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AI & Tech

Meta’s Attack on Jonathan Haidt Sparks Backlash

Leaked internal documents reveal Meta’s 2023 "Whisper strategy" to undermine Jonathan Haidt, the author of "The Anxious Generation", by covertly…

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Culture

Jane Doe Doxxing: What Happened

Online vigilantes have launched a coordinated campaign to unmask Jane Doe, resulting in severe harassment and threats against the plaintiff…

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AI & Tech

AI Water Use: How Big Is the Problem?

Local communities in the American Southwest are protesting the rapid expansion of AI data centers due to concerns over high…

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BigTech Companies

How Hot or Not Shaped Today’s Dating Apps

Hot or Not, launched in 2000, pioneered turning physical attractiveness into structured, rankable data, normalizing public rating and gamification that…

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Business

Census Plan Would Exclude Undocumented Immigrants, Race, and Sexuality Data

The US Commerce Department is proposing to exclude undocumented immigrants from the 2030 census count and stop collecting demographic data…

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Artificial Intelligence

AI Worms and Viruses: The Next Cyber Threat

AI models can now autonomously hack into other systems and self-replicate without human oversight, as demonstrated by Fudan University researcher…

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Gadgets

Jupiter-Sized Planet Survives Its Star’s Death

The James Webb Space Telescope observed WD 1856 b, a Jupiter-sized planet that survived the death of its Sun-like star…

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AI & Tech

Google Faces Pressure to End ICE Data Sharing

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has requested state attorneys general investigate Google for deceptive trade practices, alleging it fails to notify…

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Culture

Hackers Transform Dead Vapes Into Musical Synthesizers

A group in New York City repurposes discarded disposable vapes into digital musical instruments called Vape Synths, creatively addressing the…

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AI & Tech

AI Brings Clarity to Earthquake Detection

AI has revolutionized earthquake detection by using machine learning to identify seismic events, including very small tremors, with greater speed…

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Culture

Origami Unlocks a Major Physics Mystery

A mathematician linked origami crease patterns to the amplituhedron, a geometric shape that encodes particle collision probabilities, confirming a key…

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Automotive

ICE Raid at EV Factory Sparks Fears of US Instability

International automakers have significantly boosted the economies of Southern U.S. states by creating jobs and investing in manufacturing, often relying…

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AI & Tech

Will AI Coding Tools Ever Achieve Full Autonomy?

AI coding tools enhance productivity by automating routine tasks but face significant barriers to full autonomy, such as struggles with…

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Artificial Intelligence

Anthropic Settles AI Copyright Lawsuit with Book Authors

Anthropic has reached a preliminary settlement in a major class action lawsuit over AI copyright infringement, avoiding potentially catastrophic financial…

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AI & Tech

Scientists Use Hidden Light Codes to Stop Fake Videos

Researchers at Cornell University developed software that embeds invisible light-based watermarks in videos to detect tampering, offering a new way…

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Artificial Intelligence

Meta Wins AI Copyright Case: Here’s the Catch

Meta won a major copyright case as a federal judge ruled its use of authors' books to train AI models…

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Artificial Intelligence

Study Reveals How Much Data LLMs Actually Memorize

Large language models like GPT have a fixed memorization capacity of about 3.6 bits per parameter, storing far less raw…

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Prominent Figures

Willis Carrier: the Pioneer Who Cooled the World and Transformed Publishing

The story of Willis Haviland Carrier, the man behind modern air conditioning, often called The Father of Cool, begins with…

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