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Google’s latest AI weather model gives you no excuse to forget your umbrella | TechCrunch
Scientists at Google Deepmind and Google Research released a new artificial intelligence model for weather forecasting today that sees our changing atmosphere more clearly and predicts its behavior more often.WeatherNext 3 is the latest wave of a sea change...
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Schools are embracing AI. New York City just banned it for more than half a million students
AI is already finding its way into classrooms, whether students are using ChatGPT for homework or teachers are turning to the technology to create lesson plans. New York City, however, isn’t convinced that younger students need it just yet....
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Meta Pushes Its New AI Agent on Employees—but Eases Off on Tokenmaxxing
Meta is formally ending what amounted to a tokenmaxxing incentive program for employees. In an internal announcement this week, the social media giant told workers that their performance evaluations would no longer be dependent upon how much they used...
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Builders Stage agenda revealed for Disrupt 2026 | TechCrunch
The Builders Stage is returning to TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, bringing together founders, startup operators, and investors for practical conversations on what it takes to build and scale successful companies.Hear from startup and venture leaders shaping the tech ecosystem, including Grant Lee,...
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Inside The IEEE Milestone Honoring Canada’s Iconic Space Robot Arm
In the 1960s NASA began developing a system of reusable space shuttles to make its work more efficient and to reduce costs. The shuttles could launch like rockets, maneuver in Earth’s orbit, and land like airplanes. They also could...
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Meta says AI glasses fix stops users from secretly recording others
Meta announced privacy updates to its artificial intelligence-powered glasses...
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HiddenLayer nabs $100M as enterprises rush to secure their AI deployments | TechCrunch
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When AI security startup HiddenLayer raised its $50 million Series A three years ago, one of the big questions in the space was whether the AI threats the startup was protecting against would manifest in enough quantity to make...
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LZ Experiment Sees Surprising Result In Search For Dark Matter – Slashdot
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New submitter greytree shares a report from Brown University: LUX-ZEPLIN, an experiment co-led by Brown University faculty and students, observed a particle interaction that could be interpreted as a signal from WIMPs, a dark matter candidate --...
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Who Is John Ternus, the New Apple CEO? – Slashdot
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John Ternus has officially taken over as Apple CEO after 15 years under Tim Cook, stepping up from his role as senior vice president of hardware engineering. A 25-year Apple veteran who helped oversee products including AirPods, Apple...
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OpenAI’s Astra model is on the way — and very good at breaking into computer systems | TechCrunch
OpenAI shared new details on its forthcoming Astra model, which the company said is the first large language model to meet its “critical cybersecurity threshold,” in preparation for its imminent release.“We plan to make Astra available soon,” OpenAI’s blog...
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Trump envoys arrive in Moscow ahead of Ukraine talks
Two of US President Donald Trump's top envoys have arrived in Moscow, Russian media has said, ahead of a...