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New Firefighting Technologies Could Help Battle Blazes Like Those in France and Spain
Spain has declared a national emergency in the community of Madrid and the province of Ávila due to the spread of intense wildfires. With fires still burning out of control, this year is shaping up to be one of...
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The AI-hooked younger generation is sourcing chatbot help even for in-person talks
I’ve definitely rehearsed a text message in my head before hitting send, especially when it’s a long email with dozens of jargon and diplomatic language. However, when it comes to in-person talks, I’ve never even thought about outsourcing them...
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Wellness Influencers Are Pushing ‘Natural’ and Unproven Alternatives to Adderall
This messaging is cause for concern, according to ADHD specialists who spoke with WIRED.“Stimulant medications have been in existence for nearly 100 years, and approved for use in children since the 1960s,” says Kristen Leinung, a mental health nurse...
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A New Middle Class of Content Creators Is Quietly Quitting the 9-to-5 – Slashdot
"The rise of TikTok, Instagram Reels and Amazon storefronts has created a new kind of white-collar exit strategy," reports Bloomberg. Workers ditch office jobs not to become celebrities, necessarily, "but to piece together an income online through...
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Are brain waves the next unlock for physical AI? | TechCrunch
The frontier of physical AI is a Jenga game in a warehouse in San Leandro, California.That warehouse is occupied by Encord, a company that builds data tooling used to train AI models. Andrew Ceja is a pilot—the company’s...
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NASA Replaces ULA’s Vulcan Centaur With SpaceX Falcon Heavy For Solar Storm Research – Slashdot
There's been a change to NASA's launch of six satellites for solar storms research. Space.com reports that those satellites "were originally slated to lift off on a United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur rocket but have now...
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Making sense of the panic over Chinese AI | TechCrunch
The launch of the latest AI model from a Chinese company — Moonshot AI’s Kimi — reignited debates around American competitiveness and open versus proprietary AI.While there was plenty of conversation on social media, it seems the debate is...
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Wildfires, Evacuations, and Smoke Hit Europe and North America – Slashdot
270,000 people have been displaced by wildfires in France and Spain, reports the Guardian. A wildfire even forced evacuations in Scotland.And wildfires "have now scorched four million acres of land in the U.S.," reports NPR, as tens...
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32 of 35 Students Caught Using Hilariously Wrong AI-Generated Answers for Professor’s Midterm – Slashdot
"32 of my 35 students between two classes failed a portion of their midterm because they all used AI to generate their entire response," history professor Jason Gibson says in a viral video shared over 10 million times....
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Rescuers search for survivors of powerful Indonesia earthquake
Rescue teams in Indonesia have been searching for survivors of Saturday's major earthquake which left at least 47 people...