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7 months ago+27 27 0Hands-on with the Rabbit R1: Hopping into an AI-powered future?
Rabbit has officially jumped into the AI companion race, but is it ready to take on Humane? Let's go hands on with the Rabbit R1 to find out.
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7 months ago+29 29 0Vaccine breakthrough means no more chasing strains
Scientists at UC Riverside have demonstrated a new, RNA-based vaccine strategy that is effective against any strain of a virus and can be used safely even by babies or the immunocompromised.
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11 months ago+30 30 0Human brain cells hooked up to a chip can do speech recognition
Clusters of brain cells grown in the lab have shown potential as a new type of hybrid bio-computer.
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1 year ago+30 30 0Sam Bankman-Fried is going to jail
Judge also denied SBF's request to delay jail time.
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1 year ago+22 22 0Idris Elba says 'disgusting' racism put him off playing James Bond
Luther actor says rumours he could be next 007 tarnished when they 'became about race'
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1 year ago+11 11 0‘Secret Invasion’ Opening Credits Generated By AI, Prompting Backlash From Audiences
Marvel’s Secret Invasion is already causing a commotion on social media, though not for reasons that the studio may have hoped. The series, which debuted on Wednesday with just one episode, has touched a sore spot after director Ali Selim confirmed t ...
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1 year ago+7 7 0U.S. Suspends Food Aid for Ethiopia, Citing Widespread Theft
American officials say they uncovered a countrywide scheme by government officials to divert food aid, in a country where 20 million people rely on donated relief.
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1 year ago+17 17 0Study finds elevated levels of toxic metals in some mixed-fruit juices and soft drinks
A new study has found that some commonly consumed beverages contained levels of toxic metals that exceed federal drinking water standards. Five of the 60 beverages tested contained levels of a toxic metal above federal drinking water standards, accor ...
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1 year ago+18 18 0Beyond Burgers are popping up at Dollar Tree at $1.25 a pack, as the plant-based meat giant tries to boost sales
Beyond Meat appears to be available in a new retailer: Dollar Tree. Shoppers have posted videos to social media in the last few days showing themselves buying the plant-based meat maker's products at a steep discount to their prices at other sto ...
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1 year ago+17 17 0The life and death of midnight game releases
It’s 2009, and I go to my first-ever midnight launch for a game. Infamous was the next big exclusive game for the PS3, and I was incredibly excited. I was in my final weeks of high school, in the middle of exam season in the UK. I took the game home, ...
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1 year ago+15 15 0You Are Not Free, But Who Cares?
Most of us have the deeply felt sense that if given the chance, we could have done differently. “If I had a time machine,” we say, “I would go back and start everything over.” This belief influences how we perceive both others and ourselves.
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1 year ago+4 4 0Chinese censors are still not over the Winnie the Pooh meme of leader Xi Jinping
Hong Kongers won’t get the chance to watch Winnie the Pooh go feral on the big screen. The March 23 release of British slasher film, Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey, has been canceled in Hong Kong, according to a statement by distributor VII Pillars ...
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1 year ago+3 3 0Canadian Space Agency Quietly Releases New Logo
There was no press release, no hoopla, just some social media posts. That’s how the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) approached releasing its new branding. Perhaps it’s just me, but I would have thought the CSA would have made a bigger deal of it. When co ...
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1 year ago+16 16 0Polio cases derived from new oral vaccine reported for first time
Experts have long understood that a new polio vaccine developed to try to minimize the risks associated with the oral polio vaccine made by Albert Sabin might also cause the problem it was created to sidestep. It’s now clear that theoretical risk is ...
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1 year ago+15 15 0B.C. man says he accidentally unlocked and drove someone else’s Tesla using the app
A Vancouver man is trying to figure out how he managed to get into someone else’s Tesla recently and drive off, using the app on his own phone. Rajesh Randev, an immigration consultant, said he thought he was getting into his Tesla on Tuesday as the ...
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1 year ago+23 23 0Introducing Stable Diffusion AI: A Breakthrough in Brain Function Research
At the forefront of artificial intelligence research, Japanese scientists have developed Stable Diffusion AI, a groundbreaking approach to understanding brain function. This revolutionary technique offers a new way to model complex systems and has th ...
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1 year ago+4 4 0China Is Relentlessly Hacking Its Neighbors
New details reveal that Beijing-backed hackers targeted the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, adding to a string of attacks in the region.
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1 year ago+4 4 0J.K. Rowling Isn’t Concerned About Anti-Trans Backlash Tarnishing Her Legacy: ‘I’ll Be Dead’
J.K. Rowling claims people have deeply misunderstood her position on transgender women — and the best-selling author says she’s not preoccupied with how the controversy will affect her legacy.
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1 year ago+17 17 0What Big Tech CEOs are saying about their companies' layoffs
Online payments company Paypal recently announced it would be laying off 2,000 employees, or about 7 percent of the its workforce. In a press release, PayPal CEO Dan Schulman said the slumping economy was mostly to blame for the job cuts, while simul ...
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1 year ago+2 2 0WATCH: Huge portion of the Sun breaks off from the surface, swirls around its North Pole
Researchers at NASA were baffled when they saw a piece of the Sun, breaking off from its surface and creating a vortex around its North Pole. Scientists are still trying to understand what impact this event will have on Earth, and when.