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Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Finally! An explanation of what the Musk-Altman legal feud really means• The Arena: Can the metaverse and TikTok help tennis connect with young fans?• Plus, our Recommendations: “The Rise and Fall of Indie Sleaze,” “Anointed” and “Alien: Earth” Generally speaking, humans communicate with each other through words. As for artificial intelligence, we’re still figuring out exactly how it can communicate, and—well, it’s weird. One piece of new AI research r
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Attendees wore red, white, and blue as they arrived at State Farm Stadium in Arizona for Charlie Kirk's memorial service on Sunday. Read more ›
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Tanush Sharanarthi, 26, said he applied for an H1-B visa three times and failed. His luck changed when he applied for an O-1 visa in August. Read more ›
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In line with its traditions, Apple announced the new iPhone series with a new in-house chip, which is now called Apple A19 Pro. The chip powers the new iPhone 17 Pro, 17 Pro Max and the iPhone Air, which replaces the 16 Plus from a year before. Only the vanilla iPhone 17 runs on the non-Pro version of the new chipset. While we are working on the full iPhone 17... Read more ›
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Our only witnesses to our wedding were our photographer and the wind. It gave us control over our budget and also we could make it our own style. Read more ›
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The three main ways the Trump administration is cracking down on speech. Read more ›
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Gold has done well of late, but hasn't made a new high relative to broad money supply since 2011. Read more ›
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A July combat training exercise involved a satellite dish-style antenna that "could fire enough electromagnetic energy to fry the satellite 22,000 miles away," reports the Washington Post. But "Instead, the salvo would be more covert — millisecond pulses of energy that would subtly disrupt the satellite's signals, which U.S. military forces were using to communicate in the Pacific Ocean." The goal was to disguise the strike as a garbled connection... Read more ›
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Long-time Slashdot reader fahrbot-bot shared this report from ZME Science Researchers from the University of Turku, in collaboration with Aalto University and Wageningen University, have developed a bio-based UV protection film for solar cells that not only blocks nearly all harmful ultraviolet light but also outperforms commercial plastic films. The key ingredient is a water extract made from red onion skins... [T]he same sunlight that powers [solar cells] can also... Read more ›
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Flashing the XT BIOS breathes new life into the RX 9070, though stability isn’t guaranteed. Read more ›
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After changes to the H-1B visa program, immigration specialists point to a potential side door for qualified applicants: the O-1 or "Einstein" visa. Read more ›
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A new hypercar has dethroned Bugatti's record for the fastest production car, and unsurprisingly, it's an electric vehicle. During a livestream at the Automotive Testing Papenburg testing site in Germany, the YangWang U9 Extreme hit a facemelting top speed of 496.22 kmph, or around 308.33 mph. That metric edges out the previous record from the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+, which achieved 304.77 mph in 2019. Officially, the fastest production... Read more ›
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No doubt Lex will still be a villain by the end of 'Man of Tomorrow,' but you'll leave the movie understanding where he comes from. Read more ›
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On all models in Apple's new iPhone 17 series as well as the iPhone Air, the new 18MP Center Stage front camera transforms mobile photography with its square sensor design and intelligent auto-adjustment features. Unlike traditional front cameras, the system automatically rotates and zooms to capture perfect selfie shots. The square sensor also captures more image data than rectangular sensors, giving you unprecedented flexibility in framing and composition without sacrificing... Read more ›
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The Indian government said Trump's new H-1B visa fees could hinder talent mobility and impact Indian families. Read more ›
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A Redditor just showcased themselves receiving a brick instead of the PNY GeForce RTX 5080 graphics card they ordered. The brick came wrapped in an anti-static bag, which further suggests that it was possibly a return item that Amazon didn't check the contents of. As long as the weight matched, the bricked 5080 shipped... Read more ›
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From 30A beach towns to cities like Miami, here are the best beachy areas to visit in Florida and which you should skip, according to a local. Read more ›
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Early shoppers are taking to the web to warn about the potentially scratch-prone nature of specific iPhone 17 model and color combos. According to a Bloomberg report, those demoing the latest iPhone in-store noticed that the iPhone 17 Pro in Deep Blue and the iPhone Air in Space Black models already had very noticeable scratches and scuffs. The report is backed up by social media posts following the release, where... Read more ›
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An AI-generated image posted by President Trump depicts him buying Intel stock at $20 and selling it at $30 to make a considerable profit. These prices are mostly accurate, given that the real-life purchase occurred at $20.47 per share, and Intel stock reached over $30 just two days ago, although that rise can be attributed to the Nvidia deal instead. Read more ›
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CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said that REITs might be a good model for companies like Uber as they add more self-driving cars to their operations. Read more ›
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Often cited as the world’s first lethal software bug, at least three people died between 1985 and 1987, after receiving doses of radiation that were 100x too powerful. Read more ›
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Welcome, Weekenders! In this newsletter:• The Big Read: Musk’s Memphis supercomputer fixer • The Arena: The highlightification of sports. • The Top 5: Tech elites turn to luxury matchmakers to find love.• Plus, our Recommendations: “Home Cooking,” “The World’s Worst Best” and “Three Days of the Condor.” It definitely wasn’t the opening question Carlos Alcaraz was expecting.As I sat four feet from the world no. 1 tennis player—and full disclosure,... Read more ›
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Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff was upset. Last fall, one of his technical teams told large Salesforce customers that using Agentforce, the software firm’s new artificial intelligence for automating customer service and other functions, would require extensive planning. The product information the Salesforce team shared with those customers acknowledged the complexity of making the AI perform well. That message contradicted Benioff, a charismatic salesman who had been telling customers that using... Read more ›
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Anthropic, OpenAI and other artificial intelligence developers are sending large language models to the office. The AI models are being taught how to use everything from Salesforce’s customer relationship management software to Zendesk’s customer support and Cerner’s health records apps. The idea is to teach AI how to handle some of the complicated tasks white-collar workers do. Read more ›
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Navan is planning to reveal on Friday its securities filing for an initial public offering, two people with direct knowledge of the deal said, marking one of the final steps toward a long awaited listing for the travel software startup. The startup has confidentially submitted its IPO plans in ... Read more ›
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Shares of StubHub closed at $22 on its first day of trading, more than 6% below its initial public offering price of $23.50. The offering raised $800 million. Stubhub CEO Eric Baker said in an interview that the company is betting on future revenue growth from direct ticket sales. The ... Read more ›
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Apple is rushing to boost production of its newly released entry-level model iPhone 17 after strong pre-orders last weekend. The tech giant told at least two suppliers to boost their daily output of the standard model by at least 30%, according to people familiar with the matter. The shift suggests more consumers than Apple expected opted to buy the cheaper iPhone 17 model, which retails for $799 in the U.S.,... Read more ›
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When OpenAI in March released ChatGPT features that could turn photos into animated characters, a spike in usage forced the company to put temporary limits on the features. It wasn’t the first time this had happened. Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar told investors at a Goldman Sachs conference last week that the company has to regularly hold up launches of new features or AI models because of a shortage of... Read more ›
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September is on track for six venture-backed tech listings, the most since November 2021. The rising number of IPOs means venture funds can start returning more cash to the limited partners that back them, relieving one of the strains that had held back VC fundraising over the last few years. Nearly all of September’s listings are from companies more than 10 years old. These include Netskope, which plans to price... Read more ›
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As OpenAI’s plans to make devices infused with its artificial intelligence get closer to reality, the company is increasingly plucking talent from Silicon Valley’s most successful device maker: Apple. In recent months, the startup behind ChatGPT has been raiding the ranks of Apple’s design, manufacturing and supply chain teams, in addition to Apple’s team of AI researchers, according to ten current and former Apple employees and a review of LinkedIn... Read more ›
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The House Select Committee on China is planning to send a letter to PayPal CEO Alex Chriss on Friday, seeking assurances that the U.S. payment giant is complying with anti money-laundering rules after it entered into a partnership earlier this year with a unit of Chinese tech giant Tencent. In a ... Read more ›
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