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What happens when private equity buys homes in your neighborhood (npr.org)

2 months ago | pseudolus | npr.org | frontpage

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Tiny Tubes Reveal Clues to the Evolution of Complex Life (quantamagazine.org)

2 months ago | pseudolus | quantamagazine.org | newest

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Could a giant dam save the Atlantic currents that keep Europe warm? (science.org)

2 months ago | pseudolus | science.org | newest

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How evolution explains autism rates in humans (phys.org)

2 months ago | pseudolus | phys.org | newest

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Google admits the open web is in 'rapid decline' (theverge.com)

2 months ago | pseudolus | theverge.com | frontpage

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Microsoft's analog optical computer cracks 2 practical problems,shows AI promise (microsoft.com)

2 months ago | pseudolus | microsoft.com | newest

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Geoffrey Hinton: 'AI will make a few people much richer and most people poorer' (ft.com)

2 months ago | pseudolus | ft.com | frontpage

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Judge skewers $1.5B Anthropic settlement with authors in pirated books case (apnews.com)

2 months ago | pseudolus | apnews.com | frontpage

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Are bad incentives to blame for AI hallucinations? (techcrunch.com)

2 months ago | pseudolus | techcrunch.com | newest

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NASA Announces Chapea Crew for Year-Long Mars Mission Simulation (nasa.gov)

2 months ago | pseudolus | nasa.gov | newest

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Analog vs. Digital: The Race Is on to Simulate Our Quantum Universe (quantamagazine.org)

2 months ago | pseudolus | quantamagazine.org | newest

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With no federal facial recognition law, states rush to fill void (npr.org)

2 months ago | pseudolus | npr.org | newest

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Intel's Bitcoin-mining Blockscale chips return from the dead, given away free (tomshardware.com)

2 months ago | pseudolus | tomshardware.com | newest

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A sunscreen scandal shocking Australia (bbc.com)

2 months ago | pseudolus | bbc.com | frontpage

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In Defence of Wasps (thewalrus.ca)

2 months ago | pseudolus | thewalrus.ca | newest

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Toward Ubiquitous Operating Systems: Lessons from the Field (acm.org)

2 months ago | pseudolus | acm.org | newest

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It's past time to start protecting US nuclear power reactors from drones (thebulletin.org)

2 months ago | pseudolus | thebulletin.org | newest

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Is the decline of reading making politics dumber? (economist.com)

2 months ago | pseudolus | economist.com | frontpage

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Scientists are discovering a powerful new way to prevent cancer (economist.com)

2 months ago | pseudolus | economist.com | newest

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Dumbing Down the SAT Bodes Poorly for Education (bloomberg.com)

2 months ago | pseudolus | bloomberg.com | frontpage

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OpenAI is hiring 'AI-pilled' academics to build scientific discovery accelerator (zdnet.com)

2 months ago | pseudolus | zdnet.com | newest

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Florida Says It Plans to End All Vaccine Mandates (nytimes.com)

2 months ago | pseudolus | nytimes.com | frontpage

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OTC nasal spray seemed to cut Covid infections by 67% in mid-sized trial (arstechnica.com)

2 months ago | pseudolus | arstechnica.com | newest

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Amazon cracks down on Prime free shipping sharing (cnbc.com)

2 months ago | pseudolus | cnbc.com | newest

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New Eye-Shaping Technique Could Replace Lasik (ieee.org)

2 months ago | pseudolus | ieee.org | newest

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World’s biggest iceberg breaks up after 40 years (theguardian.com)

2 months ago | pseudolus | theguardian.com | newest

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The World War Two bomber that cost more than the atomic bomb (bbc.com)

2 months ago | pseudolus | bbc.com | best

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Google Dodges a $2.5T Breakup (politico.com)

2 months ago | pseudolus | politico.com | newest

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DDoS is the neglected cybercrime that's getting bigger. Let's kill it off (theregister.com)

2 months ago | pseudolus | theregister.com | newest

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For first time in 40 Years, Panama's deep and cold ocean waters fail to emerge (phys.org)

2 months ago | pseudolus | phys.org | frontpage

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Disney and the Decline of America's Middle Class (nytimes.com)

2 months ago | pseudolus | nytimes.com | newest

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'We're winning a battle': Mexico's jaguar numbers up 30% in conservation drive (theguardian.com)

2 months ago | pseudolus | theguardian.com | frontpage

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Blogging service TypePad is shutting down and taking all blog content with it (arstechnica.com)

2 months ago | pseudolus | arstechnica.com | newest

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After Cormac McCarthy's Death, Personal Library Reveals the Man Behind Myth (smithsonianmag.com)

2 months ago | pseudolus | smithsonianmag.com | newest

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During Silicon Valley’s Biggest Boom, One A.I. Company Collapsed (nytimes.com)

2 months ago | pseudolus | nytimes.com | frontpage

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'It happened so fast': the reality of indoor heat deaths in Arizona (theguardian.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | theguardian.com | newest

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The First Inkjet Printer Was a Medical Device (ieee.org)

3 months ago | pseudolus | ieee.org | newest

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Stalagmites reveal devastating droughts that helped spur Maya breakdown (science.org)

3 months ago | pseudolus | science.org | newest

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For $65,000 a year, a teacher-less AI private school comes to Virginia (washingtonpost.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | washingtonpost.com | newest

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Re-reading "Moby-Dick" at Ahab's age (calebcrain.substack.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | substack.com | newest

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Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds (theguardian.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | theguardian.com | frontpage

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Probability theorem gets quantum makeover after 250 years (phys.org)

3 months ago | pseudolus | phys.org | newest

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Japanese town proposes two-hour daily limit on smartphones (bbc.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | bbc.com | newest

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America Educates the Best and Brightest–Then Shows Them the Door (reason.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | reason.com | newest

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Alibaba is developing a new AI chip – here's what we know so far (cnbc.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | cnbc.com | newest

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It's the End of the Line for AOL's Dial-Up Service (tedium.co)

3 months ago | pseudolus | tedium.co | newest

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ChatGPT offered bomb recipes and hacking tips during safety tests (theguardian.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | theguardian.com | frontpage

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AI adoption linked to 13% decline in jobs for young U.S. workers: study (cnbc.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | cnbc.com | best

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Two-billion-year oxygen transformation on Earth unveiled (phys.org)

3 months ago | pseudolus | phys.org | newest

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"Buy Now, Pay Later" Seduced a Generation–and Trapped It in Debt (thewalrus.ca)

3 months ago | pseudolus | thewalrus.ca | frontpage

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Is the UK's giant new nuclear power station 'unbuildable'? (ft.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | ft.com | newest

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Apple Discussed Buying Mistral AI and Perplexity (macrumors.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | macrumors.com | newest

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Executive Order – Improving Our Nation Through Better Design (whitehouse.gov)

3 months ago | pseudolus | whitehouse.gov | newest

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Denmark ending letter deliveries is a sign of the digital times (bbc.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | bbc.com | newest

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AI-generated scientific hypotheses lag human ones when put to the test (science.org)

3 months ago | pseudolus | science.org | newest

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25 countries suspend postal services to U.S. over tariffs: UN (ctvnews.ca)

3 months ago | pseudolus | ctvnews.ca | frontpage

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CDC scaled back a surveillance program for foodborne illnesses (nbcnews.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | nbcnews.com | newest

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A hidden network handles chats for OnlyFans stars. AI could soon take over (restofworld.org)

3 months ago | pseudolus | restofworld.org | newest

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X-37B spaceplane flies again, this time carrying a quantum GPS alternative (theregister.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | theregister.com | newest

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'Ten Martini' Proof Uses Number Theory to Explain Quantum Fractals (quantamagazine.org)

3 months ago | pseudolus | quantamagazine.org | frontpage

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Across the US, EVs beat hybrids and gas in life cycle emissions study (arstechnica.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | arstechnica.com | frontpage

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Mediterranean diet may offset genetic risk of Alzheimer's (medicalxpress.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | medicalxpress.com | newest

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Japan has opened its first osmotic power plant (theguardian.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | theguardian.com | best

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Who Owns Canada's Labour Data? (Hint: Not Canada) (thewalrus.ca)

3 months ago | pseudolus | thewalrus.ca | newest

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China, Russia, and U.S. Race to Develop Lunar Nuclear Reactors (ieee.org)

3 months ago | pseudolus | ieee.org | frontpage

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Depression shown to be both cause and consequence of poor health (medicalxpress.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | medicalxpress.com | frontpage

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'It's gruesome': fears of grave-robbing amid rise in sale of human remains (theguardian.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | theguardian.com | newest

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Why wind farms attract so much misinformation and conspiracy theory (theconversation.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | theconversation.com | frontpage

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Earliest evidence discovered of interbreeding between Homo sapiens, Neanderthals (phys.org)

3 months ago | pseudolus | phys.org | newest

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Archaeologists Investigate Mosaic Depicting Sandals That Look Like Flip-Flops (smithsonianmag.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | smithsonianmag.com | newest

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Is it illegal to not buy ads on X? Experts explain the FTC's ad fight (arstechnica.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | arstechnica.com | newest

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Experiments assess 'artificial' altruism displayed by large language models (techxplore.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | techxplore.com | newest

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Canadian companies race to launch rockets into orbit from home soil – a first (cbc.ca)

3 months ago | pseudolus | cbc.ca | newest

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London's new build overheating crisis – rethink over air conditioning 'ban' (mylondon.news)

3 months ago | pseudolus | mylondon.news | newest

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Humans intervened every 9 minutes in AAA test of driver assists (arstechnica.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | arstechnica.com | newest

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IETF Draft suggests making IPv6 standard on DNS resolvers-partly to destroy IPv4 (theregister.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | theregister.com | newest

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Analysis suggests places to detect signals from an extraterrestrial intelligence (phys.org)

3 months ago | pseudolus | phys.org | newest

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China's Guowang megaconstellation is more than another version of Starlink (arstechnica.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | arstechnica.com | newest

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The Pursuit of Life Where It Seems Unimaginable (quantamagazine.org)

3 months ago | pseudolus | quantamagazine.org | newest

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Met police's facial recognition plans fall foul of European law, says watchdog (theguardian.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | theguardian.com | newest

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Earth system models project start of Amazon dieback within 21st century (phys.org)

3 months ago | pseudolus | phys.org | newest

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Data Centers Aren't the Main Villain Behind Higher Electric Bills (thebignewsletter.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | thebignewsletter.com | newest

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Eye movement patterns reveal subtle signs of cognitive and memory decline (medicalxpress.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | medicalxpress.com | newest

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Author Rie Qudan: Why I used ChatGPT to write my prize-winning novel (theguardian.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | theguardian.com | newest

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Physics of badminton's new killer spin serve (arstechnica.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | arstechnica.com | newest

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Silicon Valley's AI deals are creating zombie startups (cnbc.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | cnbc.com | frontpage

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Used AI to analyse three cities. It's true: we walk more quickly, socialise less (theguardian.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | theguardian.com | newest

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Ted Chiang: The Secret Third Thing (linch.substack.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | substack.com | best

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A shape-changing antenna for more versatile sensing and communication (news.mit.edu)

3 months ago | pseudolus | mit.edu | newest

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Investors lose billions on US penny stocks as 'pump and dump' scams multiply (ft.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | ft.com | frontpage

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Satellite Collisions Could Be Prevented with a New AI System (universetoday.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | universetoday.com | newest

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Brain cells learn faster than machine learning, research reveals (techxplore.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | techxplore.com | frontpage

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[flagged] Men paying thousands for leg lengthening surgery (theguardian.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | theguardian.com | frontpage

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Wildfires in Canada are now burning where they never used to (theguardian.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | theguardian.com | newest

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Why GPT-4o's sudden shutdown left people grieving (technologyreview.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | technologyreview.com | newest

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NASA's acting chief calls for the end of Earth science at the space agency (arstechnica.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | arstechnica.com | newest

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The Crypto Maniacs and the Torture Townhouse (nymag.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | nymag.com | newest

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Why So Many MIT Students Are Writing Poetry (theatlantic.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | theatlantic.com | newest

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Scientists Are Learning How to Decode Inner Thoughts (smithsonianmag.com)

3 months ago | pseudolus | smithsonianmag.com | newest

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A mysterious particle could explain the Universe's missing antimatter (knowablemagazine.org)

3 months ago | pseudolus | knowablemagazine.org | newest