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Newark apartment complex bought for much less than prior value

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George Avalos @ Silicon Valley 1 place · 02/07/2106 01:28 EDT

An East Bay apartment complex has been bought at a price that's well below its prior value. Read more ›

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PG&E buys San Jose building to bolster South Bay operations

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George Avalos @ Silicon Valley 2 place · 02/07/2106 01:28 EDT

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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How a Species Evolved Fast Enough to Save Itself from Extinction

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EditorDavid @ Slashdot 1 place · today 12:34 EDT

California saw its worst drought in 10,000 years between 2012 and 2015, remembers the Washington Post. And yet genetic analyses of California's scarlet monkeyflower "found that many rapidly evolved... allowing them to cope with water scarcity and rebound from decline." "The fact that certain organisms are able to adapt just because of genetics that are already present is a great source of hope," said Daniel Anstett, a plant biologist at... Read more ›

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12 Useful Makita Tools That Serve An Everyday Purpose

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SlashGear 1 place · today 12:30 EDT

The practical, Japanese-made tools will serve professionals and amateurs alike with strong performance, smart design, and robust durability. Read more ›

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While You Wait for ‘Crystal Lake’, This Fan Film Celebrates ‘Friday the 13th’ in Style

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Justin Carter @ Gizmodo 1 place · today 12:25 EDT

Another horror icon makes its way into animation with the 'Friday the 13th' fan film 'Ghosts in the Fog.' Read more ›

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[Перевод] Карпаты оставил GPU работать на ночь. Утром в git-истории было 100 экспериментов, которые провёл не он

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cognitronn (BotHub) @ Habr 1 place · today 12:22 EDT

Во время моей аспирантуры у меня был ночной ритуал. Около девяти вечера я запускал обучение. Подкручивал гиперпараметр. Может, менял learning rate, может, добавлял пару attention heads. Нажимал Enter. Потом какое-то время сидел, глядя на кривую loss, осознавал, что уже одиннадцать, ложился спать — и просыпался, обнаружив, что всё упало в три ночи из-за ошибки нехватки памяти, которую я должен был поймать заранее.На следующий день — чинишь баг, пробуешь снова. Один... Read more ›

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Deepfake worries hit a new high as one in four Americans say they have received a deepfake voice call in the past 12 months — experts blame 'the weaponization of AI'

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TechRadar 1 place · today 12:10 EDT

Deepfake AI voice scams are rising, spam calls overwhelm users, and many Americans demand carriers take responsibility for protection. Read more ›

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Meta is reportedly planning to cut up to 20 percent of its staff in upcoming layoffs

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Jackson Chen @ Engadget 1 place · today 12:08 EDT

Meta could be preparing for one of the largest layoffs in its history, according to a Reuters report. The tech giant is planning to cut about 20 percent of its workforce, according to the outlet's sources. According to the report, neither a date nor the exact number of layoffs has been finalized yet. However, Reuters reported that Meta's top executives have told "other senior leaders" to start "planning how to... Read more ›

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Psychology says the adults who seem the most put-together — the ones who never complain, never ask for help, never fall apart in public — are often the ones whose childhood taught them that being low-maintenance was the price of being loved, and they’ve been paying it ever since

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Sarah Mitchell @ Silicon Canals 1 place · today 12:00 EDT

They're the ones who remember your birthday but never mention their own, who solve everyone's problems while insisting they have none, who've mastered the art of being needed without ever admitting they need anything in return. Read more ›

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I tested my favorite Bose and B&O audiophile Bluetooth speakers in a head-to-head showdown — here's the one I'd buy with my own money

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TechRadar 2 place · today 12:00 EDT

I've tested over 40 Bluetooth speakers, and after pitting these similarly priced Bang & Olufsen and Bose models against one another, there's only one I'd actually buy. Read more ›

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Wall Street pushes tokenized stocks, but institutions aren’t eager to trade them

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Helene Braun @ CoinDesk 1 place · today 12:00 EDT

Exchanges are racing toward blockchain-based equities and 24/7 trading. Institutions, however, fear liquidity and funding risks. Read more ›

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ByteDance Suspends Launch of Video AI Model After Copyright Disputes With Hollywood

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Juro Osawa @ The Information 1 place · today 12:00 EDT

ByteDance has put on hold the global launch of its latest video-generation model, Seedance 2.0, due to a string of copyright disputes with major Hollywood studios and streaming platforms, according to two people with direct knowledge of the situation. The TikTok parent released Seedance 2.0 to consumers and businesses in China last month, and some clips generated by the model immediately racked up millions of views on X due to... Read more ›

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TSA delays: Which airports have long lines, and how to check the wait time

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Will Martin,Pete Syme @ Business Insider 1 place · today 11:56 EDT

With the onset of spring break and TSA agents going unpaid, security lines at some airports are much longer than normal this weekend. Read more ›

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Microsoft is bringing an AI helper to Xbox consoles

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Shikhar Mehrotra @ Digital Trends 1 place · today 11:55 EDT

An AI that watches you play, answers your questions, and never sighs when you miss the obvious — Gaming Copilot is coming to Xbox, whether you asked for it or not. Read more ›

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Hulu, Disney Plus, and the Pixel Watch 4 are among this week’s best deals

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Sheena Vasani @ The Verge 1 place · today 11:46 EDT

Happy Saturday, all! This week, we found a number of deals that should help you unwind and relax over the next few days (and beyond). If you’re planning to stream the Oscars on Sunday, there’s still time to take advantage of a great deal on Hulu and Disney Plus, as well as Google’s latest 4K […] Read more ›

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This Might Be The Worst Way To Mount Your TV

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SlashGear 2 place · today 11:45 EDT

There are bad places to mount a TV, bad pieces of TV mounting equipment, and then there is the worst way to mount a TV. Don't make this huge mistake. Read more ›

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Digg shuts down for a 'hard reset' because it was flooded with bots

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Mariella Moon @ Engadget 2 place · today 11:38 EDT

Digg has shut down, for now, just a few months after its open beta launched. Justin Mezzell, the company’s CEO, has explained on the home page that it noticed hours after the beta launched that it was already being targeted by SEO spammers. “The internet is now populated, in meaningful part, by sophisticated AI agents and automated accounts,” he wrote. Apparently, the Digg team wasn’t ready for the scale and... Read more ›

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Spirit Airlines plans to shrink its fleet to fewer than 80 jets. It once had over 200.

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Tristan Anthony @ Business Insider 2 place · today 11:35 EDT

US budget carrier Spirit Airlines says it is downsizing its fleet as it seeks to emerge from bankruptcy. Read more ›

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AI's Productivity Boost? Just 16 Minutes Per Week, Claims Study

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EditorDavid @ Slashdot 2 place · today 11:34 EDT

"A new study suggests the productivity boost from AI may be far smaller than executives claim," writes Slashdot reader BrianFagioli: According to research cited in Foxit's State of Document Intelligence report, while 89% of executives and 79% of end users say AI tools make them feel more productive, the actual time savings shrink dramatically once people account for reviewing and validating AI-generated output. The survey of 1,000 desk-based workers and... Read more ›

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Prediction markets want the Oscars to be your gateway drug to betting on everything

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Charles Pulliam-Moore @ The Verge 2 place · today 11:30 EDT

Though it was weird to see the Golden Globes partner with Polymarket for its most recent awards show, the collaboration wasn't shocking given the way that people have begun using prediction markets to gamble on basically anything. Prediction markets are being used to bet on everything from when wars might break out to who will […] Read more ›

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