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The creator of an open source project that scraped the internet to determine the ever-changing popularity of different words in human language usage says that they are sunsetting the project because generative AI spam has poisoned the internet to a level where the project no longer has any utility. 404 Media: Wordfreq is a program that tracked the ever-changing ways people used more than 40 different languages by analyzing millions of sources across Wikipedia, movie and TV subtitles, news articles, books, w
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As Disney puts more maybe-real Star Wars movies on its to-do list, we wanna know what you're hoping from a new potential trilogy. Read more ›
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Limos used to be the snazzy way of moving around town, but now luxury transportation is being redefined. Here's what happened to the limo. Read more ›
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Peter Thiel, the billionaire cofounder of PayPal, is one of tech's most public Conservatives. Read more ›
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In two decades of Bugatti's W16 engine, the marque has produced the Veyron, Chiron, Divo, Centodieci, Mistral and Bolide. Here they are, in order of top speed. Read more ›
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LinkedIn has seen a 29% increase this year in users who list their preferred pronouns. Experts say it's becoming a part of office culture. Read more ›
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Want to watch Tennessee play Los Angeles? Here's everything you need to stream Sunday's 4:05 p.m. ET game on Fox. Read more ›
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Wisp, a telemedicine company focused on reproductive health, said its sales of emergency contraception and birth control soared after the election. Read more ›
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Black Friday may technically just be one day, but it’s evolved to consume the entire month of November in the US at this point. For the past few years, retailers like Amazon, Walmart and Target have ushered in the holiday shopping season earlier and earlier, and this year is no different. Early Black Friday deals are already here, bringing discounts to some of our favorite tech we’ve tested this year.... Read more ›
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Users long complained about seeing an interesting photo or feed atop their feeds as they opened the app, only for it to quickly disappear. Read more ›
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Raygun, whose real name is Rachael Gunn, appeared onstage with Australian singer Tones and I at a concert in Melbourne. Read more ›
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Google VP and Head of Research Yossi Matias said learning to code remains 'as important as ever' despite a changing tech landscape. Read more ›
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Japan's destroyer-turned-aircraft carrier recently concluded sea trials off California that put Lockheed's F-35B to the test. Read more ›
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LG Display showcased its stretchable display prototype that can extend up to 50% of its original size over 10,000 times. Read more ›
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Windows Subsystem for Linux lets run an Apache web server on your Windows PC. Here's how to do it. Read more ›
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Arizona look to make it four straight wins as they take on New York at State Farm. Read more ›
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The 2024 generation of Pro iPhones brings mostly minor changes - refinement and fine-tuning. That includes an even wider range of camera capabilities, a new button (possibly in the camera category, but also kind of its own thing), design tweaks, a tiny bit larger display, a small battery capacity increase. But the 16 Pro in particular can almost claim to have introduced a more principal hardware upgrade - the 5x... Read more ›
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I drove a 2025 Toyota Camry and was impressed by its smooth efficient hybrid engine, comfortable ride, upgraded tech, and well designed cabin. Read more ›
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Interior designers said there are a few things they don't recommend having in a bedroom, from cool-white bulbs to a bed without a headboard. Read more ›
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The federal government of Canada has ordered TikTok to shut down its operations in the country, citing national security concerns. However, Canadians will still be able to access the app and use it to create content. "The decision to use a social media application or platform is a personal choice," said Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne. "We came to the conclusion that these activities that were conducted in Canada by TikTok... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Fortune: Google CEO Sundar Pichai has weighed in on the debate over the relative values of political expression and workplace coexistence by ordering employees to leave their political opinions at home. A day after firing 28 workers for participating in a sit-in protest of the tech giant's cloud contract with Israel, Pichai warned staff that the office is not a place "to fight... Read more ›
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Surging AI demand could push major oil companies to reinvest in renewable energy [non-paywalled link], Abu Dhabi National Oil Company CEO Sultan al-Jaber said this week. Al-Jaber's comments came as oil executives from Shell, BP and TotalEnergies met with Microsoft and other tech leaders in Abu Dhabi to discuss AI's growing energy needs and its applications across the sector. ADNOC announced plans to deploy autonomous AI agents across its operations... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Oregon Live: Intel told employees this week that it will bring back free coffee and tea at its work sites, one of many benefits the chipmaker eliminated last summer as it sought to slash $10 billion from its annual budget. "Although Intel still faces cost challenges, we understand that small comforts play a significant role in our daily routines," Intel wrote on its... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader shares a report: Tucked inside a 32-page earnings report, oil and gas giant BP revealed it was killing 18 early-stage hydrogen projects, a move that could have a chilling effect on the nascent hydrogen industry. The decision, along with the sale of the company's U.S. on-shore wind power operations, will save BP $200 million annually and help boost its bottom line. The hydrogen industry, which has relied... Read more ›
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A pre-dawn statewide alert about an officer shooting in Hall County triggered over 4,500 complaints to the Federal Communications Commission. The 4:52 a.m. "Blue Alert" on October 4 awakened millions of Texans, many living hundreds of miles from the incident location, to notify them about suspect Seth Altman. Air traffic controllers, healthcare workers, and other professionals reported safety concerns from sleep disruption, according to records obtained by 404 Media. Multiple... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The Mozilla Foundation, the non-profit arm of the Firefox browser maker Mozilla, has laid off 30% of its employees as the organization says it faces a "relentless onslaught of change." When reached by TechCrunch, Mozilla Foundation's communications chief Brandon Borrman confirmed the layoffs in an email. "The Mozilla Foundation is reorganizing teams to increase agility and impact as we accelerate our work... Read more ›
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Somewhere off in interstellar space, 15.4 billion miles away from Earth, NASA's 47-year-old Voyager "recently went quiet," reports Mashable. The probe "shut off its main radio transmitter for communicating with mission control..." Voyager's problem began on October 16, when flight controllers sent the robotic explorer a somewhat routine command to turn on a heater. Two days later, when NASA expected to receive a response from the spacecraft, the team learned... Read more ›
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Five years ago remote workers were offered $10,0000 to move to Tulsa, Oklahoma for at least a year. Since then roughly 3,300 have accepted the offer, according to the New York TImes. [Alternate URL here.] But more importantly, now researchers are looking at the results: Their research, released this month, surveyed 1,248 people — including 411 who had participated in Tulsa Remote and others who were accepted but didn't move... Read more ›
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Anton Shilov reports via Tom's Hardware: FFmpeg is an open-source video decoding project developed by volunteers who contribute to its codebase, fix bugs, and add new features. The project is led by a small group of core developers and maintainers who oversee its direction and ensure that contributions meet certain standards. They coordinate the project's development and release cycles, merging contributions from other developers. This group of developers tried to... Read more ›
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