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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.
Tank 5 is part rugged phone, part projector, part campsite toolbox:
Rugged phones have developed a habit of turning into spec-sheet survival kits lately.
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05 July 2026.
Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt:
This week, both our winners on the insightful side come in response to the German court ruling that Google is liable for false claims in its AI overviews.
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05 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.
NHS to use AI on its app to direct patients to appropriate services:
Update in England expected to reach about 200,000 patients over the next year as part of £10bn package to overhaul NHS systemsThe NHS will begin using AI on its app to direct patients to the appropriate services, it has been announced.
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06 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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06 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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06 July 2026.
Super Typhoon Bavi makes landfall on US Pacific islands with huge wind gusts:
The storm, with winds of nearly 290km/h (180mph) and gusts of 350km/h, is lashing the island of Rota.
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06 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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06 July 2026.
The Private Capture of Public Genius:
An essay tracing how Bell Labs’ monopoly-era research model and today’s AI training pipelines both transform broad public knowledge into privately captured value, with AT&T’s 1956 patent decree as the historical anchor.
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06 July 2026.
A Bird’s Brain Holds Clues to the Sounds of Music:
The neurobiologist Erich Jarvis studies the few species capable of speech.
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05 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.
The Private Capture of Public Genius:
An essay tracing how Bell Labs’ monopoly-era research model and today’s AI training pipelines both transform broad public knowledge into privately captured value, with AT&T’s 1956 patent decree as the historical anchor.
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06 July 2026.
Hundreds Support Legal Defense for Engineer Charged with Destroying Flock Surveillance Cameras:
"Hundreds of freedom lovers are rallying behind a US Air Force engineer" who's been accused of damaging over a dozen AI-integrated surveillance cameras last year and even knocking down their poles.
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06 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.
Superintelligent AI in space could explain the Fermi Paradox:
Why haven't we found evidence of advanced aliens? It could be that they've outsourced cosmic exploration to superintelligent AI, a new paper suggests.
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05 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
