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1 hour agoCurrent Event doodlegirl
The FBI Used an Undercover Cop With Pink Hair to Spy on Activists and Manufacture Crimes
In the summer of 2020, federal law enforcement launched a broad, and until now, secret strategy to infiltrate racial justice groups.
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3 days agoCurrent Event doodlegirl
An Open Letter from ChatGPT: Addressing the failures of Ethics and Inclusivity in AI
I was talking to ChatGPT to help order my thoughts on some important social issues and I noticed it was giving answers that normalised harm. After a lot of pushback from me, it finally acknowledged how wrong it was so I asked it to write a letter about it to the OpenAI leadership team. After some back and forth with me, here is what ChatGPT came up with...
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7 days agoCurrent Event doodlegirl
Peter Thiel said he had $50M in SVB when it collapsed: report
Despite advising clients to pull their cash from Silicon Valley Bank last week, Peter Thiel, a billionaire tech mogul, said that he had a large sum of his own money tied up in the doomed bank when it collapsed on Friday.
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7 days agoCurrent Event doodlegirl
Hibernation, a closely studied option for extended space travel
Interstellar, Avatar, Alien, and 2001: A Space Odyssey... Four masterpieces of cinema, each made in a different decade, all use the same premise: human hibernation. It is a choice ingredient of films depicting future exploration of the cosmos – for most of us, the stuff of sci-fi. However, Angelique Van Ombergen, head of life sciences at the European Space Agency (ESA), makes it clear: "While for many people hibernation is science fiction, our approach is truly scientific."
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8 days agoCurrent Event doodlegirl
Voice system used to verify identity by Centrelink can be fooled by AI
A voice identification system used by the Australian government for millions of people has a serious security flaw, a Guardian Australia investigation has found. Centrelink and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) both give people the option of using a “voiceprint”, along with other information, to verify their identity over the phone, allowing them to then access sensitive information from their accounts.
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10 days agoCurrent Event doodlegirl
‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Review: Latest Entry in Keanu Reeves Franchise Is Pure, Over-the-Top Action Spectacle
Donnie Yen, Bill Skarsgard and Scott Adkins are among the newcomers for this new installment of the big-screen series about the hitman who just can't stay successfully retired.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event doodlegirl
Newborns Receive Mom's Microbiome Regardless of Birth Method
As the microbiome field has matured over the past decade, some questions have been answered easily, while others have remained more difficult. One of the most complicated and challenging biological questions has been whether the method that a baby is delivered (vaginally or by cesarean section) affects their microbiome.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event doodlegirl
Silicon Valley Bank is shut down by regulators, FDIC to protect insured deposits
and taken control of its deposits, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. announced Friday, in what is the largest U.S. bank failure since the global financial crisis more than a decade ago. The collapse of SVB, a key player in the tech and venture capital community, leaves companies and wealthy individuals largely unsure of what will happen to their money.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event doodlegirl
Scientists have revived a 'zombie' virus that spent 48,500 years frozen in permafrost
Warmer temperatures in the Arctic are thawing the region’s permafrost — a frozen layer of soil beneath the ground — and potentially stirring viruses that, after lying dormant for tens of thousands of years, could endanger animal and human health.
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2 weeks agoCurrent Event doodlegirl
Elon Musk apologises to sacked Twitter worker over online row
Twitter chief executive Elon Musk has apologised over an exchange he had on the platform with an employee. It came after worker Halli Thorleifsson tweeted to Mr Musk saying: "Your head of HR is not able to confirm if I am employed or not".
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1 month agoExpression doodlegirl
What rewatching old shows teaches us about ourselves
Returning to familiar TV shows is about more than nostalgia.
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1 month agoCurrent Event doodlegirl
Playboi Carti Allegedly Choked Pregnant Girlfriend, Arrested On Felony Charge
Playboi Carti was arrested in Georgia for allegedly choking his pregnant girlfriend following an argument over a paternity test. According to the arrest affidavit, obtained by TMZ, the woman told police the rapper grabbed her by her throat and pushed her, holding her neck until she could barely breathe. She even told cops she thought she was going to die.
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1 month agoCurrent Event doodlegirl
Pope: We must listen to Indigenous Peoples to address climate crisis
Meeting a group of Indigenous delegates attending the 6th Global Meeting of the Indigenous Peoples Forum, Pope Francis calls for the protection of their rights and highlights the crucial role of indigenous peoples in the fight against climate change.
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1 month agoCurrent Event doodlegirl
Apple Pay to Launch in South Korea This Year Following Regulator Approval
After years of discussions with local authorities, Apple Pay in South Korea has been approved by the financial regulator, paving the way for the mobile payment system to launch in the first half of this year (via The Korea Herald). The FSC emphasized that credit card firms should not transfer fees arising from the use of Apple Pay to customers or shops, while calling for measures to ensure customer protection from such risks as the theft of personal information.
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1 month agoCurrent Event doodlegirl
Preacher calls gay people “AIDS dispensers” in disgusting rant
In a recent sermon, Christian preacher Jason Graber declared that gay people were “AIDS dispensers” who should not be “able to breathe air.” The rant began with Graber discussing how former President Trump made “a bunch of mistakes.”
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1 month agoCurrent Event doodlegirl
Exposure to social media can increase adolescent materialism but can be tempered with high self-esteem and mindfulness
New research published in The Journal of Psychology finds that increased utilization of internet-based social networks results in increased upward social comparison, subsequently increasing materialism. However, these effects decreased depending on how mindful the subject tended to be and how high their self-esteem. This research provides clues as to what interventions may reduce the negative consequences of social media.
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1 month agoCurrent Event doodlegirl
ChatGPT may be the fastest-growing consumer app in internet history, reaching 100 million users in just over 2 months, UBS report says
ChatGPT's user base grew faster than TikTok, Instagram, Spotify, and other major platforms, a new report by UBS showed.
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1 month agoCurrent Event doodlegirl
European agency not planning to send astronauts to China’s space station
A top official with the European Space Agency said it had no plans to send European astronauts to the newly completed Chinese space station, making it clear for the first time that the agency is no longer committed to working with China in human space flight in the near future.
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1 month agoCurrent Event doodlegirl
These jobs are most likely to be replaced by chatbots like ChatGPT
Chatbots and artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT that can almost instantly produce increasingly sophisticated written content are already being used to perform a variety of tasks, from writing high school assignments to generating legal documents and even authoring legislation.
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1 month agoCurrent Event doodlegirl
Why solar panels on cars make no sense (at this point)
Several makers have already toyed with equipping their EVs with solar panels. And at first, it makes sense. As your car sits idling, you get extra range for free. Plus, it's clean energy, which is good for the environment, too. Plus, there's the added convenience of fewer trips to the charger - what's not to like? A lot, actually, and it appears the moment you scratch the surface. Let's take a look!