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[Editor's Comment: This is the first two parts of a planned 4-part series]MCP: What It Is and Why It Matters-Part 1

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Tech Review reports on a US startup that claims to have modernized and cleaned up the magnesium refining process, https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/28/1117481/metal-magrathea/ The light weight metal has many applications.

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pdfernhout submitted the following article:'One day I overheard my boss saying: just put it in ChatGPT': the workers who lost their jobs to AIThe increasing sophistication and adoption of Artificial Intelligence are no longer abstract future concepts but a present-day reality reshaping the workforce, as detailed in a recent Guardian piece. The story gives voice to journalists, illustrators, copywriters, and voice actors who have found their livelihoods threatened or lost to AI tools, raising critical questions about the future of creative professions and the ethical implications of this technological shift.Mateusz Demski, a journalist from Poland who lost his radio job, describes a particularly jarring experience when his former station introduced AI hosts:

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c0lo submitted the following article:Mount Etna erupts as large plumes rise from Italian volcano:

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upstart writes:Even when instructed to allow shutdown, o3 sometimes tries to prevent it, research claims:

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An Anonymous Coward writes:[Ed. note: This is an older blog post (2023), but has a lot of background information that some people might find interesting --hubie]https://intezer.com/blog/unraveling-malware-encryption-secrets/

upstart writes:Thanks to JWST, we've learned key details about methanol - a key building block for organic compounds necessary for life - on distant icy worlds:

NOAA issues a 'Severe' solar storm alert, auroras expected across most of the U.S.:

An Anonymous Coward writes:by Oona Raisanen February 27, 2023Using HDMI EMI for fast wireless data transfer

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PiMuNu writes:https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/30/american_science_put_on_starvation/

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hubie writes:A simple text editor that dates back to Windows 1.0 is getting smartified:

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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.

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taylorvich writes:https://phys.org/news/2025-05-bed-bugs-human-pest.html

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:

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hubie writes:Prediction: General-purpose AI could start getting worse:

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fliptop writes:Unitree director Wang Qixin says the robotics company used AI and motion capture to train the robots on real fight moves:

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Research Reveals 'Forever Chemicals' Present in Beerhubie writes:Research reveals 'forever chemicals' present in beer:

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hendrikboom writes:https://techxplore.com/news/2025-05-google-ads-ai-chatgpt.html

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:

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hubie writes:Agent mode arrives, for better or worse:

slon writes:Positive proof-of-concept experiments may lead to the world's first treatment for celiac disease: