops $500K on Kickstarter HIDIZS’ latest raised HK$3,954,885 (~$504,311) against a HK$40,000 (~$5,100) goal — over 98× the target. The campaign has concluded, but late backers can still join. Shipping is slated to begin in October. The…