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Monday June 30, 2025. 06:27 PM
Microsoft’s new medical AI, the MAI-DxO system, has outperformed physicians on some of the toughest diagnostic challenges, achieving 85.5% accuracy, over four times higher than that of human doctors.  In a study from the company’s AI unit, Microsoft claims that “AI...
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A father leaped into the sea to save his daughter as she plummeted overboard. The safety barriers on these ships are generally child-proof, so it is a mystery as to how this child managed to climb over the railing. A father jumped into the ocean to save his young daughter...
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Companies deliberately design customer service friction to discourage refunds and claims, according to research into a practice academics call 'sludge.' The term, coined by legal scholar Cass R. Sunstein and economist Richard H. Thaler in their updated version of 'Nudge,'...
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For $20 and a WiFi connection, you can make a handheld gadget to watch the International Space Station circle the Earth in real-time. A new open-source project called SpaceStationTracker transforms an inexpensive pocket-sized device with a 2.8-inch color touchscreen into a...
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For anyone who has always wanted to meet an opossum, I have some terrific news for you! I just learned about 'PossumFest,' a celebration of all things opossum, which will take place in Cumberland, Kentucky, on September 6, 2025, from noon to 8 pm! — Read the rest The post...
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Following reports that Meta had hired away prominent researchers from OpenAI — in some cases offering $100 million — the company is now saying it will review compensation. According to Wired, OpenAI’s management reportedly told employees they will not stand by and...
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Here's a puzzle from The Pyrgic Puzzler by Christopher Maslanka: You drop a ball from 1 meter high. Each time it bounces, it rises to half its previous height. Find the total distance the ball travels (up and down) until it stops. — Read the rest The post This bouncing...
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This Victorian-era 'meat juice' tonic, called 'Valentine's Meat Juice', was created by a man trying to save his dying wife. Although meat juice isn't everyone's idea of romance, the story behind its creation is undeniably sweet. The reputation of the meat juice took a turn...
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Apple plans to release a cheaper MacBook powered by the A18 Pro chip used in the iPhone 16 Pro line, according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. The laptop will be priced below $999 -- first time for a MacBook Air -- and go into production in late 2025 or early 2026 on the new...
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TL;DR: You could keep running your old OS, or you could upgrade to Windows 11 Pro for $9.97 (reg. $199). Still rocking a Windows 10 PC? Props to you for sustainability and saving money by making your PC last, but the deadline for Windows 10 support is fast approaching later...
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Much of the internet is a cesspool, but the one reliable source of happiness is a cute animal meme. Sharing cute animal content is the human equivalent of pebbling, when penguins gift pebbles as a sign of affection, according to a study by researchers at Concordia University ...
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Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (mod_proxy_cluster), Debian (catdoc, chromium, nagvis, and sudo), Fedora (chromium, gum, kubernetes1.32, moodle, podman, python3-docs, python3.13, salt, and tigervnc), Mageia (x11-server, x11-server-xwayland & tigervnc), Oracle...
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Anyone still doubting that mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani isn't a true New Yorker (read: racists) need only check out his mixtape. Before entering politics, he had a short-lived career as a music producer like every New Yorker ever, which the right-wing establishment is...
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A founding member of the Xbox team says she believes Xbox hardware is 'dead' and that Microsoft appears to be planning a 'slow exit' from the gaming hardware business. Microsoft recently announced partnerships with external hardware companies including the ROG Xbox Ally,...
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If you're as chronically online as I am or you just care about artists' rights, you may have noticed the scheming of Mr. Beast, the biggest YouTuber in the world, to make the artists he employs obsolete by replacing them with the same AI algorithms that he was presumably...
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Court says State arm cannot be left without maintenance, patches and upgrades because of Broadcom's new licensing model Broadcom's VMware subsidiary must provide a Dutch government organization with continued software support for at least two years while it manages a...
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This video of all kinds of adorable desert animals quenching their thirst at the Tucson Bird Alliance's watering hole is one of the best things I've seen lately! The Tucson Bird Alliance posted the video on their Instagram recently, with the explanatory caption: A PSA...
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Maxell! Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time. And it's back with the MXCP-P100, a new portable cassette player. It has some modern features to please modern listeners, such as Bluetooth, a USB Type C port to charge its built-in lithium battery, and sleek...
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Nintendo pulled its products from Amazon's US site after a disagreement over unauthorized sales, meaning the e-commerce company missed out on the recent debut of Nintendo's Switch 2 -- the biggest game console launch of all time. From a report: The Japanese company stopped...
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Whether you're buying for yourself or someone you know, here's my advice on buying an Apple MacBook.
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