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Key ocean current is slowing at locations around the Atlantic
Buoy measurements show the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, which moderates Europe’s climate, is weakening at four different latitudes, the...
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The US Army Is Building Its Own Chatbot for Combat
The US Army is developing AI models trained on data from real missions, with the goal of deploying a chatbot specifically for soldiers.“We have all of these lessons learned from missions like the Ukraine-Russia War and Operation Epic Fury,”...
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Russian Government Hackers Broke Into Thousands of Home Routers To Steal Passwords – Slashdot
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: A group of Russian government hackers have hijacked thousands of home and small business routers around the world as part of an ongoing campaign aimed at redirecting victim's internet traffic...
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AI will affect more than half of all U.S. jobs, analysis finds
Artificial intelligence will dramatically change the nature of work, but stop short of replacing most employees, according to a recent analysis.Over the next three years, AI will "reshape" between 50% and 55% of U.S. jobs, Boston...
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How a Student’s AI Robot Lightens the Load for Caregivers At Home
Kyle McGinley graduated from high school in 2018 and, like many teenagers, he was unsure what career he wanted to pursue. Recuperating from a sports injury led him to consider becoming a physical therapist for athletes. But he was...
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How a century-long argument over light’s true nature came to an end
The following is an extract from our Lost in Space-Time newsletter. Each month, we dive into fascinating ideas from around the...
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A teenage Minecraft YouTuber raised $1,234,567 for a meme prediction market called Giggles. It broke me. | TechCrunch
I cannot say with 100% certainty that nineteen-year-old Justin Jin is not pulling an elaborate prank on me. In my defense, Jin’s company Giggles – which he describes as “putting a trading app and TikTok together” – started as...
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AI Training Goes Off the Grid With Solar Homes and Spare GPUs
Artificial intelligence harbors an enormous energy appetite. Such constant cravings are evident in the hefty carbon footprint of the data centers behind the AI boom and the steady increase over time of carbon emissions from training frontier AI...
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Over-the-Air Computation Uses Radio Interference to Crunch Data
Picture a highway with networked autonomous cars driving along it. On a serene, cloudless day, these cars need only exchange thimblefuls of data with one another. Now picture the same stretch in a sudden snow squall: The cars rapidly...
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He Started a Social Network Alone. Then 5 Million People Signed Up
If you haven’t heard of UpScrolled before, a brief primer: It’s a social media platform not too different from, say, Instagram or TikTok. You can share photos or short videos, follow accounts, comment on posts, and amass a following...
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White House disputes Iranian media reports that Strait of Hormuz is closed
The ceasefire with Iran is subject to what President Trump called the "complete, immediate and safe opening" of the...