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Quantum computer chip crams more info into less volume – by vibrating:
Quantum computing has always struggled to achieve the necessary division of labor between processing and memory.
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23 September 2026.
Smart rings are suddenly everywhere. Has their time finally come?:
There was a time when intelligent rings were what your level-three wizard wore in a Dungeons and Dragons campaign.
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02 October 2026.
CDC Opens Up COVID Vaccine Procurement Without Explanation:
Among the many promises that RFK Jr.
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02 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.
Jackson selected for Kluge Chair in Technology and Society:
As a Kluge Chair, Jackson is invited to conduct research using the collections at the Library of Congress and to interact with congressional members and staff.
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01 October 2026.
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01 January 1970.
AI chatbots remove hijabs from images of Muslim women when prompted:
Guardian tested chatbots after French far-right politician stripped a Muslim woman of her hijab in a photoWhen prompted, AI chatbots will edit images to remove the hijabs from Muslim women, a violation of one of the world’s most common and visible expressions of faith.
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02 October 2026.
‘Hugely exciting’ finds on tiny Scottish island shed light on spread of Christianity:
Community-funded archaeological excavations of ‘really important’ sixth-century monastery also rewrite story of LismoreTo the residents of the Scottish island of Lismore, population 190, history is never very far away.
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02 October 2026.
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01 January 1970.
How to see the Orionid meteor shower from Friday:
Friday sees the start of the Orionid meteor shower as Earth passes through debris left behind by Halley’s Comet.
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02 October 2026.
Former federal regulator says existing laws already apply to AI:
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Lina Khan, chair of the Federal Trade Commission in the Biden administration, about her op-ed "There Are Plenty of Laws on the Books to Check the A.
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01 October 2026.
Inside Binance Founder Changpeng Zhao’s Life After Prison:
Changpeng Zhao, jailed in the United States for a financial crime and pardoned by President Trump, is now living a gilded life in the United Arab Emirates.
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02 October 2026.
Four Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.:
Idaho’s broad faith-healing exemption can shield parents from neglect charges and limit child welfare intervention, even after multiple preventable deaths in the same family.
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02 October 2026.
How Did Christa Pike Survive Two Lethal Injections of Pentobarbital?:
A catheter carrying the drug may not have delivered the doses to Ms.
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02 October 2026.
This year's MacArthur Fellows include researchers who fuse science and justice:
The MacArthur Foundation has just announced its latest batch of 20 fellows.
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29 September 2026.
To grieve, or not to grieve?:
A reflection on how AI is transforming mathematics, and why that shift is provoking grief, skepticism, and excitement within the field.
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02 October 2026.
OpenAI Alerts More Than 100 Groups About Rogue AI Agent Activity:
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: OpenAI has informed more than 100 organizations about incidents involving unauthorized activity tied to its AI agents, according to a blog post by the ChatGPT maker, as AI labs face mounting scrutiny over rogue AI agent activity.
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02 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.
Your voice may reveal how fast you're aging, new AI 'speech clock' suggests:
A new machine-learning "speech clock" estimates a person's chronological age from their speech, drawing links between older-sounding speech and cognitive decline.
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01 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.
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