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Uncovering Academic Espionage at Stanford (stanfordreview.org)

16 hours ago | ilamont | stanfordreview.org | newest

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Army infantry officer calls new XM7 'unfit for use as a modern service rifle' (taskandpurpose.com)

a day ago | ilamont | taskandpurpose.com | frontpage

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UK licensing agencies announce AI licensing for publishers and rightsholders (pls.org.uk)

a day ago | ilamont | pls.org.uk | newest

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Some novelists are becoming video game writers – and vice-versa (theguardian.com)

a day ago | ilamont | theguardian.com | frontpage

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MIT physicists snap the first images of "free-range" atoms (news.mit.edu)

3 days ago | ilamont | mit.edu | frontpage

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Ukraine's Air Force has survived. Taiwan's almost certainly couldn't (aspistrategist.org.au)

a week ago | ilamont | aspistrategist.org.au | frontpage

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Can a Biologist Fix a Radio? (2002) [pdf] (cell.com)

a week ago | ilamont | cell.com | newest

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Drama on the Diamond Comics bankruptcy docket (tcj.com)

a week ago | ilamont | tcj.com | newest

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Sarandos: Not One Netflix Show Has Cleared China's Censorship Board (hollywoodreporter.com)

2 weeks ago | ilamont | hollywoodreporter.com | newest

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Nonprofit newsroom Houston Landing to cease operations (houstonlanding.org)

3 weeks ago | ilamont | houstonlanding.org | newest

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Self-Publishing Assistance Is Becoming Threatened (janefriedman.com)

3 weeks ago | ilamont | janefriedman.com | newest

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Did OpenAI train on books, including not publicly accessible books? (asimovaddendum.substack.com)

4 weeks ago | ilamont | substack.com | newest

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Sparklink – The Biggest Wireless Standard You Have Never Heard About (digitstodollars.com)

a month ago | ilamont | digitstodollars.com | newest

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Why the Ultrarich Are Unplugging from "Smart Homes" (hollywoodreporter.com)

a month ago | ilamont | hollywoodreporter.com | newest

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L.A. Soundstage Occupancy Drops to New Low of 63% with No Signs of Improvement (variety.com)

a month ago | ilamont | variety.com | frontpage

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WordPress maker Automattic lays off 16% of staff (techcrunch.com)

a month ago | ilamont | techcrunch.com | frontpage

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NaNoWriMo announces it will shut down after funding and YWP problems (youtube.com)

a month ago | ilamont | youtube.com | newest

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Switch 2 preorder process requires 50 hours of gameplay on the original console (theverge.com)

a month ago | ilamont | theverge.com | newest

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One year with Brave – A Review and Critique (2022) (reddit.com)

a month ago | ilamont | reddit.com | newest

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Charlie Javice convicted of defrauding JPMorgan in $175M startup sale (apnews.com)

a month ago | ilamont | apnews.com | best

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The creative industry behind Dubai's drone shows (restofworld.org)

a month ago | ilamont | restofworld.org | newest

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China Discloses Powerful Deep-Sea Cable Cutter (yahoo.com)

a month ago | ilamont | yahoo.com | frontpage

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Exophonic Writing: Crafting Fiction in a Foreign Language (janefriedman.com)

a month ago | ilamont | janefriedman.com | newest

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WWI's 'Dazzle' Camouflage Seemed Effective Due to Unexpected Optical Trick (gizmodo.com)

a month ago | ilamont | gizmodo.com | best

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Canada Prepares to Join E.U. Military Industry Buildup (nytimes.com)

a month ago | ilamont | nytimes.com | frontpage

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Following acquisition, Brightcove to lay off 198 workers, 2/3 of U.S. staff (boston.com)

a month ago | ilamont | boston.com | newest

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To the brain, Esperanto and Klingon appear the same as English or Mandarin (news.mit.edu)

a month ago | ilamont | mit.edu | frontpage

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Are writers uniquely vulnerable to scams? (writerbeware.blog)

a month ago | ilamont | writerbeware.blog | newest

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Why extracting data from PDFs is still a nightmare for data experts (arstechnica.com)

a month ago | ilamont | arstechnica.com | frontpage

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China's Legal Preparations for a Taiwan Invasion (warontherocks.com)

a month ago | ilamont | warontherocks.com | frontpage

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Google calls for weakened copyright and export rules in AI policy proposal (techcrunch.com)

a month ago | ilamont | techcrunch.com | newest

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"Destroy if Dead" box (bogleheads.org)

a month ago | ilamont | bogleheads.org | frontpage

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Lockheed Offers a New Low-Cost Cruise Missile as Part of 'High-Low Mix' (airandspaceforces.com)

a month ago | ilamont | airandspaceforces.com | frontpage

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Microsoft now offers lightweight versions of DeepSeek R1 to run on your AI PC (windows.com)

a month ago | ilamont | windows.com | newest

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Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs warns citizens China may arrest them abroad (taipeitimes.com)

a month ago | ilamont | taipeitimes.com | frontpage

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State Dept. to use AI to revoke visas of foreign students who appear "pro-Hamas" (axios.com)

2 months ago | ilamont | axios.com | newest

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RIP (Finally) to the Blockchain Hype (cio.com)

2 months ago | ilamont | cio.com | frontpage

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"Big 3" science fiction magazines including Asimov's and Analog acquired (jasonsanford.substack.com)

2 months ago | ilamont | substack.com | best

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TSMC's NT$3.29T investment in US would only account for 5-7% of output (taiwannews.com.tw)

2 months ago | ilamont | taiwannews.com.tw | newest

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Not a Coder? With A.I., Just Having an Idea Can Be Enough (nytimes.com)

2 months ago | ilamont | nytimes.com | newest

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23andMe special committee again rejects CEO Wojcicki's take-private offer (cnbc.com)

2 months ago | ilamont | cnbc.com | newest

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23andMe Special Committee Rejects Acquisition Proposal from CEO Anne Wojcicki (23andme.com)

2 months ago | ilamont | 23andme.com | frontpage

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23andMe hits record low after CEO's $0.41/share buyback offer (tradingview.com)

2 months ago | ilamont | tradingview.com | newest

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Delivering 'Deliverance' (2015) (gardenandgun.com)

2 months ago | ilamont | gardenandgun.com | newest

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BYD unveils smart 'God's Eye' driving system; rivals question capabilities (digitimes.com)

3 months ago | ilamont | digitimes.com | newest

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Nvidia Releases Foundation Model for Biomolecular Sciences (nvidia.com)

3 months ago | ilamont | nvidia.com | newest

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A map of torii around the world (google.com)

3 months ago | ilamont | google.com | frontpage

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I removed all responsibility from my job but it cost sellers millions of dollars (reddit.com)

3 months ago | ilamont | reddit.com | newest

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AI Licensing Deals with Google and OpenAI Make Up 10% of Reddit's Revenue (adweek.com)

3 months ago | ilamont | adweek.com | frontpage

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Teens across Asia migrate to Taiwan for promises of semiconductor jobs (restofworld.org)

3 months ago | ilamont | restofworld.org | newest

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The First Foreigner to Challenge Taiwan's Constitution on Work Discrimination (cw.com.tw)

3 months ago | ilamont | cw.com.tw | newest

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Megacaps plan to spend more than $300B in 2025 as AI race intensifies (cnbc.com)

3 months ago | ilamont | cnbc.com | newest

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EU's AltStore Gets First Native iOS Pornography App (macrumors.com)

3 months ago | ilamont | macrumors.com | frontpage

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Drone Contractor Gets "Rare" Permission to Follow People and Vehicles in Boston (horizonmass.news)

3 months ago | ilamont | horizonmass.news | newest

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International stocks will beat US stocks over next decade: Vanguard Group (2018) (cnbc.com)

3 months ago | ilamont | cnbc.com | newest

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Spotify Paid $10B to the Music Industry in 2024, $1B More Than Last Year (variety.com)

3 months ago | ilamont | variety.com | frontpage

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Stop Worshipping the American Tech Giants (nytimes.com)

3 months ago | ilamont | nytimes.com | newest

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Northeastern purges DEI websites and messaging amid Trump executive order (huntnewsnu.com)

4 months ago | ilamont | huntnewsnu.com | newest

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French police free kidnapped Ledger executive (moneycheck.com)

4 months ago | ilamont | moneycheck.com | best

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RedNote Scrambles to Hire English-Speaking Content Moderators (wired.com)

4 months ago | ilamont | wired.com | newest

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You Blamed DEI for Hurting Your Career. Now What? (wsj.com)

4 months ago | ilamont | wsj.com | frontpage

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Chenlun phishing kits behind surge in SMS attacks spoofing local toll companies (infosec.exchange)

4 months ago | ilamont | infosec.exchange | newest

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Comcast to launch Universal Ads in bid to win smaller advertisers over from tech (cnbc.com)

4 months ago | ilamont | cnbc.com | newest

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Scams, crashes and calamity: Departing regulator warns of crypto risks (politico.com)

4 months ago | ilamont | politico.com | newest

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PCalc, an Origin Story (2012) (pcalc.com)

4 months ago | ilamont | pcalc.com | frontpage

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Chinese scientist challenges 'out of Africa' theory of human evolution (msn.com)

5 months ago | ilamont | msn.com | newest

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Dairy farmers struggle to cover expenses as American appetites change (cbsnews.com)

5 months ago | ilamont | cbsnews.com | newest

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Boston installs vending machines for addicts with Narcan, fentanyl test kits (universalhub.com)

5 months ago | ilamont | universalhub.com | frontpage

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Hackers breach Framingham Heart Study data (bu.edu)

5 months ago | ilamont | bu.edu | newest

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Amazon forces sellers to divulge COGS, won't reimburse other costs (amazon.com)

5 months ago | ilamont | amazon.com | frontpage

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Harvard Is Releasing a Free AI Training Dataset (wired.com)

5 months ago | ilamont | wired.com | frontpage

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Nokia Design Archive to open in January with decades of designs and concepts (wallpaper.com)

5 months ago | ilamont | wallpaper.com | newest

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At What Age Did You Become Less Physically Capable? (bogleheads.org)

5 months ago | ilamont | bogleheads.org | newest

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Do Recording Studios Make Money? (tapeop.com)

5 months ago | ilamont | tapeop.com | newest

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Cups tossed in recycling bins at Starbucks tracked to incinerators and landfill (cbsnews.com)

5 months ago | ilamont | cbsnews.com | frontpage

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What Happens in a Deepfake Interview (itbrew.com)

5 months ago | ilamont | itbrew.com | newest

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Terminal Velocity: A 300-page novel made 100% autonomously by 10 AI agents (nlr.ai)

5 months ago | ilamont | nlr.ai | newest

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What's the impact of artificial intelligence on energy demand? (sustainabilitybynumbers.com)

5 months ago | ilamont | sustainabilitybynumbers.com | newest

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Meta Says It Is Cracking Down on Organized Crime Behind Scam Centers (fb.com)

5 months ago | ilamont | fb.com | newest

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Stephen King shuts down money-losing radio stations after 40 years (bangordailynews.com)

5 months ago | ilamont | bangordailynews.com | frontpage

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Most American farmers have second jobs to stay afloat (marketplace.org)

6 months ago | ilamont | marketplace.org | frontpage

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Another U.S. book distributor closes, standalone business "no longer viable" (publishersweekly.com)

6 months ago | ilamont | publishersweekly.com | newest

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UMass Amherst urges international students to return to campus before Jan. 20 (universalhub.com)

6 months ago | ilamont | universalhub.com | newest

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My NaNoWriMo Was a Train Wreck (janefriedman.com)

6 months ago | ilamont | janefriedman.com | newest

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Celebrity-backed indoor farming company Bowery closes (agriculturedive.com)

6 months ago | ilamont | agriculturedive.com | newest

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Inside Ridley Scott's Producing Empire: “Tell Me the Film in Two Sentences” (hollywoodreporter.com)

6 months ago | ilamont | hollywoodreporter.com | newest

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TSMC to stop supplying advanced AI processors for all of its China customers (tomshardware.com)

6 months ago | ilamont | tomshardware.com | frontpage

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Boston mayor cites "miscalculation in formulas" for shortage of ballots (dotnews.com)

6 months ago | ilamont | dotnews.com | newest

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Walmart forces thousands to relocate to Arkansas (modernretail.co)

7 months ago | ilamont | modernretail.co | newest

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Temu Dropshipper Fraud Using Amazon Listings (amazon.com)

7 months ago | ilamont | amazon.com | frontpage

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Amazon to shut down speedy brick-and-mortar delivery service (cnbc.com)

7 months ago | ilamont | cnbc.com | newest

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Why is Apple so bad at marketing its TV shows? (fastcompany.com)

7 months ago | ilamont | fastcompany.com | frontpage

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US warns China overproducing EVs, batteries, semiconductors for global dominance (reuters.com)

7 months ago | ilamont | reuters.com | frontpage

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Taiwan nixes next-gen fighter, opts to try to buy from US (taiwannews.com.tw)

7 months ago | ilamont | taiwannews.com.tw | newest

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Wukong's global success sparks government embrace of video games as soft power (restofworld.org)

8 months ago | ilamont | restofworld.org | newest

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Bay Area teacher saving half my income – why the doubt? (2019) (bogleheads.org)

8 months ago | ilamont | bogleheads.org | newest

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Streaming every NFL game this season requires 7 different services, costs $2,500 (marketwatch.com)

8 months ago | ilamont | marketwatch.com | best

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Andreessen Horowitz Ditches Miami Two Years After Opening Office (msn.com)

8 months ago | ilamont | msn.com | newest

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What the Hell Is Going on with SFWA? (jasonsanford.substack.com)

9 months ago | ilamont | substack.com | newest

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Former Heartland Bank CEO gets 24 years after putting bank funds into crypto (web3isgoinggreat.com)

9 months ago | ilamont | web3isgoinggreat.com | frontpage