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Savannah Guthrie posted a cryptic video on Instagram, stating that the family had received a "message" and that they "will pay" for mother's return. Read more ›
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The world's fourth-richest man promised to save the Washington Post. Time for him to step up and do it. Read more ›
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Axios reports: Anthropic's latest AI model has found more than 500 previously unknown high-severity security flaws in open-source libraries with little to no prompting, the company shared first with Axios. Why it matters: The advancement signals an inflection point for how AI tools can help cyber defenders, even as AI is also making attacks more dangerous... Anthropic debuted Claude Opus 4.6, the latest version of its largest AI model, on... Read more ›
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In a statement released Saturday following the ouster of Washington Post CEO Will Lewis, the Post's union called for Jeff Bezos to sell the paper. Read more ›
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Waymo surprised U.S. lawmakers Wednesday during a hearing on autonomous vehicles and their safety and oversight. Newsweek reports: During questioning, Sen. Ed Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, asked what happens when a Waymo vehicle encounters a driving situation it cannot independently resolve. "The Waymo phones a human friend for help," Markey explained, adding that the vehicle communicates with a "remote assistance operator." Markey criticized the lack of public information about these... Read more ›
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Microsoft is preparing a significant change to how printers are supported in Windows 11, ending support for drivers that primarily support older hardware. Read more ›
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Washington Post publisher Will Lewis stepped down on Saturday after two years. Chief financial officer Jeff D'Onofrio will succeed him. Read more ›
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It's a complete coincidence that I installed Linux around the same time as my colleagues Nathan Edwards and Stevie Bonifield. A few months ago, I decided to breathe new life into a 2019 Dell XPS 15 that had been collecting dust for a couple of years. Despite its (at the time) high-end Core i7 CPU […] Read more ›
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The Trump T1 phone has been MIA for a while now, but in a new interview, it reappeared with a different look. Read more ›
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Despite urgent pleas to Americans to save the honeybees, "it was all based on a fallacy," writes Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank. "Honeybees were never in existential trouble. And well-meaning efforts to boost their numbers have accelerated the decline of native bees that actually are." "Suppose I were to say to you, 'I'm really worried about bird decline, so I've decided to take up keeping chickens.' You'd think I was... Read more ›
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Trump Mobile is already failing to deliver on some early promises, according to the latest report from The Verge. The report revealed the near-final design of the T1 smartphone and uncovered some major changes with pricing and manufacturing. The Verge spoke with Don Hendrickson and Eric Thomas, two of the three execs behind Trump Mobile, about the company's first smartphone, which will get a more expensive price tag and no... Read more ›
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Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos has put out his first statement since the paper's cuts. He said "data tells us what is valuable and where to focus." Read more ›
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Has the rise of hyper-addictive digital technologies really shattered our attention spans and driven books out of our culture? Maybe not, argues social psychologist Adam Mastroianni (author of the Substack Experimental History): As a psychologist, I used to study claims like these for a living, so I know that the mind is primed to believe narratives of decline. We have a much lower standard of evidence for "bad thing go... Read more ›
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Only 0.3% of cryptocurrency exchange transaction clients got rich as a result of a major error. Read more ›
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New research suggests the astringent sensation caused by flavanols could act as a direct signal to the brain, triggering effects similar to a mild workout for the nervous system. In mouse experiments, flavanol intake boosted activity, curiosity, learning, and memory—despite these compounds barely entering the bloodstream. The key appears to be sensory stimulation: the taste itself activates brain pathways linked to attention, motivation, and stress response, lighting up regions involved... Read more ›
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An anti-aging researcher went to Italy's longevity Blue Zone, and learned the best way to exercise for a longer, healthier life. Read more ›
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Canada-based VPN company Windscribe says that Dutch law enforcement took their server in Europe without a warrant, claiming that law enforcement will return it after they "fully analyze it." Read more ›
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GOG recently posted a job listing for a senior software engineer focused on porting its Galaxy desktop client to Linux. Now, in reply to a Reddit AMA, the GOG team has revealed that work on native Linux support is already underway. It's still too early to give an ETA, according to the Reddit thread. But […] Read more ›
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Google says the network was being used by cybercriminals to secretly route their activity through unsuspecting users’ devices, creating “invisible tunnels” that masked their true identity online. Read more ›
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A 'SaaSapocalypse' hit the Indian stock market on Wednesday (February 3) with IT stocks such as Infosys, Wipro and TCS all crashing. This occurred after Anthropic launched a new AI tool for its Claude Cowork agent, which investors fear could displace traditional software platforms Read more ›
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After Elon Musk called the raid on X's Paris office as a 'political attack', France said that investigating child sexual abuse material was not controversial. France is investigating X's chatbot Grok for generating sexually explicit deepfakes and Musk has ramped up his anti-EU rhetoric. Read more ›
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As Anthropic achieves another AI advancement with Claude Cowork Project, the market has not taken it well. According to the reports, these AI tools, that aim to turn Claude into a specialist for a role, team, and company, have also triggered a steep decline in IT and software stocks worldwide. Read more ›
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The move comes as part of a wider crackdown under Operation Meltdown and reflects growing cooperation between US and Indian authorities to curb illicit drug trafficking online. Read more ›
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In yet another layoff wave, Oracle is reportedly planning to cut around 30,000 jobs. According to the reports, the company might also sell its healthcare software, Cerner to fund in-house AI data-centre. Read more ›
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Supreme Court of India has warned WhatsApp to follow privacy laws or leave the country. Firstpost speaks to an expert on why global tech firms need to adopt true privacy-by-design approach. Read more ›
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Union Cooperation Minister Amit Shah on Thursday launched Bharat Taxi, India’s first cooperative-led ride-hailing platform, promising a fair, commission-free system that puts drivers, and not corporations, in control. Read more ›
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SpaceX's request bets heavily on reduced costs of Starship, the company's next-generation reusable rocket under development. Read more ›
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has rejected reports of unease over the company’s planned $100 billion investment in OpenAI, calling them ‘complete nonsense’ and insisting the chipmaker will make its largest-ever bet on the AI firm as part of an upcoming funding round. Read more ›
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