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World's largest digital camera snaps new world beyond Pluto:
Space was so much simpler when I was a kid.
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29 October 2026.
'Ultrasound tube' levitates matter from one end to the other:
If the Incredible Hulk were ever unleashed in the real world, guns and bombs would have absolutely no chance against him.
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28 October 2026.
Tech, Telecom Scholars Tell Gavin Newsom To Find His Spine:
I recently noted how California’s being told by the Trump administration that it can’t enforce any of its own telecom consumer protection laws if it wants to receive $1.
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29 October 2026.
How I Get Free Traffic from ChatGPT in 2025 (AIO vs SEO):
Three weeks ago, I tested something that completely changed how I think about organic traffic.
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04 December 2025.
Prosecutors invoke gender stereotypes in capital cases against women:
Cornell information science researchers and Cornell Law School faculty found that in capital cases, prosecutors invoke a range of gender stereotypes against women defendants to increase the likelihood of convictions and death sentences.
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28 October 2026.
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AI bots flooded 2023 UK government consultation on disposable vapes ban:
Three-quarters of all responses were machine-generated in failed attempt to stop bill from passing into law, research findsAI bots flooded a government consultation with tens of thousands of fake responses in a failed attempt to stop the UK’s ban on disposable vapes.
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29 October 2026.
How rising seas transformed dry land into Venice lagoon:
Scientists uncover ancient hills and swamps that disappeared as sea levels rose across northern AdriaticVenice is famed for being a floating city, but research shows the land it sits on once lay many miles inland.
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29 October 2026.
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Building boom puts 300,000 people in the path of potential Himalayan disasters:
The construction of tourism facilities, housing, and infrastructure has surged in parts of Nepal and India's Uttarakhand.
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28 October 2026.
How a lifelong Republican came to lead the data center battle in Ohio:
In Ohio, many people are displeased with the state's rapid buildout of data centers.
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28 October 2026.
AI Is Finding a Flood of Bugs, and Silicon Valley Is Rushing to Fix Them:
A.I. has uncovered a horde of software flaws, which engineers are racing to fix before they can be exploited and abused by hackers.
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29 October 2026.
Why Birds Can Fly Over Mount Everest - Nautilus:
A story for my grandchildren about oxygen, evolution, and our planet’s fate.
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29 October 2026.
After Flying Past the Moon, an Artemis II Astronaut Lands in California:
Reid Wiseman, now a retired emeritus astronaut, will become deputy director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA’s premier center for deep-space robotic missions.
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29 October 2026.
This surprising mammal fossil is giving scientists something to chew on:
It's likely you've already chewed and swallowed some tasty morsel today.
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07 October 2026.
Why Birds Can Fly Over Mount Everest - Nautilus:
A story for my grandchildren about oxygen, evolution, and our planet’s fate.
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29 October 2026.
Anthropic Engineer Declares the Coding Interview Dead:
An Anthropic engineering manager says he has stopped using traditional coding interviews because AI can now outperform candidates on the kinds of programming challenges they typically contain.
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29 October 2026.
With viral ‘Lego’ videos, Iran stakes claim as a propaganda power player:
Iran’s viral social media campaign has been slick, savvy, and accessible to a Western audience.
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20 May 2026.
Bronze Age sword discovered in an Italian lake is still sharp after 3,300 years:
Archaeologists found several ancient weapons, intact vases and a bronze razor in the volcanic crater lake.
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28 October 2026.
Some of the tech in my workday
Best programming language?
The PYPL PopularitY of Programming Language Index is created by analyzing how often language tutorials are searched on Google.
The TIOBE Programming Community index measures popularity based on the number of skilled engineers world-wide, courses, third party vendors and search engine activity.
w3techs analyses page content to determine the technology used, and also uses publicly available information from sources such as Alexa, Google, Microsoft and ipinfo.io.
While Java and Python top the popularity charts, more than 80% of all websites run on PHP.
Longer term weather forecast
