Artificial Intelligence
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Alarming Echo data: two idle Echos used 4GB in 24 hours
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Echo data alert: two idle Echo Show units reportedly used 4+ GB in 24 hours, as Alexa shifts all voice requests to cloud on March 28.
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Alarming Trump AI-threat sparks outrage as Chicago shootings fall 37%
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Trump AI-threat ignites backlash: 9/6 AI image, ‘WAR’ rhetoric, 37% fewer shootings, 32% fewer homicides, 230 CBP shifts, 21% Mexican community on edge.
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Grim jobs slump: just 22,000 hires as Trump sacks stats chief
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The jobs slump deepened as August added just 22,000 jobs and unemployment hit 4.3%. After sacking the BLS chief, Trump faces weak data and no scapegoat.
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CTO conflict in 4-founder startups: the urgent 43% buyout playbook
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CTO conflict guide for a 2-year-old, 4-founder startup (25% each). Use 43% buyout data, 4-year vesting, and clauses cutting dilution risk by up to 30%.
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Ryugu mineral discovery stuns: >350°C djerfisherite in 5.4 g cache
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Ryugu mineral find shocks: >350°C djerfisherite in Hayabusa2’s 5.4 g return suggests early mixing or localized heating 1.8–2.9 Myr after formation.
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Crypto Regulation Shift: SEC’s Bold Plan, $30B Stablecoin Surge
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Crypto regulation accelerates: SEC unveils new agenda; Bitcoin at $111,700; stablecoin volume near $30B daily; ETF reviews due by Sept. 9. Updates inside.
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Sums It Up, Essential Numbers: 5 Sources, 15th‑Century Roots, 1848 Noun
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Sums it up, explained with data: 5 sources, 40% legal sense, 15th‑century verb, 1848 noun, and 2023–2025 examples—quantitative clarity on meaning and usage.
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Robot lawnmower with 1m arm wows at IFA 2025, fetch-ready
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Robot lawnmower debuts at IFA 2025 with a 1‑meter arm (77 cm vertical, 44.5 cm folded). Concept only—no price or date—yet fetches, trims, and picks fruit.
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Breakthrough speech-to-speech pipeline hits 170 ms with 10-min voice
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Speech-to-speech pipeline delivers 170 ms RVC latency, 10-minute voice training, and 480p/16 kHz Wav2Lip syncing via open-source tools across Windows, macOS, and Ubuntu.
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Beaver engineering fuels biodiversity surge over 54 years
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Beaver engineering reshapes Finland’s boreal: a 54-year study finds habitat suitability rose nearly tenfold and connectivity strengthened across beaver ponds.
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Goldman warns AI slowdown could slam S&P 500 by 20%, $1T at risk
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AI slowdown risk: Goldman warns a 15–20% S&P 500 hit if hyperscaler capex reverts, slicing 30% of a $1T sales-growth case and flagging late‑2025 deceleration.
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Misleading Fox video sparks Portland troops threat; 96,000 activations
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Portland troops threat follows a misleading Fox 2020 video; Trump weighs deployments as 316 Guard sent to D.C. and 96,000 past activations loom large.
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Parental modeling power: 112-study meta finds r=0.20 boost
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Parental modeling drives kids’ activity: a 112-study meta finds r=0.202, 359-study consensus supports co-activity, and CDC urges 60 minutes MVPA daily.
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Boot camp slashes reward processing (b=−0.67) in 123 recruits
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Reward processing declined after 10-week Army training: EEG in 123 recruits shows RewP drop (b=−0.67; p
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ADHD boredom surges: d=2.09 effect tied to weak attention, memory
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ADHD boredom is markedly higher in young adults with ADHD traits (d=2.09), partly mediated by attention control (5.8%) and working memory (6.4%).