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The Dangerous A.I. Nonsense That Trump and Biden Fell For (nytimes.com)

an hour ago | adrian_mrd | nytimes.com | frontpage

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Billionaire's record donation to Uni of Sydney aims to increase STEM diversity (theguardian.com)

2 hours ago | adrian_mrd | theguardian.com | newest

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Virtual Cleanroom Environment for Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology (vfablab.org)

a day ago | adrian_mrd | vfablab.org | newest

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How science is finding women can have a narcissistic streak too (theguardian.com)

2 days ago | adrian_mrd | theguardian.com | newest

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The race to make RFID tags cheaper than barcodes (theiet.org)

4 days ago | adrian_mrd | theiet.org | newest

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Battery-powered electric ferry service to connect Spain and Morocco (theiet.org)

5 days ago | adrian_mrd | theiet.org | frontpage

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The Private Army That Protects L.A.'S Rich and Famous (hollywoodreporter.com)

6 days ago | adrian_mrd | hollywoodreporter.com | newest

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UK: Coca-Cola recalls select cans over high chlorate levels (dw.com)

6 days ago | adrian_mrd | dw.com | newest

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Who Will Stand Up to Trump's Broligarchs? (hollywoodreporter.com)

6 days ago | adrian_mrd | hollywoodreporter.com | frontpage

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Europe 'must not be bullied' by Trump and Musk on tech laws, NGOs say (theguardian.com)

a week ago | adrian_mrd | theguardian.com | frontpage

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The recovery from PR blunders can be slow and costly (abc.net.au)

a week ago | adrian_mrd | abc.net.au | newest

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Fuck trees, use tags (2024) (garrit.xyz)

a week ago | adrian_mrd | garrit.xyz | newest

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Almost one in 10 people use the same four-digit PIN (abc.net.au)

a week ago | adrian_mrd | abc.net.au | best

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Current recycling innovations to utilize e-waste in green metal manufacturing (royalsocietypublishing.org)

a week ago | adrian_mrd | royalsocietypublishing.org | frontpage

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IEEE Credentialing Program (ieee.org)

a week ago | adrian_mrd | ieee.org | frontpage

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Jesse Eisenberg on Tech Bros Pivoting to Politics (hollywoodreporter.com)

a week ago | adrian_mrd | hollywoodreporter.com | newest

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Hans Zimmer in Talks to Re-Create Saudi Arabia's National Anthem (hollywoodreporter.com)

a week ago | adrian_mrd | hollywoodreporter.com | frontpage

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Epic to pay penalties levied by Apple to tempt developers onto its mobile store (eurogamer.net)

a week ago | adrian_mrd | eurogamer.net | newest

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There Has Never Been a Sillier TV Thriller About Math Than Prime Target (vulture.com)

2 weeks ago | adrian_mrd | vulture.com | newest

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DLSS 4 and machine learning with Bryan Catanzaro (eurogamer.net)

2 weeks ago | adrian_mrd | eurogamer.net | newest

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Billionaire wealth rises $3T in 2024, a rate 3 times faster than 2023 (abc.net.au)

2 weeks ago | adrian_mrd | abc.net.au | newest

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Inside South Africa's 'ruthless' gang-controlled gold mines (bbc.com)

2 weeks ago | adrian_mrd | bbc.com | frontpage

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From cow vigilantes to military propaganda: Facebook cuts risk violence in Asia (abc.net.au)

2 weeks ago | adrian_mrd | abc.net.au | newest

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Experts hail 'milestone' in study of the deadly Huntington's disease (abc.net.au)

2 weeks ago | adrian_mrd | abc.net.au | frontpage

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The successful fight to save a remote phone box (abc.net.au)

2 weeks ago | adrian_mrd | abc.net.au | newest

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Qantas South Africa flights delayed by falling debris from SpaceX rockets (theguardian.com)

3 weeks ago | adrian_mrd | theguardian.com | best

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Halt illegal imports of conflict minerals from DRC, campaigners urge EU (theguardian.com)

3 weeks ago | adrian_mrd | theguardian.com | newest

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In 2024 global warming topped 1.5C. Have we failed the Paris Agreement? (abc.net.au)

3 weeks ago | adrian_mrd | abc.net.au | newest

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Australian funnel-web spider enthusiast discovers a new species (theguardian.com)

3 weeks ago | adrian_mrd | theguardian.com | newest

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How Norwegian Filmmakers Turned Mats Steen's Online Life into an Oscar Contender (hollywoodreporter.com)

3 weeks ago | adrian_mrd | hollywoodreporter.com | newest

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Indonesia keeps iPhone 16 ban despite Apple offer to build AirTag factory (abc.net.au)

3 weeks ago | adrian_mrd | abc.net.au | newest

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People Behind Project 2025 Want to Reveal the Identities of Wikipedia Editors (gizmodo.com)

4 weeks ago | adrian_mrd | gizmodo.com | newest

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Elon Musk's 'disinformation' endangering me, says UK Minister Jess Phillips (bbc.com)

4 weeks ago | adrian_mrd | bbc.com | newest

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[flagged] Washington Post cartoonist resigns after cartoon satirising Jeff Bezos rejected (abc.net.au)

a month ago | adrian_mrd | abc.net.au | frontpage

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FCC's Net Neutrality Rules Blocked by Federal Appeals Court (deadline.com)

a month ago | adrian_mrd | deadline.com | newest

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The Most Dangerous Game (vulture.com)

a month ago | adrian_mrd | vulture.com | newest

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World coal use to hit record high in 2024: IEA report (dw.com)

a month ago | adrian_mrd | dw.com | newest

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China kicks off homegrown Bluetooth alternative – Star Flash (tomshardware.com)

a month ago | adrian_mrd | tomshardware.com | newest

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Environmental Burden of United States Data Centers (arcgis.com)

a month ago | adrian_mrd | arcgis.com | newest

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The Year in Popcorn Buckets (gizmodo.com)

a month ago | adrian_mrd | gizmodo.com | newest

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For Hollywood, AI Is a Double-Edged Sword (hollywoodreporter.com)

a month ago | adrian_mrd | hollywoodreporter.com | newest

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Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (ccaf.io)

a month ago | adrian_mrd | ccaf.io | frontpage

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Meta Donates $1M to Trump's Inaugural Fund (nytimes.com)

a month ago | adrian_mrd | nytimes.com | newest

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Facebook, Google and TikTok to fund Australian journalism under new tax plan (abc.net.au)

a month ago | adrian_mrd | abc.net.au | frontpage

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Scrabble star wins Spanish world title – despite not speaking Spanish (theguardian.com)

a month ago | adrian_mrd | theguardian.com | newest

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Coffee price surges to highest on record (bbc.com)

a month ago | adrian_mrd | bbc.com | newest

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Facebook's Sperm Marketplace (abc.net.au)

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Nightclub stickers over smartphone rule divides the dancefloor (bbc.com)

a month ago | adrian_mrd | bbc.com | newest

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Former Playstation Studios boss Shawn Layden on future of video game consoles (eurogamer.net)

2 months ago | adrian_mrd | eurogamer.net | newest

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2024 Textbook Award Winners (taaonline.net)

2 months ago | adrian_mrd | taaonline.net | newest

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Technical ambition, optimism and timeframes: The Witcher 4 from CD Projekt Red (eurogamer.net)

2 months ago | adrian_mrd | eurogamer.net | newest

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Macquarie Dictionary names 'enshittification' as 2024 Word of the Year (abc.net.au)

3 months ago | adrian_mrd | abc.net.au | frontpage

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The Biggest EV Maker Has the Industry's Worst Human Rights Appraisal (wired.com)

3 months ago | adrian_mrd | wired.com | frontpage

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Northvolt, Europe's Hope for a Battery Champion, Files for Bankruptcy (nytimes.com)

3 months ago | adrian_mrd | nytimes.com | newest

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How Flavor Flav Became the Unofficial Bluesky Hype Man and Platform Ambassador (hollywoodreporter.com)

3 months ago | adrian_mrd | hollywoodreporter.com | newest

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UK court sides with Icelandic firm over artist's spoof corruption apology (theguardian.com)

3 months ago | adrian_mrd | theguardian.com | newest

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Teen turning e-waste into working technology for overseas charities (abc.net.au)

3 months ago | adrian_mrd | abc.net.au | newest

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The Guardian Will Stop Posting on "Toxic Media Platform" X (hollywoodreporter.com)

3 months ago | adrian_mrd | hollywoodreporter.com | newest

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Amazon Is Shutting Down Freevee, Its Ad-Supported Video Streamer (variety.com)

3 months ago | adrian_mrd | variety.com | newest

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'A disabled South Park character from 24 years ago is getting me harassed today' (bbc.com)

3 months ago | adrian_mrd | bbc.com | frontpage

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Robot retrieves radioactive fuel sample from Fukushima nuclear reactor site (theguardian.com)

3 months ago | adrian_mrd | theguardian.com | newest

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'Welfare for the rich': how farm subsidies wrecked Europe's landscapes (theguardian.com)

3 months ago | adrian_mrd | theguardian.com | frontpage

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Indonesia blocks Apple iPhone 16 sales over lack of investment (theguardian.com)

4 months ago | adrian_mrd | theguardian.com | newest

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E-waste challenges of generative artificial intelligence (nature.com)

4 months ago | adrian_mrd | nature.com | newest

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Sudan's civil war: how did it begin? (theguardian.com)

4 months ago | adrian_mrd | theguardian.com | newest

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'Oregon Trail' Action-Comedy Movie in Development at Apple's Studios (hollywoodreporter.com)

4 months ago | adrian_mrd | hollywoodreporter.com | newest

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Taiwan is months away from shutting off all nuclear power but questions remain (abc.net.au)

4 months ago | adrian_mrd | abc.net.au | newest

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Perplexity CEO Speaks at News Corp. Event Days After Lawsuit (hollywoodreporter.com)

4 months ago | adrian_mrd | hollywoodreporter.com | newest

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'When Dams Fail, People Die': The Race to Save Thousands from Potential Disaster (abc.net.au)

4 months ago | adrian_mrd | abc.net.au | newest

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'Blade Runner 2049' Producer Sues Elon Musk's Tesla and WBD over AI Images (hollywoodreporter.com)

4 months ago | adrian_mrd | hollywoodreporter.com | newest

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Job title of the future: Digital forest ranger (technologyreview.com)

4 months ago | adrian_mrd | technologyreview.com | newest

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Stanford Prison Experiment creator Philip G Zimbardo dies aged 91 (abc.net.au)

4 months ago | adrian_mrd | abc.net.au | newest

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Tesla's reputation in Australia is tanking, some buyers turned off by Elon Musk (abc.net.au)

4 months ago | adrian_mrd | abc.net.au | frontpage

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Documentary on Unionized Amazon Workers Drew Critics' Praise but No Distribution (hollywoodreporter.com)

4 months ago | adrian_mrd | hollywoodreporter.com | newest

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GSAP Is Joining Webflow (gsap.com)

4 months ago | adrian_mrd | gsap.com | newest

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Negative stereotypes in international media cost Africa £3.2B a year – report (theguardian.com)

4 months ago | adrian_mrd | theguardian.com | frontpage

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'I, Robot' Director Mocks Elon Musk for Tesla Ripping Off Film for Optimus (hollywoodreporter.com)

4 months ago | adrian_mrd | hollywoodreporter.com | frontpage

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Why I Write by George Orwell (1946) (orwellfoundation.com)

4 months ago | adrian_mrd | orwellfoundation.com | newest

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AI helps farmers target weeds, livestock illnesses and pests (abc.net.au)

4 months ago | adrian_mrd | abc.net.au | frontpage

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Student finds scorpion crawling inside Shein parcel (bbc.com)

4 months ago | adrian_mrd | bbc.com | frontpage

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The venture capital model is still suitable for agtech. Sort of (agfundernews.com)

4 months ago | adrian_mrd | agfundernews.com | newest

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Car brands are collecting and sharing your data with third parties (abc.net.au)

4 months ago | adrian_mrd | abc.net.au | best

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Woman gets reply about job application – 48 years on (bbc.com)

4 months ago | adrian_mrd | bbc.com | frontpage

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Canada's carbon tax is popular and helps the planet – now it faces the axe (theguardian.com)

4 months ago | adrian_mrd | theguardian.com | newest

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Insecure Deebot robot vacuums collect photos and audio to train AI (abc.net.au)

4 months ago | adrian_mrd | abc.net.au | newest

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What the Heck Is Going on at OpenAI? (hollywoodreporter.com)

4 months ago | adrian_mrd | hollywoodreporter.com | newest

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IMDB Launches Sag-Aftra Verified Badges for Union Members (hollywoodreporter.com)

4 months ago | adrian_mrd | hollywoodreporter.com | newest

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Irish finance minister calls €14B tax windfall from Apple 'transformational' (theguardian.com)

4 months ago | adrian_mrd | theguardian.com | frontpage

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Tupperware files for bankruptcy as its colourful containers lose relevance (abc.net.au)

5 months ago | adrian_mrd | abc.net.au | newest

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Australia 'wasting' record amounts of renewable energy (abc.net.au)

5 months ago | adrian_mrd | abc.net.au | frontpage

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The Rise of Bitcoin-Powered Pools and Bathhouses (time.com)

5 months ago | adrian_mrd | time.com | newest

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Oprah Winfrey to Host 'AI and the Future of Us' ABC Special (deadline.com)

6 months ago | adrian_mrd | deadline.com | newest

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Lego plans to make half the plastic in bricks from renewable materials by 2026 (theguardian.com)

6 months ago | adrian_mrd | theguardian.com | newest

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The Long Road to Ropeless Fishing (hakaimagazine.com)

6 months ago | adrian_mrd | hakaimagazine.com | newest

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The Power of Attraction: How Beauty Influences Startup Investments (unisg.ch)

6 months ago | adrian_mrd | unisg.ch | frontpage

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Divided we stand: The rise of political animosity (knowablemagazine.org)

6 months ago | adrian_mrd | knowablemagazine.org | newest

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Sean "Diddy" Combs Revealed as Part of Investors in Elon Musk's X Launch (hollywoodreporter.com)

6 months ago | adrian_mrd | hollywoodreporter.com | newest

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How WW2 bombs across the Pacific are found and destroyed, decades after war (theguardian.com)

6 months ago | adrian_mrd | theguardian.com | frontpage

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Pakistan blames users for slow internet as firewall rumours grow (bbc.com)

6 months ago | adrian_mrd | bbc.com | newest

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Charlie Brooker Tries to Steer Clear of Painting Technology as a Bad Thing (deadline.com)

6 months ago | adrian_mrd | deadline.com | newest