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    Avoiding ultraprocessed foods supports healthier aging

    Hot dogs would be high on that list for meats. However, most ultra-processed foods aren't meat.
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    In a first, NASA orders astronauts home after unspecified medical issue

    Agree to the pain issue. After I had my first kidney stone, my wife stopped telling me that I didn't understand the pain of childbirth. Though I doubt if it is kidney stones on the ISS.
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    Volvo says new EX60 has 400-mile range, charges up to 400 kW

    ...but not much. What you are seeing is insane markups for OEM parts.
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    Japanese nuclear plant operator fabricated seismic risk data

    If you believe this Nuclear rating, I know some Real Estate in North-East Ukraine for you. And hundreds of people died as a result of that one accident, and tens of thousands suffered medical consequences.
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    Warner Bros. sticks with Netflix merger, calls Paramount’s $108B bid “illusory”

    The Netflix deal is a stock swap, so Netflix aren't taking on a whole lot of debt to make this happen.
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    News orgs want OpenAI to dig up millions of deleted ChatGPT logs

    You miss the primary point. In order for the LLMs to respond to a query, the LLMs are using copyrighted material, without paying for the use of that material. In some cases, they just regurgitate a big chunk of an article.
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    New battery idea gets lots of power out of unusual sulfur chemistry

    Neither cobalt nor nickel are considered "rare earths"
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    New battery idea gets lots of power out of unusual sulfur chemistry

    BTW: Batteries don't contain rare earths.
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    The 10 best vehicles Ars Technica drove in 2025

    Or the car was smart enough to use it's GPS to know it was in your garage and you'd set the system configuration option to not auto-lock when in your garage?
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    OpenAI’s new ChatGPT image generator makes faking photos easy

    You need to find the name of a type dog that it would recognize, and that is similar to a "Carolina" dog. BTW: What the f**k is a "Carolina" dog anyway?
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    NASA rewraps Boeing Starliner Astrovan II for Artemis II ride to launch pad

    With electric they can always plug it in if they need to sit around for many hours with the A/C running.
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    Power outage paralyzes Waymo robotaxis when traffic lights go out

    Yes, hundreds of major edge cases, and many thousands of minor edge cases.
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    Power outage paralyzes Waymo robotaxis when traffic lights go out

    A few decades ago, I was in the viewing area at the top of the Arc de Triompe (Paris) at rush hour. Total chaos. It was interesting (sic) to watch cars hit each other, the drivers getting out and yelling, then simply getting back in and driving off. Not sure if this still happens...
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    LG TVs’ unremovable Copilot shortcut is the least of smart TVs’ AI problems

    Sorry, but that's not how the economics of TV manufacturing works. The profit from third party income, from data brokers, from streaming services for placement, and for other applications (such as Copilot), absolutely dwarfs the potential profit from the hardware, and allows the TV...
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    The Chevrolet Equinox EV is high on comfort and convenience

    The only problem for road trips is the relatively slow DC charging of 150kW, which would have been competitive 8 years ago. Nowadays, DC charging should be topping out above 250, perhaps even above 300 kW. Also, why isn't J3400 (NACS) charging supported, instead of CCS-1, which is effectively...
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    LG TVs’ unremovable Copilot shortcut is the least of smart TVs’ AI problems

    Presume that Microsoft paid significant amount of money to both LG and Samsung to force Copilot onto the TVs, therefore the TV manufacturers have a VERY strong financial motivation to force it onto their users.
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    NASA finally—and we really do mean it this time—has a full-time leader

    That might imply he is a compulsive gambler. 😱
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    Browser extensions with 8 million users collect extended AI conversations

    Given that Chrome is preventing or deterring ad-blockers, why would you not use Firefox?
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    Rocket Report: Neutron’s Hungry Hippo is deemed ready, Whither Orbex?

    Off the coast of Nova Scotia Nice cold water is a positive, plus close to North America. The icebergs, however, can be a bit of a concern