February's unique length on the modern-day calendar is derived from the Romans' alterations and superstitions while they were in power in Italy centuries ago. February has 28 days most years — ...

Happy early birthday, leaplings! Though 2025 is not a Leap Year, celebrate your birthday month February (or March, for some people). Millions of you got to celebrate the actual Leap Day, Feb. 29, in ...

A python hunter caught the second-heaviest Burmese python ever recorded in Florida, weighing 202 pounds. The 16-foot, 10-inch female python was captured in Big Cypress National Park with the help of ...

It’s last call for San Francisco’s government hooch. A COVID-era program that guzzled $5 million of taxpayer money annually to serve booze to homeless alcoholics will finally shutter this year, San ...

Quantum computing technology is complex, getting off the ground and maturing. There is promise of things to come. potentially ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom’s $236 million program to help those with severe mental illness who bounce between homelessness and jail has helped a measly 22 people since the its launch in 2022, a ...

Google rolled out Gemini 3.1 Pro yesterday, touting a 77.1% score on novel logic puzzles that models can't just memorize—more than double 3 Pro's result—and record marks for expert-level scientific ...

The "budget" model is keeping its approachable $599 entry price while swapping in the same AI-ready A19 processor found in the standard iPhone 17. That leap will likely deliver the full suite of Apple ...

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