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Here’s Why You Should (or Shouldn’t) Dunk Yourself In a Full Body Ice Bath
Cold plunging at the gym or having a chilly shower at home has become a popular practice in recent years. But is all the self-inflicted freezing really that good for you? With the promise of boosting your mood, providing...
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Football Manager has finally added women’s teams – I put the game to the test
Tom GerkenTechnology reporterFootball Manager 26The most recent edition of the Football Manager game was played by a mind-blowing 20 million people.But last year a new game wasn't released, for the first time in its 20-year history.That's due to significant...
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Elon Musk wants you to know that Sam Altman got a refund for his Tesla Roadster | TechCrunch
Elon Musk and Sam Altman are still taking swipes at each other on Musk’s social media platform X.While both men were founders at OpenAI, where Altman is CEO, they have subsequently sparred across social media, court filings, and corporate...
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Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong trolls the prediction markets | TechCrunch
On Thursday, at the end of Coinbase’s third quarter earnings call, CEO Brian Armstrong admitted that he was “a little bit distracted,” because he’d been “tracking the prediction market about what Coinbase will say on their next earnings call.”“And...
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Rising energy prices put AI and data centers in the crosshairs | TechCrunch
As tech companies tout their plans for massive new data centers, consumers are increasingly worried the AI-driven gold rush will ultimately drive up the price they pay for electricity, according to a new survey.The report, commissioned by solar installer...
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AI researchers ’embodied’ an LLM into a robot – and it started channeling Robin Williams | TechCrunch
The AI researchers at Andon Labs — the people who gave Anthropic Claude an office vending machine to run and hilarity ensued — have published the results of a new AI experiment. This time they programmed a vacuum robot...
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Walt Downing’s Impact on the IEEE Community and Beyond
Volunteering is the lifeblood of professional communities, offering individuals the chance to contribute, grow, and collaborate with amazing people. Engaging with the IEEE community has been instrumental in shaping my career since my early days as a student member....
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Christian Influencers Are Throwing Their Hatch Clocks in the Trash
Treasure to Trash and Back AgainAccording to Erin Merani, Hatch’s vice president of marketing, this series of events was not, in fact, a planned marketing stunt, and Hatch is still figuring out the ramifications of the demon discourse. While...
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Denisovans may have interbred with mysterious group of ancient humans
For only the second time, researchers have obtained the full genome of a Denisovan, a group of ancient humans...
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The gut microbiome may play a role in shaping our personality
Rats given gut microbiome transplants from exuberant human toddlers seem to be more willing to explore their environment. This...
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Shutdown could reduce US flights ‘to a trickle’, transport secretary warns
EPA/ ShutterstockFlight delays and cancellations continue to snarl US air travel for a third day as Transportation Secretary Sean...