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  1. $200-ish laptop with a 386 and 8MB of RAM is a modern take on the Windows 3.1 era

    Pocket 386 supports external accessories and will just barely run Windows 95.

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  2. Citing national security, US will ban Kaspersky anti-virus software in July

    Kaspersky blames the "present geopolitical climate and theoretical concerns."

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  3. Congress passes bill to jumpstart new nuclear power tech

    ADVANCE Act heads for Biden's signature, but it may be too little, too late.

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  1. 40 years later, X Window System is far more relevant than anyone could guess

    One astrophysics professor's memories of writing X11 code in the 1980s.

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  2. Apple Intelligence and other features won’t launch in the EU this year

    iPhone Mirroring and SharePlay screen sharing will also skip the EU for now.

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  3. Win+C, Windows’ most cursed keyboard shortcut, is getting retired again

    Win+C has been assigned to some of Windows' least successful features.

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  4. We now have even more evidence against the “ecocide” theory of Easter Island

    AI analysis of satellite imagery data is a new method for estimating population size.

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  5. AT&T can’t hang up on landline phone customers, California agency rules

    State dismisses AT&T; application to end Carrier of Last Resort obligation.

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  6. Family whose roof was damaged by space debris files claims against NASA

    "Whatever NASA does is going to send a strong signal to the space industry."

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  7. Rocket Report: Electron turns 50, China’s Moon launcher breathes fire

    "Most rocket startups are still stuck in the long process of reengineering."

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  8. Radioactive drugs strike cancer with precision

    Tumor-seeking radiopharmaceuticals promise targeted treatments with fewer side effects.

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  9. Anthropic introduces Claude 3.5 Sonnet, matching GPT-4o on benchmarks

    Claude 3.5 Sonnet is a speedy mid-sized entry in a new family of AI models.

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  1. Pornhub prepares to block five more states rather than check IDs

    The number of states blocked by Pornhub will soon nearly double.

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  2. Bugatti’s new hypercar loses the turbos for a screaming V16 hybrid

    It features three electric motors, 1,800 horsepower, and watch-like instruments.

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  3. Dell said return to the office or else—nearly half of workers chose “or else”

    Workers stayed remote even when told they could no longer be promoted.

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  1. Researchers describe how to tell if ChatGPT is confabulating

    Finding out whether the AI is uncertain about facts or phrasing is the key.

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  2. Microdosing candy-linked illnesses double; possible recall in “discussions”

    Of the 26 cases identified so far, 25 sought medical care and 16 were hospitalized.

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  3. Why Interplay’s original Fallout 3 was canceled 20+ years ago

    OG Fallout producer says "Project Van Buren" ran out of time and money.

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  4. Cleaning up cow burps to combat global warming

    New tools for lowering methane emissions from livestock are on their way.

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  5. Single point of software failure could hamstring 15K car dealerships for days

    "Cyber incident" affecting 15K dealers could mean outages "for several days."

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  6. Statewide 911 outage was caused by 911 vendor’s malfunctioning firewall

    911 vendor Comtech still investigating why firewall blocked emergency calls.

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  1. Ex-OpenAI star Sutskever shoots for superintelligent AI with new company

    Safe Superintelligence, Inc. seeks to build hypothetical AI far beyond human capability.

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  2. How hagfish burrow into deep-sea sediment

    Understanding burrowing mechanisms could aid in design of soft burrowing robots.

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  3. From Infocom to 80 Days: An oral history of text games and interactive fiction

    MUDs, Usenet, and open source all play a part in 50 years of IF history.

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  4. Why Americans aren’t buying more EVs

    Tariffs on Chinese EVs could increase costs while reducing competition.

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  5. NatGeo documents salvage of Tuskegee Airman’s lost WWII plane wreckage

    The Real Red Tails investigates the fatal crash of 2nd Lt. Frank Moody in 1944.

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  6. When did humans start social knowledge accumulation?

    Study suggests our ancestors were building on past knowledge by 600,000 years ago.

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  7. Lawsuit: Meta engineer told to resign after calling out sexist hiring practices

    Meta managers are accused of retaliation and covering up mistreatment of women.

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