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The oldest known evidence of stitched clothing:
During the last ice age, when glaciers spread across the northern world, ancient humans had some serious adapting to do; our species wouldn't survive without developing new ways to keep warm.
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12 April 2026.
Samsung's compact speakers bring wireless home theater sound anywhere:
Samsung gave us a glimpse of a couple of seriously desirable lifestyle speakers for 2026 a couple of months ago, and I'm happy to report you can now get your hands on them.
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12 April 2026.
Game Jam Winner Spotlight: As I Lay Flying:
It’s time for the third in our series of spotlight posts looking at the winners of our eighth annual public domain game jam, Gaming Like It’s 1930! We’ve already covered the Best Adaptation and Best Deep Cut winners, and this week we’re looking at the winner of Best Visuals: As I Lay Flying by Geouug.
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11 April 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.
Qualcomm acquires Cornell AI software startup:
Exostellar, a startup born from Cornell research, has achieved an outcome many entrepreneurs dream of – acquisition by a Fortune 500 company.
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09 April 2026.
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01 January 1970.
‘It has your name on it, but I don’t think it’s you’: how AI is impersonating musicians on Spotify:
Fraudulent music streams have long been a scourge for the industry, but experts say generative AI has supercharged itJason Moran, a renowned jazz composer and pianist, got a strange call from a friend last month.
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12 April 2026.
‘Just the beginning’: Artemis II crew splashes down after record-breaking moon flyby:
The four astronauts touched down on Earth off the coast of California, concluding historic 10-day missionArtemis II splashdown! – in picturesThe Artemis II, and the four astronauts aboard the Orion space capsule, splashed down into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego on Friday night, with all four astronauts in good health.
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12 April 2026.
After using Lenovo's new Yoga laptop, I'm wondering if Windows makers are running out of ideas:
Lenovo's Yoga 7a 2-in-1 is a versatile and well-built PC, though its mid-tier hardware makes it hard to recommend over rivals.
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12 April 2026.
Back to Earth: What happens to the Artemis II astronauts now?:
The astronauts will have medical checks and will be reunited with their families.
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11 April 2026.
How AI is getting better at finding security holes:
Anthropic announced this week that its new model found security flaws in "every major operating system and web browser.
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11 April 2026.
Molotov Cocktail Is Hurled at Home of Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO:
The device burned an exterior gate of the house in San Francisco, the police said, and it was unclear whether the artificial intelligence executive was home.
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11 April 2026.
Why did U.S. start mine-clearing in Hormuz? #world:
U.S. mine clearing in the Strait of Hormuz and the stakes The United States began mine clearing operations in the Strait of Hormuz as part of a wider effort to reduce immediate risks to shipping in one of the world’s most important chokepoints.
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12 April 2026.
NASA’s Artemis II Astronauts Reunite With Friends and Family After 10-Day Moon Mission:
The four astronauts made an emotional return to Houston a day after splashing down in the Pacific Ocean at the end of their 10-day lunar journey.
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12 April 2026.
Philanthropy is a 'significant form of power.' Here's how Jeffrey Epstein exploited that:
A large share of science funding comes through philanthropy, with little legal or public scrutiny.
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30 March 2026.
Why did U.S. start mine-clearing in Hormuz? #world:
U.S. mine clearing in the Strait of Hormuz and the stakes The United States began mine clearing operations in the Strait of Hormuz as part of a wider effort to reduce immediate risks to shipping in one of the world’s most important chokepoints.
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12 April 2026.
Judge Pauses Arizona's Prosecution of Kalshi, Bars Arizona from Regulating Prediction Markets:
Arizona state prosecutors allege Kalshi is running an illegal gambling operation, charging the prediction market with 20 "wagering" misdemeanors.
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12 April 2026.
China’s humanoid robots are gaining ground – but they’re not there yet:
The U.S. and China are racing to build humanoid robots capable of performing many daily tasks – but the complexity of home and business environments makes that challenging.
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29 August 2025.
I found a new meteor shower — and it comes from an asteroid getting baked to bits by the sun:
A NASA researcher in planetary sciences explains how he discovered a new meteor shower linked to a disintegrating asteroid.
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11 April 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