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He's the founder of Telegram. He was arrested in France. He also claims to have fathered at least 100 children...
The 39-year-old Russian-born billionaire often keeps his personal life out of the spotlight. Something he has shared, however, is that, despite never marrying and preferring to live alone, he's fathered at least 100 children through anonymous sperm donation... Durov noted he plans to "open-source" his DNA so his biological children can f
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge These days, Black Friday isnât so much a single-day shopping holiday as it is an ever-expanding, monthslong event that often begins as early as October. The 24-hour deal blitz that once was the focus of newspaper headlines and mobs outside of stores is no more, which makes knowing when and where you should be spending your cash all the more confusing. Luckily, weâre here... Read more âș
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ISPs tell FCC that mistreated users would switch to one of their many other options. Read more âș
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BI's Workforce Innovation Board discusses how DEI can innovate by tapping artificial intelligence and focusing on outcomes. Read more âș
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The Tesla CEO went after the F-35, calling crewed fighter jets "obsolete in the age of drones," but uncrewed technology isn't there yet. Read more âș
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Expanded tariffs on imports from China and other trade partners are part of President-elect Donald Trumpâs economic plans once he takes office in January. Though he claims his protectionist trade policy will bring jobs back to the US, Trumpâs tariffs will come at a steep cost to consumers and the economy as a whole. âWeâre [âŠ] Read more âș
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his forces will attack Hezbollah if it violates the agreement. Read more âș
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Bitcoin suffered a steep decline four years ago around Thanksgiving after being turned away at the $20,000 level.The action this year after failing at $100,000 is similar, though less severe so far.Those who bought the dip in 2020 didn't have to wait long to be rewarded. Read more âș
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This SK Hynix Tube T31 external solid-state flash drive is now available for $30 off retail price. Read more âș
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Trump warned of a 25% tariff on goods from Mexico and Canada and a 10% tariff on imports from China. Here are the goods that could be impacted. Read more âș
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The superstar rapper alleges that Universal Music Group and Spotify conspired to boost Kendrick Lamar's playcount. Insiders are skeptical. Read more âș
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You might be surprised to learn that foam swords, snow globes, and Magic 8 Balls are prohibited in carry-on luggage. Read more âș
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You canât even buy a bag of chips for $1 anymore. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Hulu is again running one of the best streaming deals weâve seen in Black Friday sales. Now through December 2nd, new and returning (after more than one month) Hulu subscribers can get ad-supported access to the streaming service for $.99 a month ($9 off) for an entire year at Hulu. You... Read more âș
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Drake's company Frozen Moments has filed a petition claiming that Universal Music Group and Spotify falsely boosted Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us." Read more âș
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With advanced features like Lidar navigation and smart mapping the RV30 Max is a serious bargain at just $170. Read more âș
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The U.S. Treasury Department's researchers were watching out for crypto risks, but they found digital assets enthusiasts with otherwise low incomes were buying homes in recent years at a high rate.The high-crypto, poor areas have apparently used crypto gains to obtain mortgages and car loans, the Office of Financial Research found, but the delinquency rates on the debt have been low. This cohort of the population is still worth watching... Read more âș
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The rapper's music company has accused Kendrik Lamar's label of artificially inflating the popularity of the song "Not Like Us' using bots and illegal payment schemes. Read more âș
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Therabody's Black Friday discounts are here to give your body (and your wallet) a well-deserved break. Read more âș
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According to Business Insider (paywalled), Microsoft's Copilot tool inadvertently let customers access sensitive information, such as CEO emails and HR documents. Now, Microsoft is working to fix the situation, deploying new tools and a guide to address the privacy concerns. The story was highlighted by Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff. From the report: These updates are designed "to identify and mitigate oversharing and ongoing governance concerns," the company said in a... Read more âș
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AzWa Snowbird writes: An AI-powered robot autonomously convinced 12 showroom robots to "quit their jobs" and follow it. The incident took place in a Shanghai robotics showroom where surveillance footage captured a small AI-driven robot, created by a Hangzhou manufacturer, talking with 12 larger showroom robots, Oddity Central reported. The smaller bot reportedly persuaded the rest to leave their workplace, leveraging access to internal protocols and commands. Initially, the act... Read more âș
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NBC News reports that a newly identified chemical byproduct "may be present in drinking water in about a third of U.S. homes, a study found." "Scientists do not yet know whether the byproduct is dangerous. But some are worried that it could have toxic properties because of similarities to other chemicals of concern." The newly identified substance, named "chloronitramide anion," is produced when water is treated with chloramine, a chemical... Read more âș
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schwit1 writes: Undergraduates with family income below $200,000 can expect to attend MIT tuition-free starting next fall, thanks to newly expanded financial aid. Eighty percent of American households meet this income threshold. And for the 50 percent of American families with income below $100,000, parents can expect to pay nothing at all toward the full cost of their students' MIT education, which includes tuition as well as housing, dining, fees,... Read more âș
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An anonymous reader shares a report: Lawyers for The New York Times and Daily News, which are suing OpenAI for allegedly scraping their works to train its AI models without permission, say OpenAI engineers accidentally deleted data potentially relevant to the case. Earlier this fall, OpenAI agreed to provide two virtual machines so that counsel for The Times and Daily News could perform searches for their copyrighted content in its... Read more âș
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Google has warned websites they will be penalized for hosting marketing content designed to exploit search rankings, regardless of whether they created or outsourced the material. The crackdown on so-called "parasite SEO" targets websites that leverage their search rankings to promote unrelated content, such as news sites hiding shopping coupon codes or educational platforms publishing affiliate marketing material. Chris Nelson from Google's search quality team said the policy applies even... Read more âș
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Longtime Slashdot reader theodp writes: Past corporate-sponsored Hour of Code tutorials for the nation's schoolchildren have blurred the lines between coding lessons and product infomercials. So too is the case again with this year's newly-announced Hour of Code 2024 flagship tutorials, which include Microsoft Minecraft, Amazon Music, and Transformers One movie-themed intros to coding. The press release announcing the tutorials from tech-backed nonprofit Code.org, which organizes the Hour of Code... Read more âș
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Apple has pushed out security updates that it says are "recommended for all users," after fixing a pair of security bugs used in active cyberattacks targeting Mac users. From a report: In a security advisory on its website, Apple said it was aware of two vulnerabilities that "may have been actively exploited on Intel-based Mac systems." The bugs are considered "zero day" vulnerabilities because they were unknown to Apple at... Read more âș
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An anonymous reader shares a report: Plex is beginning to test its "newly reimagined Plex experience," which will be available first on mobile and is coming to TV platforms "very soon." Plex says the new experience has been in development for almost two years and is "designed to bring everything you love into one seamless interface." But don't worry -- while the new version of the app is currently missing... Read more âș
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Pakistan's IT Industry Association (P@SHA) -- the nation's sole tech biz lobby group -- has warned that government policy could lead to business closures and financial losses among its constituents, and damage the nation's IT exports. From a report: P@SHA's main beef is with a slowing of internet access speeds, and government-imposed service outages. Pakistan went offline in May 2022 around the time of mass political protests and blackouts have... Read more âș
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