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The FDA just approved rub-on gene therapy that helps “butterfly” children
Biotech companies are getting creative with how they deliver DNA fixes into people's bodies.
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Big Tech is already warning us about AI privacy problems
And so are the banks
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Rimac's electric hypercar Nevera breaks 23 records, does 0-62 mph in 1.81 seconds
Who says the transition to all-electric forms of automobiles is not to the liking of car enthusiasts who typically highlight the thrill of driving? In a groundbreaking feat of engineering and performance, an all-electric hypercar has set a new world record by accelerating from 0 to 249 mph and back to a standstill (0-400- km/h) in an impressive time of 29.93 seconds, setting a new benchmark when it comes to automotive excellence. The record tests acceleration, aerodynamics, top speed, and stopping power, usually used as a scale to evaluate hypercars.
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Rumor Recap: What to Expect From the iPhone 15's USB-C Port
All four iPhone 15 models launching later this year are expected to feature a USB-C port instead of Lightning. This change means the iPhone will support a more universal charging standard, benefit from faster data transfer speeds, and more.
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A Texas professor failed more than half of his class after ChatGPT falsely claimed it wrote their...
Some seniors at Texas A&M were denied their diplomas because their professor claimed they used AI software to cheat on their essays.
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Cloudburst: Why good clouds go down
Today, business lives and dies by hyperscale cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. | These are the five most common causes of hyperscale cloud downtime.
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Bluesky Social just took a big open-source step forward
The hot new social network from Twitter's founders has open-sourced its client software. Here's why that matters.
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Montana will offically ban the use of TikTok for all its citizens starting January 1, 2024
Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signed the bill to ban TikTok across the state into law today, but that law will almost certainly be challenged by TikTok owner ByteDance in court.
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Canada wildfires force shutdown of oil and gas production
Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes and oil production has fallen amid early season wildfires in Canada's Alberta province. Within days, 90 blazes were seen burning across the region, with 23 considered out of control.
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YouTube algorithm sends gun videos to kids as young as 9, study finds
YouTube says it works hard to protect children, but the researchers say the material could traumatize vulnerable kids or send them down dark roads of radicalization and extremism.
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Theranos co-founder Elizabeth Holmes loses bid to avoid prison
Elizabeth Holmes will soon have to report to prison to begin her 11-year sentence after she was convicted by a jury last year of defrauding investors.
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Google to delete accounts inactive for two years in security push
Google, which hosts billions of user accounts, said on Tuesday that it plans to delete accounts that have remained inactive for two years.
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GitOps as an Evolution of Kubernetes
Brendan Burns, Kubernetes' co-founder shared his thoughts on GitOps and Kubernetes at GitOpsCon.
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Doyle Brunson: 'The Godfather of Poker' has died aged 89
Doyle Brunson, dubbed 'The Godfather of Poker,' has died at the age of 89, according to a family statement shared by his agent Brian Balsbaugh on Twitter.
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Bone Music: Stephen was intrigued when he found an X-ray record at a Russian market. What he...
During the Cold War, the Soviet government banned jazz, rock 'n' roll and other music. A group of bootleggers came up with an unusual way to distribute the music they loved.
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Amazon Astro Leak Claims Home Robot Will Get A Massive AI Upgrade
Amazon is working on a big intelligence upgrade for its Astro home robot, at least according to internal documents that leaked. Here's what we know so far.
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Don’t expect your car’s safety technology to save you
Automakers tout advanced driver-assistance systems like adaptive cruise control and emergency braking as a solution to the epidemic of traffic fatalities.
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47% of all internet traffic came from bots in 2022
A new report reveals that in 2022, 47.4% of all internet traffic came from bots, a 5.1% increase over the previous year.
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IRS whistleblower to break his silence on LDS Church finances, will speak on ‘60 Minutes’
This Sunday’s edition of “60 Minutes” will lead off with a report about the finances of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and will feature an on-camera interview with a former senior portfolio manager from the faith’s investment wing who turned whistleblower.
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Open source and Linux skills are still in demand in a dark economy
Despite the doom-and-gloom headlines about tech jobs, the Linux Foundation's latest survey says companies are still hiring savvy Linux and open source staffers.
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Google is about to change the way most of us search the web. Here's what it will look like
For more than two decades, the format of the Google Search results page hasn't changed much: type a phrase and get a list of blue links. Now, the most valuable real estate on the internet appears set to undergo a renovation, with Google announcing an opt-in trial for adding generative artificial intelligence (AI) to the results page.
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Mirantis Updates k0s Lightweight Kubernetes Distro
Kubernetes 1.27 compatibility, bug fixes, and support for containerD WASM and gVisor container sandboxes, there are a few of our favorite things that the new version of k0s brings us.
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It’s being called Russia's most sophisticated cyber espionage tool. What is Snake, and why...
The Snake network has been detected in more than 50 countries, including Australia.
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AI could replace 80% of jobs 'in next few years': expert
Artificial intelligence could replace 80 percent of human jobs in the coming years -- but that's a good thing, says US-Brazilian researcher Ben Goertzel, a leading AI guru."You could probably obsolete maybe 80 percent of jobs that people do, without having an AGI, by my guess.
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Google is increasing the number of ads in Gmail, showing them in the middle of inboxes
Ads have appeared in Gmail for a long time now, placed at the top of the Promotions and Social inboxes, but it seems Google feels that users...
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'Space waves' offer new clues to space weather
More accurate space-weather predictions and safer satellite navigation through radiation belts could someday result from new insights into "space waves," researchers at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University reported.
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Friday essay: peyotes in suburbia – the secret world of Sydney's psychoactive cacti growers
They tend backyards brimming with cactus varieties, consuming the produce. Prudence Gibson meets a hidden group of gardeners and ponders the allure – and – danger of psychoactive plants.
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I tried Bluesky Social and it's basically a far friendlier Twitter (for now)
Here's how you can try the latest -- and maybe greatest -- Twitter alternative contender, too.
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25 years ago, we met the Mac that changed everything
In 2023, Apple is sitting on top of the world. At times ranked as the most valuable company around, its influence in technology and media–and even some realms beyond–exceeds almost any other single corporation. But it wasn’t always that way, and much of where the company is today can be attributed to a product released 25 years ago: the original iMac.
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Billionaire Richard Branson defends space travel, argues it can benefit planet
British billionaire Richard Branson believes space travel can be beneficial for the planet, arguing that trips like the one he undertook in 2021 open doors and cut red tape. Speaking to the BBC in an interview to be broadcast on TV Thursday, it was put to the entrepreneur that figures like Prince William and Bill Gates had expressed some degree of skepticism about space travel given that there were still many challenges on Earth.
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