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Phone Is Dirtier Than a Toilet Seat (cnet.com)

3 months ago | isaacfrond | cnet.com | newest

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Russia Is Making Its Own Gaming Consoles (gamerant.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | gamerant.com | newest

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US files complaint against fintech app Dave and its CEO (reuters.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | reuters.com | frontpage

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YouTuber won DMCA fight with fake Nintendo lawyer by detecting spoofed email (arstechnica.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | arstechnica.com | best

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Well-Preserved Anglo-Saxon Sword Uncovered (archaeology.org)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | archaeology.org | newest

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Colonial-Era Artwork Restored at Boston Church (archaeology.org)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | archaeology.org | newest

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AI Models Are Getting Smarter. New Tests Are Racing to Catch Up (time.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | time.com | newest

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Magnus Carlsen to return to World Blitz Championship after dress code dispute (theguardian.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | theguardian.com | newest

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[flagged] Single cigarette takes 20 minutes off life expectancy, study finds (theguardian.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | theguardian.com | frontpage

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The USB-C charging mandate arrives in the EU – here's what that means (theverge.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | theverge.com | newest

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Leaked Documents Show OpenAI Has a Clear Definition of 'AGI' (gizmodo.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | gizmodo.com | frontpage

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The State of Xbox and Game Pass in 2024 (kotaku.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | kotaku.com | newest

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The code whisperer: How Anthropic's Claude is changing the game for software (venturebeat.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | venturebeat.com | newest

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Rojadirecta and Site Operator Hit with $33M Piracy Damages Judgment (torrentfreak.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | torrentfreak.com | newest

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An AI system has reached human level on a test for general intelligence (theconversation.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | theconversation.com | newest

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Prosecutors Drop Appeal in Alec Baldwin 'Rust' Shooting Case;Ending Legal Battle (theguardian.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | theguardian.com | newest

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NASA solar probe to make its closest ever pass of sun on Christmas Eve (theguardian.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | theguardian.com | frontpage

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Portrait of Last Byzantine Emperor Discovered in Greece (archaeology.org)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | archaeology.org | newest

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'Destroyed' Usenet Provider Sues Anti-Piracy Group for Millions in Damages (torrentfreak.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | torrentfreak.com | newest

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A new way to lose an argument online: the appeal to AI (theverge.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | theverge.com | newest

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'Yes, I am a human': bot detection is no longer working (theconversation.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | theconversation.com | newest

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OpenAI announces o3 and o3-mini, its next simulated reasoning models (arstechnica.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | arstechnica.com | newest

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Man versus autonomous car race ends before it begins (arstechnica.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | arstechnica.com | newest

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France Links First New Nuclear Reactor to Grid Since 1999 (yahoo.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | yahoo.com | frontpage

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OpenAI's GPT-5 reportedly falling short of expectations (techcrunch.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | techcrunch.com | frontpage

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The Brain Processes Only 10 Bits/Second: Neuroscientists Investigate Why (thetransmitter.org)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | thetransmitter.org | newest

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Spain introduces bill to combat online fake news (theguardian.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | theguardian.com | frontpage

2

The Year in Physics (quantamagazine.org)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | quantamagazine.org | newest

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The Year in Math (quantamagazine.org)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | quantamagazine.org | frontpage

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Rootclaim announces $1M debate: Did Covid mRNA vaccines save more lives? (twitter.com/rootclaim)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | twitter.com | newest

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Trump to block the government and military from buying EVs (arstechnica.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | arstechnica.com | frontpage

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Homo juluensis: Scientists discovered a new species of archaic human (archaeologymag.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | archaeologymag.com | newest

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Breathing coordinates brain rhythms for memory consolidation during sleep (medicalxpress.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | medicalxpress.com | newest

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TikTok asks Supreme Court for emergency order to block a US ban unless it's sold (npr.org)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | npr.org | newest

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Sotheby's to auction off ancient Ten Commandments tablet (npr.org)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | npr.org | newest

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Switzerland seeks to ban Nazi symbols amid surge in antisemitism (theguardian.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | theguardian.com | frontpage

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Cox to Appeals Court: DMCA Subpoenas Don't Apply to Us, Period * TorrentFreak (torrentfreak.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | torrentfreak.com | frontpage

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I just put Gemini 2.0 vs. Gemini 1.5 head to head (tomsguide.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | tomsguide.com | newest

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Microsoft gives Alt+Space shortcut over to Copilot (theregister.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | theregister.com | frontpage

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Google goes "agentic" with Gemini 2.0's ambitious AI agent features (arstechnica.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | arstechnica.com | newest

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Startup will brick $800 emotional support robot for kids without refunds (arstechnica.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | arstechnica.com | frontpage

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Greece imprisoning a person five months for subscribing to a pirate IPTV service (torrentfreak.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | torrentfreak.com | newest

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TikTok failed to save itself with the First Amendment (theverge.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | theverge.com | newest

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Meta uses OpenAI's GPT-4 alongside Llama to augment internal AI coding tool (fortune.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | fortune.com | newest

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Musicians to lose a quarter of income to AI in next four years, study finds (theguardian.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | theguardian.com | newest

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Mp3.to Successfully Challenges Music Industry's DMCA Circumvention Takedown (torrentfreak.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | torrentfreak.com | newest

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Personality changes when you speak another language; may not be a bad thing (theconversation.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | theconversation.com | newest

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What Happened to Intel? (theverge.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | theverge.com | newest

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(long read) The confusing reality of AI friends (theverge.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | theverge.com | newest

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Meta says it's mistakenly removing too many posts (theverge.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | theverge.com | newest

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65,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Hearth Structure Discovered in Gibraltar (sci.news)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | sci.news | frontpage

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'Electronic' scalp tattoos could be next big thing in brain monitoring (livescience.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | livescience.com | newest

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Digital preservation is not keeping up; papers disappearing (nature.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | nature.com | newest

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Mexican Cartels Lure Chemistry Students to Make Fentanyl (nytimes.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | nytimes.com | newest

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ChatGPT Is Two Years Old; Despite Billions, Reliability Still Falls Short (garymarcus.substack.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | substack.com | newest

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How should we treat beings that might be sentient? (arstechnica.com)

4 months ago | isaacfrond | arstechnica.com | newest

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EU Research Links Youth Unemployment and Income Inequality to More Piracy (torrentfreak.com)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | torrentfreak.com | newest

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A Cheap Daily Supplement Seems to Boost Brain Function in Older People (sciencealert.com)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | sciencealert.com | newest

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Australia to ban under-16s from social media after passing landmark law (independent.co.uk)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | independent.co.uk | frontpage

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Smart gadgets' failure to commit to software support could be illegal, FTC warns (arstechnica.com)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | arstechnica.com | newest

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Egypt Feuds with Travel Blogger, Issuing 1,100-Word Response to Complaints (nytimes.com)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | nytimes.com | newest

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How the far right is weaponising AI-generated content in Europe (theguardian.com)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | theguardian.com | frontpage

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'Enshittification' Is Officially the Biggest Word of the Year (gizmodo.com)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | gizmodo.com | frontpage

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Why the US wants to force Google to sell Chrome (theguardian.com)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | theguardian.com | newest

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OpenAI blamed NYT for tech problem erasing evidence of copyright abuse (arstechnica.com)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | arstechnica.com | newest

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Y Combinator often backs startups that duplicate other YC companies, data shows (techcrunch.com)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | techcrunch.com | best

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Want to prevent dementia? Calculate your 'brain care score' (npr.org)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | npr.org | newest

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Europe is under attack from Russia. Why isn't it fighting back? (politico.eu)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | politico.eu | frontpage

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Lonely individuals tend to think and talk in an unusual way, study finds (psypost.org)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | psypost.org | best

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Elizabeth Warren calls for crackdown on Internet monopoly you've never heard of (wired.com)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | wired.com | newest

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Adultery is no longer illegal in New York (npr.org)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | npr.org | newest

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Linux CoC Announces Decision Following Recent Bcachefs Drama (phoronix.com)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | phoronix.com | newest

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Perplexity's AI search engine can now buy products for you (theverge.com)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | theverge.com | newest

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Half of young Norwegians say online piracy is an acceptable way to save money (torrentfreak.com)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | torrentfreak.com | frontpage

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Nike's Air Max 1000 are almost 3D-printed (theverge.com)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | theverge.com | newest

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Intern once saved Valve from near-fatal lawsuit; it all hinged on one email (pcgamer.com)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | pcgamer.com | newest

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AI poetry rated better than poems written by humans, study shows (theguardian.com)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | theguardian.com | newest

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US Justice Department wants Google to sell Chrome, more (9to5google.com)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | 9to5google.com | newest

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Mathematical Thinking Isn't What You Think It Is (quantamagazine.org)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | quantamagazine.org | frontpage

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Largest known prime number, spanning 41M digits found using free software (livescience.com)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | livescience.com | newest

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Porn Uploads: A Shield for Copyright Infringement Penalties on YouTube? (torrentfreak.com)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | torrentfreak.com | newest

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OpenAI accused of trying to profit off AI model inspection in court (arstechnica.com)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | arstechnica.com | newest

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New Dune Prequel 'Dune: Prophecy' Premieres on HBO and Max (vulture.com)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | vulture.com | newest

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Elon Musk targets Microsoft in expanded OpenAI lawsuit (theguardian.com)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | theguardian.com | newest

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Australia to Make Big Tech Liable for Citizens' Online Safety (yahoo.com)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | yahoo.com | newest

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With first mechanical qubit, quantum computing goes steampunk (science.org)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | science.org | newest

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California teen pleads guilty to making 'swatting' calls across US (cnn.com)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | cnn.com | newest

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Meta Fined €798M by EU over Classified Ads Dominance (bloomberg.com)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | bloomberg.com | newest

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Voyager 1 shocks NASA by signaling with a radio last used in 1981 (earth.com)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | earth.com | newest

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New secret math benchmark stumps AI models and PhDs alike (arstechnica.com)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | arstechnica.com | frontpage

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Digital Model Reveals Hidden Relief at Borobudur Temple (archaeology.org)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | archaeology.org | newest

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A neuroscientist taught rats to drive; suggesting anticipating fun enriches life (cnn.com)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | cnn.com | newest

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the US Has a Cloned Sheep Contraband Problem (wired.com)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | wired.com | newest

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Physicists achieve milestone in nuclear clock development (washingtonpost.com)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | washingtonpost.com | newest

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New Elliptic Curve Breaks 18-Year-Old Record (quantamagazine.org)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | quantamagazine.org | newest

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OpenAI and others seek new path to smarter AI as current methods hit limitations (reuters.com)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | reuters.com | newest

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Debate May Help AI Models Converge on Truth (quantamagazine.org)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | quantamagazine.org | newest

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I got a desk treadmill to relieve stress – instead, it stressed me out (theverge.com)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | theverge.com | newest

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Why AI could eat quantum computing's lunch (technologyreview.com)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | technologyreview.com | newest

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Behaviors reveal sophisticated tool use and possible “pranking” among pachyderms (science.org)

5 months ago | isaacfrond | science.org | best