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Trump orders end to federal funding for NPR and PBS (npr.org)

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NASA's SPHEREx Space Telescope Begins Capturing Entire Sky (nasa.gov)

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Mark Zuckerberg says ads will soon be handled by AI (theverge.com)

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Freepik releases an 'open' AI image generator trained on licensed data (techcrunch.com)

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Spotify has an app ready to test Apple's new rules (theverge.com)

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A swan won't prevent a hurricane; Google AI hallucinates meaning and sources (simonwillison.net)

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AI helped write California bar exam, sparking uproar (arstechnica.com)

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MPA and RIAA Want to Be Heard in Crucial DMCA Subpoena Appeal (torrentfreak.com)

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Company apologizes after AI support agent invents policy that causes user uproar (arstechnica.com)

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Largest Brain Map Ever Reveals Hidden Algorithms of the Mammalian Brain (singularityhub.com)

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Scientists create largest functional map of a mouse brain visual cortex (indiatimes.com)

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AI models still struggle to debug software, Microsoft study shows (techcrunch.com)

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U.S.'s AI lead over China rapidly shrinking: Stanford report (axios.com)

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A Problem About Pigeons Powers Complexity Theory (quantamagazine.org)

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Quantum mechanics might have the solution to joystick drift (theverge.com)

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Did an LLM help write Trump's trade plan? (garymarcus.substack.com)

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Training AI Using 'Pirated' Content Can Be Fair Use, Law Professors Argue (torrentfreak.com)

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Constructed languages are processed by the same brain parts as natural languages (pnas.org)

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Ukrainian Soldiers Unearth Ancient Greek Burial (archaeology.org)

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With new Gen-4 model, Runway has achieved consistency in AI videos (arstechnica.com)

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The 50 Best Things Microsoft has ever made (theverge.com)

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Researchers Identify First Wine Residues from Troy (archaeology.org)

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Earth AI's algorithms found critical minerals in places everyone else ignored (techcrunch.com)

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[flagged] 'A hostile state': Why some travellers are avoiding the US (bbc.com)

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Anthropic Will Begin Sweeping Offices For Hidden Devices (cnbc.com)

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The Mysterious Flow of Fluid in the Brain (quantamagazine.org)

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Anthropic Scores First Victory in AI-Copyright Clash Against Music Companies (torrentfreak.com)

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Software maker SAP unseats Novo Nordisk as Europe's largest company (msn.com)

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France Mulls Instant Blocks, 7 Year Prison and New Piracy Crime of Incitement (torrentfreak.com)

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Metabolism Can Shape Cells' Destinies (quantamagazine.org)

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A comprehensive list of 2025 tech layoffs (techcrunch.com)

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Trump signs executive order on developing AI 'free from ideological bias' (apnews.com)

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Trump signs executive action to dismantle the Education Department (npr.org)

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Apple ordered by EU antitrust regulators to open up to rivals (reuters.com)

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Kagi is a better search engine than Google – but it costs $10 a month (theverge.com)

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Radiologists are better at seeing through optical illusions (theconversation.com)

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Google parent Alphabet's $32B acquisition of Wiz marks Israeli milestone (israelhayom.com)

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Why Canada has plenty of eggs – and the U.S. doesn't (npr.org)

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Deep-Brain Stimulation adapts real-time to one's brain for Parkinson Treatment (scientificamerican.com)

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Startup Rippling sues competitor Deel, claiming a spy stole sales data (cnbc.com)

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UK Online Safety Act takes effect, requiring Swift removal of illegal content (arstechnica.com)

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mRNA vaccines are in RFK Jr's crosshairs; funding in question (arstechnica.com)

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Free Software Foundation to auction off original GNU drawings,and historic tech (fsf.org)

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There's a Good Chance Your Kid Uses AI to Cheat (msn.com)

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Bluesky users debate plans around user data and AI training (techcrunch.com)

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'Once in a Century' Proof Settles Math's Kakeya Conjecture (quantamagazine.org)

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The FAA's Troubles Are More Serious Than You Know (theatlantic.com)

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Brains Use Social Shortcuts to Master Complex Group Dynamics (neurosciencenews.com)

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FTC to pursue Amazon Prime case after delay request due to constraints (cnbc.com)

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The Curious Surge of Productivity in U.S. Restaurants (nber.org)

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Netflix Used AI to Upscale 'A Different World' and It's a Melted Nightmare (vice.com)

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Large study shows drinking alcohol is good for your cholesterol levels (arstechnica.com)

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Schools Use AI to Monitor Students, Raising Privacy and Security Concerns (apnews.com)

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Apple patches 0-day exploited in "sophisticated attack" (arstechnica.com)

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Allstate Insurance sued for delivering personal to anyone who went looking (theregister.com)

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Scientists discover simple way to achieve entanglement thanks to AI breakthrough (livescience.com)

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Flying is still safe – but the FAA isn't (theverge.com)

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Botnet that appeared overnight is delivering record-size DDoSes (arstechnica.com)

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Google co-founder Larry Page reportedly has a new AI startup (techcrunch.com)

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1.5M-Year-Old Bone Tool 'Factory' Discovered in Tanzania (sci.news)

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Due to new tariffs, many more physical game discs may "simply not get made" (arstechnica.com)

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Nintendo says legal win against piracy "significant" for "entire games industry" (eurogamer.net)

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Google is expanding AI Overviews worldwide, and adding an AI Mode (theverge.com)

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DOGE's Misplaced War on Software Licenses (wired.com)

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First "Synthetic Biological Intelligence" runs on living human cells (newatlas.com)

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Nine in 10 UK undergraduates now using AI in assessments (timeshighereducation.com)

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Google Must Testify as LaLiga Demands Criminal Liability for 'Piracy Profits' (torrentfreak.com)

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Google Play is going to start highlighting apps with widgets (theverge.com)

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Rockstar Games Acquires Long Time Partner Studio (gamerant.com)

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Researchers surprised less-educated areas adopting AI writing tools faster (arstechnica.com)

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Sergey Brin says AGI is within reach if Googlers work 60-hour weeks (arstechnica.com)

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White House urges developers to dump C and C++ (2024) (infoworld.com)

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Elegy for the Screenshot (screenslate.com)

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Private lunar lander successfully touches down on the moon (pbs.org)

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AI could combat conspiracy theories, according to new research (washingtonpost.com)

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Hot take: GPT 4.5 is a nothing burger (garymarcus.substack.com)

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the company is 'out of GPUs' (techcrunch.com)

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Apple's Find My exploit lets hackers track any Bluetooth device (9to5mac.com)

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German startup wins accolade for its fusion reactor design (techcrunch.com)

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Google's free Gemini Code Assist arrives with sky-high usage limits (arstechnica.com)

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Majority of workers (55%) rarely or never use AI chatbots at work (pewresearch.org)

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Dutch software firm Bird to leave Europe due to onerous regulations in AI era (reuters.com)

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Google's AI previews erode the internet, US edtech company says in lawsuit (reuters.com)

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VPN Providers Consider Exiting France over 'Dangerous' Blocking Demands (torrentfreak.com)

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The journalists training AI models for Meta and OpenAI (niemanlab.org)

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Grok 3 is highly vulnerable to indirect prompt injection (simonwillison.net)

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'Event Scripts' Structure Our Personal Memories (quantamagazine.org)

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AI cracks superbug problem in two days that took scientists years (bbc.com)

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Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn't illegal without proof of seeding (arstechnica.com)

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ChatGPT reaches 400M weekly active users (engadget.com)

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Why Xbox Game Pass is still not the Netflix of gaming (theverge.com)

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When AI Thinks It Will Lose, It Sometimes Cheats, Study Finds (time.com)

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After 20 years, math couple solves major group theory problem (quantamagazine.org)

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Brazilian ship sunk by WWII U-Boat located (archaeology.org)

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ISP Must Unmask 100 Alleged BitTorrent Pirates in RIAA Lawsuit (torrentfreak.com)

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Google's new AI generates hypotheses for researchers (arstechnica.com)

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Elon Musk's Man in Treasury Is Still Holding Down His Day Job as Software CEO (wired.com)

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All of Humane's AI pins will stop working in 10 days (engadget.com)

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OpenAI board considers special voting powers to prevent Elon Musk takeover (arstechnica.com)

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New Grok 3 release tops LLM leaderboards despite Musk-approved "based" opinions (arstechnica.com)