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Russia has ordered Apple and Google to pull the Important Stories app from their platforms, cutting off one of the last reliable pipelines of uncensored journalism for Russian citizens. The investigative media outlet launched the app just months ago specifically to bypass VPN restrictions and internet censorship — and now that workaround has been shut down too.
Shifting to a story that bends the mind as much as the rules of physics — researchers say they've successfully measured what they're calling negative time in a laboratory setting. The findings involve quantum particles appearing to interact with a system for a duration that registers as less than zero. It's early and strange science, but the kind that rewrites assumptions.
And on the health tech front, Oura is expanding its hormonal health tracking features for both the Series three and Series four rings. The update adds more granular insights around birth control side effects, giving users a clearer picture of how different contraceptive methods may be affecting their bodies day to day.
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