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  1. Biden moves to crack down on Shein and Temu, slow shipments into US

    Rapid growth of Temu and Shein threatens US businesses and consumers, Biden says.

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  2. 1.3 million Android-based TV boxes backdoored; researchers still don’t know how

    Infection corrals devices running AOSP-based firmware into a botnet.

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  3. Final trailer for Venom: The Last Dance introduces Knull, god of symbiotes

    "This world can't survive if you stay together."

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  4. Here’s why you shouldn’t freak out about lead in your cinnamon

    For the most part, you'd have to eat a weirdly large amount to cause a problem.

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  5. Google rolls out voice-powered AI chat to the Android masses

    Gemini Live allows back-and-forth conversation, now free to all Android users.

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  6. Evidence of “snowball Earth” found in ancient rocks

    An outcrop in Scotland has material from when the Earth went into a deep freeze.

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  7. A cartoon butt clenching a bar of soap has invaded my online ads

    How can online advertising be this bad?

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  8. Boeing risks losing billions as 33,000 workers vote to strike

    Workers refused to waste leverage as Boeing deals with $45 billion debt.

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  9. Neofetch is over, but many screenshot system info tools stand ready

    Dev behind a popular screenshot tool checks out, but the successors are good.

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  10. Free Starlink Internet is coming to all of United’s airplanes

    The upgrade starts in 2025, but with more than 1,000 planes, will take several years.

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  11. “Fascists”: Elon Musk responds to proposed fines for disinformation on X

    “Elon Musk’s had more positions on free speech than the Kama Sutra," says lawmaker.

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  12. Remembering where your meals came from key for a small bird’s survival

    For small birds, remembering where the food is beats forgetting when it's gone.

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  1. Rocket Report: China leaps into rocket reuse; 19 people are currently in orbit

    Launch startups in China and Europe are borrowing ideas and rhetoric from SpaceX.

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  2. CEO of “health care terrorists” faces contempt charges after Senate no-show

    Senators are pursuing both civil and criminal contempt charges.

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  3. Meet the winners of the 2024 Ig Nobel Prizes

    The award ceremony features miniature operas, scientific demos, and the 24/7 lectures.

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  4. Court clears researchers of defamation for identifying manipulated data

    Harvard, however, will still face trial over how it managed the investigation.

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  5. Unity is dropping its unpopular per-install Runtime Fee

    Cross-platform game engine saw the downside to "novel and controversial" plan.

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  6. OpenAI’s new “reasoning” AI models are here: o1-preview and o1-mini

    New o1 language model can solve complex tasks iteratively, count R's in "strawberry."

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  7. Unicode 16.0 release with new emoji brings character count to 154,998

    New designs will roll out to phones, tablets, and PCs over the next few months.

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  8. Music industry’s 1990s hard drives, like all HDDs, are dying

    The music industry traded tape for hard drives and got a hard-earned lesson.

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  9. AI chatbots might be better at swaying conspiracy theorists than humans

    Co-author Gordon Pennycook: "The work overturns a lot of how we thought about conspiracies."

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  10. Reported Dreamcast addict Tim Walz is now an unofficial Crazy Taxi character

    New "Tim Walz Edition" mod lets the VP hopeful earn some ca-razy (campaign) money.

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  11. US sting of online gun part sales started with a shipment marked “fidget spinner”

    US seizes 350 sites that masked gun part imports from China as toys, jewelry.

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  12. EVgo and GM reveal their new fast charger experience

    The layout and canopy are similar to a gas station.

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  1. Eminent officials say NASA facilities some of the “worst” they’ve ever seen

    Buildings at Johnson Space Center in Houston are among the worst at any NASA facility.

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  2. Europe’s privacy watchdog probes Google over data used for AI training

    Meta and X have already paused some AI training over same set of concerns.

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  3. GM, Hyundai team up to slash costs of new vehicles and clean tech

    The hope is for better products and more efficient companies.

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  4. iFixit’s FixHub tools want to pull soldering away from the wall socket

    Battery-powered USB-C soldering iron aims to improve over what's out there.

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  5. Keeping your eyes on the road is easy with the Engo 2 AR sunglasses

    These augmented reality sunglasses work with Apple, Android, and Garmin

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  6. Two private astronauts took a spacewalk Thursday morning—yes, it was historic

    "Today’s success represents a giant leap forward for the commercial space industry."

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  7. My dead father is “writing” me notes again

    A recent AI discovery resurrected my late father's handwriting—and I want anyone to use it.

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  8. As quantum computing threats loom, Microsoft updates its core crypto library

    Two algorithms added so far, two more planned in the coming months.

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  9. Android apps are blocking sideloading and forcing Google Play versions instead

    "Select Play Partners" can block unofficial installation of their apps.

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  10. Taylor Swift cites AI deepfakes in endorsement for Kamala Harris

    Taylor Swift on AI: "The simplest way to combat misinformation is with the truth."

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  11. In abortion ban states, sterilization spiked after Dobbs and kept climbing

    Sterilizations spike with abortion bans and declining access to care and contraception.

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  12. Human drivers keep rear-ending Waymos

    We took a close look at the 23 most serious Waymo crashes.

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