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Sled dogs have well-known roots in human prehistory. A 12,500-year-old tool found at an Arctic site suggests its possible use on sleds. And archaeological investigations at a known site on Zhokov Island in the Siberian Sea uncovered dog bones and sledding technology indicating that dogs may have been the first …

This story was first published in Buffering, Vulture’s newsletter on the broadcast industry. Visit vulture.com/buffering and subscribe today! Photo: Courtesy of HBO. It’s been a month since AT&T-owned WarnerMedia released HBO Max, and while the literal launch went smoothly: the app works fine and there have been no major tech …

“Today, I am announcing visa restrictions for current and former CCP officials believed to be responsible or complicit in undermining Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy, as guaranteed in the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration, or undermining human rights and fundamental freedoms in Hong Kong. Families of such people may also …

Unilever says it will stop advertising on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter at least until the rest of the year, joining a number of companies that have withdrawn Facebook ads because of the social network’s failure to control racist and violent information. “Continuing to advertise on these platforms right now would …

When black holes collide, the resulting cosmic drama was supposed to unfold under the cover of darkness, since both objects are invisible. But now astronomers believe they have made the first optical observations of such a fusion, marked by a glow of light a billion times brighter than the sun. …