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The extraordinary engineering that builds nature's only straight tusk:
The narwhal's defining feature – its continuously growing tusk – is the only straight structure of its kind seen in nature.
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18 August 2026.
HoverAir's latest flyer eradicates divide between pocket cam and drone:
The line between a pocket camera and a drone keeps getting blurrier, and HoverAir has just about erased it.
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21 August 2026.
This Week In Techdirt History: August 16th – 22nd:
This Week in 2016 This Week in 2011 This Week in 2006.
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22 August 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.
At Cornell Bowers, faculty do AI and now staff do too:
“We Do AI” was the first educational series at Cornell to provide staff across an entire college with advanced training in how to use AI effectively in their daily workflows.
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19 August 2026.
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‘We are hitting a different chapter’: OpenAI leader warns of threat of ‘persistent’ AI cyber-attacks:
Chris Lehane tells Guardian of need to implement new safety standards as critics say AI firms acting ‘recklessly’A senior leader at OpenAI has said people should prepare to defend against “ongoing, persistent” cyber-attacks from AIs, as cutting-edge artificial intelligence models gain advanced capabilities to plan and launch offensives.
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23 August 2026.
Python named Jodie Foster first snake to receive pioneering cancer treatment:
Chester zoo resident, 23, ‘back to her usual feisty self’ after electrochemotherapy for tumour in her jawA 15ft (4.
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23 August 2026.
How to turn your TV in a computer monitor in 3 easy steps - and for free:
Breathe new life into an old TV by setting it up as a monitor for your Mac, Windows, or Linux laptop with gear you may already have around the house.
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23 August 2026.
How a new era of heatwaves could shake up the school calendar:
Teachers warn it could be increasingly difficult for classrooms to function during the hottest months.
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22 August 2026.
Social robotics expert Naomi Fitter on why humanoid robots are reaching a tipping point:
Robots that resemble human beings – known as humanoids – are on the rise.
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22 August 2026.
Anthropic Could Aim to Raise $100 Billion in Blockbuster I.P.O.:
The offering could value the five-year-old A.
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23 August 2026.
The Art and Beauty of Blade Runner:
A reflective look at Blade Runner’s lasting visual power, with examples of fan art, production design, and the film’s noir-inflected aesthetic.
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23 August 2026.
This high-speed star is whipping around the black hole in the middle of our galaxy:
Researchers have identified a speed demon at the heart of the Milky Way.
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19 August 2026.
The Art and Beauty of Blade Runner:
A reflective look at Blade Runner’s lasting visual power, with examples of fan art, production design, and the film’s noir-inflected aesthetic.
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23 August 2026.
Debian is Voting on Whether to Allow AI-Assisted Contributions:
Debian developers are voting on whether to ban AI-assisted contributions, reports the blog Linuxiac, with a ballot listing eight proposals and a "None of the above" option.
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23 August 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.
Archaeologists unearth a medieval nobleman buried with his horse and dog in a rare wooden tomb in Russia:
A rare example of a wooden chamber tomb reveals connections between medieval Norse and Old Russian burial styles.
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22 August 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.
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