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Air Force Pushed Out UFO Investigator – Slashdot
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J. Allen Hynek started as an Air Force consultant brought in to help explain away early UFO reports, but over time he grew frustrated with what he saw as the government's effort to minimize unexplained cases rather than...
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OpenAI has bought AI personal finance startup Hiro | TechCrunch
OpenAI has acquired personal finance startup Hiro Finance, founder Ethan Bloch announced on Monday and OpenAI confirmed to TechCrunch. The startup was backed by A-list fintech VC firm Ribbit, as well as General Catalyst and Restive.Terms of the acquisition...
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You Can Soon Buy a $4,370 Humanoid Robot on AliExpress
Listing consumer electronics on the internet's large ecommerce marketplaces is a key step in “democratizing” the products, allowing them to be purchased by anyone with just a click. It has happened to cars (in the United States, you can buy...
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Staunch Trump Supporters Are Now Asking if He’s the Antichrist
In a matter of days, MAGA media figures have gone from defending President Donald Trump as God’s chosen president to making the case that he is actually the antichrist.The accusations reached a fever pitch on Sunday night, after Trump...
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You Should Be More Freaked Out by Shingles
Like a lot of people, Ann Garner thought that shingles was a “mild” illness—until 2024, when she became sick with it herself. If she had known at the time that Norwegians call shingles helvetesild, literally meaning “hell’s fire,” or...
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Chernobyl at 40: The past, present and future of a nuclear disaster
It was 1.23am when disaster struck. A routine safety test led to a catastrophic explosion. Poor design and inadequate...
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The Internet’s Most Powerful Archiving Tool Is in Peril
This month, USA Today published an excellent report that revealed how US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement delayed disclosing key information about the impacts of its detainment policies. The authors used the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine to compile and analyze...
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Neuroscientist’ AI-Powered Startup AIms To Transform Human Cognition With Perfect, Infinite Memory – Slashdot
Bloomberg describes him as a "former Harvard Medical School professor whose research has focused on the intersection of AI and neuroscience." "For the past 20 years, I studied how the human brain stores and retrieves memories," ...
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Neuroscientist’s AI-Powered Startup Aims To Transform Human Cognition With Perfect, Infinite Memory – Slashdot
Bloomberg describes him as a "former Harvard Medical School professor whose research has focused on the intersection of AI and neuroscience." "For the past 20 years, I studied how the human brain stores and retrieves memories," ...
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DNA-Level Encryption Developed by Researchers to Protect the Secrets of Bioengineered Cells – Slashdot
The biotech industry's engineered cells could become an $8 trillion market by 2035, notes Phys.org. But how do you keep them from being stolen? Their article notes "an uptick in the theft and smuggling of high-value...
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US blockade of Iran ports ‘irresponsible and dangerous’, China says
"China urges all parties to abide by the ceasefire arrangements, focus on the general direction of dialogue and peace...