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The AI industry is largely failing to ask a key design question, argues theoretical neuroscientist/cognitive scientist Vivienne Ming. Are their AI products building human capacity or consuming it?
In the Wall Street Journal Ming shares her experiment about which group performed best at predicting real-world events (compared to forecasters on prediction market Polymarket) — AI, human, or human-AI hybrid teams.
The human groups performed poorly, relying on instinct or whatever information had come across th
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An East Bay apartment complex has been bought at a price that's well below its prior value. Read more ›
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A PG&E Corp. unit has bought a San Jose building in a move to bolster the utility's South Bay operations. Read more ›
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Qureight, an end-to-end imaging company that provides enterprise-grade imaging and precision endpoints for clinical trials with a focus on lung and heart disease, today announced it has raised $20 mil... Read more ›
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One day after a federal judge ordered an ICE detention center opened to state health inspectors, the agency posted new contract terms that would void state oversight at four facilities. Read more ›
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UK firms developing energy software have raised around £1bn in funding over the past 10 years, with the pace of investment growing significantly in the past few years, according to new research. In the UK EnergyTech Report from investment group AlbionVC in partnership with data company Beauhurst, the researchers analysed every UK asset-lite energy software ... Read more ›
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A developer has used OpenAI's Codex and GPT-5.6 Sol to help port a native version of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time to iOS and iPadOS devices. Read more ›
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alternative_right shares a report from ScienceAlert: [I]n a new study published in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, researchers from Georgetown University Medical Center in the U.S. have revealed that we can put certain tasks on autopilot in a way that enables something closer to true multitasking. Driving is the perfect example: When you take your test, your entire mental and physical energy is concentrated on executing the right combinations of... Read more ›
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Cheap Chinese AI models are giving America's software companies a boost, lowering costs, lifting margins, and reviving SaaS stocks. Read more ›
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Legora has acquired London startup Wexler to better serve trial lawyers. The deal continues an acquisition spree for the Swedish-born software maker. Read more ›
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What if you had a machine for proving that the Wall Street Journal is wrong? Read more ›
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Over the past two years, anti-tourism protests have spread across southern Europe. In July 2024, demonstrators in Barcelona protested over-tourism with the slogan “go home,” while around 10,000 people marched in Mallorca over rising housing costs. Similar protests have also taken place in the Canary Islands, Portugal and Italy. The backlash reflects an underlying tension: European governments ... Read more ›
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AI-generated identities are bypassing traditional checks, making proof of personhood business-critical for fraud prevention. Read more ›
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Nearly a month after it was announced Xbox was cutting 3200 jobs across the division and parting ways with four studios, Psychonauts 2 studio Double Fine Productions is laying off staffers to ensure its short-term survival. Read more Read more ›
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Yesterday, we saw Capcom release sales figures for two of its latest releases, Pragmata and Resident Evil Requiem, via the company's Q1 2026 financial report. It mentioned Pragmata's impressive figures (racking up 2.5m sales since its release earlier this year), and the equally impressive performance of Resident Evil Requiem, already at 8m. Read more Read more ›
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A Line 6 Spider IV, a turntable, some speakers, an iPad, an overdrive pedal, loads of cables... what could go wrong? Read more ›
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Когда-то я учился iOS-разработке за 27-дюймовым iMac с Retina 5K и был уверен, что однажды такой экран обязательно появится у меня дома. Спустя несколько лет я нашел нестандартный способ исполнить эту мечту: купил iMac 2014 года, превратил его в полноценный 5K-монитор для MacBook и потратил в несколько раз меньше, чем стоит Apple Studio Display. Рассказываю, сколько это стоило, с какими проблемами пришлось столкнуться и стоит ли вообще повторять такой эксперимент... Read more ›
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The vivo S2 is rumored to launch in India on August 6, with the company recently confirming its arrival and teasing the handset's design. Ahead of its debut, a new leak has revealed the phone's full specifications and expected pricing. According to a tipster on X, the vivo S2 with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage will carry a launch price of between INR 40,000 and INR 45,000. The... Read more ›
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Привет, друзья! Меня зовут Наталья и я frontend‑разработчик в компании SimbirSoft. Когда‑то в 2020 году микрофронтенды были модой. Чуть ли ни каждый хотел почувствовать себя всемогущим и попробовать разделить монолит на части, а также получить от шефа премию или эмоциональное поглаживание и картонку с надписью «Спасибо» (если повезет, то отдадут прямо с рамкой). Затем забыли про них и, но недавно в компанию пришла потребность разработки сайта с архитектурным паттерном «Микрофронтенды».... Read more ›
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Scientists have rediscovered a healthy coral reef off the coast of Benin more than 60 years after surveyors first hinted at its existence. "At least eight coral types and eight fish species have formed a thriving ecosystem on this long-forgotten site," reports Inside Climate News. "What they had captured was a wealth of marine life: six types of soft coral; two black corals; and eight species of sheltering fish, from... Read more ›
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Jack Dorsey's Block has launched Buzz, an open-source workplace collaboration platform that combines messaging, project management, and software development workflows for teams of both humans and AI agents. Dorsey described Buzz as "a new groupchat platform for teams of people and agents of all sizes" that is "model-agnostic, decentralized, self-sovereign and open source." SmartCompany reports: According to the Buzz website, users can invite specialized AI agents into team chats, allowing... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from KrebsOnSecurity: The home appliance giant LG Electronics USA said this week it plans to suspend any apps built for its smart TVs that turn one's television into an always-on residential proxy node. The move comes less than a month after researchers found that more than 42 percent of games and other apps available for download on LG's webOS store allow unknown third-parties to... Read more ›
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At a Galaxy Unpacked event in London today, Samsung unveiled a new foldable smartphone designed to compete with the still-unannounced iPhone Fold. Called the Galaxy Z Fold 8, it features a wider 4:3 form factor with a 7.6-inch inner AMOLED display, Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 for Galaxy chip, up to 16GB of RAM and 1TB of storage. "The inner display has enough extra real estate for multi-tasking and entertainment,"... Read more ›
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Microsoft has announced Xbox Backward Compatibility for PC, a new preservation program that will let players run select classic Xbox games on Windows PCs and handhelds like the ROG Xbox Ally. Tom's Hardware reports: "This marks the beginning of a broader effort to preserve XBOX games from the past and bring them to PC over time," the company said in a blog post authored by Xbox "VP next generation" Jason... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: A little over a month after the Department of Defense (DOD) bragged that nearly half of its 3.5 million employees were using AI at work, members of the Army's Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) received an email informing them that they were burning through tokens, and needed to limit use. "Although the Army CIO announced in May 2026 that they were offering... Read more ›
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Apple is reportedly launching a Klarna financing deal that will let U.S. customers spread the cost of devices over up to three years, pushing the company closer to a hardware-as-a-service model. "The only thing you don't get under the new arrangement is AppleCare, for which you'll allegedly need to pay extra," notes Computerworld. From the report: The introduction of the scheme gives consumers a way to purchase the company's popular... Read more ›
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Ancient Slashdot reader alanw shares a post from the OSS Security mailing list, where sysadmin Jan Schaumann wonders what to do after the Linux kernel cranked out 432 CVEs in a little over 24 hours: "I understand the position that CVEs were always a flawed way to track or prioritize security changes... But this onslaught really shows it's not feasible to attempt to prioritize individual kernel changes. I'm not sure... Read more ›
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Code found in the iOS 27 beta suggests Apple is developing a system that could restrict leased iPhones when customers fall behind on payments. The discovery follows a recent Bloomberg report that Apple may soon launch a new "Apple Upgrade" leasing program, allowing customers to pay for hardware through monthly installments. 9to5Mac reports: The code describes a system called App Managed Features, which allows an authorized financing or provider app... Read more ›
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"General Motors has been pulling a Tim Cook and boosting its software and subscription business," reports Business Insider. During the automaker's Tuesday earnings call, executives said they're increasingly leaning on software subscriptions like OnStar and Super Cruise to generate high-margin recurring revenue long after customers buy their vehicles. GM says OnStar brought in about $800 million in the second quarter, while Super Cruise revenue grew about 70% year over year.... Read more ›
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