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Tech stocks tumble for a second day. Here’s what’s behind the selloff.
A major technology stock selloff stretched into a second day Tuesday as investors questioned whether artificial intelligence will generate the profits that have fueled lofty valuations for companies such as Alphabet, SpaceX and Nvidia.The tech-heavy...
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Mark Zuckerberg Directed Meta To Create a Prediction Markets App – Slashdot
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from the New York Times: Mr. Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, recently dispatched a small team at his company to create a smartphone app similar to Polymarket and Kalshi, two employees...
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Password manager maker LastPass says hackers stole customer support case data during Klue breach | TechCrunch
Password manager maker LastPass is notifying customers that their personal information and customer support case records were stolen during a recent hack at one of its technology partners, marking the company’s latest data breach in recent years.In an email...
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Can AI Learn to Read the Room?
Imagine sitting down at your desk and logging in for a performance review, with an AI system analyzing the conversation. You’ve been working long hours, balancing deadlines, and your manager asks how you’re doing. You say you’re fine, and...
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Medicare’s AI push snarls patients and doctors in errors and delays
Bill Curry, 65, raises cattle on the same land in rural Oklahoma once owned by his father and generations before him. Each quarter, for several years, he has made the 2½-hour drive to Oklahoma City...
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A Source of Mysterious Repeating Radio Signals From Space Has Been Identified
There is a mysterious phenomenon in which strong radio signals arrive periodically from space, yet their source remains completely unknown. Known as “long-period radio transients" (LPTs), these phenomena are observed as radio bursts that repeat at intervals ranging from...
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Commemorating 70 Years of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence is the transformative, strategic technology of the early 21st century. It is significantly reshaping practically every aspect of our lives, including in ways that probably no one anticipated. Its rate of adoption and impact have been unprecedented...
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Woman with Alzheimer’s starts conversing again after taking psilocybin
A woman with severe Alzheimer’s disease who spent years communicating in monosyllables started initiating conversations after receiving a large...
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‘Fusogenic’ neurosurgery let paralysed pigs walk again – are we next?
More than 15 million people live with a spinal cord injury. With so few effective treatments, my interest was...
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A promising natural technique to remove CO2 could backfire
Tens of millions of dollars have been invested in growing seaweed to absorb carbon dioxide and slow climate change....
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Nancy Guthrie investigation: Why the trail went cold
"There was absolutely no reason to release that crime scene," said Joseph Giacalone, retired NYPD sergeant, adjunct professor at...