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OpenAI ended a policy that required new hires to work for six months before their equity compensation vested, the Wall Street Journal reported, an effort to make the AI firm a more appealing place to work. The Journal said OpenAI had previously shortened the minimum period that new hires have to ...
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There's been a Russian youth uprising, with tens of thousands of kids writing to say they want to emigrate because Roblox has been blocked. Read more ›
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I became a better gift-giver after changing one small habit. Here's how I find thoughtful, personal gifts without the last-minute rush. Read more ›
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SPhotonix says it has moved its so-called 5D Memory Crystal technology out of the lab and closer to real-world deployment. Read more ›
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"Polar bears are still sadly expected to go extinct this century," with two-thirds of the population gone by 2050," says the lead researcher on a new study from the University of East Anglia in Britain. But their research also suggests polar bears "are rapidly rewiring their own genetics in a bid to survive," reports NBC News, in "the first documented case of rising temperatures driving genetic change in a mammal."... Read more ›
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I've driven my 2017 Volvo for over 112,000 miles, and I still love it. Keeping it has been one of my smartest choices. Read more ›
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The project, led by neuroengineer Viktor Tóth, has evolved into a second-generation setup that significantly expands what the rats can do inside the Doom engine. Read more ›
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New Vampire Survivors-a-like Codex Mortis is perhaps one of the first games to proudly declare that everything, from its assets and code to the music, is "100 percent AI-driven". Read more Read more ›
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A collaborative research team has demonstrated what it says is the first monolithic 3D integrated circuit manufactured at a commercial U.S. foundry. Read more ›
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Veteran developer and the director behind the upcoming Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic, Casey Hudson, has dismissed rumours that players will have to wait years for the new game's release. Read more Read more ›
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HP's GBIP interface will finally receive stable drivers for Linux (6.19 kernel release), 53 years after its debut. Read more ›
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Scientists found that certain molecules made by gut bacteria travel to the liver and help control how the body uses energy. These molecules change depending on diet, genetics, and shifts in the microbiome. Some even improved insulin response in liver cells when tested in the lab. The findings could open the door to new ways of preventing or managing obesity and diabetes. Read more ›
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This episode of You Asked breaks down viewer questions on mid-tier, budget, and Roku-powered TVs to help you choose the right model. Read more ›
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When the big questions about life's purpose leave you paralyzed, the simple act of showing up—to the gym, to meditation, to your morning routine—becomes the unlikely lifeline that keeps you afloat while you search for answers. Read more ›
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33's new patch shadow-dropped earlier this week, and Sandfall Interactive sure wasn't kidding when it promised "challenging boss battles for late-game players to overcome within the Endless Tower". Read more Read more ›
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Everyday consumers are shoplifting, cheating on returns, and committing other "mini crimes" to get back at big businesses. Read more ›
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If the one thing about smart home appliances that deterred you from ever investing in this connected future was how your data was always being routed through servers, you're in for a treat. A skilled developer has hacked his new Xiaomi Humidifier with ESPHome, making the device compatible with Home Assistant. Read more ›
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The protocol automates yield generation by rebalancing capital across DeFi protocols, factoring in risk, and offers access to various assets. Read more ›
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Nonprofit Code.org released its 2025 State of AI & Computer Science Education report this week with a state-by-state analysis of school policies complaining that "0 out of 50 states require AI+CS for graduation." But meanwhile, at the college level, "Purdue University will begin requiring that all of its undergraduate students demonstrate basic competency in AI," writes former college president Michael Nietzel, "starting with freshmen who enter the university in 2026."... Read more ›
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Harvey CEO Winston Weinberg said AI won't changes what it makes an incredible lawyer. Read more ›
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My kids loved their private elementary school because they got to learn in small groups outside. They missed out on a lot, but it was worth it. Read more ›
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Is AI hurting American jobs? A bit, according to Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell, whose comments Wednesday gave the AI fearmongers a good amount of material to work with.In a press conference, Powell said AI was “part of the story” behind the worsening unemployment that prompted the Fed to lower interest rates for the second time in two months. But he was quick to also say it was “not a... Read more ›
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A small but growing number of artificial intelligence developers at OpenAI, Google and other companies say they’re skeptical that today’s technical approaches to AI will achieve major breakthroughs in biology, medicine and other fields while also managing to avoid making silly mistakes. That was the buzz last week among numerous researchers at the Neural Information Processing Systems conference, a key meetup for people in the field. Some of them believe... Read more ›
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Nvidia has developed a new software feature with a location verification technology that could indicate which country its chips are operating in, Reuters reported. The feature, which hasn’t been released yet, could make it possible for Nvidia to crack down on the smuggling of its artificial ... Read more ›
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Lately, Maura Keller—a Democrat running in Georgia’s 3rd Congressional district in next year’s midterm elections—has been going to community meetings where one topic comes up again and again “almost on a weekly basis”: data centers. It’s not hard to understand why the subject has surged to the fore. Keller has seen the state transform over the past few years into a hub for data centers, as AI companies buy up... Read more ›
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Over the past week, a handful of accounts on Polymarket, the predictions site, bet OpenAI would release a new large language model by December 13. On Thursday December 11, OpenAI released GPT-5.2, and four of these accounts together made over $13,000, according to the trades displayed on their accounts. The payout is adding fuel to suspicions that a handful of accounts on prediction sites such as Polymarket and Kalshi aren’t... Read more ›
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Step aside, young folks of tech. This week we hear from the industry’s, ah, elder statesmen—specifically Larry Ellison at Oracle and Hock Tan from Broadcom, whose combined age is about 150. Oracle and Broadcom are each reporting their latest quarterly earnings this week, when the status of their newish AI businesses will be in the spotlight. In the case of Oracle, we’ll be looking for an update on its AI-related... Read more ›
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China on Wednesday gathered its biggest tech giants to discuss whether to allow them to buy Nvidia’s advanced H200 chips, as President Donald Trump’s recent decision to allow the export of the powerful hardware to the country suddenly complicated Beijing’s goal to become technologically self-sufficient. Officials convened a series of emergency meetings with representatives from companies including Alibaba Group, ByteDance and Tencent Holdings, and asked them to assess their demand... Read more ›
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A spike of investor interest in the data center sector has prompted one major data center developer, Rowan Digital Infrastructure, to consider whether this is a good time to raise fresh capital or possibly even sell, say people familiar with the company’s thinking. If it were to raise money or sell, it would likely be valued at more than $10 billion, including its debt, the people said. Potential buyers include... Read more ›
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MGX, a United Arab Emirates–backed fund, is only a year old but has already become one of the biggest data center financiers in the world, leading the largest data center sale negotiated so far and quietly scooping up a stake in another provider with ties to OpenAI. MGX will be the biggest shareholder in Aligned Data Centers, one of the largest data center operators in the U.S., following its $40... Read more ›
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OpenEvidence, which operates a ChatGPT-like product for doctors to find health information from medical journals and other trusted sources, is raising $250 million in equity financing that will value the three-year-old startup at $12 billion after the investment, doubling its last private valuation from a financing announced just two months ago, according to a person involved in the deal. If the deal closes, the Cambridge, Mass.-based company will become one... Read more ›
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