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  • Research finds AI users scarily willing to "surrender" their cognition to LLMs

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    Apr 3, 2026

  • SAD! Trump’s AI data center push is failing. Blame his own tariffs.

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    Apr 3, 2026

  • Here's why it's prudent for OpenClaw users to assume compromise

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    Apr 3, 2026

  • Netflix ordered to refund subscribers up to €500 for unlawful price hikes

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    Apr 3, 2026

  • EV adoption in America: Who's winning, who's losing?

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    Apr 3, 2026

  • OpenAI takes on another "side quest," buys tech-focused talk show TBPN

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    Apr 3, 2026

  • Four astronauts are now inexorably bound for the Moon

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    Apr 3, 2026

  • Perplexity's "Incognito Mode" is a "sham," lawsuit says

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    Apr 2, 2026

  • SpaceX claims Amazon Leo launches could crash into Starlink satellites

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    Apr 2, 2026

  • Google Vids gets AI upgrade with Veo and Lyria models, directable AI avatars

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    Apr 2, 2026

  • Male octopuses guided through mating by female hormones

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    Apr 2, 2026

  • New fossil deposits show complex animal groups predating the Cambrian

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    Apr 2, 2026

  • New Rowhammer attacks give complete control of machines running Nvidia GPUs

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    Apr 2, 2026

  • Globally, 86 percent of the new generating capacity was renewable in 2025

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    Apr 2, 2026

  • Google announces Gemma 4 open AI models, switches to Apache 2.0 license

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    Apr 2, 2026

  • A production Ford sets third-fastest time ever at the Nürburgring

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    Apr 2, 2026

  • Anthropic says its leak-focused DMCA effort unintentionally hit legit GitHub forks

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    Apr 2, 2026

  • Artemis II is unlikely to be the cultural touchstone Apollo 8 was, and that's OK

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    Apr 2, 2026

  • Tesla sales grew by 6% in Q1, but company has an overproduction problem

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    Apr 2, 2026

  • Amazon is trying to buy Globalstar to compete with SpaceX's Starlink

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    Apr 2, 2026

  • Four astronauts depart for the Moon with a fiery send-off from Cape Canaveral

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    Apr 2, 2026

  • Nvidia's new app lets you precompile gaming shaders during machine idle time

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    Apr 1, 2026

  • Here's what that Claude Code source leak reveals about Anthropic's plans

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    Apr 1, 2026

  • Research roundup: 7 cool science stories we almost missed

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    Apr 1, 2026

  • Official White House app developer also a UFO conspiracy theorist

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    Apr 1, 2026

  • Grok degrades women with vulgar “roasts,” Swiss gov't official's lawsuit says

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    Apr 1, 2026

  • SpaceX finally files for IPO, targets $1.75 trillion valuation

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    Apr 1, 2026

  • Trump defunding of NPR and PBS blocked by judge, but damage is already done

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    Apr 1, 2026

  • A word from Editor Moonshark about Artemis II

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    Apr 1, 2026

  • Kia shows off small cars in NY: The 2027 EV3 and 2027 Seltos Hybrid

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    Apr 1, 2026

  • Black hole mergers put limits on star-destroying supernovae

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    Apr 1, 2026

  • Sweden goes back to basics, swapping screens for books in the classroom

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    Apr 1, 2026

  • Launch day has arrived for NASA's Artemis II mission—here's what to expect

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    Apr 1, 2026

  • NASA is leading the way to the Moon, but the military won't be far behind

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    Apr 1, 2026

  • Running local models on Macs gets faster with Ollama's MLX support

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    Mar 31, 2026

  • RFK Jr.’s FDA expected to lift restrictions on risky, unproven peptides

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    Mar 31, 2026

  • Starlink satellite breaks apart into "tens of objects"; SpaceX confirms "anomaly"

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    Mar 31, 2026

  • He-Man gets an origin story in Masters of the Universe trailer

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    Mar 31, 2026

  • Sweaty, glassy-eyed Tiger Woods blames cell phone use for his car crash

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    Mar 31, 2026

  • It's a race against time to save Krypto in Supergirl trailer

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