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Family of Boeing whistleblower John Barnett speaks out following his death
John Barnett died earlier this month in what the coroner called an apparent suicide, just before he was set to resume testifying in a whistleblower lawsuit against Boeing.
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6 months agoAnalysis ubthejudge
Prefer listening to your books? It's not that different from reading, says prof | CBC Radio
Audiobooks are growing in popularity, but some people question whether listening to a book is the same as reading it.
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7 months agoExpression ubthejudge
How Marvel Is Quietly Retooling Amid Superhero Fatigue
The studio’s golden box office aura has been dented, but chief architect Kevin Feige isn’t scrapping his years-long cinematic universe plan, just refining it: “They’re not going to give up,” says an insider.
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1 year agoCurrent Event ubthejudge
Judge sides with teachers who say their religion requires them to out trans kids
The school tried to protect trans kids but the judge said that the teacher's religious right to out students is more important...
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1 year agoExpression ubthejudge
It's not just you — no one is posting on social media anymore
Social media is on the decline. Instagram is all ads. No one's posting on BeReal. TikTok is for influencers. The new place for sharing: group chats.
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1 year agoCurrent Event ubthejudge
Majority Of Americans Support Striking Writers & Actors Over Studios, Gallup Poll Finds
A new Gallup Poll released Wednesday finds an overwhelming majority of Americans support writers and actors over studios in the ongoing dual Hollywood strikes. Gallup’s annual Work and Educat…
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1 year agoCurrent Event ubthejudge
San Franciscans Are Having Sex in Robotaxis, and Nobody Is Talking About It
A little-known 2018 study said the spread of self-driving cars was likely to mean more sex on the road. San Franciscans are making it happen.
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1 year agoCurrent Event ubthejudge
Video game studios are so scared of AI they’re offering $7K bonusus for AI ideas
"Every week, we feel that we are going to be eliminated." Executives and politicians across the world worry about the havoc that next-generation artificial intelligence will wreak on industries from finance to health-care. For the $200 billion games sector, the revolution has already begun.
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1 year agoCurrent Event ubthejudge
ChatGPT use declines as users complain about ‘dumber’ answers, and the reason might be AI’s biggest threat for the future
Is ChatGPT old news already? It seems impossible, with the explosion of AI popularity seeping into every aspect of our lives - whether it’s digital masterpieces forged with the best AI art generators or helping us with our online shopping. But despite being the leader in the AI arms race - and powering Microsoft’s Bing AI - it looks like ChatGPT might be losing momentum. According to SimilarWeb, traffic to OpenAI’s ChatGPT site dropped by almost 10% compared to last month, while metrics fr...
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1 year agoCurrent Event ubthejudge
New study reveals factors shaping attitudes towards casual sex in emerging adults
To some people, sex is a meaningful step and should only happen in the confines of a monogamous relationship. To others, exclusivity is less relevant and casual sex is normal. But what factors lead to these differing attitudes and behaviors? A study published in Archives of Sexual Behavior explores how a myriad of factors, including peers and families, can influence sexual behavior for emerging adults.
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1 year agoCurrent Event ubthejudge
Alien technology? Harvard professor finds fragments that could be of otherworldly origin
An astrophysicist at Harvard University believes he may have found proof of extraterrestrial life not by studying the vast night sky, but by combing the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Last month, a crew aboard a boat called the Silver Star embarked on an expedition to Papua New Guinea with the mission of recovering fragments from a mysterious meteor that had crashed into Earth in 2014.
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1 year agoCurrent Event ubthejudge
AI likely to spell end of traditional school classroom, leading expert says
Recent advances in AI are likely to spell the end of the traditional school classroom, one of the world’s leading experts on AI has predicted. Prof Stuart Russell, a British computer scientist based at the University of California, Berkeley, said that personalised ChatGPT-style tutors have the potential to hugely enrich education and widen global access by delivering personalised tuition to every household with a smartphone. The technology could feasibly deliver “most material through to the...
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1 year agoCurrent Event ubthejudge
Watch Baby Octopuses Hatch from a Surprising Deep-Sea Nursery
The tiny baby octopuses—each about the size of a nickel—emerged from soft, membranous eggs, clutched in their mothers’ protective embrace. One by one the hatchlings gracefully unfurled their delicate tentacles and floated away into the abyss.
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1 year agoCurrent Event ubthejudge
Sound of Freedom neck-and-neck with Indiana Jones at the July 4th Box Office
Sound of Freedom, a faith based indie, was neck-and-neck with the mega-budget Indiana Jones at the July 4th box office.
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1 year agoCurrent Event ubthejudge
Monarchs’ white spots aid migration
If you’ve ever wondered how the monarch butterfly got its spots, University of Georgia researchers may have just found the answer. The new study suggests that the butterflies with more white spots are more successful at reaching their long-distance wintering destination. Although it’s not yet clear how the spots aid the species’ migration, it’s possible that the spots change airflow patterns around their wings.