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Study predicts when the last plants on Earth will die:
One day, far in the future, a leaf will turn brown and crumble to dust, representing the end of all plants on Earth.
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30 June 2026.
Robotic bird could fix drones' biggest aerodynamic problem:
A robotic bird tested in a wind tunnel may hold the blueprint for drones that can finally handle a windy day.
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02 July 2026.
Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Making The Best Of A Ban Situation:
Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw.
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03 July 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.
Can AI plan for heat emergencies better than simple rules? It depends:
For consequential decision-making, the benefits of a simple index score vs.
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01 July 2026.
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01 January 1970.
OpenAI’s apparent failure to visit key site raises questions over UK investment:
Exclusive: £20bn of ‘potential’ £30bn AI investment touted by UK ministers appears to have been hypotheticalIt was to be the biggest undertaking in Britain for OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT.
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04 July 2026.
Sitting for more than 30 minutes at a time linked to higher risk of cancer death:
Study suggests even light activity such as ironing could reduce health risks linked to prolonged sedentary behaviourSitting for longer than half an hour at a time each day raises the risk of dying from cancer, a study suggests.
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04 July 2026.
I found 4 Bluetooth gadgets that are highly functional - and cheap:
Some of my favorite practical Bluetooth gadgets are cheaper than you think.
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04 July 2026.
UK temperatures forecast to exceed 30C as another heatwave imminent:
Another heatwave is on its way and set to last significantly longer as Stav Danaos explains.
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04 July 2026.
A hot summer trend in the sharing economy? Rental swimming pools:
The Airbnb-style company Swimply said there have been about 275,000 private pool reservations so far this year.
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03 July 2026.
The Yoto Music Box Is a Ray of Hope Amid the ‘Techlash’:
Amid widespread “techlash” over addictive screens and apps, the Yoto, an audio player for children, shows there’s still a way to make money while doing something nice.
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04 July 2026.
Notes on Acquired Taste:
Why we sometimes work to like things, how taste is formed, and why acquired preferences can be a form of self-cultivation rather than pretension.
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04 July 2026.
E Pluribus Algae: Why Green Pond Scum Is as American as Red, White and Blue:
And why the most patriotic approach to the Reflecting Pool may be to let the algae take over.
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04 July 2026.
Critical fire weather complicates firefighting efforts in massive Utah wildfire:
Firefighters working on the nation's largest current wildfire, burning in southern Utah, are being challenged by historic weather conditions.
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27 June 2026.
Notes on Acquired Taste:
Why we sometimes work to like things, how taste is formed, and why acquired preferences can be a form of self-cultivation rather than pretension.
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04 July 2026.
Decades-Old Bash Tricks Expose AI Coding Agents To Supply Chain Attacks:
Slashdot reader wiredmikey writes: AI security researchers have uncovered a structural security flaw dubbed GuardFall that allows decades-old Bash shell tricks to bypass safeguards in most open source AI coding agents.
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04 July 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.
The US is hooked on unregulated peptides. But are they effective, or even safe?:
The world of peptides has exploded in wellness circles, but the benefits of injecting these gray-market molecules rest on little clinical evidence.
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04 July 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
