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Quantum computers need classical computing to be truly useful
A vital ingredient for making quantum computers truly useful just might be conventional computers. That was the message from...
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Advocacy Groups Urge Parents To Avoid AI Toys This Holiday Season – Slashdot
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: They're cute, even cuddly, and promise learning and companionship -- but artificial intelligence toys are not safe for kids, according to children's and consumer advocacy groups urging parents...
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Streaming platform Twitch added to Australia’s teen social media ban
Getty ImagesTwitch, a streaming platform popular with gamers, has been added to Australia's teen social media ban which starts next month.It joins other platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Tik Tok and Snapchat that must ensure under-16s cannot open...
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Hands On With Google’s Nano Banana Pro Image Generator
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Gemini 3 refused to believe it was 2025, and hilarity ensued | TechCrunch
Every time you hear a billionaire (or even a millionaire) CEO describe how LLM-based agents are coming for all the human jobs, remember this funny but telling incident about AI’s limitations: Famed AI researcher Andrej Karpathy got one-day early...
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Could Teradar’s Tech Have Saved Kit Kat the Cat?
A few years ago, Matthew Carey lost a friend in a freak car accident, after the friend’s car struck some small debris on a highway and spun out of control. Ordinarily, the car’s sensors would have detected the debris...
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Russia strikes Ukrainian port with ballistic missiles, killing 8 and wounding dozens
Eight people were killed and 27 wounded in a Russian missile strike on port infrastructure...