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Retraction Watch: A Nobel prize-winning genetics researcher has retracted two more papers, bringing his total to 13. Gregg Semenza, a professor of genetic medicine and director of the vascular program at Johns Hopkins' Institute for Cell Engineering in Baltimore, shared the 2019 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine for "discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability." Since pseudonymous sleuth Claire Francis and others began using PubPeer to point out potential duplicated or manipulated im
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Miss Nigeria Chidimma Adetshina told BI she wasn't offended by Miss Universe CEO Anne Jakrajutatip's comment that the pageant doesn't need to evolve. Read more ›
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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 ›
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Threads is testing new features to compete with Bluesky, which is winning over millions of new users. Read more ›
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Need to protect your important package deliveries? A centuries-old home hack is still one of the easiest ways to beat package theft. Read more ›
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Iconic PS1 survival horror Dino Crisis was released on PlayStation last month, but was only available for PS Plus Premium subscribers. Read more Read more ›
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We tested the four most popular ways of cooking turkey outside to find the best and safest ways to do it this Thanksgiving. Read more ›
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AMPECO, a Bulgarian provider of EV charging management solutions, has secured €24.7 million in a Series B funding round led by Revaia, with participation from existing investors Cavalry Ventures, BMW i Ventures, and LAUNCHub Ventures. Founded in 2019, AMPECO offers a white-label, hardware-agnostic platform that enables charge point operators (CPOs) and e-mobility service providers (eMSPs) ... Read more ›
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang expresses confidence in the resilience of global collaboration. President-elect Trump’s potential tariffs on Taiwanese semiconductors could disrupt supply chain. Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang believes that global tech collaboration will remain strong, even as the US considers stricter policies on advanced computing products. During a recent visit to Hong Kong, Huang addressed... Read more » Read more ›
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Apple is experiencing challenges as it attempts to launch Apple Intelligence in China, with regulators cautioning that foreign companies face a "difficult and long process" for approval unless they partner with local firms, according to a new Financial Times report. A senior official at the Cyberspace Administration of China told the FT that foreign device makers would find a "simple and straightforward approval process" if they utilize already-approved large language... Read more ›
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The term “reducing emissions” has outlived its usefulness, a crutch to soften the blow that’s being exploited by greenwashers. Now it’s time to get real. Read more ›
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Editor’s note: This story was originally published on November 22, 2023, and reflects events that took place that year. We’re republishing it in its original form this week in advance of Thanksgiving. Late into the night on November 2, a few animal rights activists opened an unlocked barn door and stepped foot into a sea of […] Read more ›
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Parents should start teaching their children about money when they're little, and stop helping as soon as possible, says financial planner Mark Berg. Read more ›
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Nintendo will close its Switch eShop and all network services in China in 2026. Read more Read more ›
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Nintendo has added The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom to the official series timeline. Read more Read more ›
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As of Nov. 26, Fitbit Charge 6 is discounted to $99.95 in Black Friday sales. Normally it retails for $159.95. Read more ›
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Today's best CDs boast APYs more than twice the national average for some terms. Read more ›
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Datapac, Ireland’s leading technology solutions and services provider, is pleased to announce the renewal of its sponsorship with the National Opera House. This new deal, valued at €150,000 over the next four years, marks the latest chapter in a decades-spanning partnership that has supported the venue in delivering world-class performances and events. As the official […] Read more ›
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that he likes to "torture" his AI in order to learn things. Here are five follow-up questions he uses. Read more ›
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Gigabit internet is often touted as the gold standard for a high-speed internet connection, but is it worth the cost? Let's take a closer look. Read more ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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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 ›
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