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How much of a problem is AI's water use? #AI #Environment #Tech
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Aug 27, 2026
How OpenAI let a mob of LLM agents game a test and ransack Hugging Face #AI #Security #LLM
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Aug 27, 2026
An EV that sounds like a 6.75 L V8: A ride in the Bentley Torcal #EV #Cars #Technology
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Aug 27, 2026
RIP Tim Curry: Ars remembers his top 10 iconic performances #Culture #Obituaries #Entertainment
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Aug 26, 2026
Meta's scrapped plans to go "AI native" included slashing teams by 60 percent #AI #Business #Tech
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Aug 26, 2026
New Twitter launches, says Musk's X gave up the name #Tech #Policy #SocialMedia
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Aug 26, 2026
Meta settles states' child-safety claims for $18B; Florida rejects deal as "peanuts" #TechPolicy #SocialMedia #Privacy
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Aug 26, 2026
Catholic bishops tell Florida there's no religious reason for vaccine exemptions #Health #Religion #Science
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Aug 26, 2026
Google announces Gemini 3.5 Transcribe for AI-powered speech-to-text #AI #Tech #Google
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Aug 26, 2026
Driven: The 992.2 Porsche 911 GT3 Touring earns its keep #Cars #Automotive #Tech
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Aug 26, 2026
Xbox's new disc-to-digital program gives physical games a digital future #Gaming #Tech #Digital
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Aug 26, 2026
Court blocks Trump FCC order that could flood broadcast TV with more election ads #Tech #Policy #Media
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Aug 26, 2026
Researchers get two genetic codes to work at the same time #Science #Genetics #Research
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Aug 26, 2026
15,000 years of solar wind in four hours? A Seattle company gives it a go. #Space #Science #Technology
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Aug 26, 2026
Psychiatry's diagnostic bible is finally getting a biological upgrade #MentalHealth #Science #Psychology
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Aug 26, 2026
IBM's new Granite 4.2 models ride the wave of interest in local LLMs #AI #LLMs #Tech
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Aug 26, 2026
Xtracycle's Swoop ASM e-bike brings an automatic transmission to cargo bikes #EBike #CargoBike #Tech
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Aug 26, 2026
The world's busiest spaceport is about to get a lot quieter, at least for now #Space #Technology #Science
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Aug 25, 2026
World humanoid robot games show runners breaking records, bursting into flames #Robotics #AI #Tech
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Aug 25, 2026
How chemistry can keep glow-in-the-dark pigments from fading #Science #Chemistry #Innovation
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Aug 25, 2026
Google's anti-nausea Motion Assist dots finally rolling out on Android #Android #Tech #Accessibility
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Aug 25, 2026
Two unvaccinated people die from measles in Pennsylvania, officials confirm #Health #Science #InfectiousDisease
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Aug 25, 2026
SpaceX intends to invest up to $100 billion in massive Louisiana spaceport #Space #Technology #Business
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Aug 25, 2026
Lab supply companies have been selling antibodies using manipulated images #Science #Research #Biotech
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Aug 25, 2026
New bootloader lets you take the "Meta" out of the original Meta Quest #VR #OpenSource #Tech
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Aug 25, 2026
AI won't replace radiologists, but it will dramatically change their jobs #AI #HealthTech #FutureOfWork
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Aug 25, 2026
With new Mac Studio and Mac mini, Apple leans hard into local AI inference #AI #Apple #Hardware
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Aug 25, 2026
AI is hitting entry-level jobs hardest, Stanford study finds #AI #Jobs #Economy
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Aug 24, 2026
Energy-hungry AI data centers spur new power transformer technology #Technology #DataCenters #Power
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Aug 24, 2026
RFK Jr. may upend how vaccine recommendations are categorized #Health #Science #News
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Aug 24, 2026
Ads and tracking infiltrated TVs. Now they're coming for monitors. #Tech #Privacy #Advertising
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Aug 24, 2026
Feds deepen probe into General Motors brake failures #Cars #Automotive #Tech
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Aug 24, 2026
AliExpress caught fingerprinting visitors after sending inaudible sounds to browsers #Security #Privacy #Tech
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Aug 24, 2026
Modern trade of mummified remains may carry its own "mummy's curse" #Science #Archaeology #History
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Aug 24, 2026
Nvidia senior manager linked to Supermicro scheme smuggling AI servers to China #Tech #AI #Geopolitics
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Aug 24, 2026
F1 in the Netherlands: The driver you most want to beat is your teammate #Formula1 #Motorsport #Sports
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Aug 24, 2026
Trump tried to curb clean energy. It's booming anyway. #CleanEnergy #Science #RenewableEnergy
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Aug 24, 2026
Review: Chuwi's $449 Unibook laptop is a funhouse-mirror MacBook Neo #Tech #Laptop #Review
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Aug 24, 2026
Due to need for 'absolute success,' China delays critical Moon launch to 2027 #Space #China #Launch
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Aug 23, 2026
Volcanoes that made history #Science #Volcanoes #History
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