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Scraper accused of stealing Reddit content "shocked" by lawsuit.

Models trained on short, popular, and/or "superficial" tweets perform worse on benchmarks.

Fossil beds in New Mexico show diverse species present in the late Cretaceous.

The NTP produced controversial studies on cellphone radiation and fluoride.

"Mico" literally tries to put a face on Microsoft's chatbot-turned-assistant.

Europeans weren't the first people to collect fossils in Australia.

Once rare $14K knife now sells for $7K, some common guns jump from $10 to over $100.

Three days with a car revealed its character in more ways than one.

Some quantum computing firms seem optimistic about Trump's proposed deals.

New phone design compromises on camera and battery to achieve a lighter weight.

"The ways of your kind are ones of violence. Either you are hunted or you become the hunter."

China weakness, US tariffs, and disappointing uptake of battery vehicles lurk in background.

"This is the dumbest plan I've ever heard in nearly five years in the United States Senate."

"All of the pieces that are required to make it viable exist."

From scanning emails to building fansites, Atlas can ably automate some web-based tasks.

At least one CVE could weaken defenses put in place following 2008 disclosure.

A loss of regulatory credits and increased expenses didn't help.

Don't even apply if you're not a Tier 1 "A-player."

Do we want LLMs in our cars? GM thinks we do.

Some marketplace premiums could more than double. Employer-based plans are soaring.

Biased, eager-to-please models threaten health research replicability and trust.

Starlink not allowed in Myanmar, but scammers reportedly use it "on a huge scale."

It may not be as spendy as the Vision Pro, but $1,800 is still a lot.

Would be great if my bed wasn't stuck in an inclined position ..."

An approach it calls "quantum echoes" takes 13,000 times longer on a supercomputer.

Incident was likely the most economically damaging cyber event in UK history.

The ongoing shutdown also means no new drug submissions are being accepted.

Norwegian director Roar Uthaug's sequel to his 2022 film Troll knows to not take itself too seriously.

"Sean said that NASA might benefit from being part of the Cabinet."

Apple backs down from some aspects of Liquid Glass, but not others.

MacOS version launches today, includes Agent Mode preview to "use the Internet for you."

Likeness detection will flag possible AI fakes, but Google doesn't guarantee removal.

"This starts to enable a whole new category of capabilities."

Ig Nobel-winning research could one day be used to treat people with blocked airways or clogged lungs.

CAH: Trespassing lawsuit forced SpaceX to "pack up the space garbage" and leave.

It's a gorgeous tablet, but what does an iPad need with more processing power?

HBO Max subscription fees have risen every year for the past three years.

Apple M5 trades blows with Pro and Max chips from older generations.

Google's MVNO gets better web support, clearer audio, and yes, more AI.

Amazon's outage is over. But backlash over billions in losses has just started.

European wolves flee human conversation faster than dogs' barking.

Goal is to create a "credible link" between companies and power they invest in.

WindBorne says its balloons are compliant with all applicable airspace regulations.

Ruling holds that defeating end-to-end encryption in WhatsApp harms Meta's business.

"The president wants to make sure we beat the Chinese."

Sandboxing lessens hassle, but fire-and-forget agentic tools still pose risks.

Selected testers will have to sign an NDA and use a disguised case.

New method extracts desirable elements from waste magnets using less energy and acid.

Guppies are highly susceptible to the Ebbinghaus illusion. Ring doves? Not so much.

Sunday was not a day of rest for SpaceX.