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Trump Proposes Huge Reduction in National Science Foundation Funding
PiMuNu writes:https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/30/american_science_put_on_starvation/
Gallery Showcases The Dustiest, Grimiest PCs In Germany - 400 Images Of Fascinating Horror
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China Hygon And Sugon Merge To Form Vertically Integrated Supercomputing Giant Against US Sanctions
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Overlooked Cells Might Explain The Human Brain’s Huge Storage Capacity
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German Court Jails Volkswagen Execs Over Dieselgate Scandal
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Microsoft Dumps AI Into Notepad as 'Copilot All the Things' Mania Takes Hold
hubie writes:A simple text editor that dates back to Windows 1.0 is getting smartified:
Verizon Asks Trump Admin to Destroy All Popular Phone Unlocking Requirements
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Stack Overflow's Plan to Survive the Age of AI
oaklandwatch writes:Stack Overflow will test paying experts to answer questions. That's one of many radical experiments they're now trying to stave off an AI-induced death spiral.Questions and answers to the site have plummeted more than 90% since April of 2020. So here's what Stack Overflow will try next.
Botnet Hacks 9,000+ ASUS Routers to Add Persistent SSH Backdoor
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Bed Bugs Are Most Likely the First Human Pest, New Research Shows
taylorvich writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-05-bed-bugs-human-pest.html
5 Ways to Stop AI Cheating
fliptop writes:At 22, I left LA for a traditional Oxford education. I mocked it then-but this stodgy approach might be our best hope right now:
Lenovo Caught Out by Trump's on-Again Off-Again Tariffs
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How to Stop and Disable Unwanted Services From Linux System
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Russia is Still Swimming in New Intel and AMD Chips Thanks to Sanction "Workarounds"
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University Of Arizona Scientists Unveil Breakthrough Petahertz-Speed Transistor
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Some Signs of AI Model Collapse Begin to Reveal Themselves
hubie writes:Prediction: General-purpose AI could start getting worse:
Scientists Just Discovered A Mysterious New World Far Beyond Pluto
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Humanoid AI-powered Robots Duke It Out In China Fight Competition
fliptop writes:Unitree director Wang Qixin says the robotics company used AI and motion capture to train the robots on real fight moves:
Intel Uncovers Alleged Embezzlement Involving Former Employee And Supplier
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Telescope Upgrade Reveals Sun's "Coronal Rain" In Unprecedented Detail
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iPhone Won't Be Made In US Anytime Soon: Analysts
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The CIA Used A Star Wars Fan Site To Secretly Communicate With Spies
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Security News: Telemessage Worsens, Predictive Patching, GoDaddy Incompetence, Credential DB Found
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Gabe Newell's Brain-Computer Interface Startup to Reveal First Chips Later This Year
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Texas is Getting Ready to Ban Social Media for Anyone Under 18
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Research Reveals 'Forever Chemicals' Present in Beer
Research Reveals 'Forever Chemicals' Present in Beerhubie writes:Research reveals 'forever chemicals' present in beer:
Scientists Discover Potential New Targets For Alzheimer’s Drugs
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Google Brings Ads to AI Search
hendrikboom writes:https://techxplore.com/news/2025-05-google-ads-ai-chatgpt.html
The Sun is Producing Strong Solar Flares; Are There More Than Expected During This Solar Cycle?
The Sun is Producing Strong Solar Flares, Creating Blackouts. What to Knowupstart writes:The sun is producing strong solar flares, creating blackouts. What to know:
Ex-NSA Listened to Scattered Spider's Calls: 'They're Good'
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GitHub Copilot Angles for Promotion From Assistant to Agent
hubie writes:Agent mode arrives, for better or worse:
Positive Proof-of-Concept Experiments May Lead to the World's First Treatment for Celiac Disease
slon writes:Positive proof-of-concept experiments may lead to the world's first treatment for celiac disease:
We did the Math on AI’s Energy Footprint. Here’s the Story you Haven’t Heard.
coolgopher writes:https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1116327/ai-energy-usage-climate-footprint-big-tech/
Evidence for 'Planet Nine' Lurking on the Fringes of the Solar System is Building
upstart writes:Evidence for 'Planet Nine' lurking on the fringes of the Solar System is building. So why can't astronomers spot it? - ABC News:
The Roman Massacre That Never Happened
hubie writes:The Roman massacre that never happened according to a new study of an iconic archaeological site:
The Pedestrians Who Abetted a Hawk’s Deadly Attack
owl writes:https://archive.is/lhQuY
Jupiter Was Formerly Twice Its Current Size and Had a Much Stronger Magnetic Field
NotSanguine writes:A Caltech press release details research on the evolution of Jupiter.From the release:
VPN Service Cancels Customers' Lifetime Subscriptions After Takeover
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Be A Great Communicator To Progress In Engineering
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EU-US Trade War Inevitable
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All Living Things Emit Subtle Light Until They Die, Study Suggests
upstart writes:You are glowing - no, really:
In Lawsuit Over Teen's Death, Judge Rejects Arguments That AI Chatbots Have Free Speech Rights
fliptop writes:AI chatbot that pulled him into what she described as an emotionally and sexually abusive relationship that led to his suicide:
TSMC's US Factory Shows the Limits of Reshoring and Tariffs
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High Priority Exploits Fixed in Firefox and Chrome
Mozilla fixes Firefox zero-days exploited at hacking contestAn Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/mozilla-fixes-firefox-zero-days-exploited-at-hacking-contest/
A Nasa Mars Rover Looked Up At A Moody Sky. What It Saw Wasn't A Star.
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The US Has a New Most-Powerful Laser
slon writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-05-powerful-laser.html
Police Secretly Monitored New Orleans With Facial Recognition Cameras
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UK Farmers Pray For Rain Amid Driest Spring Since 1852
slon writes:Science X reports that UK farmers are praying for rain as Britain suffers its driest spring in well over a century, which has left the soil parched and crops stunted from lack of water. Not a drop of rain has fallen since March.
A Look at OpenAI From 2019
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Bill Tries to End Supersonic Speed Limits in the US Skies
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