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    What would signal life on another planet?

    At first I read that as "There was an atmosphere on trappist-1 c but JWST failed to find it" as opposed to "JWST found that there's not thick atmosphere on trappist-1 c" and was super confused.
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    AI is getting better at hurricane forecasting

    We have no idea how they work the same way we have no idea how any of the technologies we depend on everyday work: wifi, 4g, ethernet, computers in general, microwaves, electricity in general, etc. That is, the majority of people have no idea how they work and could as well be magic, some...
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    “Most notorious” illegal shadow library sued by textbook publishers

    Maybe this corporations should understand that consumers have chosen in a free market and they've lost, instead of asking for a state intervention. After all they always seemed so for laissez faire.
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    Researchers figure out how to make AI misbehave, serve up prohibited content

    That kind of works but not really. If you want to have fun with something that uses a similar concept: https://gandalf.lakera.ai/ (it is a "game" where you have to get the AI to tell you a secret word to move to the next level)
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    Ants estimate distance before building a ladder from their bodies

    It's like when you try to start a clap round at a show and no one follows.
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    Yes, Virginia, there is AI joy in seeing fake Will Smith ravenously eat spaghetti

    Meh, I would've gone with ryan gosling eating cereal
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    US embassies may have accidentally improved air quality

    Unlikely, the reaserchers used satellite data to determine the improvement in air quality, not the twitterbot data.
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    Passkeys—Microsoft, Apple, and Google’s password killer—are finally here

    If your bitwarden account is compromised all your passwords are compromised. If your cloud storage account is compromised your passwords are still safe as long as the store is not also compromised. It's just an extra layer of security. If your setup is sufficiently unique you're also better...
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    Company that makes rent-setting software for landlords sued for collusion

    From tfa:
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    Meta highlights NFT, blockchain hopes as it shutters its Novi crypto wallet

    So, I just recovered my account after probably more than a year, to thank you for the Rube Goldberg reference 🙌 That's how much I loved learning about his work
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    Riot Games’ anti-cheat software will require TPM, Secure Boot on Windows 11

    Also, there's another way to detect and prevent cheating without intruding so much. Chess sites have been doing it for ages.
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    Digital exchange loses $137 million as founder takes passwords to the grave

    So, I'm reading all the "fake death, scam" comments. The first 2 or 3 I discarded as typical conspiranoia, but after a few more I'm starting to believe! Actually, now I'm convinced he faked his death and run off with the money. What a scum!
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    TIL: Firefox has a little-known feature to spare your blushes on the new tab page

    Ctrl+Shift+P for Firefox The thing with Firefox's Private Browsing is that, unlike chrome, it doesn't disable extensions. So an extension could still spill the beans (and sites can probably tell it's you based on your extensions list and general browser footprint).
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    People adopt made-up social rules to be part of a group

    Yeah, you chose the wrong language to use consistency as an argument for how a word should be pronounced. Just think about the word "tear"...
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    Legendary Marvel Comics creator Stan Lee has died

    What's with all the ponies? What did I miss?
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    Elon Musk says The Boring Company’s Loop will prioritize pedestrians, cyclists

    I don't think I've ever seen or heard this expression in english. Are you a native speaker? Edit: apparently it is, thanks to all who replied!. I'm from a Spanish speaking country where it's very common, but it just struck me as weird in english :/
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    Low-carb vs low-fat? Both led to ~12lb loss after a year, regardless of genes

    That sounds like a lot of work. I'd rather have a magic science solution. To the lab!
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    Coding without a keystroke: The hands-free creation of a full video game

    Truly inspiring
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    Bitcoin falls below $10,000 as crypto rout continues

    I'm pretty sure there was a commenter in the last article that was waiting for it to fall below 10k to win a bet. Congrats!
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    Bitcoin plunges—now down 42 percent from December peak

    The inductionist turkey story should be part of elementary school curricula everywhere.